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Post by greengetterguy on Oct 6, 2014 0:42:29 GMT -5
two left now! its going fast.
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Post by Ross McCollector on Oct 6, 2014 16:18:02 GMT -5
Well...I guess I missed this great sale
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Post by Ross McCollector on Oct 12, 2014 9:13:23 GMT -5
I just got it for the $213 price again from Beta toys at AMAZON. Only 2 left...HURRY UP!!!!!!!!
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Post by KumaStyle.com (TJ) on Mar 15, 2019 13:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by cyborgbushcricket on Nov 9, 2019 8:29:06 GMT -5
I have the regular first release of godsigma and had one that had an issue with the knee articulation in combined form. The swinging section that allows the yellow and blue bot head to tilt back barely moved on my yellow and moreso on blue. I notice on the instructions the joint can swing back quite significantly (more than on my blue). I decided to go in with a screwdriver and see if I could fix anything. It did work and now yellows opens right up as much as on the instruction diagram (and in some older reviews I've seen, Charles of Singapore for eg). The movement now reveals a ratcheting click, I pretty much accessed the hinge by removing the robot back and oiled the die cast hinge sections after removing the hinge long screw, it took a bit of force to get the hinge to swing, not sure if the ratchets were just stiff, but there is definitely a ratchet in there. Anyway now yellow has a significant knee swing, blue now has the restriced knee whereas prior I thought his was as designed. Anybody else have asymmetrical or restriced movement on godsigma knees? Photos show before and after movement with the fix. I'm likely to attempt the same on blue as with yellow there is now a distinct couple of ratchet clicks where I think in blue resistance is met with the ratchet being too stiff from frction?? The hinge has in interesting design including a metal tube that runs down through the hinge, a long screw seemingly holding the hinge together (the two other scews on the die cast 'neck' do not need to be removed. I did have one scary moment though where the hinge moved down (instead of back) as if the robot was looking down at its chest (the components were separated from the torso at this point) and it seemed jammed, it took a bit of oil and force to get it back up (I tried to continue the rotation around initially but the plastic flanges that cover the robot heads were in the way and pinned so maybe not removable so that didn't work luckily I did get them to move back) I have a feeing the ratchet teeth are simply not sufficiently lubricated in this case. Maybe the most scary investigate and fix I've done on a toy as I was terrified some unseen spring might fly out but as it is the should assembly does not need to be opened just the back removal. I suspect it is possible just to oil the left side of the hinge without the screw) but in my case it seemed like I had to remove the screw to allow movement once lubricated, unfortunately that screw accessibility means the back does have to be removed, luckily the screws are all quite short and not difficult to remove or replace. Attachments:
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Post by cyborgbushcricket on Nov 9, 2019 9:26:52 GMT -5
Further to the godsigma knee fix I did go into blue also. I found that the fix is easier than I anticipated as the hinge does not have any problematic springs, the spring section is inside the diecast section and doesn not need to be accessed. I simply removed the end of the hinge which reveals the cog and the tooth (Inside the housing), it simply needs lubricating and will grab twice as you move the part up/down. As far as I can tell this fix does not take any risks with parts flying out and then being unable to access them (where pins are involved for eg). I took a quick photo showing he cog and the tooth inside the shaft of the hinge. Recommended fix if your godsigma has stiff knees. Tip: I wouldn't lubricate the other side of the hinge where the screw is removed as that side seems to act as the 'tightener' with one of those metal tubes that act as a slight spring, in lubricating the other end it means there is less friction and makes the joint more floppy if that makes sense, so now the knees on mine open fully but if I hold the heavy legs up the knees will readily flop, I might go in there again and just dry off that oil to make them a little less floppy. Still, overall the toy is nore satisfying now as the knees bend and behave symmetrically. Attachments:
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