I see that this toy has made the 2007 Hots Toys for Christmas list. My daughter Lani has one and we bought it during the summer when they were not being sot after by crazy parents trying to score that big toy for Christmas and it was hard to find then so good luck at Christmas time. I just wanted to tell you this. Lani got it when she was about 11 months old and would not have anything to do with it. She just did not find it interesting at all. Then about a month went by with it just sitting on the floor and she discovered it again. This time only to find that she was scared of it. He is pretty loud and he does flop around the floor a lot. So it went from the floor in the living room to the bottom of the toy box because she did not even want to see it.
Lani is now almost 16 months old and she found the Elmo again about 2 weeks ago and thinks it is the funniest thing ever. She just presses him and laughs. His gears do grind a little when you hold his hand that the slaps with but other than that he is a pretty good toy. I recommend this one for around the 15 month old age. But if you little is not afraid of anything go for it. We did pay $50 for Lani’s so it was a waste for it to sit in the toy box but now she likes it. Oh and by the way Lani is not afraid of anything either but she did not like the Elmo when she was around 1.
