Gizmodo: Fisher-Price

Fisher-Price Doll Reprogrammed by Al-Qaeda

matt buchanan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:15:00 EDT

The hard-hitting investigative team at MyFox has just discovered the latest and greatest threat to national security and your children: Fisher-Price's Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle & Coo Doll, which is sold across the country, has apparently been hijacked by Al-Qaeda to reprogram your children into followers of Allah! If you squint your ears, one of the talking doll's catchphrases sounds like "Islam is the light." God-fearin' parents everywhere are horrified, or at least outside of this McDonald's and Pizza Hut. Why hasn't anyone been talking about the surge where we really need it, the heart of Fisher-Price??? [YouTube]

Elmo Live Available for Pre-Order, $60 If You Love Your Children

Benny Goldman — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:15:00 EDT

Elmo Live, the rapping, dancing, storytelling furball is now up for pre-order from all of the major online retailers. It doesn't ship until October 14th, but you should get one before they are impossible to find and your kids hate you forever. The cuddly robot is on sale for $60 at Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us (limit 5) and K-Mart, but if they all run out you can try your luck at Amazon.com for $65. Jazz Hands! [i4u]

Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Digital Camera Takes Swimming Lessons to Become Nigh Indestructable

matt buchanan — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:45:47 EST

While Fisher-Price's Kid-Tough digital camera was already built to withstand the Guantanamo-level torture your average four-year-old dishes out to their toys, the latest model will hold up to 30 minutes of waterboarding too, despite a rounder, slimmer body. The insides have gotten an upgrade as well, with a 1.3MP sensor (up from 640x480) and 64MB of storage that'll hold 500 closeups of your kid's boogers. [Fisher-Price]

First Video of Elmo Live Singing and Dancing Shows He Got Skillz

Benny Goldman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:10:58 EST

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]

Kidtronics: By Fisher Price, Of Course

tgrumet — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:04:52 EST

Hold on to your children, my friends—looks like their gonna get another reason to dig into mommy's and daddy's pocketbooks soon. Fisher-Price, toymaker extraordinaire, is planning to release a new line of products called "Kidtronics" which should be previewed at February's International Toy Show in NYC. Now, I know we've been dealing with Furbies and toned-down kiddie electronics for years now, but Fisher-Price is really going for the gold this time, with stuff like an MP3 music player that would play digitally-recorded books and a Kid-Tough digital camera (which has the grips on the side to protect the flash port from being covered by naughty children's hands). Way to go Fisher-Price, thanks for adding some extra cash to my holiday buying list. It's not enough I have to buy my brother-in-law a new DVD player? Now I have to buy my 2-year-old a camera. Rock on.

Fisher-Price tackles electronics with KidTronics [Reuters]