Mecha Builders

Mecha Builders (also known as Sesame Street Mecha Builders) is a computer-animated children's television series and a spin-off of Sesame Street, that began production in May 2020. The series is co-produced by the United States organization Sesame Workshop and Canadian animation producer Guru Studio, which is known for PAW Patrol and True and the Rainbow Kingdom.

Why It Can't Build

 * 1) The idea of a Sesame Street spin-off, while not the worst idea, is just completely unnecessary considering Sesame Street's status as a classic and that it didn't need a spin-off. As Sesame Street has been running for over 50 years and shows no signs of stopping, it would also be easier to just continue that show than to risk making another spin-off.
 * 2) *Not to mention, the show already had four spin-off series called Elmo's World (in international markets where it aired as a separate show), Play with Me Sesame, The Not Too Late Show with Elmo, and The Furchester Hotel.
 * 3) The only Muppets from Sesame Street confirmed to return in this show are Abby, Cookie Monster, and Elmo.
 * 4) Elmo says "Mecha" before his name since he's a robot, which is annoying.
 * 5) There is barely any real or exciting action, and the show plays it way too safe by not having any violence either.
 * 6) The episodes are predictable and way too simplistic. Mecha Abby, Mecha Elmo, and Mecha Cookie Monster find ways to solve a problem, they test their ideas to solve the problem, and then they find a solution. The problem is solved and the episode ends.
 * 7) Very poor grasp of the original source material. The series is also unfaithful to the main show's realism and completely misses the spirit of what made it so special and famous. The main show (at least before Abby was introduced in Season 37) was pretty grounded and down-to-earth, despite the anthropomorphic animals and monsters. Mecha Builders, however, is about Abby, Elmo, and Cookie Monster as robot superheroes solving problems in the city and teaching kids STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
 * 8) *There are also lots of sci-fi and action elements, which would feel totally out-of-place or wouldn't fit in the street scenes of the main show.
 * 9) It has its own continuity with barely any connection to Sesame Street, with the exception of the characters and their designs.
 * 10) *Because of this show and the fact that it was greenlit, HBO has officially turned Sesame Street into a huge disgrace by the general public.
 * 11) *Unlike the Bob the Builder reboot, Fireman Sam (Season 6-present), the Netflix era of VeggieTales, the Rugrats reboot and the 2016 reboot of Monster High, which at least kept the premises of their respective source material, Mecha Builders completely throws the premise of Sesame Street into the water.
 * 12) *The series was made so it could cash in on a nostalgic icon. In other words, it was made to turn a beloved preschool show into a pandering monster that couldn't be escaped.
 * 13) Quantity Over Quality: Although only 10 episodes of the show have aired so far, it seems to have lasted way too long for no reason at all besides making money for WarnerMedia and Sesame Workshop.
 * 14) It completely abandons the down-to-earth tone of earlier Sesame Street seasons (the 1969-1990 Jim Henson era, in particular) and replaces everything special about it with overly age-appropriate junk, as mentioned above. It is a lot more action-oriented to the point of any realism whatsoever being completely thrown out of the window.
 * 15) It almost completely focuses on Abby, Elmo, and Cookie Monster and ignores the rest of the Sesame Street Muppets.
 * 16) It tries too hard to modernize Sesame Street and be cool for the current generation of children, which is unacceptable. Sesame Street (even after Season 32, when it went slightly downhill) at least tries to stay faithful to its timeline and rarely tries to be hip and cool, but Mecha Builders suffers heavily from historical inaccuracy.
 * 17) None of the new characters are even properly introduced and feel like they were thrown in at the last minute. On top of that, the new characters are not very well-written.
 * 18) *Even the main characters (Mecha Abby, Mecha Elmo, and Mecha Cookie Monster) have generic personalities.
 * 19) The theme song is quite annoying to listen to. To make matters worse, it's dance-pop (unlike the Sesame Street theme song, which is a timeless classic), and it's too modern even for Sesame Street'' standards.
 * 20) Bland redesigns for Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and Elmo.
 * 21) Mediocre CGI animation that looks like an Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, or PlayStation 3 game.
 * 22) The episodes all end with the heroes explaining what they did earlier.
 * 23) The show was only made because Sesame Street couldn't be broadcast on Cartoon Network's preschool block Cartoonito, instead premiering new episodes on HBO Max.
 * 24) Bland-to-awful voice acting for Mecha Elmo and Mecha Abby, just like their Sesame Street counterparts.
 * 25) The main characters have generic personalities.
 * 26) It is unoriginal, as it shares many similarities to Team Umizoomi.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It can make building and solving problems fun for daycare children, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.
 * 2) Great voice acting for the minor/supporting characters and Cookie Monster