Elmo Live ready for pre-order by dutiful parents

Although it hits retail on Thursday, you might want to get your pre-order in now given the way these things tend to go scarce near the Xmas rush. We're talking about Elmo Live of course, the singing, dancing, and story telling robot with wobbly red limbs and interactive sensors scattered around the monster's face and ticklish belly. Available now for about $65 pre-tax at all the usual on-line shops for our tiniest consumers. We've dropped in the video after the break as a reminder of things to come.

[Via I4U]

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[Alex Padilla @ Aug 11th 2008 3:33AM]

lol @ picture

PS. what am I doing up so late...or early...?

[who? @ Aug 11th 2008 4:25AM]

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.

[Flashpoint @ Aug 11th 2008 4:29AM]

Damn thing looks like a suicide bomber.

All it needs is a bandolier with semtex.

[mymaclife @ Aug 11th 2008 5:09AM]

Looks more like Bush to me!

[Erik @ Aug 11th 2008 3:37AM]

"...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.

[Zac Grose @ Aug 11th 2008 4:03AM]

Scare == Scarce. Both are terribly horrific things to go through as a parent.

[tha-don @ Aug 11th 2008 3:39AM]

how much do you think these will go for on ebay in december???

[Jon @ Aug 11th 2008 10:00AM]

I will buy 10 and find out.

[David @ Aug 11th 2008 3:45AM]

is it tethered to something or is it free like that tickle me version?

[Joe @ Aug 11th 2008 3:47AM]

See this is the kind of device I've been waiting for...not an iPhone!

[dreamscape86 @ Aug 11th 2008 4:05AM]

Can it play Doom?

Because man... that would be creepy.

[MastrCake @ Aug 11th 2008 4:09AM]

ROFL +1 for you my friend!

Nice way to turn that joke around.

[Michael LaFramboise @ Aug 11th 2008 4:09AM]

Robot elmos are only the first step towards doom...

[Colin Potter @ Aug 11th 2008 4:17AM]

Can it cause a crisis?

[MastrCake @ Aug 11th 2008 4:08AM]

"Available now for about $65 pre-tax at all the usual on-line shops for out tiniest consumers"

Well, since my kids are out...

[lettcco @ Aug 11th 2008 4:29AM]

no thanks. I will wait till they come out with Elmo die.

[frank @ Aug 11th 2008 4:48AM]

Is the video doctored? The audio sounds a bit too good for a $65 toy.

[A.C.E.R. @ Aug 11th 2008 4:48AM]

In before overlords.

[Adderz @ Aug 11th 2008 5:10AM]

Elmo knows where you live...

[Dr Zoidberg @ Aug 11th 2008 5:24AM]

Is it wrong that I find it seriously awesome and that I want one really badly?

[mickeymoo @ Aug 11th 2008 5:14AM]

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?)

[Nick @ Aug 11th 2008 7:50AM]

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.

[Graham @ Aug 11th 2008 7:58AM]

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

[J-Mac @ Aug 11th 2008 8:46AM]

"Although it hits retail on Thursday"

Are we sure about this? The 3 links all say "10/14/08".

[Andy TGD @ Aug 11th 2008 8:53AM]

Sorry guys, just one question: why does it need that cord shoved up it's ass?

[Rant @ Aug 11th 2008 9:35AM]

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.

[dschwab @ Aug 11th 2008 9:37AM]

BTW, you're about 2 months premature on the release. It's due out on October 14, not this Thursday August 14.

[CosterMonger @ Aug 11th 2008 10:41AM]

The Elmo's are going to be cause of the great AI war of 2014
welcome your robot oppressors with tickles!

[RikF @ Aug 11th 2008 11:16AM]

There's only one thing you need to know about this toy...

"Jazz Hands!"

[Free ps3 @ Aug 11th 2008 1:05PM]

i need one of these, i love elmo. I had to buy the tickle me elmo when i was 17!

[Nikropht @ Aug 11th 2008 1:22PM]

All hail to the red furry overlords...

[DaCheez @ Aug 11th 2008 1:34PM]

I, for one, welcome our new ticklish, singing, dancing, and story-telling robot overlords...

[TurboFool @ Aug 11th 2008 6:29PM]

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.

[Nelson @ Aug 11th 2008 10:17PM]

I can't wait to get the chucky doll version, but will it laugh when I tickle it...?