24 PICTURES POSTED, WITH MORE POSSIBLY BEING AVAILABLE.
SO, I INSTALLED TWO NEW BATTERIES AND THE CHEST BULB DOES LIGHT UP AND THE WHEELS SPIN AND THE ROBOT ROLLS AROUND.
FYI, WHILE I KNOW THIS IS A VERY NOSTALGIC TOY, THIS ROBOT IS NOT MECHANICALLY COMPLEX, SOPHISTICATED OR MECHANICALLY EXTRAVAGANT. EVERYTHING IS VERY MANUAL. WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, I THOGHT IT WOULD LIGHT UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, HEAD WOULD TURN, MAKE ROBOT NOISES, TURN ALL OVER THE PLACE ON ITS OWN ETC. ETC.
THE FOLLOWING IS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE, ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE WITH THE ROBOT:
IT BASICALLY HAS ONE LIGHT BULB IN THE CHEST AREA, IF YOU WANT IT TO ROLL STRAIGHT, RIGHT OR LEFT, YOU HAVE TO SWING A LEVER TO SEND IT IN THAT DIRECTION. IT DOES NOT TALK OR MAKE ROBOT NOISES, THE HEAD DOES NOT LIGHT UP AND IF YOU WANT THE BODY TO ROTATE RIGHT AND LEFT, YOU HAVE TO GENTLY ROTATE IT YOURSELF. THE ARMS DO MOVE, BUT AGAIN ARE MANUALLY CONTROLLED BY PLASTIC LEVERS ON THE BACK. BY THE WAY, THE INSTRUCTION SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CROSSING THE TWO ARM LEVERS AND THEN RELEASING TO ALLOW THEM TO SPRING BACK. THE ARMS ON MINE MOVE, BUT DO NOT SPRING BACK, SO THIS MIGHT BE MISSING SOME SORT OF TENSION SPRING THAT MAKES THEM SPRING BACK ?????????
AGAIN, IF YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, THIS IS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ARMS "SPRINGING BACK".
IT IS A REALLY COOL BLAST FROM THE PAST, BUT DON'T EXPECT LOTS OF MECHANICAL FEATURES ON THIS VINTAGE TOY. IT IS VERY MANUALLY OPERATED OVERALL.
I bought this 10 or so years ago at a local estate auction. Clean battery compartment, but missing a strap that is intended to hold the batteries in.
SOLD AS IS, AS FOUND, WITH ALL SALES BEING FINAL.
NO CRYING, NO WHINING, NO STEALING PARTS, NO RETURNS, NO REFUNDS, NO BS CLAIMS OF ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED ETC. ETC.
THIS TOY IS CHEAP PLASTIC, NOT TIN. FROM SOME OTHER LISTINGS THAT I'VE READ, SEPARATION OF CERTAIN PLASTIC SEAMS IS EXPECTED AND NORMAL. TWO BIGGEST ISSUES THAT JUMP OUT AT ME IS THE MISSING BATTERY STRAP AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TRIED TO PAINT THE ROBOT HANDS AT SOME POINT. OTHER THAN THAT, PRETTY DARN NICE. WHEN I WAS A KID, THIS WOULD HAVE LASTED ABOUT 5 DAYS, BEFORE IT WAS BROKEN INTO BITS AND PIECES.