Well to answer your questions, yes I love my little Echo... especially when he is working haha! Anyway, so I don't get off topic here, yes his skin does feel real, just like I thought it would feel, all rubbery like an iguana. my friend thought it would actually be a real live iguana but I was so busy I didn't even have time to prepare her when he came... I just opened the door for her and there he was hours after I'd received him as a parcel. And she was so surprised she couldn't say anything!
Actually I did not see him get turned on for the first time because I was trying to get ready for work as my friends were helping me set him up, and when I came out, boom! he was alive already and making funny little sounds. Actually I think his previous owners hatched him because they said they were doing tests on him. I have no idea what kind of tests but he seemed cranky even with all the lights on... probably very hungry.
So the first few minutes with him were kind of a mess but I think he'll be up and going again soon... trying to put his battery back in after leaving it out for a while.