The space station has very nice litho , I'll have to put that on my list, the Jet Smoke Saucer would have catalytic converters & pollution controls if they made it today Was extra heat channeled to the brittle hose?
@@Robothut maybe just the airflow from the fan? I mean most of the old rubber used to dry out but odd that you said the non smoke side stayed supple Though I don’t doubt smoke chemically interacted with the brittle hose
@@OzziesRobots No, I tried to make it clear in the video that the main rubber tube that comes from the blower is still soft and flexible, only out put smoke tubes turn solid in every one of these I have repaired. And each of the out put rubber tubes move 1/2 the air flow of the main blower tube. the only difference is the output tubes have smoke in them.
The only reason I don't have the Cragstan flying saucer myself (in blue) is because that was my brother's toy. Not mine. Born in 1965 I kept all my robots in great shape and never sold, lost or threw out any of them. At least not until my house fire in 2013.
So sad you lost the toys but so cool you kept them all those years. I took mine all apart and learned how everything worked. I would put them back together as well, but at some point the tin toys that are held together with metal tabs would lose there tabs and then your not putting them back together. I turned them all in to new toys.
@@Robothut I didn't lose all of them, not even most. I lost a bunch though. I too have struggled with "can I open that one up one more time without losing any tabs" issues myself. I have a Horikawa Attacking Martian in particular that I opened a LOT when I was a kid to fix innards of. Never lost a tab but I think they've reached their limits so the chest gun will be forever silent at this point.
Hey John, I recently repaired my Flying Saucer Jet Smoke (video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lrIqBUafnZ0.html) Actually it is as you say .... the pipes harden and become like rock and then they could crack. I also fully agree with the smoking system in this toy. It is different from other toys with the function of smoking. I think you will have noticed that the inside of the "chimney" (I call it this way) is also different, where inside, the resistance heats the wick that creates the smoke. Either way it really is a unique and very interesting toy. Always congratulations on your videos. PS: sorry for my bad English
Yes the way they control the power to the smoker was the big difference in the design. The smoker unit only draws 150ma of current, that is about the same as the light. Not bad for producing so much smoke. A important thing to do when repairing one of these is to add a ground wire from the smoker to the frame or battery connector as the ground is normally passed from the frame to the smoker by contact only and if the 2 metals have become corroded at all the electrical connection can be poor.
I lay my toys on bubble wrap when I work on them. I never use a hammer for any repair work. All types of pliers are good tools to have and all types of screwdrivers. Most importantly for me it is the fact that I have been working on these types of toys since I was 10 years old, so learned how to do it right long ago. You can practice on new reproduction toys to learn what not to do and what works best.
@@glitchboi5811 You can practice on one of the cheep reproduction Planet robots to learn. But you basicly have to bend the metal tabs to get the body parts apart.
You have to remove the shoulder part, then the head from the shoulder part, then get inside the head to release the tabs on the metal ring that holds the yellow cap on.
