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TMX - Tickle Me Elmo Turns Ten!

From Dipika Mirpuri, About.com GuideFebruary 7, 2006

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The furry red sensation, Tickle Me Elmo is going to turn 10 this year. For those of us who remember, back in the days - '96 to be precise, Tickle Me Elmo was a HUGE hit. You literally had parents squabbling over the Tickle Me Elmo dolls in the holiday season!

To commemorate Tickle Me Elmo's 10th birthday, Mattel has decided to bring out a new incarnation called (somewhat mysteriously) T.M.X. Unfortunately at this point, nothing much is known about the new ELMO, except for the fact that he will be more expensive than the regular ELMO which retails for around $30. According to an article by USA Today featured in Marion Star, "The only available image of the red phenomenon features him in silhouette, in a haze, giving off a "Tenth Coming of Elmo" aura." Toy execs who viewed the Elmo video had to sign a confidentiality agreement!

Is the new TMX going to be one of the hot holiday toys of 2006? It's too early to say. Anyway, Happy 10th Birthday Tickle Me Elmo, and here's hoping that a new toy sensation is recreated this year!

Comments
October 8, 2006 at 6:57 pm
(1) cynthia :

please tell me tmx will be put out one
more time.. after christmas.maybe they
should have had a limit in the store’s
it is upsetting too have looked so hard
for one for my son,and could not find one,butt you see people selling them on ebay in gross of four and five.
at 400.00 dollar’s .

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