"Elmo Knows Your Name" ??

Manna said:

Holy cow, has anyone seen this doll? http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3933954

There's a Winnie the Pooh available also. Oh my word! Breanna and I were in Walmart today and found it. I typed in her name and there goes Elmo saying "Hi, Breanna!" She went nuts!

Apparently you hook it up to your comp through a usb that you plug into his butt, and he can save your kid's name, birthday, favorite food, color, etc. It's crazy! We stood there playing with it for the longest time!

Does anyone have one of these, or know someone that does? Is it worth the money? Her birthday is coming up, and I'm sure I could drop a couple of hints to some grandparents...lol.

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I haven't seen this yet. My kids are past the elmo stage but it's interesting...

Haha! That reminds me of the Talking Teddy Ruxbin doll...I was so scared of that thing.

I am afraid I am picturing that doll form the arnold movie...6th day or something....I don't think I want my kids toys to know that much about them!

As for favourite color, that changes by the week around here.

My daughter has a similar doll, but it's Dora (the Explorer).

It's a bit disappointing though.

Dora comes with an enormous database of names and says a lot of great stuff...

But the functions are kinda limited. You can only load three optional items into the doll (3 stories, or 2 stories and 1 song, or 1 story and 2 songs, etc).

It also comes with a built in Alarm Clock that reminds the child of certain events.

12:00pm - "Rachel! It's time for lunch!"
1:00pm - "Rachel! It's time for a nap!"
6:00pm - "Rachel! It's time for dinner!"

Problem is that the clock always goes haywire and gives the notification at the wrong times.

Overall, it's cute. Always surprises people who see the doll, but don't know what it does.

You can also load three names of other people, and the doll will mention them at random.

"Rachel! Do you want to have a picnic with... Jess-i-ca?"

My cousin got it for my daughter for Christmas and he said he got it from Walmart.

You can set the times for all of the alarms, but the types of alarms are pre-selected (Breakfast, Lunch, Nap, Dinner, Bedtime, etc.)

And 12:00pm is LUNCH! Not midnight! (midnight is 12:00am).

Hehe. A talking ELMO doll that knows my name, or anyone else's for that matter, is not permitted in my home.

David would love it though.... he's currently Elmo obsessed, its a bit shocking. All day he follows me around saying "Elmo!" and holding his one Elmo video to try to talk me into watching it

If this keeps up a couple more months I figure for his 2nd birthday we'll need an Elmo theme.