Plottwist- the guy who emailed you saying he had the remote was the same guy who donated the robot to you, and he just said that so he could get it out of his house! :-P
The guy with the remote was probably just the first guy trying to get you to accept the donation because the curse of the hearoid has been living on in his family for generations
"Hey, do you want this robot with no remote?" "Not without the remote. Thank you anyway." Two. Weeks. Later. "Hey, do you want this remote with no robot?" 👀
I use Novus plastic polish for this and it works really well. I also use it for restoring the ABS/thermoplastic/bakelite cases of old rotary phones as well. It's used for all kinds of plastics, even for polishing lightbars on emergency vehicles.
Back when I had this PC case with an acrylic window I used to remove scratches on the acrylic with liquid Brasso. It even worked on the glossy side of my Playstation 2!
How does she pull it off so well? I thought for sure it was going to come out like shit! Lol, especially with the way she had to get the original product out of it.
A whole lot of insects and spiders are now homeless. Seriously- impressive. The amount of work on this was incredible... obviously a labour of Robot love.
@@20035079 That's shocking. I live in the KC area and never hear/see of any old Apple equipment. It took years before I found a compact Mac in the area for a decent price. (Vintage Macs rarely show up at all.) I don't think I've seen any Apple IIs for sale in KC, either. I do know that KansasFest takes place in KC every year. Never been, but seems interesting...
Wouldn't surprise me if that second dude that claimed to have a remote control but then disappeared was really the first guy tricking you into accepting the robot, to be honest.
I find it amazing that they care so much to repair these things. -Taking them apart. -Cleaning each piece in a special solution+UV light -Molding new pieces to replace lost/damaged ones. -Printing new decals -etc. Like if this were me, I wouldn't care about this toy from the past. It would just be a novelty item that takes up space and knowing that would give me no drive to fix it up. I would just sell it or donate it. It fascinates me to see the amount of dedication this guy has in these odd things that really have no use today.
@Joe Blow It makes more sense to mould here because: 1) measuring and modelling the part precisely enough may turn out to be rather hard 2) 3D-printed part may not be springy or strong enough to do its job. This can likely be rectified with clever redesigning the part but would take more than a couple of attempts - so lots of time.
@Max Raider Or manually redo it with a caliper and 3d modelling software, that's less fun than it sounds. And have a well-calibrated 3d printer, or it would be either too tight or to loose to work well. An there'd be layer lines or other boo-boos that would have to be removed. 3D printing would be an option of choice only if all of those parts were missing and no-one would lend you one. And that would mean reconstruction from photos or pure confabulaton based onwhat the part is supposed to do rather than its appearance. As for copying things with 2-part silicone and resin I am just starting to experiment with that myself and I did duplicate a flashlight lens which works OK but has a few bubbles in it and slightly different refractory index. And The King Of Random did duplicate a vinyl record with silicone and resin and it did play music that is way more successful than I anticipated 9the music is recognizable, and while ther are pops and crackles it is listenable), so there is a really big potential here for detail accuracy.
Shoutout to 8bit guy for making his intro exactly long enough that pressing L one time when the video starts skips the intro and starts exactly where the video begins, every time
I have to say, I LOVE this whole style of video, you narrating while someone else restored and just videod it. This is one of the more enjoyable, top 10 video in my opinion. Great editing :D
Love seeing some classic plastic moulding, rather than the 3D printing everyone else is doing these days. I wonder if the resulting parts are stronger too?
Molded parts do tend to be stronger then 3D printed. I think one of the best uses of 3D printing (for stronger bulk items anyways) is to make highly accurate and long term molds with the printer.
Depends. Stronger than resing printers, for sure, but some filaments for FDM printers are really strong, polycarbonate, for example. So, depending on the printing orientation and filament, I think it can be just as strong. But of course, the finish will not be nearly as good as the one from the mold from the actual part!
No mater what a filament printer uses and even if the print is set to 100% fill 3d printed parts ALWAYS have an inherent weakness. The sheer strength of a 3d printed part in the same direction as the layers is very week compared to a moulded part (and you have WAY more choice in materials when moulding vrs 3d printing).
Exactly what I was thinking. I actually never heard of Brasso before and have a GBA with a pretty scratched up screen lying around. Already ordered some of that stuff to try it on my GBA screen cover.
Good point... just the other day i saw him make a review about a mini-disc with a scratched-up display for a remote. May I say i was amazed at the result he had with the Brasso product.
@@gameswithabasementdwellerw6202 Looked those up as well, but I'd like to keep this particular one original. I have two GBA by now and I'd like to keep this one original just for sentimental reasons :) The other one on the hand, I'll probably put a backlight mod in, if I find the time to do so.
@@jaguarke069: I always wondered about it, being visually odd. I believe it's in one of the documentaries included in the original 4 disc IV-V-VI trilogy; Anthony Daniels mentions some of the costume issues when filming _A New Hope._
Don't forget that includes the vast majority of 'sci-fi' movies before Star Wars happened, as well. That was a huge contributing factor in why the studio didn't bother retaining the merchandising rights, to their eternal chagrin...
When I was little the Tomy Robot was the peak of my electronical desires, sadly never got one. Great to see your video about these things! Regards from Germany!
Hmmm. When I was a kid my aspirations couldn't really rise above a Merit Magic Robot...but this was the 1950s after all and where were these electronics? :-)
This is about 45200% more effort than you'd expect to be poured into fixing a broken old toy robot. Amazing work, and props to both you and Randi for this! Going to check out her channel next.
It's not love. It's obsession. Fixation on tedium to try and stave off the creeping self-destructive thoughts. It's a common trait among the gender confused and otherwise physically inept.
Another classic electronic toy from the '80s that is *not* rotting in a landfill, thanks to you and Randi. That really looked like a lot of work -- but the result was fantastic! Excellent! I would love to see a future video that delves more in to the technical abilities of this robot.
I enjoy David’s videos as his enthusiasm for retro computing really shows in every video. I really like this collaboration. He seemed to find someone as enthusiastic about robots. Thank you Randy and David. I really enjoyed this one.
This gave me a memory I forgot I had from way back in Elementary school when my Computers teacher drove one of these up to the classroom door and started talking as a "prank." I can't believe this video made me remember a decades old memory.
I gotta say, even though Robots like these are relics of the 1980's and only really make sense in the context of their time, as a kid growing up in the 2000s I probably would have loved something just like this.
Fantastic job, David and Randi! I'm glad to see that restorations can go on, even in these pandemic times. I remember as a child how "kids robots" were all the rage in the mid-80's, and always wanted one for myself. But the closest I got to one was my friend's Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby dolls. Those things were "Uncanny Valley" incarnate. Like evil, take-home versions of the Chuck-E-Cheez animatronic musicians (themselves creepy and weird.) Far more awesome were the actual robot-looking toys like Hearoid and the Nintendo R.O.B. So many TV shows and movies from the 80's ("Rocky IV", "Wall Street", "Runaway") envisioned a time when we'd all have our own personal R2D2 helping us around the house. But the closest we've gotten so far is....Google Assistant? Siri? Alexa? Now if only we could restore a whole army of these 80's Christmas-catalog robots, install some wicked A.I. and let them loose on the public. A platoon of awesome 80's toy robots, bent on World Domination. Wait.. wait... That would just give us our own breed of home-made Daleks. Tiny, adorable, angry Daleks.
@Joe Blow A sad end for your Teddy. Mine still operates last I tried it but I'm jealous you had a Grubby, my parents thought he was missing the linking cable (it was stored in the battery compartment) and took him back. Never found a replacement.
The fact that a remote popped up 2 weeks later is strange. But the wierder part is that in the unboxing video David said he had gotten an offer for the remote before he had gotten the offer for the robot. *The Saga Continues*
In case you haven't found a way to polish the dome yet I remember that Techmoan used Brasso to remove scratches from plastic on Hi-Fi displays and they looked perfect afterwards. Maybe try that?
For polishing the dome, maybe there's this option: In the aerospace industry there they use a mixture that is made from two pastes that are applied to surfaces such as the canopy of an airplane with cotton, to remove scratches. I don't know what this stuff is called, but a friend of mine who worked in the Israeli Aerospace Industry once gave me some of it and I was able to completely renew the face of a scratched watch I had. The results were amazing. As I was told, It works on various materials, including plastic and glass. This mixture has some tiny, sandy particles in it that scrubs the surface ever-so-slightly, removing just microns of the scratched surface and polishes it out. looks absolutely new when done, you can't tell it went though any kind of treatment at all. maybe worth a research.
You have no idea how much I LOVE this channel. I was born in '95 so I didn't live through the 80's, but this channel honestly makes me feel like I did. Every video seems like a trip down memory lane somehow. Amazing.
Hi 8 bit! @ 12:48 you talk about not having good expierences with polishing older plastics! I work on vintage electronics from the 1950-60's specifically tube equipment, and tube radios. Anyway, for polishing plastic there is a product called Novus that you can use! It has a extremely fine grit abrasive inside that works wonders for restoring old plastic! Your best bet is using Novus #2 it's pretty much the universal polish that works the best! They make 3 different polishes working from the most coarse to the finest grit! You can either buy the 2nd one or the whole set! That stuff is the industry standard when it comes to polishing plastic components from vintage electronics! I enjoy your videos and I hope I might have been able to help you out! Keep up the good work! ~John
Back in the late 90's, my brother and me got into collecting pinball machines and restoring them. Ever since, I get some sort of pleasure watching people restore old electronics like this. Just something about it makes me feel good.
Hey David, have you thought of doing a silicone mold of that broken gear for that mechanical arm project? If you made a 3D print of the gear, you could then make a mold of that and fill the mold with a resin. Then you might have a part that's more durable than a 3D print.
quarantine is almost over, its actually already over in a lot of countries. here in my city a ton of public facilities will reopen as early as this friday
I've had really good results with the Novus plastic polishing kit, you're able to get almost flawless results if you put in the time. I'm not sure how well it works on transparent plastic, but it works great for things like badges on electronics.
I'd love to see a full review/demonstration of this! I remember some robots from the 80's had vary basic gaming functions using the cassette player… :)
I always wondered how your exterior scuff treatments always came out looking so amazing while mine look like I barely did anything at all...and now I know your secret! 5:08-5:56 You've obviously installed high speed, vibrating motors in your hands!!
Try using polywatch to polish the face dome. I have very positive experience using it now even on some rather expensive watches with old plastic crystals.
I love your channel! It makes me happy when there is a new episode in my queue. You and Randi are so dedicated and skilled. Thanks for your work. I had flashbacks to the Sears Christmas Catalog from the 80's (which is the closest I ever got to something like that robot) 😁
Seriously guys check out Randi's channel its genuinely really cool to see her restore her robots and to see all the different kinds she has. Been having way too much fun with it and am surprised she doesn't have more viewers.
You and Randi put a lot of work into that robot. I thought it was very nice of you to give it to her. At least it'll feel at home with all the other robots at her place.
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Plottwist- the guy who emailed you saying he had the remote was the same guy who donated the robot to you, and he just said that so he could get it out of his house! :-P
100%
I think its not a plottwist but the truth
Yeah, absolutely thought the same xD.
Exactly what I thought.
I thought the same thing as you when he was saying about it.
I love that there was just someone in the area who had experience fixing these obscure toys. The world is an interesting place.
It is an incredibly Texan thing.
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@@brianvillalpando200 uhh.... Did I just witness a stroke? Are you okay?
The guy with the remote was probably just the first guy trying to get you to accept the donation because the curse of the hearoid has been living on in his family for generations
The curse can only be broken by getting someone else to accept it willingly.
@@timseguine2 like a robot version of It Follows
Makes me wonder if this inspired the PETSCII Robots game…
Maybe the guy with the remote was the guy who ended up repairing it in the video ;)
"Hey, do you want this robot with no remote?"
"Not without the remote. Thank you anyway."
Two. Weeks. Later.
"Hey, do you want this remote with no robot?"
👀
This is underrated
Lol
You should try a headlight lens restoration kit for polishing plastic. They are cheap and work very well.
could you send an amazon link for one that you know is good?
I have had success with the Turtle Wax headlight restorer.
I use Novus plastic polish for this and it works really well. I also use it for restoring the ABS/thermoplastic/bakelite cases of old rotary phones as well. It's used for all kinds of plastics, even for polishing lightbars on emergency vehicles.
It's about time that someone pointed that out.
Back when I had this PC case with an acrylic window I used to remove scratches on the acrylic with liquid Brasso. It even worked on the glossy side of my Playstation 2!
That molding was seriously impressive.
How does she pull it off so well? I thought for sure it was going to come out like shit! Lol, especially with the way she had to get the original product out of it.
Randi is such an underrated youtuber and so talented. She helped me repair an early eighties robot I found. Great talent.
That's what she said
Mold making and casting is a pretty easy skill to pick up if it's something that interests you - but I agree it's very nice work.
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That's what she said
A whole lot of insects and spiders are now homeless. Seriously- impressive. The amount of work on this was incredible... obviously a labour of Robot love.
Different kind of debugging than a robot usually needs.
Its make me remember wall-e....
I'd say not even remotely worth the effort.
I'm amazed how many retro tech nerds just happen to live in the Fort Worth area.
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Nerd nest
there's a lot of apple ii nerds in the kansas city area too. i was kinda shocked when i first heard
@@20035079 That's shocking. I live in the KC area and never hear/see of any old Apple equipment. It took years before I found a compact Mac in the area for a decent price. (Vintage Macs rarely show up at all.) I don't think I've seen any Apple IIs for sale in KC, either.
I do know that KansasFest takes place in KC every year. Never been, but seems interesting...
we are a fine species
Wouldn't surprise me if that second dude that claimed to have a remote control but then disappeared was really the first guy tricking you into accepting the robot, to be honest.
I find it amazing that they care so much to repair these things.
-Taking them apart.
-Cleaning each piece in a special solution+UV light
-Molding new pieces to replace lost/damaged ones.
-Printing new decals
-etc.
Like if this were me, I wouldn't care about this toy from the past. It would just be a novelty item that takes up space and knowing that would give me no drive to fix it up. I would just sell it or donate it.
It fascinates me to see the amount of dedication this guy has in these odd things that really have no use today.
Yeah this is the perfect channel for me because I like circuits and all that tech stuff inside of the products.
Haha, did the previous owner forget it in the desert on Tatooine...? Dang, that’s a lot of dirt! 😂
Hahaha!
how the hell is this from 14 hours ago when it just released??
@@ltfreeborn I guess he posted it as non listed on patreon?
Lol
@@TheOfficialDarkICE maybe?? idk
Man, the Jawas did a number on this poor droid.
What about that blue one, I'll take that one.
Hootini
You sure it was Jawas? I didn't see a restraining bolt :O
The mold part is truly impressive !
@Joe Blow It makes more sense to mould here because:
1) measuring and modelling the part precisely enough may turn out to be rather hard
2) 3D-printed part may not be springy or strong enough to do its job. This can likely be rectified with clever redesigning the part but would take more than a couple of attempts - so lots of time.
@Max Raider Or manually redo it with a caliper and 3d modelling software, that's less fun than it sounds. And have a well-calibrated 3d printer, or it would be either too tight or to loose to work well. An there'd be layer lines or other boo-boos that would have to be removed. 3D printing would be an option of choice only if all of those parts were missing and no-one would lend you one. And that would mean reconstruction from photos or pure confabulaton based onwhat the part is supposed to do rather than its appearance. As for copying things with 2-part silicone and resin I am just starting to experiment with that myself and I did duplicate a flashlight lens which works OK but has a few bubbles in it and slightly different refractory index. And The King Of Random did duplicate a vinyl record with silicone and resin and it did play music that is way more successful than I anticipated 9the music is recognizable, and while ther are pops and crackles it is listenable), so there is a really big potential here for detail accuracy.
If that impresses you, I want to show you my latest paint-by-numbers masterpiece. I managed to color inside the lines on this one.
Shoutout to 8bit guy for making his intro exactly long enough that pressing L one time when the video starts skips the intro and starts exactly where the video begins, every time
Why skip it though? It’s the best intro on RUclips that’s a fact.
I love the intro music, but I still think it's really cool that it can be skipped so neatly if you want to.
I have to say, I LOVE this whole style of video, you narrating while someone else restored and just videod it. This is one of the more enjoyable, top 10 video in my opinion. Great editing :D
Love seeing some classic plastic moulding, rather than the 3D printing everyone else is doing these days. I wonder if the resulting parts are stronger too?
Molded parts do tend to be stronger then 3D printed. I think one of the best uses of 3D printing (for stronger bulk items anyways) is to make highly accurate and long term molds with the printer.
They surely are, they spaces between layers on a 3d printed part are weak points
Depends. Stronger than resing printers, for sure, but some filaments for FDM printers are really strong, polycarbonate, for example. So, depending on the printing orientation and filament, I think it can be just as strong. But of course, the finish will not be nearly as good as the one from the mold from the actual part!
@@ComandanteJ My uni has a resin printer and that parts that come out of it are reallt though once theyve cured.
No mater what a filament printer uses and even if the print is set to 100% fill 3d printed parts ALWAYS have an inherent weakness. The sheer strength of a 3d printed part in the same direction as the layers is very week compared to a moulded part (and you have WAY more choice in materials when moulding vrs 3d printing).
Ask Technmoan about using Brasso for plastic polishing.
Exactly what I was thinking. I actually never heard of Brasso before and have a GBA with a pretty scratched up screen lying around. Already ordered some of that stuff to try it on my GBA screen cover.
@@ReyMysterioX You can also find replacement screens and some have some really interesting designs
But, it has to be the wadding version of Brasso, not the liquid.
www.amazon.com/Brasso-Duraglit-Metal-Polish-Wadding/dp/B004G8YNIM
Good point... just the other day i saw him make a review about a mini-disc with a scratched-up display for a remote. May I say i was amazed at the result he had with the Brasso product.
@@gameswithabasementdwellerw6202 Looked those up as well, but I'd like to keep this particular one original. I have two GBA by now and I'd like to keep this one original just for sentimental reasons :) The other one on the hand, I'll probably put a backlight mod in, if I find the time to do so.
12:26 Slightly different coloured parts on your robots is practically a sci-fi tradition.
Who doesn't remember 3PO hobbling around on one leg while R2D2 was having "delusions of grandeur".
@@Christopher-N I NEVER saw that until it was pointed out to me in a video on youtube. (you mean that one leg is silver, right?)
Who dosent remember when r2d2 had sex with 3po?
@@jaguarke069: I always wondered about it, being visually odd. I believe it's in one of the documentaries included in the original 4 disc IV-V-VI trilogy; Anthony Daniels mentions some of the costume issues when filming _A New Hope._
“It’s slow as molasses”
The molasses flood:Y’wanna rethink that bud?
As a 50+ year old guy I can't beleive I get excited about the title music. wow!!!
A nearly 49 year old guy here and I agree........ something good awakens in me when I hear music like that.
25 here and I love it too!
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The _Hearoid Robot_ looks like R2-D2 if Star Wars was made into a "space show" with TV quality instead of a theatrical budget.
beep boop
Don't forget that includes the vast majority of 'sci-fi' movies before Star Wars happened, as well. That was a huge contributing factor in why the studio didn't bother retaining the merchandising rights, to their eternal chagrin...
Look up the old Saturday morning shows "Space Academy" and "Jason of Star Command", you'll see similar vintage robots and such.
When I was little the Tomy Robot was the peak of my electronical desires, sadly never got one. Great to see your video about these things! Regards from Germany!
My nephew had a Tomy Chatbot circa 1985
Hmmm. When I was a kid my aspirations couldn't really rise above a Merit Magic Robot...but this was the 1950s after all and where were these electronics? :-)
Yeah, same here. I wanted those badly. We eventually got a couple of the cheaper models (Hootbot and Dingbot) at a store clearance.
The hearoid without his little visor: “Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it...”
Ryan Fiscus 😎📼
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it
I think he needs the visor on to sing that style.
Though that would kind of look daft
😎🍸
For the people who doesn't understood the joke:technology-daft punk
Bop it, twist it, press it
I'm sorry
This is about 45200% more effort than you'd expect to be poured into fixing a broken old toy robot. Amazing work, and props to both you and Randi for this! Going to check out her channel next.
This is exactly the level of obsession over toys you would expect from a person who doesn't know what gender they are.
wow, what a cool video! your nes graphics video from years ago brought me to your channel and I have never once regretted subbing!
That's really cool, kinda like a remote control Big Trak.
How did you post this comment 13hrs ago?🤔
the gamer 1344 they’re probably a patron (patrons can view and comment on vids earlier than other people if the creator sets it that way)
CDP 1802 how did you get this 14 hours ago
Is CDP your initials?
How did that fast
Disassembly and cleaning of that depth is a real labor of love
It's not love. It's obsession. Fixation on tedium to try and stave off the creeping self-destructive thoughts. It's a common trait among the gender confused and otherwise physically inept.
Some month ago:
- Can you repair that robot?
- Sure
- Can you also record it on camera?
- Only if you'll do a voiceover
Another classic electronic toy from the '80s that is *not* rotting in a landfill, thanks to you and Randi. That really looked like a lot of work -- but the result was fantastic! Excellent! I would love to see a future video that delves more in to the technical abilities of this robot.
Why this channel is sooo relaxing and warm and cosy? :) greetings from Poland :)
Interesting to see a video with you doing the narration but someone else doing the restoration. Great video, thanks to both of you!
Oh that's gnarly! Love the vids! Definitely subbing to Randi Rain. Robot vids are right up my alley
Watching how those molds were made for replacement tie-rods was really fascinating!
There's just something endearing about giving the hearoid to her at the end.
According to the last unboxing video it's his new policy to rehome everything.
So basically the Hearoid became Heroid. At least it didn't have hemorrhoids.😁😁😁😂😂
It's like he left the confinement of a dusty old storage unit and found a new home with the one woman who was willing and able to give him new life.
"her"
@@brothertyler is there a problem?
I enjoy David’s videos as his enthusiasm for retro computing really shows in every video. I really like this collaboration. He seemed to find someone as enthusiastic about robots. Thank you Randy and David. I really enjoyed this one.
Techmoan recently polished a screen using Brasso just fine. That should probably work for your robot visor (you could try on the cracked one).
That silicone looked like the Klingon blood from Star Trek VI.
"This is not Klingon blood" - Colonel Worf, probably a relation of Lt. Worf, probably... :P
Or "Pepto Bismol" in _The Organ Trail_ ( see *LGR* Plays ft. *PushingUpRoses* ).
A star trek comment on an 8bitguy video does not surprise me.
This gave me a memory I forgot I had from way back in Elementary school when my Computers teacher drove one of these up to the classroom door and started talking as a "prank."
I can't believe this video made me remember a decades old memory.
I gotta say, even though Robots like these are relics of the 1980's and only really make sense in the context of their time, as a kid growing up in the 2000s I probably would have loved something just like this.
Wow! Randi did an amazing job. Never would,have though about molds or vacuums or pressure cookers lol.
Wow, David is such a great narrator. I'll love to hear him narrating stuff for more youtubers
Clicked IMMEDIATELY love me some robots
Me too 😊
Agreed
Fantastic job, David and Randi! I'm glad to see that restorations can go on, even in these pandemic times.
I remember as a child how "kids robots" were all the rage in the mid-80's, and always wanted one for myself. But the closest I got to one was my friend's Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby dolls. Those things were "Uncanny Valley" incarnate. Like evil, take-home versions of the Chuck-E-Cheez animatronic musicians (themselves creepy and weird.)
Far more awesome were the actual robot-looking toys like Hearoid and the Nintendo R.O.B. So many TV shows and movies from the 80's ("Rocky IV", "Wall Street", "Runaway") envisioned a time when we'd all have our own personal R2D2 helping us around the house. But the closest we've gotten so far is....Google Assistant? Siri? Alexa?
Now if only we could restore a whole army of these 80's Christmas-catalog robots, install some wicked A.I. and let them loose on the public. A platoon of awesome 80's toy robots, bent on World Domination.
Wait.. wait... That would just give us our own breed of home-made Daleks. Tiny, adorable, angry Daleks.
@Joe Blow A sad end for your Teddy. Mine still operates last I tried it but I'm jealous you had a Grubby, my parents thought he was missing the linking cable (it was stored in the battery compartment) and took him back. Never found a replacement.
"The Heroid knows where it isn't, so it knows where it is at all times."
The fact that a remote popped up 2 weeks later is strange. But the wierder part is that in the unboxing video David said he had gotten an offer for the remote before he had gotten the offer for the robot.
*The Saga Continues*
Aaaaah yes, my healthy dose of ASMR-Retro-Repair!
Non mi aspettavo di trovare il Re del Sud anche qui ma per qualche motivo non sono sorpresa😂
In case you haven't found a way to polish the dome yet I remember that Techmoan used Brasso to remove scratches from plastic on Hi-Fi displays and they looked perfect afterwards. Maybe try that?
#25 on Trending?
More of my favorites getting on trending lately.
Save all humans.
For polishing the dome, maybe there's this option: In the aerospace industry there they use a mixture that is made from two pastes that are applied to surfaces such as the canopy of an airplane with cotton, to remove scratches. I don't know what this stuff is called, but a friend of mine who worked in the Israeli Aerospace Industry once gave me some of it and I was able to completely renew the face of a scratched watch I had. The results were amazing. As I was told, It works on various materials, including plastic and glass. This mixture has some tiny, sandy particles in it that scrubs the surface ever-so-slightly, removing just microns of the scratched surface and polishes it out. looks absolutely new when done, you can't tell it went though any kind of treatment at all. maybe worth a research.
You have no idea how much I LOVE this channel. I was born in '95 so I didn't live through the 80's, but this channel honestly makes me feel like I did. Every video seems like a trip down memory lane somehow. Amazing.
I was born in 06' so i'm now about 114
@@portablerefrigerator4902 114! Wow. Care to share your time travel and life-extending tech with the rest of us?
I'm pretty sure it's Toe-me, not Tommy. Tomy Toys was huge in the 70s and 80s.
It is Toe-Me
Now that you've done the Hearoid, try a Hemorrhoid. Like this project there are some special preparations that help things along.
I've found that Preparation H in particular feels good. On the whole.
The sound is quite charming, gives a real feeling of nostalgia.
Fantastic restoration from a nostalgic 80's toy. Congratulations! I hope to see more on the next video.
Wow. Randy did a fantastic job!
The song during the cleaning montage made me happy.
Me, too, but I always expect to hear Six Million Dollar Man sound effects during the "turbo speed" scenes. 😉
Randi really knows her stuff, love this colab. Well done both of you.
Did you lose all your senses? That's a man.
His stuff*
"Hearoid 2010" when the future was 10 years ago
Future is now, old man?
@@oz_jones this thing was called 2010 he is sayimg that in now time this is the past
Wow 8 bit. Not only I discovered you randomly. You're a great reference for a lot of other cool stuff and guys doing even more equal stuff.
Wow, she is incredibly talented with these things and with plastic moulding.
There's just SO MUCH dedication on display here, it's almost unreal
Going through the troubles and doing EVERYTHING to restore such a complicated antique. Respect.
Oh man, I completely forgot about these guys. My friend had an Omnibot back in the day
Vulpes N. same i was always jealous
I had an omnibot. Thing was positively useless. :(
I had a Robie the Robot as a kid. About as far from this guy as possible. Loved the little silver bastage, though.
Hi 8 bit! @ 12:48 you talk about not having good expierences with polishing older plastics! I work on vintage electronics from the 1950-60's specifically tube equipment, and tube radios. Anyway, for polishing plastic there is a product called Novus that you can use! It has a extremely fine grit abrasive inside that works wonders for restoring old plastic! Your best bet is using Novus #2 it's pretty much the universal polish that works the best! They make 3 different polishes working from the most coarse to the finest grit! You can either buy the 2nd one or the whole set! That stuff is the industry standard when it comes to polishing plastic components from vintage electronics! I enjoy your videos and I hope I might have been able to help you out! Keep up the good work!
~John
Very good video! I was actually missing a lot this kind of video on your channel, in the past 1-2 years.
"No disassemble Johnny 5" or something
Was looking for that hehe
@@TatsuZZmage me 2
Seeing the word "Vintage" before the name of a toy I remember having like it was yesterday, just gave me a "crap, I'm getting old" moment.
Bugga, that thought just transferred to me
Oh yeah? Try seeing your Fireball XL5 school lunchbox in the Smithsonian museum.
Antique vehicles are only 25 years old.
ah yes, the good ol' hot sauce trick!
The amount of work you people put into these projects is awe inspiring
Back in the late 90's, my brother and me got into collecting pinball machines and restoring them. Ever since, I get some sort of pleasure watching people restore old electronics like this. Just something about it makes me feel good.
A cleaning montage, some Anders tunes and a new 8-bit guy restoration. Life is good!
Hey David, have you thought of doing a silicone mold of that broken gear for that mechanical arm project? If you made a 3D print of the gear, you could then make a mold of that and fill the mold with a resin. Then you might have a part that's more durable than a 3D print.
search ebay for plastic motor gear, billions of them for pennys.
Techmoan just used Brasso to polish a minidisc remote. Maybe that would be an option for the faceshield. You can try it on the broken one...
I think you should be telling that to Randi, she's the one who actually repairs them and collects them
An amazing job of restoration! I can't imagine getting all that back together again, I would have definitely had extra parts left over.
Great video. This was probably one of your most enjoyable restoration stories, in my opinion.
Finally, a good way to spend my quarantine
Basic Dos Gaming I’m not getting into politics on this robot video.
quarantine is almost over, its actually already over in a lot of countries. here in my city a ton of public facilities will reopen as early as this friday
people still got C19 even when they sat at home, burning through their savings while ordering food on delivery so yeah...
5:07 This part reminds me of what Beavis and Butthead said: "If I could move my hands that fast, I'd never leave the house".
I've had really good results with the Novus plastic polishing kit, you're able to get almost flawless results if you put in the time. I'm not sure how well it works on transparent plastic, but it works great for things like badges on electronics.
You two did a great job! I remember those in stores when I was a kid and always wanted one.
This was truly amazing. So much dedication to the repair. Definitely subscribed to Randi.
I'd love to see a full review/demonstration of this! I remember some robots from the 80's had vary basic gaming functions using the cassette player… :)
Would love to see a part 2 where you go into the history and operation.
I just misread the title as “Vintage haemorrhoid robot restoration”
🤔
Me too 😂
That'd be a very different video
Tom Simeone same lol
That extra letter "a" makes the word "haemorrhoid" seem classier somehow.
Thank you 8-Bit Guy! I had a Robbie years back but someone stole it. Broke my heart
There's some dedication to a repair. Great effort both of you.
Wow, Randi really has repairing these things down.
@@brothertyler What mental illness is that?
@@brothertyler I'm sad that you even exist.
@@brothertyler Why are you even watching this channel? You do know that David is transsexual, right?
@@terrymcnally8033 false
@@brothertyler, what a pathetic, meaningless existence you lead.
Ever try thoes headlight restoration buffing kits. Most headlights are plastic so
I was thinking the exact same thing. I just used a set from 3M that made my 10--year-old, 197k-mile plastic headlights look brand new.
can confirm i have used one on some old plastic windows for a canvas top to my little boat, it works great.
Meguiar’s Plast-X did the business on my G4 Cube.
I just saw Techmoan do something like that on the plastic display of a MiniDisc player last week.
What about Brasso? It works wonders on clearing up clouded plastic watch crystals.
"Happy Birthday, Paulie"
I always wondered how your exterior scuff treatments always came out looking so amazing while mine look like I barely did anything at all...and now I know your secret! 5:08-5:56 You've obviously installed high speed, vibrating motors in your hands!!
Gotta say that I'm impressed that people like you and her manage to find time to refurbish old electronics. Much respect for both of your dedication.
ah, the Jedi master of plastics. Now see if you can get that Armitron working :)
Try using polywatch to polish the face dome. I have very positive experience using it now even on some rather expensive watches with old plastic crystals.
Looks like Randi's channel is about to blow up - and quite rightly! Who doesn't love a robot restoration 😁
Great collaboration, the two of you are obviously very skilled and the work was very detailed. Great job!
I love your channel! It makes me happy when there is a new episode in my queue. You and Randi are so dedicated and skilled. Thanks for your work. I had flashbacks to the Sears Christmas Catalog from the 80's (which is the closest I ever got to something like that robot) 😁
Why didn't the robot scream when his face got removed like they do at Itchy and Scratchy Land in the Simpsons?
Or say "Number 5 is alive, do not disassemble"
Lol
Robots scream in binary, and a scream in binary is all zeros, so you can't hear it.
@@gertsy2000 Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
@@wesleymays1931 Just a student of 'New Learning'
Seriously guys check out Randi's channel its genuinely really cool to see her restore her robots and to see all the different kinds she has. Been having way too much fun with it and am surprised she doesn't have more viewers.
*him
>she
Thanks for the recommendation.. I just subscribed to her channel and have really enjoyed what I've watched so far
For acrylic plastic I've heard of people using Pledge With Future Shine. I haven't tried it myself, but I've read it works great on Lego canopy piece.
How about polywatch? Used for acrylic crystals on watches.
@@sobewisdom I might have to try that on a watch I have. I wonder if the floor polish is very different from PolyWatch?
This is one of the most wholesome videos I've seen during my quarantine time. Thank you both!
> video features a gender confused person obsessively fixated on repairing a toy
> wholesome
@@Iliek and you're the reason why we can't have nice things
You and Randi put a lot of work into that robot. I thought it was very nice of you to give it to her. At least it'll feel at home with all the other robots at her place.