Tickle Me Elmo, Furby, Ninja Turtles: ... Girls loved perennial favorite Barbie, and action figures of the New Kids on the Block. Also hard to find locally was the Go-Go Pup from Hasbro.

A look back at Tickle Me Elmo. Tickle Me Elmo drove kids crazy and their parents crazier. From store mobs to scalpers, here’s how WNYW covered the fad back on December 18 and 24 of 1996.

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Tickle Me Elmo, Cabbage Patch Kids, Furby: Popular toys from the last 50 holiday seasons ... The Masters of the Universe action figure line was Barbie-maker Mattel's attempt to market to boys.

A look back at Tickle Me Elmo. Tickle Me Elmo drove kids crazy and their parents crazier. From store mobs to scalpers, here’s how WNYW covered the fad back on December 18 and 24 of 1996.

A look back at Tickle Me Elmo. Tickle Me Elmo drove kids crazy and their parents crazier. From store mobs to scalpers, here’s how WNYW covered the fad back on December 18 and 24 of 1996.

According to a Dec. 10, 1996, Star Tribune article, Tickle Me Elmo was released on the toy market back in July 1996 when 400,000 of the toys were shipped to retailers.

“Tickle Me Elmo is a study in mob mentality,” toy buyer Stephen Sandberg told The Wall Street Journal in 1996. “I couldn’t get my retailers to buy Elmo in October. I told one customer I ...