When toy manufacturers make talking toys, they use the cheapest chips and speakers possible: 4-kilohertz audio samples played through a 30-cent piezo buzzer would be an extravagance in this industry.

LITHIA, Fla. - When you give your kids a talking Elmo doll, you don't expect the toy to issue death threats but that's what happened when a mother in Florida changed the batteries. The offending toy ...

Fisher-Price’s talking Elmo doll made headlines in 2008 when a Florida mother claimed that the adorable fuzzball was spitting out Chucky-esque death threats against her 2-year-old son. Local news ...

WASHINGTON - Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The ...

The talking Sesame Street toy blurts out a message of death. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, ...

NEW YORK – Eyes still glazed over from those assault-on-the-senses trips to the toy store during the holidays? Better splash some cold water on your face, because the industry is already back with its ...