BROKEN 1971 Nintendo Periscope - Trying to FIX
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2021
- Hi, in this video I attempt to repair 2 Nintendo toys. The main one is a 1971 Ultra Scope Periscope toy which is incredibly well made.
It was sent over from Elliot from The Retro Future - / @theretrofuture
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Brilliant toy. Used to make periscopes out of long boxes as a kid. Is the frisbey on the roof? Yes, yes it is.
Same man
If nobody told you already it is simplicity itself to anneal the spring steel. Just heat the part to about 300 (just around where it turns dark red - or check for exact times and temps for spring steel) degrees or so and leave it to cool..It will be soft and ductile again...But that was brilliant..Well done.
Ur prof is mad
I do small engines, I repair recoil springs at least once a week. It's even better to just bend it when it's hot.
Yep. Done it.
MMV Fan club. Leon Jones, watched this episode when you first posted then watched again as you don't just fix things but you entertain people, you give me an escape in the evenings. 👍👍👍👍
MMV fan club. Wesley-james WackyJwallace Chabot. Dear Vince, I have watched your videos for at least a year now, and you never disappoint, even in your failures. I have an Atari 2600, a colecovision and a french Canadian speak and spell, all in need of repair. I hope one day I will be able to fix them, and watching your videos sure makes this day seem close. Thank you.
Very very jealous of this, Vince. It just looks so incredibly well designed and manufactured. What a fantastic item! And slug tape to the rescue once again! 👍
Somehow missed this when it originally "aired", but oh my goodness would I have loved that toy as a child! Let's be honest, I'd love it now.
I'm pretty new to MMV so seeing this for the first time. I had one of these when I was 10 years old. Haven't thought about it in years until I saw this!
MMV Fan Club, Steve Murphy, absolutely loved this fix and something I have never seen before.
I had one in 72 I was 10 yrs old loved it can’t remember what ever happened to it,brought back great memories for me,thankyou vince 👍👍👍
MMV fan club. Samuel Williams. This is a great fix. Much more involved than it 1st appeared.
I love that all my fav TH-camrs know each other. Want a crossover with Elliot, Vince and Ashens
This is an excellent fix, that's a really properly built Japanese toy with metal gears etc, made back when things were made properly, not like the newer stuff with flimsy plastic bits that just break off!
Although the concept is quite complex, it's a solution to a problem that wasn't there in the first place, it could have been made so the telescopic arm could have been extended manually, reminded me of those powered telescopic car radio aerials people had in the 1980s.
MMV Fan club, Termination Shock. Awesome video as always Vince! You keep me company while I'm far from home. Thank you!
MMV Fan Club, Marcel Makowski, this is one of my favorite videos of Vince's. Such an interesting item, a nice fix and cleanup.
MMV Fan Club - Kyle Truxton - Thanks Vince for all the joy your videos bring to me. Truly inspired me to give it a go around the house and I’m truly impressed with what I’m able to fix when i put my mind to it. Thanks again! Cheers!
I had some tape measures apart and the ~2m long ones had similar length spring inside
MMV Fan Club - Paolo Lumba - Great fix Vince. Your channel is very entertaining and i am learning many things about fixing electronics and other stuff. This is definitely a channel that deserves a million plus subscriber..
MMV Fan club - Christian Blues - I love your videos and I've learned so much. Thanks for the great work!
MMV fan club - Schouben Kristof - that was a nice way to fix that steel tape Vince!
MMV Fan club, Cameron Schneiter, Love your videos. Got me over my fear of soldering my own repairs, thank you.
Full Metal Gear :) Always a sight for sore eyes. Well done Vince
MMV Fan club. Eliuth Montiel.
This repair videos are awesome!
Ooh that's a awsome toy! That is exactly how a toy should be!
Brilliant for a couple of hour before it breaks and end up in a box :) 50 years later a man on the other side of the world fix it!
Thank you extremely entertaining!
MMV Fan Club. Jody Godfrey
Another enjoyable fix to a great piece of retro tech - keep ‘em coming Vince !
That's really cool; truly a testament to Gunpei Yokoi's design prowess.
MMV Fan Club Dave Boatwright - loved the video fixing this. I have never seen one before. Keep up the good work, Vince!
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Peg Tooth.
It is hot today!
Vince you have a great 'dépistage' technique. (Fault finding)
You certainly areone of the most tenacious repair TH-camrs £ for pound.
I get a lot of satisfaction in watching your presentations.
Keep it up, Vince!
MMV fan club - Aleksandar Ignjatovic - sweet restoration, and a nice gift from Eliot. I hope to see more vintage gaming pieces restored here. Greetings from Serbia!
just use a small blowtorch to Annealing the end of the spring steel to make it soft .so you can put a new bend in it , job done
Or perhaps the hot air station ? This was almost painful... BTW wonder if just the soldering would anneal. 350 to 370 centigrade?
@@jasonudall8614 heat it up using a small handheld blowtorch ,same one cooks use ,until the metal turns orange and the spring steel will be annealed . you have to ,at least heat it to the point where the metal glows . so a hot air station would not work or soldering iron .
Warm the end of the spring until it glows on a gas hob and let it cool slowly, that should aneal it and allow you to form the end.
If you bring spring steel to a glow it looses spring
Blowtorch? I use a gas stove on my kitchen for that
Very ahead of its time, for 50 years old toy.
MMV fan club, Phillip Harrison, I’m always amazed at how well the items clean up. Great work on the repair.
MMV Fan club, Tim Ball, cracking little repair
Older toys are fantastics. I had a few hand-me-downs from the 60s/70s era when I was a kid in the 80s. I remember playing with them till they broke, then trying to repair even when I was young. Pretty sure I made a mess of it. Enjoyed the video!
MMV fan club, Derick Servina, thanks for the great video. 👍🏾
MMV fan club, Michael Strickland. Great video!
MMV fan club. Heath Walford,
Been a fan of fix it vids a long time and Vince was one of the first , I even picked up a few rip n tricks along the way 😎👍
LOVED this! I've been watching your channel for quite a few years and this has to be one of my favourite fixes. Made the year before I was born. Nice one, Vince!
Scrub-a-dub-dub, Our Mate Vince cleaned it in the tub! If you ever want to bend the broken off part of the spring, use a torch to heat it up till it’s red and allow it to air cool. This will remove the spring on the end. 👍
Mmv fanclub- Laura Kelly. Didn't know Nintendo made periscopes, turned out pretty amazing! Well done Vince, another fab fix 👍
MMV Fanclub. I'm Nicklas Hjelm, as my username already tells you 😁
But hey Vince! I get so happy every time I see a new video from you. I watch them all, the longer vids, the better! Keep it up, ur doing a great job!
MMV fan club. Lee Williamson, Hi Vince been watching from the beginning love the new quick fix format with other youtube fixers. I also enjoyed watching the ministry of sound speaker video you put out last week. its brilliant how far technically you have come from the beginning keep up the good work Lee
MMV fan club - Andrew Lee - Honestly, that looks amazing and a great solution to get it working again.
MMV Fan Club, Sam Henry. Always love watching your videos, they have inspired me to expand my electronics repair knowledge. I can repair a significant amount more than I could before I started watching. Keep it up! 👍🏻
What a neat little slice of Nintendo history.
MMV Fan Club, Peter Ransom, awesome fix of a wonderful rare piece of history 😄 keep them coming bud, your channel literally keeps me going ❤️
I could only imagine how much a Nintendo periscope would be worth?! But this item goes beyond the money threshold because just how unique it really is as well. One of a million find here. That black spring is iconic of virtually of alot of late 70's to 1980's wind up toys. Truly a genius bi-product as well but extremely erratic and temperamental to handle...I remember taking them apart via wind up motor car engines!! Damn thing made my 8 year old arm and hands twist & turn, you can also cut yourself with them as well!!! Awesome video.
Oh, they will cut: I have a small scar on my chin from where one got me as a child.
You have to hand it to toymakers back then, they really were clever as heck! making things simple as possible yet working right, all that with no microcontrollers all mechanical, Fantastic isn't it.
your enthusiasm was contagious in this one! loved it!
I looooooove those old Nintendo toys!!! So well made!
MMV Fan Club Nigel S Massive thanks for the videos Vince. They have really inspired me to try fixing things. Love the variety of the items you fix and the engaging way you present in the videos. I always look forward to the next upload! Keep up the good work!
MMV Fan club, Edvinas Festeris, great video as well as all Your videos 😁
Nice video. Its crazy seeing how much your skills have improved since I started watching your channel.
that nintendo periscope is awesome! that's from back when kids played in the dirt with cars and cap-guns. i didn't realize nintendo made toys before video games. great fix-it video!
MMV Fan Club, Jamie Allan Mitchell, you have inspired me to fix items I would of chucked out and love your videos been a subscriber for years, keep up the good work 👌
Nice video Vince. What a fantastic toy! Would have loved this as a kid.
Nice one Vince Great Fix. I love seeing you fix stuff that is fantastically made in the first place. The only thing I would have done you didn't is used rivets on the spring.
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- May I please talk to Vince?
- Oh he us busy in the tub with his toys?
Man, that thing is cool.
Me wantee!
Thanks Vince for the variety of patients that you operate on.
MMV Fan Club. Always cool to see what a company made before they got well known. Keep up the good work!
Pleas contact me or emma in the fanclub!!
Nintendo has been around since 1889, they started out with playing cards
@@brake_4_cake I'm aware. Just didn't know about the things in between...
Could've heated the end of the spring red hot to anneal it, then bent it and dipped in water to return some ridgidity.
This is the way to go, slightly shorter spring but would work.
No need to heat treat the last bit bent inside the groove. Just annealing it at the end would have worked.
@@johncarter9399 Water could make it more brittle as well but I agree.
MMV fan club, Simon Haynes
Fantastic as always vince 😃
This reminded me of the Nintendo duck hunt mechanical shooting game with a projector(before the NES version even) from the 70's as well. Just like this mechanical toy periscope! There's videos here on youtube of it btw. Awesome fix on this toy & good call :)
MMV fan club Kieran Symes. Love the channel Vince 👌
MMV Fan Club- David Pearn. Loving the new fixit series Vince. Keep up the good work....
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I laughed so hard when it creaked open for the first time.. LOVE IT!
Cheers Kip 😁👍
@Kip Hakes How did you comment this 5 days ago when the video is 3 days ago?
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I loved the whole video don't get me wrong but the best part was at the end when you were so excited to see it working and going up and down. I imagine just as excited as the kid who got this in the 70s. Great work, mate!
MMVFC I think its obvious to Vince what is going down in the club today. Good luck people
Love the fix. Items like this are some of the best fixes.
i thought i was getting on a bit at 40, but then vince pulls out a toy thats nearly 10 years older than me. amazing how it's survived for so long.
Your fixing skills are super helpful
Great job, Vince!!! Brilliant as always!!! It wouldnt have beat my Star Trek Tricorder toy from the same year, but I still would have wanted it!!!
For some reason, I remember this periscope in a movie as a kid but can't place it. Thank you Vince for another great video.
Yes.. this periscope made an appearance in 'Hunt for the Red October' I believe.. :P
I find each of these videos interesting and entertaining this video marks a piece of history of nintendo and look very odd to use, keep up the good work Vince
Another brilliant fix 👏👍very well done vince
Elliot has the coolest toys and soon will have the coolest cottage in whole Jersey.
Anyone else upset that Vince didn't say " bye now" at the end of the video? Good job Vince keep up the good work
Hi Vince. I have watched every upload you done and I have learnt a great deal from you so I wish to thank you for that. I'm also into retro gaming and my favorite is the Logic 5 by MB games, in fact I have a collection of them, some original boxed. I don't know why I keep buying them but I just love them. Your uploads are great. Keep up the good work. and yes I'm a subscriber - of course!..... Great stuff, love watching. who needs a TV license eh?
THIS IS SUCH AN OLDIEEEEEEE, EXCELLENT WORK
Nice fix! I wouldn't have expected that tape (with solder) to work - great that it did! =D
Thanks Chris 👍
What a great bit of kit.
What a machine, love it. Great video as always.
Nicely done, that is a very cool design.
the spring is made of spring steel. you pretty much always need to heat it with a torch to make and sharp changes to the shape. even a little hand held butane torch would get the job done. it is what i use when repairing an odd ball pull start recoil assembly.
MMV, Simon Brill. Another cracking video. Keep it up!
I would have been 7 the year this was made I would have loved a toy like this. excellent work brilliant idea for the spring repair
What an awesome find! We used to make these things as kids to spy our neighbors. Many a day we solved the mystery it saved the world. Used our imaginations and had great,epic adventures.
I'm thinking you might just find a replacement spring for it in a different toy from the same time frame. Lots of toys used the same parts back then.
please consider adding retrobrite to the process for these kinds of trying to fix videos. makes the end so much more satisfying
Have the same Pokeball marble toy from when I was a kid. Really loved it and collecting the different marbles.
Great fix Vince, really enjoyed it, love old school toys 😀
What a reallly old and rare item the Nintendo Periscope is.
Great video again.
Small thing: I'd have used home brand dish washing liquid or hand soap, rather than shower gel, due to cost, but they're all surfactants. And if you didn't you can save a lot of work by soaking for a while.
So many brick walls in my youth and never knowing what was on the other side...
And Pink Floyd had nothing to do with it ))))
Nice to hear your pressure pump working still!
It sure is 👍🤣
This intrigued me, because I had absolutely no idea what this was until you folded out the section you look through. Lol! Love things like this though, now I wish I had one to repair haha
Well done in getting it close to being perfectly fixed. I doubt Elliot will be able to do as great as you. I have never seen one of those devices before. Anyway great job.
The dreaded frogs! 😭 that switch is a very neat design, simple but very clever
You can use the spring from the inside of a tape measure that has the same width. I've repaired similar devices and it lasts a long time.
Yes this is similar construction as tape measure 👍🏼
Cool toy and the raising & lowering mechanism principal brings car power antennas in mind. I recall seeing them repaired at least in Mercedessource and Eric the Car Guy TH-cam channels :)
Great , a piece of nintendo history saved
very cool device, and probably the best fix that is possible
Very interesting fix for such an unusual item. Prices for the periscope have been going up and down recently. Great video.