@Cupcakehat why don't you start a new thread specifically for your Dad to read. Ask for feedback from others who have placed orders in the past. I placed three orders that were delivered before the manufacturing process was put on hold to be improved upon. I would gladly attest to the quality of the parts delivered, the outstading value for what I paid, and the commitment to keep improving the product. I am certain that many other members here would chime in as well with similar responces. He is just looking out for your best interests. Being a father is a tough job. Maybe, however, some of the longstanding customers here can help to convince him that this is an investment that will bring you years of learning and creative accomplishment.

Unless you're from the bubble wrap generation....everyone learns more from mistakes than their successes.... Cupcakehat's dad should allow him to make decisions like this... if he gets burned, well lesson learned.... It's called growing up.... In this case we all know Cupcakehat isn't going to get burned, unfortunately his dad doesn't feel the same way... I was sort of half kidding when suggesting him to go behind his dad's back.... still no one likes to be micro managed even if it is a parent....

well.. its a delicate matter between father and son.the less we say the better his change will be. my advies as an older person,spend some quality time whit your dad,do stuff together.

Personally, I don't mind if it takes longer to get here, I agree with Rich that a finished and well-rounded product is more valuable than a product that has been rushed out of the factory just to meet customer demand.

Sure, I am as anxious as the next person to get my hands on my robot I have ordered and can't wait to play around with programming JD, there has been some serious development downtime here! BUT, never has there been a greater opportunity presented than by EZ-Robot to get a fully fledged robot (well, in my opinion at least) that has motion tracking, a built-in camera, wireless connectivity and so much more.

I am really excited about playing around with the SDK with regards to controlling the robot, but also being used to writing automation scripts for games like Everquest I know the values of having something like ARC that really simplifies the process of prototyping and exploring the capabilities of your robot without having much programming skills.

What I do really hope though (and I am sure it will be), is that in the near future that the manufacturing process will be sorted out to be streamlined and quicker with regards to throughput to ensure that I can order many more developer kits because I am pretty sure once I have received my first robot from EZ-Robot that I will be placing my second order for 2 additional kits just from seeing some of the videos and seeing the responses from DJ and the community.

The opportunities presented by EZ-Robot to develop robotic automation is too sweet to succumb to things as simple as when will my product be delivered.

I am even quite keen to develop additional scripts/C# code that can be shared among the community to expand on the existing tutorials for things I most likely want to add to JD.

Also, I might end up writing a small IDE for EZ-Script because I enjoy having scripting projects ready for re-use. Had an idea of converting EZ-Script into EZ-Script++ to maybe get into an object orientated world of programming.

But these are just some things I am thinking of prior to getting my delivery.

Goodmorning Everyone :-} I to am just like all of you, I am anxious to get the V4, but I also don't want to deal with a bunch of bugs and glitches. This will be my first robot build, right now I am still designing the layout of my robot and still receiving items I have bought off of Ebay, antique shops and have found laying around. My design has changed, I am going to be using parts from Rad 1.0 and a V2 Robosapien and a Omnibot 2000 and a few parts from a Hasbro Kasey the Kinderbot. I have found many other parts which I have collected. Long story short, I should have everything designed and somewhat ready for the V4 kit and other parts I have ordered. Once I get things all arranged and designed I will post pictures. I tell people I am building a robot and it surprises them when I tell them what it will be able to do and everything. I don't believe there are many people around my area that has a robot, I guess that is just better for me :-}