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.
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I was thinking Cybertronic. Too on-the-nose?
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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!”
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He would stand in nicely for Mr. Collins. All he’d have to do is say “de Bourgh, de Bourgh, bork bork bork”, and the meaning would be pretty clear.
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Awesome! I bow to your greatness! bork bork bork!
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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!”
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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I prefer Elmo dead to Elmo live.
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According to this, Elmo prefers to see the kid dead.
