I’ve just found my daughter’s teddy in the attic. Player working fine. Glut eyes and mouth are t. Have watch a number of videos. Your is EXCELLENT! I am going to give it a go! Thanks!
That's awesome to hear! If you haven't opened him up yet you can try having him on and playing a tape and gently massage his eyes and mouth to try and get the motors to unfreeze first.
WOW, you were really great at repairing this retro Teddy.Ruxpin. I thought I would try to fix mine so I found your video, now I'll just pass, You've got to be a Genius to fix this thing. And to think they came up with this back in the mid 1980's!
@@fixedonretro3882guess I’ll take his question. The eyes on one of mine don’t move. The other I have is version 1 and he can only play tapes and not too well. The dial is like tuning into a radio station.
Thank you for your comment! I found him at an antique shop and they told me he wasn’t working so I figured not only could I repair him but I should make a video for everyone else.
@@fixedonretro3882 Huge thanks, would love to see you restore Teddy's friend Grubby as well. If you accept a challenge, I've been trying to figure out how to make my own data cable to work with Grubby.
You made taking out the servos look so easy! I’m repairing mine, and the jaw doesn’t move, which I suspect is due to the motor being frozen. I’ve tried and tried to get that thing out, but it just won’t budge! Any tips?
One thing I always try is while teddy is on and talking I very gently massage the non working piece and sometimes that gently motion will sometimes unfreeze the servo.
@@fixedonretro3882 I can’t seem to get my fingers in between the plastic and the servo. It’s why I was trying to physically take it out of the head frame but I can’t get it out lol.
Idk why but when I have Teddy and Grubby plugged in, sometimes the speaker goes out. But when I take the cord out of Teddy and or Grubby, the speaker will come on. Other times it won’t. But if I turn Teddy off, then turn him on, his speaker will work. And when I turn his volume up, it’s very distorted and bassbooted. A previous third gen I had, his mouth and eyes moved fine with the uncle grubby tape and mushroom forest tape. But with the current third gen I have now, about 9 or 10 months ago, it would barely move his eyes and mouth to the tape. But he worked with other tapes. Now his eyes flutter about. What is wrong with my Teddy and or grubby and or cord? I’m not sure if they need a full on repair with everything replaced and resoldered.
How did you swap the jaw and nose over to the new head frame? I need to do this for one of my Teddy Ruxpins as the current head frame he has is ruined, but the jaw and nose can be reused
There are some plastic tabs/inserts whatever you want to call them holding them in. You just use some pry tools to detach them. But making sure to be careful that are old parts and can easily break.
Was wondering if you know what type of head phone jack it takes to make the grubby work, teddys caterpillar buddy that plugs into the head phone jacks on them. Bought a stereo one with three rings on the plug in parts but still does not work just makes a crackling noise. If you have a link where you can buy one can you post it here please. Thank you
@@fixedonretro3882 Do you have any idea what size pinch rollers the plastic deck teddy ruxpins take? They are a little smaller than the metal deck pinch rollers but cant figure out the exact size.
These were the ones I used, they are not the same exact size however they do work fine. 10x6.5x1.5mm Black Rubber Bearing... www.amazon.com/dp/B088BVV365?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Thanks your video helped me bring my childhood version 3 teddy ruxpin back to life his servos work excellent his eyes nose and mouth move I tried replacing the pinch roller on my plastic teddy ruxpin cassette player all I have left now is to replace the drive belt
