Elmo Live ready for pre-order by dutiful parents
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Aug 11th 2008 3:25AM
posted Aug 11th 2008 3:25AM
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lol @ picture
PS. what am I doing up so late...or early...?
Exactly! (to the late/early thing)
I'm tired, but I can't sleep... It's weird because I took a sleeping pill like five hours ago, and I'm still wide awake. Weird.
Damn thing looks like a suicide bomber.
All it needs is a bandolier with semtex.
Looks more like Bush to me!
"...the way these things tend to go scare during the Xmas rush."
Yes, they do scare me the way they sell during the Xmas rush. And when kids don't care about these ones next year, they'll lead the robot insurrection.
Scare == Scarce. Both are terribly horrific things to go through as a parent.
how much do you think these will go for on ebay in december???
I will buy 10 and find out.
is it tethered to something or is it free like that tickle me version?
See this is the kind of device I've been waiting for...not an iPhone!
Can it play Doom?
Because man... that would be creepy.
ROFL +1 for you my friend!
Nice way to turn that joke around.
Robot elmos are only the first step towards doom...
Can it cause a crisis?
"Available now for about $65 pre-tax at all the usual on-line shops for out tiniest consumers"
Well, since my kids are out...
no thanks. I will wait till they come out with Elmo die.
Is the video doctored? The audio sounds a bit too good for a $65 toy.
In before overlords.
Elmo knows where you live...
Is it wrong that I find it seriously awesome and that I want one really badly?
Can Elmo tell us the story of how he can move more naturally (and seemingly quietly) for $65 than Pleo can for $300 ?
(what's with the wire harness coming out the back? Demo too long for a set of D cells or is that in case he were to flip out during the demo and attack the press corps?)
I don't normally do this but I'm going to take the gamble and order three and pray that come December these things are in demand. Hopefully I can make some money off them.
This picture reminds me of the Elmo that was making death threats.
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/2/22/tampa_boy39s_elmo_starts_making_death_threats.html
"Although it hits retail on Thursday"
Are we sure about this? The 3 links all say "10/14/08".
Sorry guys, just one question: why does it need that cord shoved up it's ass?
That video is from quite a few months ago, so I'd assume that this was a prototype that required that cord thing. Can't imagine that is required in the final version.
BTW, you're about 2 months premature on the release. It's due out on October 14, not this Thursday August 14.
The Elmo's are going to be cause of the great AI war of 2014
welcome your robot oppressors with tickles!
There's only one thing you need to know about this toy...
"Jazz Hands!"
i need one of these, i love elmo. I had to buy the tickle me elmo when i was 17!
All hail to the red furry overlords...
I, for one, welcome our new ticklish, singing, dancing, and story-telling robot overlords...
For those asking about the cable coming out of his back, this video is from February. He wasn't done yet. They hadn't optimized his power usage yet or cut down chipset down to something small enough to fit inside. That all changes for the final release.
I can't wait to get the chucky doll version, but will it laugh when I tickle it...?