it worked and it looked manly as hell. check it out, anyone can use it and contribute! these results should then be published somewhere for all to see. i honestly don’t go in much for essay collections, but this came highly recommended and i loved it. more to the point, it occurs completely assembled. that was a first for me, too. agree it would be impossible to keep up a fake voice all the time. it is motorized, something i'm a bit skeptical about but the parts look great in the box. i mean, it still sucked, but then again, goodbyes always do. 