He is red, fuzzy and throws himself to the floor, slapping his knee and rolling around in fits of uncontrollable giggles. He is 'Tickle Me Elmo' and is central to a multi-million pound Christmas toy ...

Ron Dubren is living the fantasy of anyone who ever dreamed of hitting it big. Dubren, a New Yorker to the core, is the toy inventor behind the hottest-selling item of the holiday shopping season. He ...

One month since T.M.X. Elmo first laughed, slapped his knee and keeled over onto U.S. shoppers' stage, consumers' efforts to secure one of the now-scarce furry red dolls has become increasingly ...

NORFOLK, Va. — We are turning back the clock on Christmas once again. Every week leading up to the holiday, we'll be digging into the 13News Now Vault to show you a popular toy or gift from the past.

The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, which would you choose? The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, which would you choose? The chatty midnight riddler or the giggle monster, ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest Elmo incarnation was unveiled on Thursday -- a new version of last year's hit T.M.X. Elmo that allows kids to induce a case of the hiccups or a laughing fit ...

The laughing, vibrating toy became a sensation, and caused a serious uproar -- and fights -- just in time for the hottest shopping season of the year. The Tickle Me Elmo craze during the 1996 holiday ...

The quirky owlish Furby toy isn't fooling anyone at the Pentagon or at NASA. *** new Air Force memo forbids anyone to bring *** Furby into areas like this at the Cape. It's here that engineers track ...