Child's toy freaks out Al Roker: Can you relate?

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    Yes. *Shudder*
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    No, that's silly!
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    Can't answer. Child's clown toy watching me. Send help.
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Have you ever had a toy that made your kids go “Awwww” while you went “Aaaaagh?!” Al Roker (father of three) feels your pain.

Roker previewed some of the hot toys from this week’s Toy Fair, where manufacturers show off the games and toys they hope will be trendy this year. From Legos to jumbo Bananagrams, all was going well -- until Al met a break-dancing Mickey Mouse, whose upper body rotates 360 degrees while his legs stay stationary.

“Oh that’s freaky,” Al exclaimed. “That’s like 'The Exorcist' meets Mickey!”

You never know when your child is going to fall in love with a freaky toy, whether it’s a stuffed clown with a psychopathic grin or, in my case, an innocent-looking fire engine that would not stop wailing, even when when we took the battery out!

As Al said at the end of the TODAY segment, “Thanks so much for FREAKING ME OUT!”

Have you ever been freaked out by any of your child’s toys?

Check out the video for the full TODAY segment on the hot toys from the 2012 Toy Fair.

ToyPortfolio.com's Stephanie Oppenheim shows TODAY's Al Roker some the hottest new toys for kids, including glow-in-the-dark blocks, giant edition Scrabble, and novelty dolls.

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this was not news, not sure what it was but its sure not news.... I would put this video in the same bag as yesterdays trash.....

    Reply#1 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:36 PM EST

    Al Roker freaks me out.

      Reply#2 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:37 PM EST

      Dora doing gymnastics. Also creepy.

        Reply#3 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:45 PM EST

        put some almost dead batteries into a tickle me elmo and then wait until the middle of the night for a passing car or a pet running through the house to cause it to jiggle a bit. elmo WILL be "set off" and the "he he he, that tickles" sounds scarry as hell when it takes over 20 seconds to come out, scarry as HELL

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        Reply#4 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:59 PM EST
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