Pixie At Mega-Con

Once we got into the Orange County Convention Center, we picked up our tickets and then waited. We were a hour early so we sat down on the floor, turned Pixie on and let her be. We petted her and she walked around and then it started. The pointing, laughing, and staring, but it was all good. Anyone who came over to ask about her, I handed them a sticker and a flier. They loved her. Some people knew what she was, most did not. Kids and adults alike took interest. A lot of people talked about how cute she was and went nuts when she reacted back to them. I turned her off periodically during the hour so I wouldn't use up the battery. Soon we were let into Mega-Con and then the fun started. I often walked around with her resting on my shoulder, now and then turning her on for short periods of time. About a half of dozen people were initially scared when she would move. Some even thought it was "freaky". Many people asked me if I was using a remote control. Comments ranged from "That is so cool"...Pleo's new motto I think...to "Its like something out of a cartoon, but you get to touch it". Taking pictures with the people dressed up was fun, reason being, I am such a brat. I would have Pixie turned off and when it was our turn for a pic, as I handed them Pixie, I turned her on. So right before the picture was taken, she'd wake up and move. If you look at the pictures, you can see some of the reactions (Wonder Woman and Ghostbusters for instance). That was fun, because they expected her not to move. Just thought it was a toy and I was a bit strange to ask them to hold a toy :P There are a guy from Hash Animation Master. It is a computer program students and animation fans use to make their own animated productions. "I Will Survive" with the singing alien was made with it (search for it on YouTube sometime, great CGI short). So he had the program there for $49!!!!!! For the past 10 years, its always like $150-250!!!! I wouldn't pay that much for a computer program. But there it was, the full program, now $49. Reason being, they said they made the manuals PDF form, which brought down cost. So I bought it and I showed him Pleo. Animation Master and MySkit work in similar ways. He even told me, I could take pictures of my Pleos and actually animate them on the program eventually, creating my own CGI shorts. Of course, not for profit, but just for fun :) Not sure if I legally can and when I come to that crossroad, I will ask Ugobe if I am allowed to may mini-movies with a CGI Pleo. But that will be a long while. I first have to learn how to use the program. Its very cool and pretty easy though. So anyways....back to Pixie...sorry, I went all geek there. Fat Momma loved Pixie! I gave her a sticker and she said her kids would love one. I met the mom of a Pleoworld.com member here. She owns a Pleo named Darwin. I never did actually find her, but I was looking for you!! Would have loved to have you meet Pixie. That place was so big and so crowded, some of the costumed people I saw would disappear into the crowd. Speaking of which, I saw some of the best costumes there I have seen in years! Pixie even got her own! She is a dragon now! :D I love her wings! They suit her. And she seems to like them too. But most of the day was spent showing Pixie around, giving stickers/fliers, and talking about her. The pictures on the forum say a lot more than I can even think of. Pixie really seemed to enjoy herself. I brought SD cards with her Lovestruck and MySkit reprograms to show people what she can do and how she can reprogrammed. A lot of people loved that feature. And when I showed them the camera they went nuts. I really noticed her vision is much better now with the new update. On the table at lunch, she kept looking around at the people sitting with us, Reacting to them waving at her or putting items in front of her. A gentleman with a very professional video camera video taped Pixie too. Not sure who he was with, but he was very interested in her. And he liked how she walked around his camera, that she SAW it and avoided it, rather than walk into the lens. Gosh, I feel like there is so much more and I can't remember. I just think the pictures do better at this than I do tonight. I went back to Mega-Con today, BTW. Didn't bring Pixie...it was a last minute trip and her batteries weren't charged. But people there remembered her. I wore one of the last stickers I had on me. And people kept asking where she was. LOL One gentleman at an artist booth, who showed interest yesterday, told me he thought about Pleo last night and really really liked the fact she is ugradable. I also told him how Ugobe really listens to customer's suggestions. Like we complained about the narcolepsy and they fixed it. He was impressed with that. I also saw only a couple of fliers were left on the free table, so a lot of them were picked up. And I gave out the last of the stickers. I placed a few on the free table today and within hours, checked it, they were all gone. :D So at least in my neck of the woods, Pleo is now known. :D Also, again, a great big thank you to Ugobe for the loaner battery and the stickers. I will send out the battery tomorrow :)

Posted March 09 at 21:14 PM