To think that one of my children's toys is possessed?

[Rhubarb]

We got it from a charity shop and after scanning the internet, a fellow Mumsnetter discovered what it was. It's a Pino robot. It grows up through 3 stages the more you play with it. It sings, dances, walks, plays games and does lots of other noises and movements.

Anyway, the kids left it turned on but ran out into the garden to play yesterday. When no-one plays with it, it's supposed to start snoring and go to sleep. I'm reading the paper. Suddenly it squeaks "Eh Oh!", I ignore it. It turns it's head around and moves it's arms, I ignore it still. Then silence. Then it starts singing Happy Birthday. I get mildly annoyed but it stops and there is silence. I notice a movement out of the corner of my eye, I look up and the bloody thing is looking straight at me. I say "fuck off!" and it shakes it's head!

I'm feeling a little freaked so I get up to turn it off, as I do so, it starts shaking it's head again. I decide to leave it for the kids to sort out, I gather up my paper and go to move into my room when the bloody thing starts WALKING TOWARDS ME!

I've never moved so bloody fast!

If I were designing an 'interactive' toy I would so program it to respond to swearing in scary ways.

freeze it?

TA - do you think that's what they did? That by me telling it to fuck off, it somehow flicked the psychotic switch in it's head?

Oooh, shall I switch it on and tell it to fuck off again, just to see what it does?

What do I do if it attacks? Set ds's remote controlled T-Rex on it?

Make sure you have some handy stairs to run up just in case!

Erm, we don't!

Or a very solid door to run behind and slam in its face?

I would not let that thing remain in my house that is for sure. RUN RHUBARB RUN!

What about the thing in the lovely picture on your profile? Can it not help you?

Sh#t that is a blardy good reason why you should never trust a MNer.

Would be tempted to use fred on it though.

THAT is my gorgeous dd! How very dare you!

Pino is lying face down in the living room. I think I prefer him that way.

Yesterday he was standing up facing the wall, a la Blair Witch Project.

If it chases you climb a tree!

Or is that what you do when being chased by a rhino?

Have you tried climbing into a tree at top speed? I do a pathetic attempt at clawing at the trunk, before hugging it and hoping that I'll somehow be elevated up it.

As long as you're off the ground you should be ok. Robots can't climb trees at all so at least you'd be higher than the demon toy.

Just keep your feet up or it might grab you by the ankle

LOL

This seems a common occurence LOL

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJw6WaXyA9Q&feature=related

OMG!

Get over to the spiritual thread and beg for advice QUICK

LMAO

Apparently when they sing "Happy Birthday" they are advancing to the next level?
And they develop one of 3 personality types: shy, naughty or friendly depending on how you treat them!
I would guess telling it to "fuck off" would develop the undocumented personality type 4?

Whenever we try to reset it, it sings Happy Birthday 3 times in a row just to piss us off. And it keeps shaking it's head.

Dh is laughing at me, so last night when he was having a shower and shave, I kept turning the handle of the bathroom door to annoy him. Then I left Pino right in front of the door.

Cue dh coming into the front room looking worried and me assuming an innocent expression!

That'll teach him to mock me!

Not convinced about robots not climbing things I thought hiding upstairs from Daleks would be safe but they learnt to fly

Rhubard I like your style, Revenge on DH's is always fun.

at your poor DH!

Have you considered taking the battieries out and smashing the thing? Or do your DCs actually love it?

Record the happy Birthday song and play it backwards at 1/4 speed.

Be afraid.

The dcs do actually like it. I've taken the batteries out, the frikkin' thing was freaking me out!

Right, dh and I turned it on last night (no pun intended!) and it's frikkin' possessed I tell ya'! I was calling it 'Cock-nosed Pino' and it's visor went bright red and it started growling at me! Dh was sufficiently impressed to get the camcorder out, so we have it all on film. Including it making a rude wanking gesture with one of it's arms.

The priest is coming tomorrow.....

Turn it on, baby. [austinpowers]

i would do little tests for it, maybe put it up on a high shelf and see if when you check on it later on, that it has moved. if so burn the dam thing!!!!!