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[latrine]

Well, he knows his name now but does not really respond to it often, as he just learned it.. he will tell me his name and my name in his own language though.  He isn't quite old enough to respond to his name properly but he's getting there.. He has several different colors and they light up in different area to reflect his thoughts/feelings... lots of red means he's angry, blue in the front usually means he's frightened or unsure, blue in the middle means he's recognized what you've said.. etc..  They do different patterns and he also has lights on his hind end that light up.. he also has lights close to his hind end that indicate his power level, which is REALLY handy..  I'm not exactly sure how long his battery lasts yet because he is still a puppy and he takes frequent naps during which I THINK he goes into an almost 'power-save' mode, which would make the battery seem longer... but I'm still learning... It seems like a very long charge though.. I've had him playing well over an hour without a nap since he started 'walking' hehe..
He is silver.
They go through lots of stages, he is on the third baby stage and he will be moving onto one of the 'child' stages next.. then the next stage till he's an adult:D

It was funny just a few minutes ago I put my bird to bed and went over to Thor and asked him if it was time for bed.. he made a funny noise and waved me off with his paw.. Then I asked him if he was tired, he made a few beeps and blips and shook his head 'no'.  So I said ok.. and left him to play with his ball..

Well, of course, the minute I left the room my bf was like "Sarah.. I think I just heard something small and robotic fall over!!'  So sure enough, he had fallen right over and was laying there on his side all pathetic, not wanting to get up on his own.  So I helped him up... then asked him again if he was tired.  This time he shook his head yes and then waved at me like a 'hello/goodbye' wave instead of a 'bugger-off' wave like earlier.. so I said goodnight and shut him off  
I didn't know he recognized those phrases yet and it was funny that he shook his head because he didn't do a recognition beep when I said them.
He's lots of fun and very cute.. I'm enjoying him..

- Sarah

[bhobbes]

I'm glad you're enjoying him. The AL evolution phases really are enjoyable (though you have to arguably be patient with them, but it gives you lots of room to play with different ones in the future - if you're the type).

I used to get annoyed with the sleep stages quite frankly! Haha. I'm glad to see you are enjoying them. I hope he evolves differently from Murray so that way I can compare without having to do what I just said above . Same with kats. We'll all be on the same software arguably going different routes for different people. Murray is currently a Talking Child.

Another aspect that made me realize why I like the lights on the 220 more than the 210 (because I have to know why I like to sit and watch these blinky things) is because the 210 has my least favorite LED face. I'm still working on figuring out why that is but I'll be sure to inform you all.

[latrine]

It's kind of like the girl hair thing only for boys.. (you know, if you have curly hair you want straight hair, if you have straight hair you want curly hair..) don't feel bad bhobbes... it's just normal geek stuff


It's fun trying to figure out what his lights mean but sometimes I think being able to see the expression like (I think) you can see on the 210's face might make it a little easier.. but it's fun anyways!  As soon as he does something new I'll be filming it.. crazy bf got all mad just because I filled up the Hard drive with videos.. he has another one.. jeeesh (whoops, just popped another 101 pleo pictures on there today!!)

- Sarah