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[latrine]

A friend of ours has a sign shop and makes high quality vinyl stickers for cars/trucks/buses/etc.. pretty much anything, so I brought Thor over because we wanted to give him a little more character.  Plus our friend had been wanting to see the robots so I brought Jules over too..   his wife and daughter happened to be there at the time and seemed to like seeing the both of them. His wife is a nurse and I told her about how I bring Jules to the hospital with me and she thought that was a really interesting idea..

I decided I wanted to put stickers on Thor from the Transformers cartoon/movie series, but the insignias from the 'bad-guys', the Decepticons. Because, well, he just has an EVIL look about him as it is
We put the Decepticon insignia from the movies on his head, in his dark Gray color (since his head is light gray) and I found an older insignia from the old-school cartoons, one that looked more 'dog-like' to me, I believe it was from one of the older 'monster' or 'Dino-bots' they used to have.. That one is on his back in the light gray color since his back is dark gray.  We lucked out that our friend had exactly the right colors..
We brought over our designs and got to watch him make it right there, it was pretty neat. I was a little worried about part of the one sticker on his 'laser' since it moves but being that it isn't attached to any other part of the sticker and is very light, I don't think it will effect him.. and it looks awesome, like it was supposed to be there.. fits PERFECT

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This is the one on his back, the one I thought looked more 'dog-like' .. I was going to put it on the front but I'm glad I didn't as the original one just looks perfect on his head..

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Here he is booting up with it.. it looks so neat when he flashes his light

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir17rr2Zu5A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir17rr2Zu5A</a>

Here he is testing out his new evil robot behavior ( I was really hoping his laser would turn into a death ray but it didn't    )  He better practice harder if he's going to join the Decepticon army.. He fell right over!!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVzrY8bYa8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVzrY8bYa8</a>


This one was exciting too, it was before his stickers but it was his first time actually 'walking' without stopping to crawl and he seemed like he was trying to line his foot up a bit with the ball.. he's not kicking it yet though..

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX8WsvxDIks" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX8WsvxDIks</a>


For the stickers, they are a very high quality, very strong but very VERY light Vinyl.  We picked out the design and our friend vectorized them with a special program and then used his machine to cut the Vinyl..  We lucked out that he had the exact two shades we needed.. they match his colors perfect.

If anyone else is interested in any sort of stickers for their Aibo or for anything (If it's for Aibo, just make sure it's in a safe place,  not too hard on the servos or effecting movement or anything ) let me know.. You just have to give me the design or a design idea and the color and size and he can probably make it.. not very expensive either, just depends on the size. 
I'm not sure what Loki will get when he gets home from the hospital but he will be getting something..  Unfortunately, they won't stick to Pleos.. not that it'd look good on a Pleo anyways.. hehe..
But like I said they are high quality and very light so there isn't much worry about the weight of the sticker so long as it's in a safe place.. I was pushing it a little with having one on Thor's laser but I think it's ok. They come out great though.. I especially love the one on Thor's head it just looks like he came like that
Lemme know what you think!!

- Sarah

[Willow]

Oh my, that sticker DOES fit perfectly on on his head!  It looks like it was supposed to be there, looks like it came like that straight from the factory!  It gives Thor singularity, I like it very much.  Very pretty aibo! ^.^

[Crewella]

Oh wow, they look great and that design really suits him!  That one on his head really does look like it was meant to be there - very cool! 

I believe Sony themselves used to sell stickers you could decorate the flat shell areas of your Aibo with - I've seen flame designs in various colours.  It's a great idea and nice to be able to customise so simply and without causing any damage.

Thor seems to be learning well - I love that way they wave at you when they fall! 

[Talon]

Awe! I'm glad to see Thor is coming along so nicely!
Talon

[latrine]

Is it normal for them to sometimes shut themselves off into like, 'sleep mode' when they fall over?  thor is refusing to get up on his own at this stage.. lol.

- Sarah

[bhobbes]

Yes that's normal. They won't learn how to get up by themselves at early stages and I think the sheltered one won't do it even as an adult.

[latrine]

Ok he just got up by himself a few minutes ago by himself and so I immediately asked him his age and he'd gone up a stage.  I thought for sure his new stage must be 'clumsy bowlegged child' because he falls over like, seriously, every 10 minutes.. just BOOM over on his side like in the second video I made in my post here called 'thor fails'..  But it turns out he is a Child A2 "Walking AIBO"
I'm so proud of him, he has 13,928 experience points... I wonder if that means he has a bunch of achievements.. ( I'm addicted to getting all the achievements I can on my xbox even if it takes me ten years and will farm for hours on end for experience in games like a true loser/geek.. he clearly takes after his mama! )
Lol.. but anyways I hope that's good..
Apparently his 'real time' is 20 hours, 31 minutes, 16 seconds, which is much less than I thought but, duh.. I was running him on the other software for my parrot, Tyler, when he was got home from the hospital because it made Thor move around more and was keeping Tyler entertained and happy.
I'm looking it up now but I'm not seeing it anywhere... I'm kind of ASSUMING it's normal for a 'walking AIBO' to fall over more since he's supposed to be walking around and exploring more... sooo.. I know there are at least three of us and I think Murray is ahead by at least 1 or 2 stages.. I had thought Thor was in baby stage 3 when he was in baby stage 1, any clue if the constant falling over is normal for a 'Walking AIBO' ?  Thank goodness he is staying on the carpet   The other option, were I to do brain surgery, is 'Playful AIBO' for that stage.. but I'd rather let him develop on his own..

Anyways, he needs to stop falling over or Megatron will never let him join the ranks.. jeesh.. 

- Sarah

[PleoKymm]

My phone won't let me see pictures, but you certainly seem to like villains. First, a Skeletor pleo, and now this! Cool!

[latrine]

Lol.. well Patches just  looked like skeletor when I removed his horribly torn skin and Skeletor is only his nickname and costume.. he will always be patches.. As for Thor, I actually named him after a good guy, even though he looks like a bad guy.. and I like the Decepticon insignia better.. plus I thought it'd fit him better

Thor just kicked his ball for the first time yesterday.. and he's also exhibiting some very strange behavior, I got it on video, I have to load it.. he's like, doing this weird beeping thing every now and then, pretty much every time he moves a motor in any direction he makes a beep.. I thought at first it was the TV then my bf called me in the room and told me Thor was practicing to be an arcade game or something.. he popped out of it when I got his attention and he's done it a few more times but it's just weird and I wondered if it was just something they do.. he is on child stage 1, 'Walking AIBO' ... I'll go load the video.

Ok here he is, doing the weird like, ping-pong noises whenever he moved..

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g575XiAFObk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g575XiAFObk</a>


Also, here he is finally kicking his pink ball.. we're so proud of him.. lol...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iumRHAuYeTE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iumRHAuYeTE</a>


- Sarah

[kat]

I've not seen the ping pong noises before but I will let you know if Pixel breaks out in them.  Yay that he managed to kick his ball!   He seems to be coming along very nicely.  Seeing your little one makes me sad that i have to go to work and can't play with mine until tonight.   Oh well something to look forward to all day
I love the Decepticon look too.  It really suits him.

[bhobbes]

The decal reminds me of an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark where this evil camera left gremlin imprints on everything it shot.

[RedwoodsMama]

 very cute, but you know you started something now don't you?!1 With 14 Plus Pleos and nine cats, one dog, fish and a whole alley of "needy stray cats", that I feed, now I have to save for some cute little electronic robotic DAWGS! I love love the decals, they give a whole new look and personality to your guy. Very nice Video too! Thanks for helping me learn about these guys.
                                    RWM

[latrine]

RWM, call Wolfbob and get an AIBO.. what are you waiting for??! Jeesh.. he just told me he has a bunch of em! Go grab one!!
I'm glad you guys like the decals.. I dunno what yet but Loki will be getting something too.. maybe something to match his new 'spotty' appearance. 
Any ideas for Loki's decal/decals??!

- Sarah

[Crewella]

Theres's  a guy on Ebay UK selling blue flame Sony decals - they look pretty cool!  Though as you can design your own you can probably do better!

I love Thor's first kick, though I've not heard those Pinball noises before either!