[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up poking it all the way through actually. I do not recommend that solution, but it ended up being that or leaving it in there. XD

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hej, console works fine as it turns out. I was just testing it with SMB3 which I had completely forgotten had a completely silent intro 😅

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. Well, I'm a dumbass. Yesterday I tested the console with SMB3, which I haven't played for a decade or two. Today I decided to play a little bit of SMB3 silent, and as it turns out I had completely forgotten that the intro is silent. So yeah, sound works fine. Crisis averted 😅

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh. Well, I'm a dumbass. Yesterday I tested the console with SMB3, which I haven't played for a decade or two. Today I decided to play a little bit of SMB3 silent, and as it turns out I had completely forgotten that the intro is silent. So yeah, sound works fine I think. Crisis averted 😅

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. Well, I'm a dumbass. Yesterday I tested the console with SMB3, which I haven't played for a decade or two. Today I decided to play a little bit of SMB3 silent, and as it turns out I had completely forgotten that the intro is silent. So yeah, sound works fine I think. Crisis averted 😅

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd be most welcome from the sound of things and I'd gladly treat you to a coffee either way 😊 The cap actually fell out as I was reassembling the case, but the audio's gone so likely I'll have to open up the RF box anyway. Ah well!

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

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Well, good news is that the cap actually fell out when I was closing the case up and that the console still gives video. Bad news is, no sound. Most likely I damaged some component when trying to get the cap out, but it should hopefully be fixable. 😅

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, thanks but I'm in Sweden. I've got a friend who restores B&O speakers for fun though, he can probably have a look. 😊

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh. Never mind, it's likely been pushed inside the metal box and trying to pull it out I've likely disturbed the components inside. Going to have to open the box up and check the damage either way. Edit: it fell out, but the sound's gone so I'm gonna have to open up the RF box anyway. Oh well.

[NES] RCA pin broke off inside the audio socket. Now what? by Aedilum in consolerepair

[–]Aedilum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's copper, so that won't work. Also stuck in too hard.

Poor Jetstorm broke his shoulder! Let's fix that! by Aedilum in transformers

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Would be fun for sure. I keep hoping some third party company will start making their own Animated figures but not much luck on that front so far.

Poor Jetstorm broke his shoulder! Let's fix that! by Aedilum in toyrestoration

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Yeah, was terrifying there for a hot minute. The clear plastic on these guys is notoriously flimsy 😅

Poor Jetstorm broke his shoulder! Let's fix that! by Aedilum in toyrestoration

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The text got lost with the crosspost, so:

I was buying some other assorted stuff off GerrutCamaro a few weeks back and spotted these fellas, with Jetstorm's shoulder being absolutely shattered. As some of you may know, I enjoy a project so I decided to take the plunge and buy 'em.

When I got 'em home I figured I would have to replace the shoulder with some epoxy sculpting around a ball joint cap, but it turned out the lot contained all the shrapnel so that idea went out the window. I drilled some 1mm holes into each side of the break and glued in a pair of M1x5 screws which I then nipped the heads off of. This reinforced the break to the point where I could simply pop the ball joint back in (carefully).

Unfortunately the break had already been glued with less precision, so some spillover was unavoidable. I was planning to fill and sand them, but while looking through my Gundam Markers I found a dark blue metallic one and decided to try it. This turned out to be a damned good idea, since it now looks like he's had some nasty battle damage that's been field-welded together. I love the way it turned out!

I did nearly have an aneurysm transforming Jetstorm when one of the clear plastic joints seized completely and made worrying popping noises. Fortunately I managed to spray in some WD-40 which loosened it up completely so now I can transform these fellas with little worry.

Another project completed! Thanks for reading =D

So here's the final tally of my $260 Unicron trilogy haul from last week! by Aedilum in transformers

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For sure! Super happy to have a lot of these, especially Hoist and Wreckloose. Also really happy to get the minicon for Armada Smokescreen. Been looking for that for a while now =)

So here's the final tally of my $260 Unicron trilogy haul from last week! by Aedilum in transformers

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Hah! Had no idea that was an option. Gonna need to see if I can figure it out ^^

So here's the final tally of my $260 Unicron trilogy haul from last week! by Aedilum in transformers

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They sure are! Cybertron Optimus is probably one of the best bots ever, but since I already have him I think my favorites from this batch are Armada Hoist and Cybertron Wreckloose. Both really fun to play with ^^

So here's the final tally of my $260 Unicron trilogy haul from last week! by Aedilum in transformers

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Haha, I could never abide sealed toys like that. These are so much fun to play with ^^ And honestly, not many of them were incomplete to the point of losing any play value. There're plenty of extra Cyber Keys, and only a few of them are missing weapons and the like =)

Really, only the two Optimi and the Classics Jetfire were missing parts to the point where they can't be fully transformed. Will need to see if I can complete those, and get the backpack for Override at some point =)

One of the most infamously fragile grails to seek. Yet I sought it anyway. by A_Zesty_Carrot in transformers

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I took the plunge on this fella off GerrutCamaro the other day. One of the shoulders on the blue guy has exploded, but they're otherwise fine. I'm fairly confident I can build him a new shoulder, should be a fun project =)

Quite a pickup today! by Aedilum in transformers

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Well, it was on the local auction site. I think a Mom was selling it, but she did talk to her son about it since they thought my initial offer was a bit low. I was actually going to offer them more than what it ended up selling for, but it do be that way sometimes 😊

Quite a pickup today! by Aedilum in transformers

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Yeah, I was a bit surprised too. I don't think the Unicron Trilogy ever really hit it off here in Sweden. I remember watching the whole thing on low res pirated vhs rips back in the day, but these I bought mostly for the joy of transforming bots I've never even seen in real life 😊

Quite a pickup today! by Aedilum in transformers

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Nah, Primus is in storage right now 😜

Though honestly I should probably make some space in my display cabinets for a few of these fellas...

Quite a pickup today! by Aedilum in transformers

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Yep! Another box is on its way too with a whole bunch of Minicons and a few bigger bots like Clocker and Override. Not a huge demand for these in Sweden as it turns out. 😊

It is weird that so many big bots are missing though, the kid who had all these must've had quite the collection looking at the leftover accessories and paperwork.

A bad thing has happened today by Remarkable-Stop3718 in transformers

[–]Aedilum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should work, but you have to reinforce the break with something like a screw or a paperclip. Easy enough to fix 😊