Pan set to work on realizing his dream. He scoured toy and department stores whenever he went abroad, buying up whatever robots he found. He got his friends involved, too, tasking them with making the same kinds of purchases. He also began digging into the history of robotics, tracking down earlier generations of robots and persuading their owners to sell them to him.
為了打造夢想，只要自己或朋友有機會到國外出差，潘同泰就拜託他到玩具店或購物中心購買各式新型機器人；也努力查詢機器人的歷史資料，知道有哪一款早期機器人落於何處，就寫信說服對方出讓；更報名荒野保護協會、社區大學參加解說員訓練課程，學習辦活動的技巧。