I'm really loving this extended series of restoration videos! I'd love to see more of these! also, I'd be absolutely delighted if some old Kenner toy designers/sculptors saw this video - I'm sure they'd be truly touched and delighted to see such affection and care for their work, spanning so many decades later
"She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!" This really WAS awesome back then. That sound brings back so many great memories. Wish I still had my Falcon. I've really enjoyed this series. Looking forward to Part 4. Thanks!
I just finished restoring mine before you started yours, probably 2 months ago. That was a lot of fun. Brought back a lot of great memories as a child, that and the death star, I had a tons of hours playing with. I was very fortunate, I didn't have hardly any yellowing and had my original jedi training disco ball! LOL!
glad to see this vid! it inspired me a couple of weeks back to restoring my old jedi luke figure! it came out perfect! thanks for doing these vids!-gary/texas
baking soda and warm water will help clean the corrosion off the metal leads also a thin film of vasoline will help stop future corrosion on the battery leads
The sound of that motor sure brings back memories for me! I had the X-wing fighter and it had the same kind of "sound effects"! I had it hanging on fishing wire over my bed for years and then one day it just disappeared. Funny how you can have something like that and then it's gone.
Wow, haven't heard that sound since 1980. Didn't the "snow speeders"(can't remember the exact name) from empire make a sound? I had that as well. Great job with the restoration!
I read a few reviews all it does is make your plastic look really shiny, it doesn't remove scratches. but I only paid $8 so if it can make it look really nice for display purposes I'll look for it or something similar. Is there an easy way to remove old stickers from toys with out damaging the plastic and not leaving the toy sticky?
***** I'm just beginning to restore my Falcon. I'm a little intimidated to disassemble the gun/upside done chair piece. Particularly taking apart the gray gun It looks like once that is removed, everything else should slide out. Do you have any suggestions for taking it apart? Thanks.
keeping the oil away from the plastic is important as it could damage the plastic, a safer alternative is silicone shock or diff oil, it's used in rc cars and is made of pure silicone that won't hurt the plastic.
Can you use "3 in 1" oil on all of the motors of the Star Wars vehicles? There are similar (if not the same) motors in the X-Wings and At-At Walkers also?
That's to bad, that is an awesome Batmobile. I picked up a Batman Beyond batmobile for $8, it has some wear on it, I would like to restore it in some way but I have no idea how, I could take it apart and clean it but it would still look dull, any idea how to get the shine back into the plastic?
I played the crap out of mine. I'd need a full cockpit, game table, quad gun and chair assembly, radar dish and connector, landing struts, entrance door and poles, even the training remote and bar. And all new stickers. Yeah, I abused it
Regarding the piece you lost between episodes, any idea what might have happened to it? When I was a child, I had a theory that carpet sometimes "absorbed" pieces (into its molecular structure???). A team of experts now hypothesize that mom's OCD thrice daily vacuuming may have acted as a predator picking off runt parts that had strayed from the herd. But, seriously, I was meticulous with my stuff and lost few parts--until I left for the army and the carpet absorbed such things as my Matchbox Lion Voltron.
Meanwhile, with today's technology, they could put a small lithium battery powered mp3 player that would play actual sounds from the movie that is as big as that motor, getting rid of the bulky 2 D batteries.
I'm really loving this extended series of restoration videos! I'd love to see more of these! also, I'd be absolutely delighted if some old Kenner toy designers/sculptors saw this video - I'm sure they'd be truly touched and delighted to see such affection and care for their work, spanning so many decades later
Wish I could double like this video! That sound brought back so many memories! You’re an awesome guy!!
"She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy!" This really WAS awesome back then. That sound brings back so many great memories. Wish I still had my Falcon. I've really enjoyed this series. Looking forward to Part 4. Thanks!
this keeps getting more exciting as we get closer to the finished product.
I just finished restoring mine before you started yours, probably 2 months ago. That was a lot of fun. Brought back a lot of great memories as a child, that and the death star, I had a tons of hours playing with. I was very fortunate, I didn't have hardly any yellowing and had my original jedi training disco ball! LOL!
This video inspired me to take my Falcon apart and get the sound working. The 3 in 1 worked like magic. Thanks!
Dats the sound effect the motor makes? certainly isnt much. Then again you should be commended for making it work again. great job!
glad to see this vid! it inspired me a couple of weeks back to restoring my old jedi luke figure! it came out perfect! thanks for doing these vids!-gary/texas
Redoing the stickers? Should be interesting, can't wait!
Looking fantastic! Can't wait to see the next video and how those stickers will turn out.
Awesome that you got the engine to work again! Thumbs up! Now i'm off to watch the next episode! :D
Your welcome! I can't wait to see the finished product of your labor of love.
You inspired me to fix my falcon motor. Thanks for the show and tell.
Labor of love. Wonderful.
Awesome cant wait to see it complete!
Do you guys only do restorations on your own toys only or would you do them for toys people would send you? I would love to get my Ecto 1 Restored !!
Looking good so far.
you sir are a magician!
baking soda and warm water will help clean the corrosion off the metal leads also a thin film of vasoline will help stop future corrosion on the battery leads
The sound of that motor sure brings back memories for me! I had the X-wing fighter and it had the same kind of "sound effects"! I had it hanging on fishing wire over my bed for years and then one day it just disappeared. Funny how you can have something like that and then it's gone.
You have a nice kitchen
Wow, haven't heard that sound since 1980. Didn't the "snow speeders"(can't remember the exact name) from empire make a sound? I had that as well. Great job with the restoration!
I read a few reviews all it does is make your plastic look really shiny, it doesn't remove scratches. but I only paid $8 so if it can make it look really nice for display purposes I'll look for it or something similar. Is there an easy way to remove old stickers from toys with out damaging the plastic and not leaving the toy sticky?
***** I'm just beginning to restore my Falcon. I'm a little intimidated to disassemble the gun/upside done chair piece. Particularly taking apart the gray gun
It looks like once that is removed, everything else should slide out. Do you have any suggestions for taking it apart? Thanks.
keeping the oil away from the plastic is important as it could damage the plastic, a safer alternative is silicone shock or diff oil, it's used in rc cars and is made of pure silicone that won't hurt the plastic.
Can you use "3 in 1" oil on all of the motors of the Star Wars vehicles? There are similar (if not the same) motors in the X-Wings and At-At Walkers also?
yes you can
Great job on fixing the motor, buddy!
That's to bad, that is an awesome Batmobile. I picked up a Batman Beyond batmobile for $8, it has some wear on it, I would like to restore it in some way but I have no idea how, I could take it apart and clean it but it would still look dull, any idea how to get the shine back into the plastic?
are you restoring that BTAS Bat-mobile as well?
Copper leads. Maybe soak in those electric jewelry cleaners? I got mine for 20 bucks.
Did they remove the electric motors for the european market? Cause I dont remember a single ship having that button and that weird sounding motor.
Turned my dads in today for the first time in 30 yrs worked fine
I played the crap out of mine. I'd need a full cockpit, game table, quad gun and chair assembly, radar dish and connector, landing struts, entrance door and poles, even the training remote and bar. And all new stickers. Yeah, I abused it
No, you had a fun childhood with one of the Ultimate star wars toys.
Regarding the piece you lost between episodes, any idea what might have happened to it? When I was a child, I had a theory that carpet sometimes "absorbed" pieces (into its molecular structure???). A team of experts now hypothesize that mom's OCD thrice daily vacuuming may have acted as a predator picking off runt parts that had strayed from the herd. But, seriously, I was meticulous with my stuff and lost few parts--until I left for the army and the carpet absorbed such things as my Matchbox Lion Voltron.
cool
What kind of batteries are used?
Two C batteries. www.jeditemplearchives.com/vintage-star-wars/instructions/Vintage-Instructions-SW-Millennium-Falcon.pdf
I'm confused why you keep referring to the motor as an engine? It's an electric motor.
I wonder if toy manufactures ever expected kids to one day grow up to take their toys apart to fix them.
i kinda sounds like a alarm
im never geting thre new one i dont want it i like this one wayyyy better
Meanwhile, with today's technology, they could put a small lithium battery powered mp3 player that would play actual sounds from the movie that is as big as that motor, getting rid of the bulky 2 D batteries.
You miss spelled toy in the title as toiy
I think it's toy not toiy
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Just throw away your rubbish