Elmo & PS3 Toy Madness

November 19th, 2006

Ken over at AfterReadingRichDadPoodDad.com has some articles on robberies and large crowds where dozens of police were trying to maintain conrtol of the shopping madness. It’s getting crazy out there.

http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/19/play-station-3-madness/

TMX Elmo on Most Wanted List

November 19th, 2006

TMX Elmo is still the  hottest Christmas toy this season. Retailers cannot keep the Tickle Me Elmo 10th Anniversary edition on the shelves. The phones are ringing off the  walls at Walmart’s, Toys R Us and Target for shoppers trying to locate the red fuzzy loveable doll. While the Elmo Extreme TMX has kept families laughing, shoppers are searching their local retailers and online for Americas most wanted Christmas toy.

TMX ELMO Shoppers not tickled by toy shortages

November 18th, 2006

TMX Elmo and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) make retailers’ official Hot Christmas Toys for 2006 list which came out this week.

 

TMX Elmo and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) are two of the most popular toys this holiday season. The PS3 went on sale Thursday at midnight, has been selling out minutes after they go on sale. Shortages are likely until spring. Retailers haven’t been able to get enough Tickle Me Elmo’s since the September launch.

 

If you can’t go without the hot Christmas toys, TMX Elmo and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) this season you may have to get it on eBay or camp out at your local toy store. 

Tickle Me Elmo Gifts are no laughing matter

November 9th, 2006

Tickle Me Elmo is causing great pain this holiday season as thousands of people fighting to get the next shipment of TMX Elmo. It’s been 10 years since the Tickle Me Elmo craze swept the nation, and is again the must-have toy this Christmas.

A crowd of 300 stampeded into the Fredericton, N.B. Wal-Mart. The mob encircled a store clerk like sharks in a feeding frenzy, then attacked from all sides. They mauled and trampled the clerk, tearing away pieces of his clothing. He suffered a pulled hamstring, a concussion, broken ribs, and injuries to his back, jaw and knees.

Tickle Me Elmo SOLD OUT

TMX Elmos, or “Tickle Me Elmo Extreme,” have been selling out at local stores just minutes after it appears on store shelves.  50 TMX Elmos went within the first 10 minutes at Toys ‘R’ Us in Janesville, Wisconsin. 

 

TMX Elmo’s Stolen

The Elmo frenzy gets worse as a shipment of this year’s hottest Christmas toy TMX Elmo was stolen from Walmart on October 31st. The shipment of more than 100 T.M.X. Elmo dolls, disappeared en route to a Wal-Mart store in Bentonville, Ark.

 

Elmo on Drugs?

Elmo’s not laughing when a Denver Colorado drug ring was busted for stashing meth inside the furry red creature. In late October officials found more than 45 pounds of methamphetamine inside a TMX Elmo doll. The leader of the drug ring was using Elmo to hide and ship their drugs.Â