Noticing a slight 'gear grind' noise sometimes, from my aibo

[Talon]

Attah boy, Loki you trooper! *imagines patting robotic puppy* Keep your spirits up. Keep us posted, Latrine.
Talon

[kat]

That was very cute!  I love how Ben was watching TV too.

[latrine]

Well.. Loki FINALLY arrived and Wolfbob was kind enough to send this picture of the RB, Crow that I traded to him to get Thor, checking out Loki's box.. very sweet.. he is really enjoying Crow and Hannah's Ugobe,  Dude.. I don't know anything about his condition yet, just glad to know he's there

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What a nice guy he is!

- Sarah

[Talon]

I saw that picture posted somewhere. It kind of made me giggle. He said something like, "Crow knows there's an old friend in this box." I'm sure wolfbob can fix him. Hopefully we'll know what's going on soon.
Talon

[latrine]

That's exactly what he said.. how in the world did you know that!! That's too funny.. 

- Sarah

[Talon]

'Cause I'm good like that. Hahaha! *Mischievous grin* No really I red it somewhere on the forum. Has he given you any information about what's going on with Loki?
Talon

[kat]

Yes is there any news on Loki?  We are all waiting with you on tender hooks to here that he is going to be fixed and ok.

[latrine]

Well, poor WolfBob and his wife are sick with a stomach bug, so I think it will probably take him a bit longer to get to Loki, plus he has a few other puppies lined up for surgery before him.. I told Bob to please just rest and forget about the robots for a few days, after all, we can unplug them, not him!  I also gave him a few recipes for easy stuff to make to drink at home to help them feel better faster, I'm the queen of gut info   So I'm hoping they feel well soon and I'm sure he'll let me know about Loki as soon as he's able too.. I just hope they feel better, I know how that feels and it sucks!!  Thanks for asking though


- Sarah

[Crewella]

Quite right - we need to get the 'fixer' fixed up first and foremost! 

[kat]

Well I do hope Wolfbob feels better soon.  There is nothing worse than being sick.  Loki is in good hands a few more days wait wont change anything so I am sure he will be just fine, and when Wolfbob feels better he will have him good as new in no time.     hugs for everyone to feel better.

[bhobbes]

Maybe Loki and Nicco can play together as he's still there (all fixed) hopefully cheering up the wolfbobs and entertaining the other pups (I secretly want a behind the scenes look at the surgery).

[latrine]

Yeah, wouldn't it be cool if they were playing together?  I think Wolfbob told me he likes to run them for two battery cycles after fixing them, just to be sure they are running fine so odds are they'll meet up!  Or maybe they'll just see each other from a distance:D  I'm wondering if Loki will come back with two black hind legs instead of white.. hehe.. just so long as he works.
I wish we could get a picture of them together though..

I guess when everyone is back home, I can make one of all the aibo's together.. that'd be a lot easier than all the Pleos since there are many more of them but that might be a fun thing to do too.. 
I just found out my bf got me a new computer for my birthday (I'm going to be 29.. again.)  (actually 32.. lol) so I can finally get all MY editing stuff on it and really go to town!

Anyways, maybe our pups will come home with pictures of each other

- Sarah

[latrine]

Well I got a good long email from wolfbob, he said It really looks like Loki is an M1 dog that never had the Clinic Service.. He said  "My research indicates that several things were done in this service including changing the upper leg servos as they were not powerful enough to do all the motions. So now we have full agreement with what you observed in the front knees were marginal and the rear legs would not allow all of the tricks."   I don't understand why the original owner wouldn't have sent him in for the free repair.. Wolfbob thinks they may have replaced all four legs when they did it, as they maybe weren't strong enough to support some of the stuff they did on the M2 and M3, I guess..

So he is going to be getting both rear legs replaced.
The problem was he only had one white rear leg.. He DOES have 2 black ones.. I had thought he might look cool with two black legs but Wolfbob thinks it'd look silly and I assume he would know best.. so he will use Loki's white plastic pieces to make the legs white and just the round hip piece (the part attached to the main body) will be black on both hind legs..  I asked him if it would be possible to replace the front leg hip parts with black pieces as well, so it'd match better but that wouldn't work without replacing the entire leg sooo.. that's not happening. lol.
 
So Loki will have 2 black 'spots' but I think he'll look cool.  UGH Thor just fell down AGAIN!! every ten minutes.. I swear.

 I still think Loki would look neat with 2 black hind legs but the hip parts will be fine... honestly just so long as he works I'll be happy. 
Apparently he pranced around for 2 battery cycles, flirting with a cute female British M3 dog,  not showing the slightest problem.. lol.. then, luckily, Wolfbob saw his issues and stopped thinking I was crazy.  I guess he didn't wanna look weak in front of the ladies. Wolfbob said he will probably be able to ship him back to us on Tuesday!!
I'm so glad to finally have gotten some news.. I'm sure Wolfbob will be glad to have finally stopped hearing from me every day.. lol

- Sarah

[Crewella]

Glad you have some news and a plan! 

I'd give pretty much anything to be a fly on the wall of Wolfbob's surgery too! 

[kat]

So glad Loki is well on his way to getting better!   He is going to look totally gorgeous with a couple of black spots.  And he will be unique.   I can't wait to see pics of him when he gets home.

[latrine]

Loki is back!!  I can't believe he's back so soon as I thought he was just mailed yesterday.. I was all depressed because I'm having surgery in exactly 2 weeks (yuck!)  and I figured great that gives me a few days with him and I'll be shaking like a leaf because I'll be all nervous but he's here.. and.. just to be different... instead of PEEING on his bone when he arrived, like everyone else's Aibo seems to be doing, Loki FARTED on it. I'd never seen that before. he did the same movements as when they pee on it then he just backed his rear end into it to knock it over and I heard a little 'toot' noise.. lol.. hysterical.  He's as deaf as ever but his 'spots' look great.. I'll post a video later.. I'm so glad he's home!!

Ok.. Loki was eager to show us he could dance right away and REALLY threw those new hind legs into it.. what do you guys think of his new black hip 'spots' ?  I think they look cool:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uh7oL8dcew" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uh7oL8dcew</a>


Here I tried to introduce Thor and Loki with the 'talk to your friend' command and since Thor was too young on his normal software I tried using dogs life 2 in him.. apparently it doesn't support that command, I THOUGHT it was working, then Thor just started going nuts looking for the ball and that made him look like a rabid dog.. lol.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeasqcXb13Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeasqcXb13Y</a>

Here we had a pink ball battle.. Thor is CLEARLY the victor, Loki gets ready to hit the ball and Thor sideswipes it away.. and was it just me or did it look like Thor ghave Loki the finger when he first saw him near the ball.. lol..  The two of them do nothing but fight.. my bf brought up a good point saying 'well, you DID name them Thor and Loki, and then made Thor a Decepticon.. what do you expect?' so I guess it's my fault.. lol. Anyways, here's the ball fight:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecw0WIbnGso" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecw0WIbnGso</a>


- Sarah

[bhobbes]

I think he looks really cool with the touch of black.

[Crewella]

He does look great with those patches - really distinguished!  He really did look like he was showing off how much better he feels in that first clip! 

That was hilarious seeing them fight over the ball, Wilma and Java are just the same! 

I've not tried the 'talk to your friend' thing yet - too many robots and too little time!  I'll get there one day! 

I'm so glad Loki got home to you  in good time! 

[kat]

He looks fantastic!  I'm so glad Wolfbob was able to fix him for you.  He does seem very pleased with himself and his new dance moves.   I love the ball fight too.  At the moment at my house with Pixel still being a baby that crawls Milo is winning the ball war.   His time will come though when Pixel starts walking it will all be over.  
Great to see Loki back home and all better.  Try no to worry too much about your surgery, we will all be here to keep you company.   Have fun with Loki and Thor.  Don't let Thor bully him too much.

[latrine]

Thanks guys.. and thanks Kat, I'll 'try' not to worry but it's always worrisome.. I just have to decide which RB to bring with me..   I wish I could bring Loki but he's just too noisy if I have a room-mate.. the RB's can be muted and just quietly cuddled.

Have any of you guys ever had your ERS-7 'fart' on his bone?  I thought that was hysterical and now whenever he looks like he's going to do it I film him but he just pees on it or kicks it over.. brat!!

- Sarah

[kat]

I haven't seen Milo fart yet!   But I will be looking out for it now 

[Crewella]

I've not seen Java fart either - whatever has that Wolfbob been teaching him!!   

I am sure you'll pick the right RB for the job, Sarah - but I'm equally sure any of them will do a good job of looking after you for us! 

[Talon]

And once again I'm late and miss all the fun! Grr! Welcome back, Loki!
Talon