A Toy Repair shed for articles, ideas and videos of Toy Repairs carried out by Blog Owner fixed1t and others. If you have a broken toy then check to see is somebody in the shed has done a fixer. If your a fixer of toys post links to your videos here in the shed and collaborate in suggesting fixes. I want this to be a Toy Fixing community blog.
The best way to brighten up and boring old single colour LED toy, remote control or robot it to change the old dull single colour LED's for multi colour flashing RGB LEDs.
It's easy to do (if your careful and know how not to burn yourself of your toy with a soldering iron, and the effect can be quite stunning.
Whats even better, is that the latest LED's are so much brighter and clearer than their parents so look great when the light and turned off and everything it flashing.
The flashing rate of these LEDs is slow but impressive.
Here is a remote control I changed using this method.
And here is a link to eBay where you can find them, as with some many commercial flashing chords etc taking priority list, the LEDs are hard to track down:
Lots of toys and gadgets have plastic gears as they are cheap, but a prone to fatigue and breaking. Parts are often not available turning the device into broken landfill. Here is a simple method to be worked on, for model making and repair.
Its also very cheap, and if you screw up using it, you just chuck it back into a cup of hot water and start again, its that simple.
I've been publishing 'Working' DIY Toy Repairs, Fixes and Modification Youtube videos for some years, but realised that having them scattered in different Blogs with
fixed1t
at the start of the title reduced Blog traffic and views.
Therefore, I've created the Blog:
The use of the shed analogy is that a lot of happy men (and some women) who have practical hobbies have sheds, rooms or studios they do their creative, practical and repair work in, and there is a degree of light hearted camaraderie between us 'shed people' and much mockery from those not experiencing the joy, relaxation, cursing and happiness that comes from practical work. ;-)
If you have previous Bookmarks to my toy repairs and fixes please delete them as they will no longer work and update your bookmarks to the blog link in this page above.
I am also taking the opportunity to embed links in some of my youtube videos, as a purple banner note in the top right hand corner, to take you to a playlists of my other associated Toy Repair fixed1t, videos so you won't have to search around for the next videos.
If you have a few moments it would be great if you could try it out by selecting the video below and let me know if this works, by leaving a note on this post, thanks.
I've also decided this blog shouldn't only be about my fixed1t fixes I've already created, but should be an active 'shed' for fixers to chat, to post repair items, pictures and stories. For others who have a problem they'd like me or one of my 'shed' colleagues to investigate and try and suggest a fix for, just post a question on this Blog and I and anyone playing in the shed could try and take a look, if we solve it I'll post the solution.
This shed will only work effectively as a kind of club house with your input, please come along and play.
I have carried out a case replacement on a friends child's Nintendo DSi which had a broken hinge and possibly damaged cables.
Picture of Red DSi With Broken Hinge
So I video'd it to let people see how it can be done with some low-cost tools, patience and a smattering of knowledge. The entire videos takes 14.5 mins and given most watchers span is considerably less than this for How To videos, I've split it up into seven pieces, that seven fixed1t YouTube videos. Here are the links:
I hope some of you find this useful. I'll be creating a full fifteen minute single version tomorrow. As with all repairs I take no responsibility for anything you do, do not under any circumstances work on a unit with the mains adapter plugged in and do not short circuit the battery.
Cases are available on eBay
Please check out the videos and given them a like if they are helpful.
A new and challenging repair project, although these are toys they are amazingly well engineered and very cleverly built. Unfortunately corners have been cut in manufacture making TOBOR not only a doomed to failure but potentially a fire hazard. I'll show you what I mean as I open him up.
What happens when 'Geeky Uncle fixed1t' babysits? for one, a simple fixed1t high chair modification to maintain sanity during feeding. This simple fixed1t fix, keeps the 'distraction suction toys on the table and little one happy during feeding. Its so simple it won't break your back or your bank account. :-)
This amazing - DASHER Remote Controlled Stunt Vehicle
was a birthday present which was accidentally rendered useless by his 1 year old brother after he snapped the handset aerial off. Here's how I fixed1t for a the kids. Another Geeky Uncle fixed1t Fix#fixed1tfix
Check out the other Thunder Tumbler 360 fixes in the playlist below:
This Thunder Tumbler 360 Radio Controlled Stunt Car is in need of a Geeky Uncle fixed1t repair after a toddler got his post Christmas kits on it. Previously I repaired or should I say replaced the broken aerial on the handset http://youtu.be/sgtrPF4BYvw and I am pleased to say has withstood the onslaught.
Check out the other Thunder Tumbler 360 fixes in the playlist below:
The Thunder Tumbler 360 Stunt car got sat on so I needed to do a much stronger Aerial Wheel Mount repair. Also I forget to edit the sound track so the full "Flight of Fancy" written on a crazy synth Saturday by my mate Matt and I plays for 8 mins, the Japanese opera singer sample he introduced into the mix, sounds incredibly star treck like. eerie.
Check out the other Thunder Tumbler 360 fixes in the playlist below:
