Elmo Knows Your Name

by Fisher-Price

Product Features

• Elmo Knows Your Name is a 12" cuddly plush character that incorporates your child's name and favorite things into their friendly character phrases and songs
• Elmo comes with a USB cable, as well as a CD Rom for Mom to download the child's name and favorite things into the doll
• Elmo also has an internal clock so that the content of what it says will change depending on the time of day (morning, noon and night)

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NW1360
• Item model number: K8748
• Our recommended age: 18 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,857 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Elmo Knows Your Name is a 12" cuddly plush character that incorporates your child's name and favorite things into their friendly character phrases and songs. Plush comes with a USB cable, as well as a CD Rom for Mom to download the child's name and favorite things into the doll.

Product Description

Elmo Knows Your Name

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, less than optimal execution, May 29, 2008

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Kali "Kali" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Elmo Knows Your Name (Toy)

I bought this for my daughter for her first birthday, even though it is recommended for 2. Generally, she loves it - hugs it, smiles everytime she sees it and loves that it talks to her. Personally, I think there are some things that need to be worked on. To understand, you should know that Elmo speaks by either squeezing a button in his hand or hugging him and pressing a button on the speaker in his tummy.

1. The sound comes from a speaker that is held in Elmo's tummy. This is where you plug the cord for the PC in. However, with the padding that surrounds this, it is extremely difficult to get the speaker in Elmo's tummy and get the velcro completely closed. Generally, we never get the velcro completely closed, and hide the part where we can't under Elmo's shirt. And since the speaker is where the on/off button is, I am frequently having to struggle to reclose the velcro.

2. Everytime the button on the speaker or hand is pushed, Elmo starts a different "activity". So when my daughter gets over excited and hugs the stuffing out of him, it sound like he has some syndrome - he spurts out a word or two before the "track" changes so it doesn't make any sense. It would be far more productive if a track would finish before a new one would start.

3. The button on the hand is difficult to find and push for an adult, so for little hands, it can be quite difficult. And since Elmo actually says, "Let's play! Squeeze Elmo's hand,", it is what a child will learn should make him talk. Hugging Elmo is the only way my daughter can make him talk, although she tries really hard to squeeze his hand.

4. There are supposed to be 100+ sayings/songs/stories, but if I have heard more than 25, I'd be surprised. Many of them require multiple squeezes to get through the whole activity, so it gets lost on my little one, but would be more enjoyable for an older child.

5. You can choose to set an internal clock that will have Elmo play specific things at specific times, such as wake-up, bedtime, meals, etc. It only works if your child is on a schedule. The only thing I have set is bedtime.

6. At bedtime, Elmo sings a really darling bedtime song that my daughter loves, and she knows means it's night-night time. But if she hugs him too hard, it switches to something else, and she gets the saddest look on her face. Plus, if he is activated after bedtime, he goes back to "Let's Play!" which completely defeats the purpose. The unit should be set-up so that between bedtime and wake-up it doesn't play at all, or only plays the soothing bedtime song.

7. As an adult, I don't like that the software downloads EVERY name in the database onto your PC. Really, I would much rather it interactively let me install the names I want or to just download the ones I want. It took 15-20 minutes to download all of the names, so I know it is taking up a lot of room on my PC, which is frustrating.

8. I actually had to return the one I bought from Amazon. It had clearly been returned to Amazon without the install CD and I had to run out and purchase a new one the morning of my daughters birthday. So purchase early and download early, just in case.

On the plus side:

1. The software installed without a hitch and downloaded to Elmo easily. I have Windows XP Professional.

2. He looks and sounds like he does on TV.

3. There is an opening in the back of the box that allows you to get to the CD and download it to Elmo without taking him out of the box, which is nice if you are giving it as a gift.

4. My daughter loves him!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If at first you don't suceed.. try, try again., December 18, 2007

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A. Humphries (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Elmo Knows Your Name (Toy)

I bought Elmo knows your name for my 18 month old daughter for Christmas. I had read many negative reviews about it, but decided to buy it anyway because I just couldn't pass up the fact that he said my daughter's not-so-common name. Well, after crossing my fingers, plugging him in, and programming him, he would not download the information from the computer! I was so disappointed. I went to a relative's house to try it on their computer, and it worked with absolutely no problems! Elmo's voice is very clear, and he has lots to say!

However, I was disappointed with the selection of additional names. The fisher price website said that elmo could say "mama", "daddy", "papa", etc. Those names were no where to be found on the software though.

Overall, I think it's a great toy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Elmo may know your name but he doesn't know Daddy, February 4, 2009

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J. Nichols "Nichj" - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Elmo Knows Your Name (Toy)

First it was easy to set up. It takes approximately 10 minutes installing it on you computer filling in the questions and downloading it to the toy. I suggest you do this when your child is not around because all they will want to do is play with it instead of letting you download to the toy.

The voice box is annoyingly loud and has no volume control. It is also on the difficult side to place it back inside Elmo's body. My daughter kept saying elmo had a boo boo when his voice box was hanging out.

Elmo has an extremely comprehensive list of names that you can insert. Your Child's name plus 3 friends can be programed into the doll. Despite the extremely huge list of names including Mommy there is no Daddy. There is also no grandma or grandpa. It seems pretty sexist not to include Daddy when Mommy is included. Every other name from the English language (and various other languages) appears to be included.

As mentioned in other reviews Elmo can sound epileptic when squeezed repeatedly because he doesn't finish what he is saying before going on to say the next pre-programed speach. It can really frustrate your child if they are singing along the alphabet song only to hug him again too soon and have him move onto something else. It seems like it would be an easy software fix for him to finish his current "speach" before going onto to another one.