PINO-DX - Anyone Still Playing With?

Hardly anything on the net for Pino-DX. His a bit old now and is not
really a good mover.

However I'd be interested in chatting to others who still have an
interest in the little fellow.

I am thinking about moding in a very practical way my PINO - yes an
eBay reject :o))

Mostly to remove a few annoyances like reducing the volume of the
speaker, add rechargeable batteries & socket as well as trying to get
around the brain drain on removal of batteries syndrome..

Thought I'd also have a go at fitting a wireless camera inside
although as PINO is pretty poor at mobility I might leave the camera
until I see a better robot I like.

Also aesthetically I was thinking about sculpting a (latex) robot face
for him and placing it behind a clear visor. (This could even become
articulated by replacing the LEDs inside with some micro solenoids and
a simple amp circuit...)

For mobility his leg movements could probably be improved in some way
or I'm sure a simple method could be found to replace leg movement
with control of a skateboard :).. but maybe that's a bit adventurous.

So.. is anyone else still playing with their Pino?

Pete