1 Greater than 7 days from 9 0/7 weeks to 15 6/7 weeks. 2  Greater than 10 days from 16 0/7 weeks to 21 6/7 weeks. 3  Greater than 14 days from 22 0/7 weeks to 27 6/7 weeks. 4  Greater than 21 days after 28 0/7 weeks.
1996 Elmo craze. Tickle Me Elmo was released in July 1996, with a supply of 400,000 units. The dolls sold well, but remained widely available until the day after Thanksgiving, when they suddenly sold out. With the Christmas shopping season approaching, Tyco Preschool ordered 600,000 more dolls from their suppliers.
When Tyco was licensed to produce a new line of Sesame Street toys in 1996, Dubren was asked to apply his laughing technology to an Elmo doll. Tickle Me Elmo and his laughing fits were an instant success, and Elmo became the most desired toy of the 1996 holiday shopping season. Because of short supplies, retailers were besieged by Elmo-seeking mobs willing to pay anything for the it toy.