It's been in process since "Tickle-me-Elmo"
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it till I die: The people to blame for this are none other than the people at SW. They have put so much effort into promoting Elmo that they have saturated the market; enough that any other action figure, plush toy (except mabey Zoe), ect. no longer stands a chance. Think about it: what was the "newest craze" back when robotics came out?
"Tickle me Elmo"! And ever since then, every year, they have come out with a "new" Elmo toy:"Giant Tickle me Elmo", "Hokey Pokey" Elmo, "Chicken Dance" Elmo, "POTTY with Elmo" (very disturbing IMO), "Sleepy Time musical" Elmo, "Elmo with Blanky" (get em hooked while their young!), "Dancing" Elmo, "Singing - dancing E-L-M-O" Elmo, "Singing cowboy" Elmo, "Let's Pretend" Elmo, "Limbo" Elmo, "Magic lights" Elmo, "I Love You" Elmo, "Rock and Roll" Elmo, "Elmo knows your name" Elmo, "Guess What?!" Elmo, "Shout!" Elmo, "Wave rider" Elmo, "Bilingual" Elmo; need I list any more? But if there is one action figure that says it all in a nut shell when it comes to what is going to eventually happen to all of the SS characters (If action isn't taken SOON),
it's this one: "BIG BIRD ELMO!" I kid you not!
But if you really want to do something about this, please join me in my personal quest to bring equality back to SS: Make a copy of the professional, formal letter I have created (with the help of other MC members), listed in the classic SS section on it own thread (as well as others), sign your "John Hancock" to it, and SEND IT TO SESAME WORKSHOP! Every individual letter they receive counts as 1,000 signatures on a petition!