top secret elmo tmx launched !!!!

Babbler

Checked my email this morning... have had a reply from the local station!!! Here it is:

Hi



I LOVE IT! I want one!!!



How did you get hold of it? I was wondering if we could get some to give away on the show nearer Christmas. Any pointers would be great!!

mcnutsuk

They are in stock at Hamley's Regent Street toy store in London. I bought two this morning and there were about 20 on a shelf (and I am sure loads more elsewhere).

rebl43

stevie_show wrote:

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47368,00.html

you never know if you cannot sell you may win

Oh my goodness! Do you think this is true? Or just a ploy to get more people to buy?

mcnutsuk

rebl43 wrote:

Oh my goodness! Do you think this is true? Or just a ploy to get more people to buy?

I think its a ploy... from 4 years ago (the article date is from 2001 for a contest for January 9, 2002) !
:money:

rebl43

Ahh.... I didn't notice that!:o
Phew thanks I was starting to have a bit of a panic about whether I should hang on to mine instead of selling it!

goggins1977

Just got back from toys r us Swindon and they have a massive pile of elmo's i bought one as its my daughters 1st birthday on wednesday.
What is all the hype with these things anyway ???

RACHIE77

Ordered one from Woolies!! Thanks everyone

donstermonster

picked up mine today from Woolies in peterborough and it is one of the funniest items i have seen for a long long time.

Mine is joining me at my company meeting next week (which is usually quite a boring affair) and i will insist he is first up to "say a few words" to see what the reaction is and to guage the "fun factor" of the meeting compared to others !!!

georgiac

stevie_show wrote:

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47368,00.html

you never know if you cannot sell you may win

Brandi Goodwin of Washington, D.C. is the grand prize winner of the Tickle Me Elmo Surprise Sweepstakes. It was her son Brandon Andrew’s Tickle Me Elmo Surprise doll that made it official on the evening of January 9, 2002.

As the Grand Prize winner, Ms. Goodwin collects a $200,000 check that can be used towards the purchase of a new house; plus a special Elmo-decorated Volkswagen® New Beetle; a Power Wheels by Fisher-Price® Elmo-decorated Volkswagen® New Beetle ride-on toy; an Elmo-decorated personal computer; and $60,000 (valued at maturity) in U.S. Savings Bonds that can be used towards education!

withabix

My delivery-to-store date has gone out to 11th October from 4th October today.