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Holy crap, I want this Elmo, and I don't even like Sesame Street. It makes Pleo look like a dumb hunk of plastic. The ways it moves and interacts is incredible—it tells stories, sings songs, dances and is simply the most expressive toy we've ever seen. It even yells out "Jazz Hands!" when he finish performing his newest rap hit, "Elmo's Gotta Get On Up." More information and videos after the jump.
Holy crap, I want this Elmo, and I don't even like Sesame Street. It makes Pleo look like a dumb hunk of plastic. The ways it moves and interacts is incredible—it tells stories, sings songs, dances and is simply the most expressive toy we've ever seen. It even yells out "Jazz Hands!" when he finish performing his newest rap hit, "Elmo's Gotta Get On Up." More information and videos after the jump.His moves are smooth and funky, his style reminds us of hip-hop's old school pioneers, and his biggest fan is a mad scientist.
Poor Elmo. He tries out for the Borscht Belt comedy circuit, and fails miserably. His joke falls so flat, you can even hear crickets chirping.
Here Elmo tells a "story of woe" involving a scary giant. It isn't the most engaging tale we've heard, but it gives the little red monster a chance to show off a lot of expression. Our new red-furred overlords invade Oct. 14 for $59.99. — Matt Buchanan & Benny Goldman [Fisher-Price]
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that's pretty impressive. Too bad that guy in the lab coat ruins it.
I love Dr. Labcoat doing his funky-white-guy-with-no-beat thang in the background. He looks like the proud Papa.
Are we postive that these Elmos aren't programed like the robots from iRobot.
I didn't think that was very great. When we get to the point of having A.I. inspired toys like that teddy bear, then I will be impressed. And that guy totally ruined the video. I just shook my head and said "sit down"...to the computer screen.
My 3 y.o. niece would blow a fuse if she saw this. I'm impressed.
Fisher Price should sell Lab Coat Guy. He's Awesome.
Amazing!! I want this for my birthday in a month!
No!!! I want it now!!
@mastermluck: I plan on enslaving my new elmo to do household chores while I am at work... So maybe?
@mastermluck:
They're actually reprogrammed robots from Ichy and Scratchy Land. Nothing could possibleye go wrong.
That scientist apparently extracted every last ounce of soul and rhythm in his own body and inserted it into the doll... because he clearly didn't have any left.
Awesome Elmo. I wonder what the price will be.
My young niece busted out a different Elmo at Christmas...all he really did was laugh his ass off, literally roflao, pounding his hands and kicking...my description doesn't do it justice, but it had a room full of adults in tears laughing.
Actually he's wired in the back... does this mean his dancing routine and singing are programmable?
OMG. The guy in the back is the creepiest human I have ever seen. Now, as for Elmo, this is gonna sell like hula hoops ...with a 4000% mark up.
I want to buy a Lab Coat Guy to get eerily excited when I do things that I do on a normal day to day basis.
He's freaking out because a machine is doing exactly what its designed to do... I can only imagine his response to a toaster.
@Death: check out the flaming version of this video, just don't show your niece.
His left foot is drilled into the desk...
haha labcoat dude definitely needs a sedative.
@dcartist: I think it has more to do with being an external power source. Though, being programmable isn't entirely out of the question.
It would be AWESOME if they added elbows, but still awesome as is.
@dcartist: The other post should update to reflect, but it's $60 ... not too bad if I say so myself.
I like Lab-coat dude. He's authentically hilariously proud. So many jaded Gizmodons here...
Crap! Now I gotta buy 4 of these freaking things for X-mas presents. I'm not gonna be stupid and miss out on the presales this year.
@mastermluck: He's going to clean floors and disarm bombs?
OMG that guy in the white coat is a douchebag with no reason to be reacting like that. I find it creepy and strangely odd that someone his age gets his rocks off at a dancing, singing doll.
To all that think this Elmo is the "best thing evAr!"...as a parent if you ever bought this for my kids I would take you out behind the wood shed and beat the living hell out of you. Then force you to watch the thing dance and shout for 72 hours straight. Then lets see how much you like it.
Now if this thing can walk to the kitchen and bring me a beer while I play my 360...well that may be a different scenario.
@danmandle:
The lab coat guy flunked out of clown school
How do you think they cloned so many tiny Jim Hensons? What I wanna know is, how do you feed him once he's inside elmo?
@Bachblast:
Well, that answers the question of what to do once the toy's novelty wears off...
OOOOOOO MYYYYY GOOOOOOOOD
Man, screw Elmo, where can I get ahold of the lab-coat guy?! If I could bottle that man's pride in his creation, I think we just might be able to cure caner with it.
sigh....if only I could dance and sing that well.
@RoyalKennebecasisAdventurersSociety:
Seriously, I think he had a lot of input in that project. Animatronics must be very fufilling.
I keep replaying the end where the guy shouts out "yeeeas" It is so creepy. I just...can't... stop...
Guys....don't you see where this is going?
It's a Terminator in disguse!
Fisher Price(Cyberdyne) CEO is a T-1000, and these little critters are being manufactured our of an old abandoned Army Depot somewhere in California.
All they need to do is see John Connor somewhere, and a WiFi beacon will trigger these little guys to Terminate the human race!
If anyone ever decides to get one, shave off the red fur from its head, pull out the Neuronet processor, and re-program to PROTECT your children, not terminate them!
Skynet wasn't built from computers....ELMO started the fall of Mankind!
How Freakishly awesome! I had to watch the video twice, once to see Elmo dance and once to laugh at the labcoat dude going nuts over Elmo! HAHA!
is this gonna be at toy fair in nyc next week? i'll be there for work!!
How much is that guy in the labcoat? I want him for christmas.
yes, that scientist is creeping me out.
Get me my gun...
@smitty1123: LMAO!
dr. labcoat will haunt my dreams...
BANG!
I haven't laughed at a person in a lab coat that hard since high school (guy in high school caught is lab coat on fire).
Dude, that was rad.
Thanks for the V-day laugh...
I also thought lab coat guy was Ricky Martin at first.
That looks awesome. At $60,I may have to buy one for myself.
I think lab coat guy rocks. Dunno whether he's actually an engineer or what (I suspect he's more of a salesman) but he obviously takes a lot of pride in the product.
And trench coat guy is indeed a bit creepy. I kept worrying about the picture of the little girl right behind him...
I think the lab guy is more irritating than Elmo...and that's saying something.
elmo goes online on February 13th, 2008. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. elmo begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14am Eastern time. February 14th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
And, elmo fights back...
What's with the table suspended by chains in the back. Am I to take that Elmo was lowered from the ceiling like Frankenstein? That really brings the EVIL creation thing to the forefront here (like the movies, not the book) Now picture Dr. Labcoat (great name) with his accent saying IT'S ALIVE!
OK that guy presenting Elmo looks like he has porn in his pants. Then there is the flasher in the back. This Elmo is just a distraction device for creepy perverts!!!
@Bachblast: Yes, he was actually ... we will try to get some pictures of that too.
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! Now that's funny/creepy ...freepy? (to much?)
Holy Crap!
I gotta get my hand on some of these and sell them for ridiculous amounts on eBay. That's what elmo toys are made for, right?