Still waiting......

....waaiiiitttiiiinnngggg.....

I just received my tracking number, so it should be here about a month from now... (Ok, maybe just a week)

10 days to process...geez.

I think we should be refunded the shipping fees. This is bullcrap

hmmmm.... my tracking number does not work

Not Found
No information for the following shipments/FedEx Office orders has been received by our system yet.

Joshana wrote:hmmmm.... my tracking number does not work

Not Found
No information for the following shipments/FedEx Office orders has been received by our system yet.

It ususally takes about a day to get into the FedEx system.

Tracking number added this morning...
and the stage 2 waiting begins.

zlassiter wrote:I think we should be refunded the shipping fees. This is bullcrap

Oh, please, get a grip.

May this be the most stressful and bullcrappy thing you have to deal with.

Got my shipment notification midmorning today. The Mini will soon have its Woot-tastic hood ornament ;)

zlassiter wrote:I think we should be refunded the shipping fees. This is bullcrap

Please remember this is a toy monkey,not a kidney for a transplant.

Man would you people chill out with the crying Think of the amount of product they have to get shipped out. You will get your damn monkey as well as I will and everything will be cool. Give them (W00T) a break already.

duodec wrote:Got my shipment notification midmorning today. The Mini will soon have its Woot-tastic hood ornament ;)

We will certainly need pictures.....How do you plan on keeping it attached to the hood as you go 50 mph down the highway? Are you going to leave him out in the rain?

duodec wrote:Got my shipment notification midmorning today. The Mini will soon have its Woot-tastic hood ornament ;)

I got my shipment notification last night around 10pm Houston time. No ETA on delivery

Still have the following message

"Shipment information sent to FedEx
Please check back later for shipment status or subscribe for e-mail notifications"

Weird considering my Baggie of Cthulhu has already shipped and my monkey hasn't. D:

Monkey out for delivery.....I will see you soon little buddy!!!!!

crowsnest wrote:Monkey out for delivery.....I will see you soon little buddy!!!!!

You lucky homeskillet.

acdawg wrote:You lucky homeskillet.

Thanks you kind Sir.

The new W00T logo on the bandana is nice. Top notch Top notch!!!

crowsnest wrote:The new W00T logo on the bandana is nice. Top notch Top notch!!!

Thanks, I try.

acdawg wrote:Thanks, I try.

I don't.

BTW - ETA updated to 09/03/2010 Friday

My three new best friends just arrived! I am a happy camper!

crowsnest wrote:We will certainly need pictures.....How do you plan on keeping it attached to the hood as you go 50 mph down the highway? Are you going to leave him out in the rain?

50MPH? My wife? In her Mini Cooper S? Piffle. I suspect I will have to drill the hood and install nutserts while she is not looking. Suction cups are NOT going to cut it. Beside here in Ill Annoy an untended hood ornament won't last 5 minutes in a parking lot.

I'm looking for goggles so the bugs don't get in his eyes, but as for the rest of him I'm debating between dunking him in Thompson's Water Seal or an application of quality car wax; debating between the spikey look of the former or the '50s greaser appearance of the latter.

I also want to wire in his shrieker to the car horn ;)

If you're waiting still, be sure to just keep an eye out for the FedEx truck. Mine just came, but the tracking number wasn't updated.

duodec wrote:50MPH? My wife? In her Mini Cooper S? Piffle. I suspect I will have to drill the hood and install nutserts while she is not looking. Suction cups are NOT going to cut it. Beside here in Ill Annoy an untended hood ornament won't last 5 minutes in a parking lot.

I'm looking for goggles so the bugs don't get in his eyes, but as for the rest of him I'm debating between dunking him in Thompson's Water Seal or an application of quality car wax; debating between the spikey look of the former or the '50s greaser appearance of the latter.

I also want to wire in his shrieker to the car horn ;)

Man that would be so SWEEEET!!!!

The same can be said about hood ornaments here in MS. They will take anything off a damn car its freaking balderee.

Car horn = shrieker!!!!!!

Following the tracking info suggests they held my monkeys in Chino until my Baggie of Cthulhu got there so they could make one trip. Too bad, the monkeys might feel like second class woots if they have to share the day with the Baggie of Cthulhu. But since I have a pretty good idea whats in my Baggie of Cthulhu, I think they'll be OK.

The Monkeys Have Arrived.

Sadly I must wait till I get home to start conversion to their new purpose...

Monkeys arrived =D I was surprised at how different each of their faces are! Now every time there is a monkey I will have to order 3 to make sure that at least 1 has a perfect, movie star face!

Phase 1 of the Screaming Monkey Hood Ornament (TM) in process: exoskeleton construction and implantation. Difficulties encountered in enforcing appropriate curvature of the spinal reinforcements between the cervical and thoracic sections, resulting in the head still facing too low; surgical alteration may be required to correct. The monkey was not pleased with this prospect.

Decision was made to apply forced curvature to the boneless tail using an extension to the exoskeleton; this allows the tale to support the cape in an upward curve and allows the Screaming Monkey Hood Ornament (TM) to act as a mini-spoiler, providing downforce over the driven wheels of the Mini when it is at speed; this allows the monkey hood ornament to be classified as both decorative _and_ utilitarian.

Pics tomorrow I hope... the camera batteries were flat...

A setback occurred today. As of now drills and nutserts are out... both the wife and the Mini had something to say about it. I was prepping the Mini for drilling (even bought a new bit, touch up paint, and nutserts, darn it) and got sidetracked for a moment. When I came back I saw this...



The Mini was taking defensive measures, but the monkey fought back...



In the end it wasn't enough. The Mini is pretty, well, mini, but it still outpowered the monkey. So I entreated the car, promising to use only suction cups or other non-marring means of attachment. The Mini apparently accepted this promise because shortly thereafter...



Differences mended, the monkey gave its future base of operations a hug and a big smooch on the mirror...



Next we moved to the exoskeleton implementation as noted in the previous message. Although it is still incomplete the pose is close to what I'm looking for other than getting his head raised up.



Unfortunately the monkey had the receipt for the new drill bit, paint and nutserts on him before the Mini got hungry, and lost it somewhere before coming back out, and I'm NOT going to go looking for it. Eww...

duodec wrote:A setback occurred today. As of now drills and nutserts are out... both the wife and the Mini had something to say about it. I was prepping the Mini for drilling (even bought a new bit, touch up paint, and nutserts, darn it) and got sidetracked for a moment. When I came back I saw this...



The Mini was taking defensive measures, but the monkey fought back...



In the end it wasn't enough. The Mini is pretty, well, mini, but it still outpowered the monkey. So I entreated the car, promising to use only suction cups or other non-marring means of attachment. The Mini apparently accepted this promise because shortly thereafter...



Differences mended, the monkey gave its future base of operations a hug and a big smooch on the mirror...



Next we moved to the exoskeleton implementation as noted in the previous message. Although it is still incomplete the pose is close to what I'm looking for other than getting his head raised up.



Unfortunately the monkey had the receipt for the new drill bit, paint and nutserts on him before the Mini got hungry, and lost it somewhere before coming back out, and I'm NOT going to go looking for it. Eww...

Thats just freaking otterific!!!!!!!!

Three monkeys arrived yesterday. All are in very good health and by the smile on their faces seem to have enjoyed the long trip.

My monkeys decided to stay in CA for a while. I guess they wanted to enjoy their last bit of sunshine before heading to the eternal grey skies of Seattle.

Yah! My monkey arrived yesterday and now I can't get my employees to work because they are too busy shooting the monkey to each other. Note to self: no more woot delivered to work!

OH GOD HOW DO YOU TURN THE MONKEY OFF WHY DID I PULL THE TAB?

Heya woot! aCould you perhaps include a parachute with the next monkey offering please?

Does Anyone else's just go off when it hasn't even been touched?

Man, kind of shoddy quality. I was demonstrating its flying ability this morning and one of the poor monkey's hands tore off. Ahh well. Maybe I should just extract the voicebox and hide it in someone's desk drawer.

Gohdan wrote:Man, kind of shoddy quality. I was demonstrating its flying ability this morning and one of the poor monkey's hands tore off. Ahh well. Maybe I should just extract the voicebox and hide it in someone's desk drawer.

Or you could gather up some red threads or yarn and get some crimson paint or red glue from the hobby store and start prepping your monkey for All Hallows Eve... little black button eyes, some stuffing (suitably dyed) oozing from the neck area, the elastic tubing itself makes good integuments when suitably dressed up, and the missing hand being gnawed upon.

Heck all you really need is a reprogrammed shrieker box that calls out 'Brrraaiinnsss!' and you'd be in the Zombie Monkey business.

And Zombie Monkeys aren't shamblers or runners... they fly.... swooping down upon you, shrieking out their hunger.... bwaaa haa haaaa!

P.S. Woot! I want Zombie Monkeys in time for Halloween, please! And with a higher than three limit if possible. There must be hordes of Zombie Monkeys and three don't quite cut it

So today we woke up to a big surprise. Our new Beagle Molly gave birth. Well it gets a little weird at this point as she gave birth to a litter of darling Woot Monkeys!



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