Espressosaur

Espressosaur
Dora reacts to Faye's creation in Number 1644: Espressosaurus Poops.
Info
Type	metal sculpture
Owner	Dan Miller
First appearance	Number 1439: Patronage
Latest appearance	Number 1978: Triumphant Return

The Espressosaurs (or Espressosaurus Rex) are two all-metal artistic pieces made by Faye for the Coffee of Doom. Both pieces are individual espresso machines in the shape of a metallic dinosaur.

First Espressosaur

Dora commissioned the first piece to help Faye get over her relationship with Sven.

The first one was shaped like a Tyrannosaurus. According to Faye, it was "originally just gonna be a scale prototype," but she determined that "it's safer at this size anyways." That machine was admired by a couple, Dan Miller and his partner, who visited Coffee of Doom, who then commissioned one for their art studio - with Dora getting a 10% commission on the sale.

Second Espressosaur

Faye had problems with the second "version" of the piece, which was shaped like a Apatosaurus (Brontosaur). When she first tried to get it to run, the head and neck assembly blew off and flew across the shop - making Hannelore glad she brought her helmet to work.

Raven added a parallel entanglement processing core to the Apatosaurus version, causing it to suddenly disappear in a bright flash. Raven calculated that it would return "in 96,763 seconds with an amazing cup of espresso."

Shortly thereafter, the Espressosaur appeared in another webcomic, The Whiteboard. Strangely enough, it disappeared in the very next strip.

Fortunately enough, the Espressosaur did in fact return in approximately 96,763 seconds, comic time: 1 day, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 43 seconds, though Raven chalked it up to Adams' Law.Number 1978: Triumphant Return The "amazing cup of espresso", however was nowhere to be found.

Legacy

Since creating the espressosaurs, Faye has gotten bored with dinosaurs and was last seen designing an Anomalocaris.

At the opening of Union Robotics Faye suggested installing the espresso system of Espressosaurs into May.

Trivia

• There is a continuity error between Number 1645: Unexpected Windfall and Number 1979: Very Mercenary. Dora negotiates the price for Espressosaurus in #1645, but later in #1979 Dora recognizes Dan Miller and suggests that they were ripped off.