Tickle Me Elmo

Tickle Me Elmo is a Fisher Price stuffed animal toy fashioned after the character Elmo, from a TV show called Sesame Street. Toys R Us says this toy is recommended for children who are 18 months to 4 years old. The retail price of this toy is about $30.http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3515040&CAWELAID=375973378

This is an interactive toy. If the child tickles the Elmo doll once, he giggles. If the child tickles the doll again, then he laughs. If he is tickled three times, then he doubles over and shakes with laughter. When kids squeeze his tummy he laughs and says, "That tickles!"http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3515040&CAWELAID=375973378

This toy is also available in limited quantities in a discontinued 1996 TMX version for about $100. The 1996 version -- Tickle Me Elmo TMX -- asks kids to tickle him again, and then while he is laughing he tells them, "You've done it again!" He then rolls on the floor laughing. Amazon warns that this new version of the toy has small parts and does not recommend the toy for children under 3 years old.http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-T-M-X-Tickle-Me-Elmo/product-reviews/B000ETRE0Q/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-T-M-X-Tickle-Me-Elmo/dp/B000ETRE0Q/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Fisher Price has a new related toy called Elmo Live Encore.http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=8000&e=product&pid=51905&pcat=ss_stuff

Twenty Toys R Us customers rated this toy. Fifteen of them agreed that the toy is cute. Fourteen of them agreed it is an interactive toy. Ten agreed it is a long lasting toy. Four thought it was difficult to clean. Four thought it was a bad thing that the toy requires batteries.

Three hundred and sixteen Amazon.com customers rated the TMX version of this toy. Forty seven of them agreed that this toy makes kids laugh and is really fun, but it sheds. Thirty six other reviewers said their kids had lots of fun with this toy, but the novelty of the toy wore off after a week.http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-T-M-X-Tickle-Me-Elmo/product-reviews/B000ETRE0Q/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

In the children's TV show Sesame Street, Elmo is a character who has a positive attitude and an optimistic view of the world. He turns problems into games and he giggles and laughs when kids find solutions to their problems. He has a pet goldfish named Dorothy. He hosts parts of the show called Elmo's World.http://www.sesamestreet.org/onair/characters/elmo