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 ...

Credit: Just Play Elmo is a holiday mainstay, and this year, he embraces the "Chicken Dance." This plush toy clucks, flaps, dances, chats and sings. Press his foot to launch either Elmo doing the ...

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, ...

If you dream of sinking into a supersoft hotel bed every night but don’t want to spend Ritz-Carlton money to buy a whole new mattress, you could do with a plush mattress topper. Mattress toppers ...

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 ...

I have heard from three separate tweens that the brand’s mini plush bag charms are the toy-slash-accessory they most want to receive over the holidays. While this adorable soccer ball with arms ...