Bad taste is one thing, but what about “one-trick” toys? Bensch points to the Tickle Me Elmo, a plush toy first sold in 1996 that shook with laughter when squeezed. A craze developed around it ...

The most coveted toys of today tend toward the sparkly, the squeezable and the busily electronic – and the annual race to ...

Heavily influenced by television and movies, Glasgow kids in the 1990s had a long list of must-have items on their letters to ...

The plush toy spoke “Furbish” at first, then began speaking English with increased use. Just like Cabbage Patch dolls and Tickle Me Elmo, a buyers’ frenzy quickly erupted over the toy ...

The holiday season has long been synonymous with toys, and throughout the decades, certain items have become iconic hits, ...

Still have last-minute holiday shopping to do? The clock is running out. With just a few days left until Christmas, any online shopping you want to do needs to be done ASAP if you want your gifts ...

Elmo almost was a monkey ... "In the 1990s, hysteria over Ty Inc's $5 plush toys fed a wave of theft, fraud and market manipulation. Values soared - then plummeted," Natasha Frost wrote for ...

This means another fork in the road for Cookie Monster, Elmo and Bert and Ernie ... minded friends for Mickey Mouse, Woody the toy cowboy or Winnie-the-Pooh. Twenty years ago, Disney acquired ...

Rachel toys, but would could be more exciting for ... Fans of “Sesame Street” will love this plush Elmo. It can talk, sing and do the Slide — though it requires four AA batteries.

This toy fund could give me an opportunity to give my girls and me some hope this holiday season.” And a mother of four in Androscoggin County wrote that rent is rising and pushing her to the ...