New Elmo Toy Sells Out in Several Stores, Spawns Web Sites

The latest Elmo phenomenon has spawned countless web sites dedicated to the popular doll. ElmoSpace.com, All Elmo, All the Time even offers an Elmo clock widget for MySpacers and bloggers to put on their pages and brings Elmo fanatics together in a forum dedicated to you know who.

(PRWEB) October 5, 2006 -- It appears lightning does strike twice. Ten years ago seemed to be the Christmas of Tickle Me Elmo. The popular children’s toy threw countless parents into a frenzy to put Elmo under their tree. The Elmo craze is back, and in a big way. There hasn't been a widespread toy craze since Furby was unleashed in 1998.

The Elmo debut was played up by a campaign shrouded with much secrecy. Initial reviews describe the toy and its TMX technology as amazing.

The Fisher Price Elmo TMX, with hype more intense than that of ten years ago, is already sold out at the major internet toy stores, KBToys and Toys R Us. Even retail giant Walmart is out of stock. Where to find this elusive toy now? There are many of the $40(retail) toys available at online auctioneer ebay commanding prices as high as $300.

Now, in the internet age, the latest Elmo phenomenon has also spawned countless web sites dedicated to the popular doll. ElmoSpace.com, All Elmo, All the Time even offers an Elmo clock widget for MySpacers and bloggers to put on their pages and brings Elmo fanatics together in a forum dedicated to you know who. ElmoSpace.com is also giving away Elmo TMX dolls as a promotion. It seems Elmo even has his own MySpace page at MySpace.com/elmoconnection along with many adoring friends. A search for Elmo at YouTube.com brings countless results of short videos starring the orange character.

The movie Jingle All The Way is similar to the 1996 Tickle Me Elmo craze in that the main character, Howard Langston (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger), has to get a Turboman doll for his son on Christmas Eve, but finds out they are sold out and goes to great lengths to get one. How intense will Elmo Mania get before Christmas? The coming weeks look like they may be some very trying times for many parents.

Need more Elmo info? Visit http://ElmoSpace.com.

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