Topic: Pleo skin degrading (Read 28374 times)

degers · « **on:** December 17, 2008, 10:33:56 AM »

Has anyone else noticed this/got any good pictures?

mweed · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2008, 02:37:11 PM »

No problems with skin degrading/decomposing, but Bob is coming unglued. Physically, not psychologically. The tip of his tail is coming off at the seam. No tears, no breakdown of skin, just glue no longer holding . . .

wgb · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2008, 08:21:03 PM »

Wow! That's not good.

Both mine are in very well shape right now. No cracks or anything. One will be a year old soon too, March.

mweed · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2008, 09:30:18 PM »

It's a simple fix. Because it's coming apart at the seam, all I need to do is re-glue it. I used super glue. But that is the only problem skin-wise I have had, and Bob is a year old.

Siren · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2008, 07:49:30 AM »

I haven't had that problem yet either. Crusoe will be a year old on Christmas. Pixie will be a year old in February. Glad it was a quick fix for you! I will be sure to get some super glue should that happen.

allosaurus · « **Reply #5 on:** December 20, 2008, 05:56:24 AM »

Quote from: mweed on December 17, 2008, 02:37:11 PM

No problems with skin degrading/decomposing, but Bob is coming unglued. Physically, not psychologically. The tip of his tail is coming off at the seam. No tears, no breakdown of skin, just glue no longer holding . . .

Same thing with Olympia, just that it's where the neck skin is glued to the body skin. That part's coming unglued.

degers · « **Reply #6 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:21:39 AM »

On Eekie, the neck seam is not glued properly and was half coming offf to begin with, also the skin has not been milled down properly and the seam is at two different levels, making it really obvious. A bit rubbish I must say.

Starfire · « **Reply #7 on:** December 20, 2008, 08:31:14 PM »

No problems with Sephy or Dax. But then Dax really hasn't been played with (poor little guy

) But Sephy is still doing good.

mweed · « **Reply #8 on:** December 20, 2008, 10:50:00 PM »

Quote from: degers on December 20, 2008, 11:21:39 AM

On Eekie, the neck seam is not glued properly and was half coming offf to begin with, also the skin has not been milled down properly and the seam is at two different levels, making it really obvious. A bit rubbish I must say.

I know on the parts I've seen, the overlap where two pieces of skin come together, the skin is beveled so that where the two layers are glued together, it is the same thickness as one layer.

fancyfont · « **Reply #9 on:** December 20, 2008, 11:58:14 PM »

If Peeky's neck seam ever comes unglued I'll have a chance to see if I can fix the cable.

degers · « **Reply #10 on:** December 21, 2008, 03:54:54 AM »

Quote from: mweed on December 20, 2008, 10:50:00 PM

Quote from: degers on December 20, 2008, 11:21:39 AM
On Eekie, the neck seam is not glued properly and was half coming offf to begin with, also the skin has not been milled down properly and the seam is at two different levels, making it really obvious. A bit rubbish I must say.

I know on the parts I've seen, the overlap where two pieces of skin come together, the skin is beveled so that where the two layers are glued together, it is the same thickness as one layer.

Yeah, on Eeekie the skin hasnt been beveled on the neck piece at the bottom making it jut out, I'll take a picture when I am back at uni.

allosaurus · « **Reply #11 on:** December 21, 2008, 12:21:34 PM »

Quote from: fancyfont on December 20, 2008, 11:58:14 PM

If Peeky's neck seam ever comes unglued I'll have a chance to see if I can fix the cable.

Ooohhh, pretty dangerous and ambitious there.

Kancora · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2008, 08:44:22 AM »

Has anyone got the problem of their pleos colour on its skin rubbing away?

degers · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2008, 08:54:52 AM »

Hi Kancora, this is a known problem. Unfortunately everyone experiences the paint of the skin rubbing off.

Starfire · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2008, 10:22:40 AM »

The paint rubbing off just shows how much your pleo is loved. If you get a little shirt to put on him it help help prevent the skin on the back from changing as much.

fancyfont · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2008, 12:21:34 PM »

Some people have used a tiny bit of baby powder on the skin. Prevents the friction.

mweed · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2008, 06:46:56 PM »

Clothes also help! A T-shirt on the back helps keep you from rubbing off the paint. Doesn't help much for the head, though!

fancyfont · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2008, 10:09:24 PM »

Maybe it's time for a toupe for Peeky;D

3dogsandaDuckie · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2008, 05:22:00 PM »

Duckie has a hole in his skin too. Here's a reasonably good photo. Anybody know how Ugobe feels about superglue on the skin? Does it void his warranty or anything rotten like that?

Thanks everyone for all the tips!

wgb · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2008, 07:06:54 PM »

Didnt you just get him? He should still be in warranty. Maybe they will take it back?

mweed · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2008, 09:00:56 PM »

It looks like the skin is peeling apart at the seam. Super glue will work, but it may void the warranty. If it is still covered by the warranty, you may need to contact Ugobe and they can replace him. So far, Ugobe doesn't seem to repair pleos, they just replace them under warranty. Try calling Ugobe.

Kancora · « **Reply #21 on:** December 30, 2008, 03:13:44 PM »

Thanks everyone for the advice. I will get him a little T shirt!

49er · « **Reply #22 on:** January 03, 2009, 09:36:07 AM »

It didn't take me long to notice the paint starting to come off from petting Pleo, (he came into life last Easter,) and through experimentation found that if I quickly tapped his head and neck sensors he responded just as well as to petting and it didn't bother the paint. I concentrate my petting urge now by petting him under the chin where there's no paint, (and he looooooves!!!)

wgb · « **Reply #23 on:** January 03, 2009, 10:12:45 AM »

Thats what I do the chin and yes they do love it!

degers · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2009, 04:37:20 PM »

I have just read this post in the malaysia forum.

http://pleoroom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=63#63

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Ah my dear Kelvin, this is where Pleo is also unique. Initially we thought that the quality of the skin of Pleo was not that good because after some time the skin fades...that is until we truly found out from Ugobe that when Pleo was developed they actually wanted to create a skin texture that is so unique to not only make it feel as if it is so lifelike but they wanted the skin texture to be able to slightly fade to give the Pleo a sense of its aging process...seriously this is not a marketing excuse but it was really planned to have the skin colour slightly fade through time..it was on purpose. I guess it's like a baby's butt that is smooth when it is young but as we grow old (hmmm I better stop describing about it further...)

I think this is complete bull**** but I would like to hear what anyone else thinks to this!

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