[ShiShiLeo]

Ok wow you all, I almost gave up on this so many times. There was so so much battery acid corrosion. I used up a whole lime and then I went out and picked up some distilled vinegar to help even more.

As always, I forgot to take before pics, but the acid had spilled into the figure and got all over the PCB. Some of the traces were exposed so I applied some electrical tape.



This part here where the black grounding wire goes into the battery compartment I could not desolder for whatever reason. I ended up cutting up whatever was in the way (some mix of solder, glue, and tape?). The smell of burnt plastic got real heavy as I applied a new solder point. The red terminal went in and out cleanly without a hitch.

I popped in some fresh batteries and then...



We had lights! And then I heard it, the silky smooth tone "Standing by."

It worked! Lights and sounds and everything. I could not assemble it fast enough. I'm sure I missed an internal screw somewhere but oh well.

It's cleaned up and assembled now!



Here's a quick video I did:

https://imgur.com/pMj7YCu

There is either a light leaking in his shoulder, or the PCB is messed up and lighting up a part that it should not. It's fine with me. Also seems like it's missing the lights at the belt- that's probably where the corrosion hit the pcb. I'll see how long I will go before it bothers me enough to try and fix it.

The eyes stay light until you switch it off. It has 3 modes. 1 for the punch, 1 for the kick, and one that looks like a demo mode where the lights just cycle and glow. This thing is totally awesome, Bandai needs to make modern versions.

My fingers smell like battery acid, vinegar, and alcohol (that last one was for cleaning I promise)