I’m so glad I don’t have to buy this for my daughter next Christmas. We bought her TMX Elmo when she was 9 months old. While my husband and I were giggling like kids, she was terrified of it. Every few months, we bring it out to see if she’s over her fear.
She’s almost 2 years old and she still hates it. So that was a waste of $40.00.
This new Elmo would cause night terrors, I’m afraid.
More that I’m showing my age and couldn’t come up with an evil robot meme less than 35 years old. Although if they start advertising that “Elmo-toys Last All Summer Long” I’m joining Farnham in his freehold…
Hmm… I wonder what that huge pneumatic cable hooks up to?
Why the good god damn do they insist on applying this technology to the absolute worst Muppet EVER?! Why not a talking, singing, banjo-strumming Kermit? What about an audio-animatronic Rolf the Dog who can mime out piano-playing gestures on any suitable horizontal surface? A toy that actually encourages your child to play instruments, instead of merely teaching them to shriek annoyingly for attention?
How about a Miss Piggy doll that teaches kids judo? Or a robotic Lou Zealand that teaches fish-throwing skills? The list of possibilities is endless. Even an android Telly Monster who’s too neurotic to come out of the box would be preferable-- because he wouldn’t come out of the box.
When am I going to be able to purchase a Sam the American Eagle doll, who can sit on my desk and stiffly inform everyone who enters the room: “You. Are. All. WEIRDOS!”
Awesome! I bow to your greatness! bork bork bork!
Why not go for some other classic Muppet animatronic dolls;
Animal; teaches kids to play the drums, yell incoherently and ballroom dance…1,2,3 DIP!!!
Doctor Bunsen Honeydew; teaches kids SCIENCE!
Beaker; teaches kids that being a sidekick is bad
the Yip-Yips; for the sheer annoyance factor
Sweetums; 'cause he’s just cool
Swedish Chef; teaches kids how to cook, badly
Gorgon Heap; eats everything
Statler and Waldorf; heckle the other animatronic dolls
I want an animatronic Mighty Favog. He could say sarcastic things about me. An animatronic Scred would be okay, too.
I must say, that Elmo is going to sell like hotcakes. My daughter would have adored this when she was three.
I would TOTALLY buy a Sweetums doll.
This Elmo just looks like a slightly more elaborate version of the Singing Bass to me.
How about an animatronic Uncle Deadly?
One one hand that is pretty damned cool for a toy. OTOH, please god tell me someone is stealing that source code and making them evil.
you want evil? Try this.
The Muppets were created by man.
They evolved.
They rebelled.
There are many copies.
And they have a plan."
they’re hyping this as advanced technology and they can’t even make it run on batteries?
It won’t be such a problem with the upcoming Elmo Hybrid .
According to this, Elmo prefers to see the kid dead.
