According to a Tickle Me Elmo oral history from Mental Floss, a Walmart worker in New Brunswick, Canada, ended up in the ER ...

"In the 1990s, hysteria over Ty Inc's $5 plush toys fed a wave of theft, fraud and market manipulation. Values soared - then ...

The lore of the toy is that it’s possessed, as apparently malfunctioning versions of the dolls have threatened children. The internet responded with viral videos of Elmo being beaten and ...

Bratz translated Barbie dolls into a language millennials ... Webkinz bridged the gap between Elmo and Tamagotchi. Each toy had an attached tag with a secret code that allowed its owner to play ...

I mean, c’mon. He’s Elmo. He’s the guy that caused riots in toy stores back in the ’90s when the Tickle Me Elmo doll came out. So if any celebrity deserves a Kardashian level of Insta ...