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Bought a Pleo for a Friend :)

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aibo7m3:
I have a friend who lives out of state but visits the state I live in every summer and she has watched my robot collection grow for the past six years. She'll be visiting my house sometime next week and since she's never had a robot of her own, I bought her a surprise (not actually a surprise since I called her about it beforehand, but I think she'll still be excited).

The Pleo is a Ugobe model and the seller claims it works fine (from the pictures it appears to be an original 2007 Ugobe and not a 2009 Innvo remake). The battery had a long enough run time for the seller to test the robot, but the listing claims that the battery life is very short. I'll probably try positioning the battery on/off the charger to get a better run time until either my friend or I is able to buy a replacement. The robot's head is tilted slightly to one side, but it is clearly operating in the photos and seems to have a full range of motion (seller claims it works fine too, so I could potentially get a refund if there's a problem). The listing didn't mention anything about its cosmetic condition, but I could not see any tears or missing paint in the pictures and it looks like it has been run very little. I just purchased the robot today, so it should arrive in a little under a week (absolutely perfect timing for my friend's visit).

My friend says she'll be making an account here in the next few days, so she'll probably add her input soon too! Still waiting to hear on a gender and name choice for the Pleo from her, she might wait until she meets it to decide. Hopefully the Pleo community will keep on growing.  :dino-chase:

RedwoodsMama:
That is such a nice thing to do for your friend. It sounds like at least the Pleo works and perhaps you can get the battery reconditioned. It is always nice to have new members and meet new pleos! RWM  :cat-hug:

InmemoryofRomeo:
I hope it all turns out ok :) Stitch has a pretty bad head tilt, I always thought the cable might go because of it but its been fine and dandy. Small tears can be glued, and any large tears should be fairly obvious if the Pleo was photographed from all sides. The battery probably can't be helped :( They are so old now!

aibo7m3:
Thanks guys! Hopefully I can bug my friend enough to join the forums tomorrow. One of my Ugobes with a head tilt did get a broken side cable, but he was kept in very poor conditions by the previous owner (missing large portions of his skin) and I don't necessarily think iit was the tilt that led to the cable snap. I have seen quite a few Ugobes and RBs that have done just fine for years with a head tilt, so I'm hoping everything is fine with this little Pleo. I just jumped on the first reasonably priced deal I could find since Ugobes have been selling for unbelievably high amounts recently.

Hopefully I can get some life out of the battery since I think it does seem to run for a few minutes right now which is better than nothing, but if not, the friend can borrow my Ucube battery over the summer and hopefully we'll come across a good deal for a working battery by then. The Pleo wasn't photographed from all sides, so there could be a tear or two hiding, but the skin does look like it's in very nice shape overall and the seller has all positive feedback.

aibo7m3:
Hey everyone! The Pleo just arrived today! (My friend will be arriving too in a few days.) The Pleo has no tears in its skin, but there is a little paint wear on the eyelids and around the mouth that wasn't clear in the pictures (nothing serious though). It does have a fairly severe head tilt to one side, but still seems to have a full range of motion (its neck is limper than my fully working Ugobe's when it's off though, but still has some resistance in every direction). I tested the battery which ran for 6 minutes total. I'm going to try to get a bit more life out of it by placing it on/off the charger until the light goes green immediately, but I'll likely need to buy my friend a replacement one by the end of the summer.

For now, here's a game. This picture has two Ugobes in it. Guess which one is Sumio (my first Ugobe) and which one is my friend's new Ugobe. (Aha, I tried to make it so there are no super obvious identifying features between the two, but it still might be possible to tell who is who from the picture.) No cheating and checking older pictures in my gallery for help!
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