heneghan@ihlpf.UUCP (Heneghan) (03/05/86)
My daughter has a Mattel See and Say (I think that's what they're called). It's one of those round yellow things with the farm animals. You pull the string and it says something like "This is a dog, ruff ruff". Well, the thing started playing to fast and the only way I can figure out to fix it is to break it in half and see how it works and then glue it back together. ANy ideas? Joe Heneghan
alexm@orca.UUCP (Alex Mitaru) (03/11/86)
[---------] In article <357@ihlpf.UUCP> you write: >My daughter has a Mattel See and Say (I think that's what they're >called). It's one of those round yellow things with the farm >animals. You pull the string and it says something like "This is >a dog, ruff ruff". Well, the thing started playing to fast and >the only way I can figure out to fix it is to break it in half >and see how it works and then glue it back together. ANy ideas? > > > Joe Heneghan > I opened and fixed a similar toy (Big Bird that talks); it had inside a small plastic record (yes, very similar to an LP, just smaller - 1 inch), and the speed control was done with a centrifugal mechanism (two pieces of plastic rubbing some other plastic to keep the constant speed). The problem in your toy is that one of those plastic pieces is not in place anymore. Be carefull: it has a spring inside, and it must be tightened before reassembling. It took me about one hours to understand how it works and fix it up. Good luck! Alex Mitaru