Hey guys! I have been around these forums, but I haven't really run my Pleos at all for the past three months (only Sumio once at a Christmas party where I was busy watching over my other robots). I basically stopped running them when Madi's charger failed completely and her battery dropped to holding a really short run time (both item were under a month old), and then her neck started creaking like Chris' used to and it jammed up twice within half an hour while I was Skyping with another member here. I guess I haven't really been running the Pleos out of fear of them breaking and lack of time due to school work. So, I'm trying to test out all four members of my herd today and make sure they're alright. I did test Phoenix the Ugobe for about ten minutes, but got frightened and turned him off because his neck was creaking very loudly and I was afraid that a cable might snap (I looked at the cables since he has large holes in his neck that make doing so really easy and none look like they're wearing thin, but two are very loose). I currently have Madi running and while her neck is still creaking softly and her battery/charger still don't work properly, she seems very happy and active (she only ate one bite of the conifer leaf before getting full even though she hadn't been run in months). I believe she's in adult stage now, but I can't say for sure since I've lost my micro SD card along with Chris' conifer leaf and tug-of-war toy. I will be contacting Semsons today about the battery/charger and see if something can be done. I also need to find an outfit for Madi to wear since she doesn't have one yet and her paint is starting to peel off.
