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Post by corgiluver on Oct 9, 2016 9:22:25 GMT -7
A long time ago I tried ripping a teddy tape into audacity and then transferring the audio (including the animation signal track) onto a new cassette. It caused Teddy to animate very strangely/spuratically. The reason it didn't work is because Teddy ruxpin tapes have some extra tabs punched out on the spine of the casing. If I recall from research they correspond to a switch inside him, so unless you transfer the audio onto one of these special cassette housings it won't work.
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Post by corgiluver on Sept 23, 2016 16:23:28 GMT -7
I was wondering if anyone knows which (if not all) of teddy's stories were released in french for the playskool cartridge version of teddy.
Thanks!
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Post by corgiluver on Aug 3, 2016 18:34:30 GMT -7
Tried photos once more with a dark background and a bit better. Here's one. If it might be helpful and you have an e-mail address I will send on a few messages that detail the process of putting one of these back together. It seems a bit too lengthy to set out here in full. I sent you a message
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 30, 2016 15:40:56 GMT -7
I hope that's it, it sounds promising... If you would mind taking photos of her mech when it's disassembled, that would be great, I would like to see how the head turner model differs from the later model. My apologies for not posting any pics yet. She's still just as empty shell at this point and I figured you'd want pics with the motors in her. I haven't forgotten!
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 30, 2016 14:15:58 GMT -7
No, her name is Susan
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 29, 2016 19:14:54 GMT -7
She's given me some helpful advice before, and was quick to respond with the price of the connections cords she has for sale, I guess maybe she just forgot about the pics.
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 29, 2016 13:00:13 GMT -7
Anything you've got would be greatly appreciated!
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 27, 2016 17:47:58 GMT -7
Thanks, I actually emailed her asking for pics and she said she'd get some to me but never got back
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 27, 2016 13:52:29 GMT -7
To put it frankly, I have the casings of a servo motor and about a thousand little gears. Anybody have a picture of how they go together? It's the non pulley type.
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 16, 2016 18:38:32 GMT -7
Thanks, I'll be working more on her when I have the time. Sounds like you found quite a score! I have another mother goose besides this one, my own I've already restored. I recently showed her to my 96 yr old grandmother, and I so regret not getting her reaction on video. I guess she wasn't expecting the animation, because when I lifted the wing to reveal the cassette deck she nearly fell out of her chair. She couldn't believe a tape player was hiding in this toy. Then she just sat in awe listening to her and watching her blink and sing. I almost teared up watching her, she was so enthralled by this mother goose I worked so hard on.
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 15, 2016 18:43:09 GMT -7
I hadn't! I think this might be the problem though, because wiggling them a little at a certain spot got me some servo movement! Thanks for the advice!
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 15, 2016 10:15:32 GMT -7
Well, I was thinking since the servos work plugged into teddy's circuit board it probably isn't a loose wire, right? Nothing looks abnormal about her to me. I got her off eBay just for fun. I should have specified, I have her completely disassembled and the eye servo moves like a working one should. I'd never move her actual eyes cause like you said, too big a risk in breaking them. I'll post a picture when I get home. Any part in particular you want to see?
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 14, 2016 11:38:09 GMT -7
This is actually a mother goose question, but since Teddy works similarly I figured I'd ask anyway. I have mother goose with zero servo function (neck, beak, or eyes). All three feel loose (turn smoothly by hand), but the traditional twisting them loose by hand has gotten me nowhere. What I have been able to do is use an ohmmeter to create a closed circuit directly on the motor contact points causing the motor to spin. I also plugged one servo into a teddy ruxpin and the motor moved perfectly in sync with Teddy's cassette animation. I can guarantee my MG cassette isn't the problem because it animates my other working goose. So my question is, if the servos work in every way but in this goose, is there something wrong with her circuit board?
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 13, 2016 13:18:20 GMT -7
I also don't buy that he came from the factory with those eyes. And I have repaired a couple teddies that had zero motor movements and non functional cassette decks, I agree it's really not that rare.
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Post by corgiluver on Jul 7, 2016 20:52:47 GMT -7
I certainly would never pay $12,000 him. The seller also says in the description they think he belongs in a museum... so yeah, I think they've got their hopes a little high...
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