New Elmo Live can sit, stand and tell stories -- is in league with your three-year-old

If you hadn't noticed by now, Elmo is rapidly on his way from being a creepy laughing toy -- and annoyingly difficult to find during the holidays -- to being a full-fledged creepy robot... and even more difficult to find during the holidays. The new Elmo Live, which Fisher-Price is announcing at Toy Fair 2008 this week, can mouth his words like a real-live Muppet, and can sit, stand and gesture as he tells stories, jokes, sings and play games. Of course, we're sure you can still tickle him and set him on fire, but the depth of interaction Elmo Live brings should surely bring the creepiness factor to whole new levels. Which is why this is potentially the best toy ever. Hopefully you can re-program him to drop kick your Pleo. Elmo Live will be out on October 14th for $60.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 2:49PM]

can i suggest HACK ATTACK!!
i want to see this thing with lasers and guns!

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 2:49PM]

i figure every creature deserves a warm meal...

( please someone... get this reference! )

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 2:50PM]

yes, but does it play doom?

[Dan S. @ Feb 14th 2008 2:58PM]

All you have is one simple request: Elmos with frickin' laser beams on their frickin' heads?

[looseinthedeuce @ Feb 14th 2008 2:52PM]

Why is this guy replying to himself?

[looseinthedeuce @ Feb 14th 2008 2:52PM]

Yeah, no kidding. What's that about?

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 2:53PM]

RRRAAAMMMPPPAAGGEEE!!!!


( i hope someone get's that reference too. )

i just thought they were good comments...
and lack of sleep.

[looseinthedeuce @ Feb 14th 2008 2:55PM]

Then stop continuously refreshing the page and go to bed.

[rv @ Feb 14th 2008 3:09PM]

Dude its like 3:00. Who goes to sleep now?

[looseinthedeuce @ Feb 14th 2008 3:19PM]

@rv

It's not 3:00 everywhere. Check your timezone at the door.

[Ishimaru @ Feb 14th 2008 2:54PM]

Why does Elmo look like he's getting violated from behind???

[kal326 @ Feb 14th 2008 2:59PM]

Um, because its a puppet....thats how they roll...

[Gremlin @ Feb 14th 2008 2:58PM]

I expect this to be a decently hot ticket item this holiday season. The robotic toy industry has really been letting me down recently... Nevertheless, me want!

[Dan S. @ Feb 14th 2008 3:00PM]

So how long is it going to take for someone to post a video of Elmo Live on fire? There's something deeply distrubing, yet pleasing about watching that video of a TMX Elmo giggle/spasm while burning.

[kal326 @ Feb 14th 2008 3:03PM]

Great wonder if they have wifi or any other type of remote interface. If so wait for the day for somebody to hack it and make an army of I,Elmo.

"This is the song, la la la...you're gonna die..."

[Matt B @ Feb 14th 2008 4:32PM]

... It's Elmo's world now, bitch!!

[adamcpennington @ Feb 14th 2008 3:10PM]

That is freaking funny. I want a robot elmo that can use my compld uter. Maybe it could repair my computer. Computer Repair Fontana

[Saint Dumb Ox @ Feb 14th 2008 3:13PM]

Everybody knows the only reason the original sold so many was because people everywhere knew it was really a tickle ME Elmo (wink wink, nudge nudge...say no more)

[nxtiak @ Feb 14th 2008 3:25PM]

Gizmodo has 3 awesome videos of this thing in action.

[Anthony @ Feb 14th 2008 3:32PM]

It is amazing. I have a little boy. When he's 5 (3 years from now) I can't even imagine how much more things'll be advanced. However, lab coat guy makes it hard to watch video 1.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 4:54PM]

yeah, this post conviniently came up ohh.. 15 minutes after gizmodo posted it lol

engadget, you need to lay down you guns and give giz credit where due!

[Josh L @ Feb 14th 2008 3:25PM]

That picture is terrifying, like he is about to consume the souls of virgin sacrifices.

[Patrick @ Feb 14th 2008 3:39PM]

helloooooooooooo ebay! his predecessors helped put me through college

god bless soccer moms with too much money =)

[Robert Oschler @ Feb 14th 2008 3:48PM]

Elmosapien wants to play with Elmo Live now! Especially the head:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_A2Fs1hwYQo

[Sam @ Feb 14th 2008 3:52PM]

I, for one, welcome our new fuzzy robotic overlords.

[Anthony @ Feb 14th 2008 4:56PM]

you would.

[Seoultrain @ Feb 14th 2008 4:02PM]

I bought an elmo chair for a baby a while ago. She loved that thing, but the funny thing is that as the battery dies, elmo's laugh gets lower in pitch and starts to sound demonic. great stuff

[martin @ Feb 14th 2008 4:06PM]

ahhh! kill it! bigfoots covered in blood!

[phatnackatron @ Feb 14th 2008 4:10PM]

elmo begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 14th 2008 4:55PM]

and then contacts the server for further instructions?
or is pre-programmed to take over the world?

[TIMMAH! @ Feb 14th 2008 11:20PM]

They didn't cover this in the Terminator movies, but this is how Skynet *really* started...

[Jamie @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:59PM]

I am a mom to a 2.5 yr old little boy that loves Elmo and am happy to see this new product. Can't wait to have it my home for the look on my little man's face will be priceless when he sees Elmo in action.
If you haven't any children of your own you won't understand what this comment means. If you do have children then hopefully your heart is big enough to see the joy that something that may be so "stupid" or even "creepy" to some may bring to a little kids' face.

[sandra connerton @ Mar 5th 2008 4:45PM]

still think hes cute but does anybody know where to preorder so i dont have to buy on ebay

[george @ Apr 9th 2008 5:20PM]

Are you the Sandy Connerton that went to Ohio University in 1959

[adamcpennington @ Mar 10th 2008 11:40AM]

I want a tickle me elmo robotic computer. http://adamcpennington.googlepages.com