Display box contains 15" tall plush doll by Tyco Preschool, ©1996 Children's Television Workshop/Jim Henson Productions, Inc. Based on the Sesame Street Muppet Elmo, the doll giggles when squeezed. When squeezed three times, Elmo shakes and vibrates. First released in July 1996, the toy became the hottest gift during the 1996 Christmas shopping season, where stores experienced great difficulty keeping them in stock, resulting a thriving (and somewhat unscrupulous) secondary market. High grade example of one of the hottest toy fads of the 1990s.