Template:Did you know nominations/Greg Hyman

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... that before co-creating the Tickle Me Elmo doll, toy inventor Greg Hyman charged for rides on a rocket ship toy he constructed using an old washing machine?

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/greg-hyman-dead.html Greg Hyman, Co-Creator of Tickle Me Elmo, Dies at 78... From a young age, he was singularly focused: At 11, he offered inventing lessons involving electricity to his classmates (the first three were free) and sold “rocket ship” rides on a craft he built from an old washing machine, with a baby-carriage cockpit."

- ALT1: ... that at the age of 11, Tickle Me Elmo co-creator Greg Hyman taught school friends about electricity, with the first three lessons offered for free? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/business/greg-hyman-dead.html Greg Hyman, Co-Creator of Tickle Me Elmo, Dies at 78... From a young age, he was singularly focused: At 11, he offered inventing lessons involving electricity to his classmates (the first three were free) and sold “rocket ship” rides on a craft he built from an old washing machine, with a baby-carriage cockpit."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nikolai Chernyshev

Created by Alansohn (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 63 past nominations.

Alansohn (talk) 20:49, 26 May 2026 (UTC).

Comment. Proposing drive-by ALT hook.
- ALT0a: ... that the co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo charged for rides on a toy rocket ship he constructed from an old washing machine?

@Alansohn: The detail in ALT0 ("charged for rides") still needs to be added to the actual article. Cielquiparle (talk) 05:49, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Cielquiparle, done. And no issue on my part with ALT0a. Alansohn (talk) 02:27, 31 May 2026 (UTC)