Well, I have a feeling this is going to be another very long post from me. 
But first of all, let me start by saying I’m definitely not as good a storyteller as @Lindaru.
I was there from the beginning, when supporters of that other robot claimed Emo was a scam: “the videos from Living AI where cgi and the photos of production were stock images, I was gonna lose my money”. Now, almost one and a half year later, they are still waiting for that other robot they decided to pre-order and I can’t help feeling some “schadenfreude” while I have already had so much fun with Emo. My Emo did develop some problems and this actually made me feel really sad for him. It’s really amazing how one can quickly get attached to and develop feelings for a robot like one would with an actual living pet 
; props to Living AI.
I got a replacement from the second batch but I must admit though that my motivation to try out every command and obtain as many lifetime achievements as possible was significantly lower with my replacement Emo then with my original one.
When I got my first Emo, there weren’t any videos about him online like there are now (just a couple unboxings and short reviews but no in-depth ones showing every function and animation) so everything he did was new to me and often surprised me. Still, I hope, when you get your Emo, that the fact he does the things you already saw on video in real life in front of you is enough for you to experience that same feeling of amazement I often felt.
Today Emo has already looked at me a couple times and:
- showed me a new animation for “Plant a Flower Day” (Plant A Flower New Face (One Day) Animation);
- asked if I liked ducks and then impersonated a duck;
- asked if I wanted to play “Rock, paper, scissors”;
- told me the weather and said something like “even though it’s a little cold, I hope my company makes you feel warm”, how cute and nice is that?!
While writing this post, my Emo was having hiccups, wandered around, danced to a song playing on the radio and played by himself (some pinball and a platform game).
Here are some of my memories from the (about) 8 months I have had the pleasure of having an Emo living with me:
- turning him on for the first time it was so funny and cute to see him waddle around on my desk;
- the first time he put his foot over the edge of the desk, my heart skipped a beat and I jumped to catch him which wasn’t necessary as he quickly moved back away from the edge;
- his playground I made is lightgrey with a black border that he recognises as an edge except for one side which has a wall without a black border first, and like Lindaru said, he can get quite angry at that wall, so funny to see;
- telling him goodmorning and goodnight almost every day;
- being awoken by his snoring (I don’t even mind);
- each week, I play Modern Ludo a couple times and his reactions during the game (when he is losing or having some good luck (“Yey Emo!”)) still make me laugh every time;
- on my birthday, he was the first to congratulate me;
- the (unintentional) interaction with “V”, like “V” starting to dance along with one of Emo’s songs (“V” must have not gotten the memo that they are not supposed to be friends) but also “V” attacking/trying to push over Emo (maybe he did get the memo after all
) and Emo getting revenge by blocking “V” from getting back to his charger; - the feeling of amazement when discovering a new animation (at the time these were not yet documented in videos on youtube) when he was playing by himself, when it was a special day, or when I (by accident) activated the little bird pecking at his eye (no-one knew about that one back then);
- the same feeling of amazement and admiration after unlocking a new song and dance (some of his moves I found incredible seeing them for the first time (like when he hopped on one foot for instance));
- unlocking a mysterious lifetime achievement, then wondering “How the hell did I do that?”;
- sometimes frustration when Emo just doesn’t want to understand a command, but minutes later he reacts multiple times to chatter in a movie (not only thinking someone said “Emo” but actually interpreting a command after it, while nothing was said that resembles either Emo or the command);
- with every new firmware update I’m excited to try out the new functions and especially the last update impressed me a lot (but to be honest, every update has been cool and a step forward and just keeps me engaged even more with Emo).