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'''Elmo Live''' is the [[2008]] [[Christmas]] season release from [[Mattel]], meant to top the [[Tickle Me Elmo]] (1996) and [[TMX Elmo]] (2006) toys; it is scheduled for a October 14 release. Unveiled at the international [[Toy Fair]] in [[New York City]], it talks, tells jokes, moves around, and senses its environment.<ref name="ottawa">Vito Pilieci, "[http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2008/02/15/the-hottest-toy-for-christmas-2008.aspx The Hottest toy for Christmas 2008]", ''Ottawa Citizen'', February 15, 2008.</ref> |
'''Elmo Live''' is the [[2008]] [[Christmas]] season release from [[Mattel]], meant to top the [[Tickle Me Elmo]] (1996) and [[TMX Elmo]] (2006) toys; it is scheduled for a October 14 release. Unveiled at the international [[Toy Fair]] in [[New York City]], it talks, tells jokes, moves around, and senses its environment.<ref name="ottawa">Vito Pilieci, "[http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/bitsandbytes/archive/2008/02/15/the-hottest-toy-for-christmas-2008.aspx The Hottest toy for Christmas 2008]", ''Ottawa Citizen'', February 15, 2008.</ref> |
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It will be $59.99 SRP, and pre-sales will be taken.<ref name="ottawa" /> |
It will be $59.99 SRP, and pre-sales will be taken.<ref name="ottawa" /> |
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* When someone hugs Elmo, he says "thank you" and "Elmo loves you too" |
* When someone hugs Elmo, he says "thank you" and "Elmo loves you too" |
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+ | * When you squeeze Elmo's nose, you hear a honking sound, and Elmo stands up to sneeze. |
| + | * Elmo can blow kisses. |
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| + | * Elmo can dance to a song that includes the lyrics "on your feet now, to the beat now", and ends with him "scatting", and lifting his hands up, saying "jazz hands!". |
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| + | When Elmo tells stories, he lifts his right leg in front of the left, while sitting on his chair. |
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| + | * Elmo tells how, when walking down [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]], he encounters a giant. They scream when seeing each other, then discuss how they're scared of each other. They laugh at how silly it was for both of them to be scared of each other. |
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| + | ===Jokes=== |
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| + | After you tickle Elmo on his tummy, and he waves his arms around laughing, he stands up to tell a joke. When Elmo tells a joke, if he doesn't hear a laugh in reply, crickets start chirping. After a while, he replies "is this mike on?" He then sits down, and goes "Oh boy..." in disappointment. |
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| + | * "Elmo just flew in from Sesame Street yesterday, and boy, are Elmo's wings tired!" |
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Revision as of 18:20, 16 February 2008
Elmo Live publicity image.
Elmo Live is the 2008 Christmas season release from Mattel, meant to top the Tickle Me Elmo (1996) and TMX Elmo (2006) toys; it is scheduled for a October 14 release. Unveiled at the international Toy Fair in New York City, it talks, tells jokes, moves around, and senses its environment.[1]
It will be $59.99 SRP, and pre-sales will be taken.[1]
Features
- When someone hugs Elmo, he says "thank you" and "Elmo loves you too"
- When you squeeze Elmo's nose, you hear a honking sound, and Elmo stands up to sneeze.
- Elmo can blow kisses.
- Elmo can dance to a song that includes the lyrics "on your feet now, to the beat now", and ends with him "scatting", and lifting his hands up, saying "jazz hands!".
Stories
When Elmo tells stories, he lifts his right leg in front of the left, while sitting on his chair.
- Elmo tells how, when walking down Sesame Street, he encounters a giant. They scream when seeing each other, then discuss how they're scared of each other. They laugh at how silly it was for both of them to be scared of each other.
Jokes
After you tickle Elmo on his tummy, and he waves his arms around laughing, he stands up to tell a joke. When Elmo tells a joke, if he doesn't hear a laugh in reply, crickets start chirping. After a while, he replies "is this mike on?" He then sits down, and goes "Oh boy..." in disappointment.
- "Elmo just flew in from Sesame Street yesterday, and boy, are Elmo's wings tired!"
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vito Pilieci, "The Hottest toy for Christmas 2008", Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 2008.