I guess I am getting old, and when I bought this Pleo, a Ugobe on Ebay about a week ago, I knew he was old, but when the seller said he was "pre-ordered", I still didn't connect the dots.
This Pleo wasn't played with in a long time and for not very much, I was told in the listing that it has been sitting in a closet getting dusty for quite sometime, and that this was "pre-ordered" back in 2007. I should have known what that meant, but because the seller was not advertising anything speical about this guy, and the selling price was low, I just did not connect the dots as I should,
Actually it did cross my mind, but very briefly. Also the seller was low key so when I won this guy and there were not many bids, i thought nothing more about it untill today when the UPS truck showed up and the driver came to my door and handed me this large package with a smile.( Most the drivers are friendly, esp early in the morning in my neighborhood.
) So I got out my video camcorder as usual to protect myself from fruadulent sellers or those who just do not know enouogh about Pleos to list everything and or miss important things such as broken necks.Well, I got a surprise after cutting through the outer box pulled out the green Pleo box. I set the camera down and prepared to open the top so i could inspect the pleo inside and hope for the best, mostly no broken neck or ripped rotten skin, definite turn offs.
( also reasons to file a case and get my money back.) i was in for a suprise a nice one when I opened the lid and there on the top of the strofoam was not only the Pleo manual, but a special CARD, Special ID. NOt your ordinary Pleo ID card, but this is a GOLD Pleo ID CARD, only 2,000 of these "Pre-order" Pleos were made in 2007, and this guy is one of them!( I already have one almost MINT, but this one is special because I did not know that I was getting this or bidding on it, it is not listed that way on eBAay...............so it is a nice suprise. He does have a small tear in the tail, but nothing a little glue can fix quite easily, His paint is good, no love spots and good teeth, no missing paint, and on top of all else, his green battery he came with , still works in him, what a shock!
This guy was very dusty, evidence he has sat in someone's closet neglected and forgotten about for a long long time, he aws covered in dust, that took me at least ten minutes to remove, He is cleaned up and looking good enough for some photos, I only had him on for a minute or so, so I do not even know what operating system he is running, but I would guess the original one since he has had very little Play time . I will find out this weekend, as the Redwoods Clan welcomes this voyager to our home and throws a Pizza party. ( Any excuse to eat pizza!
( no pizza icon!) So for now, here are the first photos of this cute unexpected little guy, dust free and looking good. Just shows there are bargains to be found out there, and sometimes you do not know you are getting them untill they show up! Oh, and the price was way lower than my other Gold Hatch Pleo also, I was so happy to see this guy, totally unexpected!
Surprised in the Redwoods, RWM and the Pleo Clan of the Redwoods
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