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Furby vs. Tickle Me Elmo: 1990s icons face off for Toy Hall of Fame

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

Furby vs. Tickle Me Elmo: 1990s icons face off for Toy Hall of Fame

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

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 the launches of rockets and space shuttles so that they can destroy them if they go off course. Furby is not permitted in areas where secret satellites are processed or where classified discussions take place. The reason Furby cannot be trusted. His electronic brain is capable of recording and repeating almost anything, including military secrets. *** forgotten Furby left in the corner of *** secure area could be learning all kinds of classified information which could later be repeated to unfriendly ears. We tested this theory on *** brand new Furby. Furby, can you say satellite? Can you say classified military information? It didn't sound threatening, but perhaps the clever Furby was being evasive. And here's another bit of alarming news. Furby is still selling like hotcakes. As soon as *** customer sees us putting them on the shelf, they're. Where are these Furby going into the hands of innocent children or on some More sinister errand. One thing's for sure, it won't be at the Cape. The commander there has issued *** memo cautioning employees to leave Furby's at home if they bring their daughters and sons to work for visits. NASA treats Furby the same as cameras or other recording devices not allowed in secure areas. The space program is safe from Furby. This may come under the heading of Only in America. Tickle Me Elmo is such *** hot Christmas to the last one left at the Square One mall in Saugus is being kept in *** safe, an item for auction to raise money for Children's Hospital. Mall officials say frantic bids are pouring in from as far away as New York City. It's snowing. How do I get up there? I have to have this doll. I'll pay whatever it is that it costs to buy this. My daughter's dying for it. Elmo, the giggling Elmo? No, I'm sorry, we don't. In the meantime, anxious shoppers are on the hunt for Elmo, but he is nowhere to be found. We've even called California relatives really. Can't get it. Husbands are coming in to buy Tickle Me Elmo for their wives, so it's really any age. Retailers are saying they haven't seen *** toy craze like Tickle Me Elmo since the 80s when the cabbage patch dolls took the country by storm. Today, there are plenty of them on the shelf on sale even back then. They were so hot they became black market items. It's not soft and fuzzy, but it's the same story with Nintendo 64, *** toy so hot all we could find were these empty display boxes. I've been to every store. You don't know how many times, and every time I go in there, there's always *** fight right at the door to get in there and I'm like so far back. Forget it. You're gonna keep trying. I'm gonna keep trying until I can get one, I hope. Meantime, back to Elmo at square one. At last check 30 minutes ago, the latest bid was $450. Maybe that's why he's having such laughing fits. Amalia Barrada, New Center 5.
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Updated: 9:49 AM CDT Sep 19, 2025
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Furby vs. Tickle Me Elmo: 1990s icons face off for Toy Hall of Fame

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

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Updated: 9:49 AM CDT Sep 19, 2025
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The National Toy Hall of Fame announced its finalists for the class of 2025 Wednesday, and it is going to be a battle of the ages.Among the dozen toys nominated are two ‘90s titans, Furby and Tickle Me Elmo. Tickle Me Elmo, released in 1996, laughed and vibrated when squeezed. Furby was an interactive animatronic pet released in 1998 that responded to touch and sound.Both became must-have holiday toys in their debut seasons and caused their share of troubles.During the 1996 holiday rush, some stores literally locked up Tickle Me Elmo because it was so coveted. Furby was banned at some government offices and NASA amid worries it could capture conversations.Our reporters covered both stories in the '90s, and their videos were hilariously enlightening.Watch the stories above to decide which of these two iconic toys should be inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame.Voting for the Toy Hall of Fame is open from Sept. 17 to 24 at the Player's Choice Ballot. If you enjoyed this nostalgic look back, check out a few of our other archival videos:

The National Toy Hall of Fame announced its finalists for the class of 2025 Wednesday, and it is going to be a battle of the ages.

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Among the dozen toys nominated are two ‘90s titans, Furby and Tickle Me Elmo.

Tickle Me Elmo, released in 1996, laughed and vibrated when squeezed. Furby was an interactive animatronic pet released in 1998 that responded to touch and sound.

Both became must-have holiday toys in their debut seasons and caused their share of troubles.

During the 1996 holiday rush, some stores literally locked up Tickle Me Elmo because it was so coveted.

Furby was banned at some government offices and NASA amid worries it could capture conversations.

Our reporters covered both stories in the '90s, and their videos were hilariously enlightening.

Watch the stories above to decide which of these two iconic toys should be inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame.

Voting for the Toy Hall of Fame is open from Sept. 17 to 24 at the .

If you enjoyed this nostalgic look back, check out a few of our other archival videos:

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