Corgi Movie Vision - A dim childhood memory revisited

A fondly remembered childhood toy becomes a moderately underwhelming half-repaired shambles.
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[@oafkad]

"As an adult I can afford D-Cell batteries." Wow, look at Mr. Moneybags over here.

[@facethestrange15yearsago81]

Over 1 million subscribers. Whatever way you slice the pie, he's D-Cell rich.

[@cooloutcoexist]

@@facethestrange15yearsago81 D-Cell levels of richness. The new point of reference, like comparing the destruction of rainforest a day to football fields or tennis courts.

[@kellymoses8566]

@@facethestrange15yearsago81 Hell, he can afford lithium ion D-Cells!

[@mrbyamile6973]

I was a bit disappointed he didn't put 6 different brands of batteries in it, robbed from multiple other components of course.

[@mr.berlingo8211]

@@kellymoses8566 they'd be the wrong voltage

[@Raw774]

I would love to see the one minute child friendly cut of Alien

[@BBC600]

Agreed that needs some kind of upload!

[@RustyKeys72]

How would that even work? A long shot of a ship cruising along in space. Lots of scenes of the cat. Ripley and the cat safely chillin' in their cryo-sleep bubble. The End.

[@AFnord]

@@ckasetti1233 Thanks, that was an interesting watch!

[@ckasetti1233]

Accidentally deleted my original reply instead of editing it, but heres a couple videos of it i found on youtube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKvSlGOQbrhjeqM kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWtYqGIrapsrbs

Toy Tinker Tim has the full video with his mini review of the alien themed viewer. It’s basically a severely cut down version of the full film and (surprisingly for a kids’ toy) includes the guy getting a facehugger stuck to him!

[@Mopki3]

"back in my day, you had to hand-crank your gifs!"

[@dave8204]

And if your Dad caught you he'd warn you that you'd go blind.

[@williamspell5692]

Now this is a novelty! The closest I came as a kid was one of those slideshow binoculars that only showed still images.

[@NOWThatsRichy]

Are you thinking of the 'Viewmaster' I still have one of those, even now the images are quite impressive as they gave a 3 D effect.

[@raindogred]

thats all we had, me and 2 brothers all jostling for turns... i remember Dick Tracey and snow white set of pictures..must have been 1971/2. The dick tracey one had a pic of him using a wristwatch that he could talk into..often thought of that when apple watch came out

[@comradeghost378]

I had something like that, but it was Nick Jr shows lol

[@DankRedditMemes]

Thats what I thought the video was going to be about from the thumbnail

[@realretrorelapse]

I had a little keychain thing thar would show like a 5 to 10 second cartoon when you held a button down. I loved it.

[@JustRupes]

I noticed you mentioned the Argos catalogue, fun fact, my father at that time was a director at Argos and 50% of the toys that were photographed for the catalogue were sold to the staff at the staff sale held just after new catalogue came out, so the Movie Vision I had was the actual one that was photographed in the Argos catalogue. The other 50% of the toys were sent directly to the local children's home.

[@doktorbeton3976]

@Chip Flaked If they would be generous they would sell 100% for their real argos shops employees not just for directors children only.

[@mephistovonfaust]

@@doktorbeton3976 how did you get from „staff“ to „directors only“?

[@doktorbeton3976]

@@mephistovonfaust very simple, nobody would know about it in 70-90s as to know about you would have to use snail mail to spread memo, photos were made somewhere in the headquarters, after that they sold 50% to office workers and the rest they dump to children's home. You are not 5 years old not to know how it always works out XD

[@Spillerrec]

@Chip Flaked They might be, that single product which is used for the shoot can now only be sold as an used demo product and it is an exteremely low volume. Donating them to some local organisation is both good PR and an easy way to get rid of them, and selling some of them at low prices to employes could be done as an employes benefit. (They do a lottery where I work, to give people junk they don't need.) What they can earn by selling them is pennies in the grand scheme of things, and doing it this way has it benefits as well.

[@JustRupes]

@Chip Flaked When Richard Tompkins owned it the culture was very different (nicer), I remember there were all sorts of social events for the staff and children's days at the governors country house. Then once they were bought by British American Tobacco it became more corporate, dad made the decision to retire at the point where Great Universal Stores bought them out, which let him pick up his photography career in his retirement again, he kept in touch with others there but always said he made the right choice :-D

[@GrzegorzLament]

40 years ago I was eastern European child. My toys were pistols and cars made from steel plate. When for a first time I saw Lego catalogue, I couldn't sleep. Couldn't even imagine about toys like this. I'm not complaining, just saying, that world (Europe specially) was a strange place those days.

[@hpt08]

Tbh there were hundreds of kids in London in the seventies that might of fainted if they unwrapped something like this at Christmas. Things changed quickly in some respects, but the disparity could be shocking

[@Volodimar]

Тяжелое детство, деревянные игрушки.

[@The77Game]

Well LEGO is european so it wasn't all that strange of a place.

[@perin99]

I'm british and this thing was more advanced than anything my family owned at that time. Nobody I knew could afford anything like that.

[@egbront1506]

@@Volodimar Today, wooden toys are luxury items. Times change.

[@goldug]

Fun fact: the one you had when you were a kid, "Goofy going down a mountain in a caravan", is a christmas tradition in Sweden. Every christmas eve we all gather around the TV to watch it :)

[@Smudgah]

As a Finn who was born right on the Swedish border, we could watch Swedish TV back in the days, and this was also our Christmas tradition :) I've been trying to pass down the tradition, and show the same movies from youtube for the kids, but so far they have not been impressed.

[@em84c]

My grandma taped it off tv onto video. I would watch it when I stayed at her house. I even bought it in DVD as an adult! I wished I could be in a caravan while on the road.

[@soepil]

A tradition in Denmark, too. But we kids always watched the swedish version, as we lived close to Sweden and had reception of swedish TV there. :)

[@robertsteel3563]

What is the Official Episode name? If I may have it, please?

[@Chris-mc2dt]

@@robertsteel3563 The short is called “Mickey’s Trailer”. To my understanding, the tradition is to watch the special From All Of Us To All Of You, the Norwegian and Swedish versions of which include Mickey’s Trailer.

[@42jnyl]

This just solved a mystery from my first childhood memory. As a toddler, I was in a daycare and there was one of these in the playroom. I remember being perplexed by this blue box with a plastic screen and how it did nothing, even though I was sure it should do something. I've occasionally wondered what on earth that thing was, well into my adulthood. It was definitely one of these: they also had the hand-crank viewer with the cassettes, but I never made the association. The other weird thing was it was definitely blue like the Corgi Vision rather than the white Fisher-Price version, even though this was in the United States, around 1987-88, so it might have been imported. The remote was ripped off but I remember the cable hanging off. Anyways, thanks for solving this 30+ year enigma for me.

[@nitehawk86]

"The Quibi of it's day" Brilliant. Though this thing will probably last longer.

[@totallytidmouth]

Aged well

[@glitchedoom]

Spoiler alert: It did.

[@MasterQuizzer]

When using epoxy inside cases like that, I cut pieces of dried out baby wipes, coat it in the epoxy and lay it over the cracks - it works like fiberglass and reinforces it, making a much stronger joint. I also scratch the plastic around the crack to provide a key.

[@SierraLimaOscar]

Very good idea! I have used the fiberglass mesh tape that is used to glue plaster boards before mudding. Epoxying over it also reinforces the joint quite well.

[@jasonGreenVw]

i use toilet paper or paper towels you can do the same thing with CA glue

[@prebenjaeger]

Interesting. Good tip. Thanks.

[@34.FB.34]

Used baby wipes ??? 😅

[@kwantoon]

That is super clever, definitely going to start using that method. I've used mesh tape in the same manner, but I think the baby wipes are a far better idea.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

I'm acutely aware of the absurdity of me watching this on a LAPTOP thinking that's the coolest shit I've ever seen. As a kid the dea of being able to record or play back audio or video to any extent was the definition of magical.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

I was thinking that it'd be neat to HAVE a fancy, glassed version and the capability of recording new ones to put (essentially) archaic GIFs of family gatherings into a super odd and obscure format.

[@boodro2122]

Never in history, have we taken more for granted.

[@jeantetreault132]

Yess! I absolutely agree, with you. There was something more magical and exciting about threading an 8 mm film to a projector, or to record audio music, from a reel to reel 8 track tape recorder, back during the 1970s or 80s. Whereas today, everything is all downloaded on digital and it just doesn’t have the same kind of feeling anymore. Johnny, Montréal, Canada 🇨🇦

[@Danzines1987]

I remember using my mum's mini tape recorder to get the audio from dragon ball episodes when I couldn't use the VCR to tape them and listen in my room

[@eekee6034]

It's a masterpiece of minimalism. :)

[@Zactivist]

Had the Fisher Price hand-viewer here in the states. I loved that thing! "The Lonesome Ghost" with Mickey, Donald and Goofy was my favorite cartridge. Watching it forward, backward and frame-by-frame really made me want to be an animator! (Which I am and have been for 30 years now.) Great memories!

[@popeyejones9256]

Yes I had the lonesome ghost on my crank view masker thingamabob ...didn't disney try to sue Ghostbusters movie saying it was ripoff of this copyrighted disney cartoon I seem to remember....

[@director5082]

I was born in 2007 and I had one

[@asswaterstudios]

Walt Disney and Hitler are the same person. Look into it yourself and see

[@Elprisionero6]

19:36 "Sometimes childhood toys are best left as fond memories because revisitng them as an adult has a habit of taking some of the magic away from those memories." Those are wise words.

[@timwinchester2366]

Absolutely wise words! I've had that happen.. it's a unfortunate experience..🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

It can be sad, but sometimes you get to go back with the knowledge you have now and get to really know how it works. Which can be absolutely fascinating.

[@6ThaPsycho]

Me and my brother made this mistake playing the N.E.S. It came out the same year I was born, and my mom bought one. So it was a part of my entire life. We recently bought the mini plug and play for her, and, IT WAS TRASH, BRO!!! I FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN LIED TO MY WHOLE LIFE!! Ranked up there with finding out Santa Claus and WWF was FAKE!!!

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

@@6ThaPsycho Its the system. They have super bad input lag and cheap ass buttons. The original performed way better and is still fun af

[@rambo8863]

grand turismo was a good trip to memory lane

[@Johanniscool]

Techmoan: looks like we’re going to have to open it up after all. Viewers: yay!

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

The "1 minute" edit of Alien is just a loop of the scene at the end with Ripley in her mini knickers. You can tell by the look on the kid's face on the front of the box!

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

Don't tell Twitter, they'll have a fit

[@sillygoose635]

@@michelvanbriemen3459 oh shush. if anything, you haven't been on twitter.

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

@@sillygoose635 >shushing a stranger on a social media platform

[@Johninadelaide2022]

But we all love that scene

[@shayZero]

@@Johninadelaide2022 14 year old me swore blind by it

[@hardyboy1959]

I remember back in the 80's taking one of these apart and loading my own film in. I gave it to my friend and she still has it loaded in a viewer on her shelf.

[@Anybloke]

Did you know that "corgi" is one of the two Welsh words which have passed into common English use ? It means "small dog". The other one is "penguin" which means "white head".

[@lafcursiax]

And originally referred to Great Auks!

[@wellesradio]

Although the origin of penguin is unknown and up for debate, you’re right in that the English did eventually get it from the Welsh.

[@DVincentW]

Corgis are great dogs.

[@saltech3444]

What about "sheepfucker"?

[@urieluntevarin9934]

"I´m not gonna spend too long on this..." - 21 Minutes :D Very good. I see a new Techmoan videos, I click on it.

[@craigbrowning9448]

In the US "Corgi" was known for diecast model toy cars (made in England), I never saw their name on any other product.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

It was mainly what they were known for in the UK, too. I collect old comics, and pretty much every issue from the 50's to 80's has a Corgi ad in there somewhere. They might even still be about today (trying to recall my trips to the short-lived ModelZone circa 2011), though I doubt the cars are made in England any more.

[@d.aardent9382]

I think i had some of their giant size truck sets. Or was RoadKings series Matchbox?

[@timesthree5757]

The church my family went to in Memphis Tennessee had one. All off kids wanted to play with it until a fight broke out then the grownups would take it away.

[@keithmoon3190]

Obviously techmoan is british

[@tafftastic]

Pretty sure they were made in Wales, UK. Not England?

[@hanselmanryanjames]

I had no memory of this thing existing, until you flashed the picture of the Fisher Price model one. It all came flooding back as soon as I saw that kaleidoscope color crank wheel and the Disney cartoons! Its probably been 35 years since I last used that thing. Thanks for the nostalgia trip Techmoan!

[@ericbaier]

As a kid I used to wake up on a Saturday morning and watch cartoons. Now I wake up on a Saturday morning and watch Techmoan, doing a video of old Saturday morning cartoons. Sweet irony.

[@CommodoreFan64]

As an 80's kid same here, waking up early to catch all the Saturday morning cartoons on the TV in my bedroom eating cereal while trying not to wake my parents, or if I was at my grandparents sitting in the back sunroom watching them while my grandmother made breakfast(she was always up early).

[@robertdale2964]

Irony? Where was the irony in any of what you said?

[@bummer6]

fun fact! That donald duck cartoon you mentioned is the one that is played every christmas on Swedish television. It's a bit of a tradition over here for the whole family to sit down and watch that short together.

[@facethestrange15yearsago81]

You Swedes really know how to party

[@memmoman]

@@facethestrange15yearsago81 lmao true

[@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012]

@@facethestrange15yearsago81 Don't fuck with Kalle Anka kl 3 It's really entertaining the 30th time you see it

[@Jehannum2000]

Why is it that particular cartoon - what's special about it?

[@bummer6]

@@Jehannum2000 Hard to say! I certainly don't know the reason, but it's so ingrained in the culture at this point no-one really questions it.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Revisiting stuff makes you appreciate just how far things have come.

[@PumpkinPie_Pup]

There's a mirror spray paint that works amazingly for making mirrors

[@GadgetAddict]

I was hoping it wouldn't work. It's always more fun when you have to fix them :D

[@kellypg]

Watching that process is always satisfying.

[@GadgetAddict]

@@alec4672 of course I watched it. I was hoping it wouldn't work and thankfully it didn't. Although I also expected better results from the replacement LED bulb, but I guess the focussing bit on the end is quite important. I also hoped he would replace the mirrors, even if it was just a peel and stick. No luck there though.

[@LowdownBoy]

For US maybe lol

[@christophermcmichael880]

I also like it when he tries to fix things and sometimes the the words he says are so random that it's hilarious.

[@cbrady860]

⁸99⁹g

[@simonmacomber7466]

In the U.S. these products were also sold under the ViewMaster name in addition to Fisher Price. The holy grail of cartridges when I was a child were the Star Wars ones.

[@jarmanolivares]

Corgi was also the brand for Matchbox car toys in the U.K. and others.

[@simonmacomber7466]

@Dani Hope I had one. It was purchased in Bradlees, in the late 1970s.

[@TorstenAdair]

Matchbox and Corgi are two different brands. (As is Dinky.) Corgi is best known for their larger scale die cast vehicle toys.

[@TorstenAdair]

I cannot find any type of cartridge system for ViewMaster. Since this would be under patent at the time, I suspect you might remember this as a post-merger branding, as both Fisher-Price and ViewMaster are now part of Mattel’s preschool division. In the US, these were marketed as the Fisher-Price Movie Viewer, an amazingly simple device! You could even run it in reverse!

[@pacmaninchains]

I would love to see someone retro fit this with maximized components (glass lenses and proper bulbs but in led, a better frosted screen)

[@doubleT84]

A restomod.

[@pacmaninchains]

@@doubleT84 thank you!!

[@SenileOtaku]

Maybe find one with missing or unrepairable innards, and make it into a RaspberryPi case? (that would mean of course finding a convincing flat panel to fit in it)

[@TheWinjin]

@@SenileOtaku "a convincing flat panel" might as well be some picoprojector mounted inside) The chinese LED projectors nowadays are dime a dozen. Literally a hundred bucks for something that works fine and has 600+ Lumen of brightness which will be more than enough. If you use it with Pi you can probably even have this whole thing with Bluetooth and WiFi and hidden QI charger in the base, so that it also could work wirelessly

[@greenaum]

You'd need first-surface mirrors I think. Where the metal is on the front of the glass, not behind it. Otherwise you'd get a double-image, or actually a quadruple-image if you replaced both mirrors with normal ones. First-surface mirrors are used a lot in science, optics, so they're available, maybe you can get some cheap surplus, or maybe they're not too expensive anyway. You might be able to get away with reflective mylar, or space blanket or something similar, pressed very flat onto the existing plastic mirrors. Not as good as glass but better than what's there.

[@jbsmith966]

Blue ray DVD and streaming were still the stuff of sci-fi when these toys were made.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

What's kind of incredible is that a lot of that kind of shit had been sci-fi for decades before then too. Ray Bradbury had basically predicted the large LCD screen almost 50 years before it came out. Shout out to the guy who wrote and drew a depiction of a helicopter clear back in the 1800's too.

[@rosstee]

I love that there was a one minute cut of Alien for this kids toy, really want to see that!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Same here!

[@workonesabs]

probably the chest burster scene...

[@derekarcher5470]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWtYqGIrapsrbs

[@SlavTiger]

Lil timmy: i can make the alien go back inside of him!

[@rosstee]

@@derekarcher5470 Thanks, it's surprising how many scenes they included and that it still makes some kind of sense.

[@ceddyharris6340]

I had the Fisher Price handcrank version when I was a kid. Haven't thought about it in 30 years.

[@__hjg__2123]

Fisher Price Movie Viewer... or the higher end Movie Theater.

[@Woden325]

Ditto. I had the handheld one.

[@antichristian74]

my brothers and had that one and the hand held one, i remember the bambi one was when bambi fell down and slid on the ice. we would watch it in reverse so bambi would slide and then "fall" up. hilarity ensued.

[@shake544]

watching Captain America caught in a tornado in reverse, mind: boggled

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Same. I had that same toy. Almost got to play with it again but my ex and his family wouldn't at least save it for me or give it to me.

[@humacao01]

Growing up we had one of the projector ones and I remember making sheet castles or big cardboard box castles to sit in the dark to watch them. Oh the memories....

[@brenscott5416]

I had one of these when I was a kid, it had yellow cartridges. God is this ever a blast from the past

[@CCCW]

A lazy saturday morning breakfast and a new episode of techmoan, amazing

[@danwoodward23]

Exactly what I'm doing pal 👍

[@Cybornut]

Abs brill

[@zemariagp]

Same here in Lisbon

[@jcbc2004]

Always good!

[@joes9954]

I still have mine. Passed it to my kids when they were little and they looked at me like I was insane.

[@simonmoore2380]

I don’t blame them.

[@StephenButlerOne]

Where my F-ing ipad mum, they was thinking.

[@iamredboy590]

@@StephenButlerOne where is my freaking grammar Stephen

[@thx2468]

I´ve got similar when I was 10! It was made by Fisher-Price in México, and the name was Telecine Magico. It projected a picture into the wall or the small monitor. The cartridges were costly, and they broke down after some time. No way to fix them cause they were sealed. This is a different version. Much better than the one I had. Thank you for your videos. I enjoy them so much.

[@novelezra]

There is something so beautiful about watching people discuss their childhood toys. It always seems so quaint and novel; they always seem so simple compared to the toys you had when you were younger. You never think "kids will see my toys as lame" until you start to get older and realise, thats exactly what's happened. I had a TALKBOY when I was a kid and it was the best thing ever. Now every kid can basically record 4K video on their phone...

[@robsmith2956]

But some toys hold there magic. Some no mater how old still bring a smile to all around. There wherr or cheep cheep noise from all them years ago still .

[@Asmodeai]

I assumed you were going to keep it. It’s so nice that you fixed it all up, then sent it back. Yours is my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@yetidynamics]

you can be a bit flexible on the bulb ratings. there is a krypton version of that bulb you can get e10 k222 (TL-3 shape)

[@jorgendnilsson]

@@frogz But heat might be an issue for the plastic.

[@themaritimegirl]

@@Oldsmobile69 The lens is part of the glass bulb. It's the shape.

[@robertedwardlee8227]

@@Oldsmobile69 saattaa tulla vääristymiä jos alkaa liimaamaan ja leikkelemään lasia.

[@iAMxplosiff]

Yeah they are pretty close in rating. Found some at 2.3V (0.2V shouldn't hurt too much) 0.65A. Probably closer to 0.7A at 2.5V - ebay item no. 133631168289

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

A lower voltage bulb would even be better. If there is a 1.2 volt bulb or something it will be very bright. www.ebay.com.au/itm/402208691052

[@Sir_Handsome]

I just find your channel and i have to say im REALLY happy that you fix these „old“ things.. this channel kinda makes me feel like im in my childhood again :D

[@TomMannCenturia]

Recently subscribed, having great fun watching through some of these older videos. Some things I have fond memories of, and some I've never seen or heard of before. Many thanks.

[@swiftfox3461]

We didn't even share the same childhood, but this man brings out the atmosphere of the time like nothing else.

[@NandR]

“I’m not gonna spend too long on this...” Yet these are the videos I enjoy the most sometimes.

[@Thievius333]

I had the Snoopy Drive-In. Man I loved that thing.

[@Dionysor]

Thank you for the upload. I absolutely did detest large devices as a child that don't offer wall power and you didn't find out until you unboxed the thing. I swear they had contracts with battery companies.

[@lananieves4595]

In the US, this was made by Fisher Price. My sister had it - it felt like magic. They're popular on Ebay.

[@user-iu7rx5mh9z]

Yes, Techmoan, their official US name is the Fisher Price Movie Viewer. Marvelous creation, sadly quashed by the VCR revolution.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Yep, I had one when I was 5

[@ithydoodles]

Didn't the US version have a power cord?

[@user-iu7rx5mh9z]

@@ithydoodles Yes, and also a very unusual light bulb, if I remember rightly - my Mother had to get it at a hardware store, I think.

[@pcno2832]

@@user-iu7rx5mh9z I'll bet they used D cells in the UK because they didn't want kids messing around with a somewhat flimsy 230V appliance. Not that 120V was risk-free, but with twice the voltage and twice the current, an English kid would have been toast a lot sooner.

[@JohnDCrafton]

I don't know. I still think it's pretty "magical", even with it being dim and the images blurry/faded.

[@luciodelgado]

Childhood memory was the fun of magic! When your an adult, you just want to go back into this magic world and live it again.....and try to keep this magic alive! :)

[@donatoferioli7426]

A friend had a broken one of these. It's something in fantasised about. Great to see it working. Thanks👍

[@schitlipz]

22k views in one hour! Amazing. I miss those puppets at the end.

[@timfischer]

Agreed. Why are there never puppets anymore?

[@hoffwell]

@@timfischer Lockdown. They can't travel / go into Techmoan's house for filming.

[@madchoochoo1501]

i’m 16 and have great memories going to my grandparents house and using the fisher price one as a kid. I had access to all the dvds I wanted but this always fascinated and entertained me way more.

[@Achenar15]

Bravo on getting it working again! I think it's wonderful that you fix up these great old objects for us to enjoy, thank you

[@va3ngc]

My brother had one of the Fisher Price hand held jobs that worked pretty well. I think he only had maybe two cartridges for it. Casper the friendly ghost and maybe Goofy or something like that. This was back in the mid-1970s. My mother used to take lots of super-8 movies in those years as well. I wonder if they ever made a special cartridge that you could put your own home movies in. That would have been neat. Those reels were short as well.

[@exactspace]

This is a "real" KZbin video. We wouldn't expect from most videos they'd have a broken unit and diverge into fixing it, but this one did, and glad it did. It was a good reminder that we can figure out how things work and fix them ourselves.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Yes, especially these old things, they are so low-tech and the parts are cheap and easy to source now.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

At this point companies do their damndest to make it almost impossible to work on their products. In the US in 2012, the FCC ruled in favor of right to repair by saying companies had to prove damage had been caused by consumer tampering in order to not honor the warranty, they couldn't just slap a "warranty void if removed" sticker on anymore. Naturally their response was to make it incredibly difficult to avoid damaging it when opening it. Apple is one of the worst, attaching vital delicate cables to entry points so someone very likely breaks them trying to get into it, and then they don't have to honor warranty. Seems like no matter what we do, right to repair is rapidly going down the toilet.

[@IanDarley]

"Is it on?" "Yes, it's whisper quiet" :-)

[@annelisemeier283]

Hi Doctor Nick

[@johnking6501]

I really enjoyed all the childhood memorable movie videos back then as I was about 11 years old in 1972

[@jeopardy60611]

I find it fascinating that you are able to fix these machines. I saw the actual Herbie Rides Again movie in the theater when I was a little kid in the 70's.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Same here!

[@Damien_Fuc]

@@AtheistOrphan nobody cares

[@MichaelJin74]

Even though we’re almost the same age, I wish you were around as my dad. The amount of toys I disassembled when I was a kid would kept you busy. 😁

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Six "D" cell batteries??!! Well there's two weeks pocket money right there. That Goofy bit at 19:29 is suddenly the crispest, most vibrant piece of animation that I've ever seen in my life!

[@MickeyMousePark]

unless you belonged to the Radio Shack Battery of the month club then you could the 6 batteries for free you would just need to wait 6 months lol Not sure if Radio Shack had battery of the month club in UK but you got a punch card and each month you could select 1 battery for free and they would punch the card...of course most people got a transistor battery for their radios..

[@Dun-N-Dusted]

Very interesting device, Always love seeing a teardown of an old electronic! Great video just like normal

[@kawings]

thank you for recalling back the mini projector story. I had such a projector in the past but it was running on disc with sunlight as the light source. back then I could watch it 5 times a day without even getting bored. being a kid's life is pretty simple with a simple toy could make us a happy person indeed

[@glitchwalker5422]

I love your sense of humour. Things like the other languages and the person being like "No we will not have those!!". Wish I had the cash to support you on Patreon, keep on keeping on!

[@dingdongbells3314]

Better watchout for the Content ID system, this machine puts out some STUNNING high definition clips of copyrighted material...

[@rayvenkman2087]

Looks like something out of Star Trek TOS except the picture on the screen is displayed in real time rather than be done as a closeup.

[@GoodTalkHQ]

absolutely amazing channel, just found you tonight and wow. instant sub this is great!

[@PingTheRouter]

mate i just love watching you work, i love tinkering with things i am not at the level you are and i still mess things up from time to time but its all a learning experience isn't it, but iv learned to " measure once and cut once" more as iv gone a long to save time and buying replacement things ( or buying 2 or 3 of things in the first place) but thanks so much for your videos, its very inspiring

[@robertwilkinson5865]

2am, was going to go find something to help me sleep, but a techmoan video takes priority

[@jamieyakimets839]

I was going to go to bed too but I’m like hey new Techmoan 🤷‍♂️

[@kaitlyn__L]

I don’t know if you like this kind of stuff but I’ve recently discovered two channels, “Randall’s Rest and Relaxation” and “ender4life”, they make 8-10hour long videos with varieties of ambient droning noises. They’ve helped me fall asleep pretty quickly in recent months when I find myself just tossing and turning. I like the ones with rain noises and engine noises personally.

[@MarcKloos]

It's 2 minutes before 2am here in Europe!

[@mattikaki]

SARJAKUVASANKARIKASETIT. It’s Finnish having three words: sarjakuva = cartoon , sankari = hero , kasetit = cassettes. We still have those cassettes and ranking projector. I found them on a fleemarket some 30 yrs ago when my sons were kids.

[@Tunabreath2001]

I've never seen this before or anything like it, but it was super entertaining to watch you take it apart and fix it up

[@blakedremin1475]

Great job on the modifications and repair reminds me of stuff that I used to do so much before I became disabled great job

[@MarchMountain]

I am 25, and I have fond memories of the Fisher Price handheld viewer. Memories I didn't even realize I had until seeing this video. Once I heard that "click" of the film advancing, I instantly went back to my childhood days of playing with my dad's old toys while visiting my grandparents. The other grandkids and I never realized the toys were outdated, they were just unique and fun things that only Grandma and Grandpa had, and we all fought over them when we visited. I'll bet they (in their 90's now) still have that viewer somewhere!

[@NOWThatsRichy]

Let's just hope they didn't leave those 6 D cell batteries inside, that would be the leakage from hell!

[@AmartharDrakestone]

"I also remember it seeming a bit larger" - I have the same feeling with video game cartridges... It's not that it was larger, we were just smaller.

[@mrxmry3264]

I was just about to say that.

[@omnipossum92]

Super Nintendo Controllers for me

[@richkawaiipikachu]

I remember trying to climb my Dads motorbike from when I was 4 or 5. Back then it seem like a huge bike, only years later when I encountered a bike of the same model that it looked tiny compared.

[@aeiouxs]

+ Monster Munch :D

[@padraigcollins6525]

Curly Wurly chocolate

[@SrNutritivo]

This is interesting. Here, in Spain we got something rather similar called Super Cinexin, that was also based in a similar sized cartridge, but work with a manual lever instead of an electric motor. Also, I had the same Pluto's and Goofy's films that you have shown.

[@Barcrest]

Always wanted one of these as a kid, great video. Now I finally get to see what I missed.

[@arbutuswatcher]

I've found, at least when it comes to repairing old toys & retro tech, it's more of an act of love & nostalgia. When approaching this sort of thing, one has to realize that things from the past, such as toys, had a limit to their quality of manufacture. As long as one's expectations are tempered & reasonable I feel there is still joy & satisfaction to be had with these items.

[@Arkku]

Unusual selection of languages on the packaging with Finnish being the second one…

[@tafftastic]

I have several of those cassettes but I have a handheld unit with a handle you turn and hold it up to your eye and look through a single 'viewfinder' to watch the film. My grandfather was a production manager for Corgi in Swansea, Wales. I have heaps of old Corgy toys (well used and played with), some are very rare and made of materials that never went into production. Love this channel. Thanks!!

[@rickcurtis2983]

Excellent repair and video, thanks!!

[@Angellmbrr]

I had the crank (manual) version, you could also project the movie on the walls, I had a blast and tons of laughs playing the tapes slowly backward and forward, I also used to watch Saturday morning cartoons, now I see Saturday morning KZbins: Techmoan, Adrian's Digital Basement, LGR Blerbs, Randi Rain, Retro Core... just to mention a few.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

I had the one that was a toy 8mm camcorder. I almost had an opportunity to at least play with one again but my ex's family and him wouldn't buy/let me have or play with it because it was semi part of his aunt's daycare

[@TheFlyingBusman]

When you drilled the side and inserted the power socket I just thought “Mats read my mind”! I remember the handheld viewers but this was an interesting device.

[@makeupmaster1]

There is Nothing like celluloid motion picture film. It's the look, the quality, the nostalgic feel of watching that fuzzy, scratchy, dust covered picture going through the gates and lens of either a super8, regular 8, 16mm 📽 in the comfort of your home.

[@jaramillolugo5921]

It reminded me of my family first videocassette player for VHS in the 80's... the remote control was to be plugged, it has a cable which was frequently tripped over by anyone! An infrared remote was really expensive in those days, but soon prices did drop. This time you have to really aim it to the player to make it work!

[@philipadams3325]

I remember wanting the handheld player as a kid because it had a Star Wars cassette. I remember it was in part where Luke and Leia swing over the space in the Death Star.

[@FoxUnitNell]

Myth busters confirmed the feat is plausible - guess the original had a harness.

[@jofawe]

That Caravan strip has become an national treasure over here in Sweden. The Swedish national television shows it every Christmas! I bet everyone of your Swedish viewers can recall this 😂

[@ogami1972]

I watch all your vids, and I don't feel this one dragged at all. I really enjoy watching you repair old gear.

[@AFV85]

My mum still has a couple of them in my grans attic including the snoopy one's! I use to play with them with my cousin's when I was a kid haha!

[@PecoPecoHD]

1 min of silent cartoons on a foggy screen used to entertain kids. We've come a long way lad.

[@c.ocadizg.4127]

I was thinking about this toy still being a huge luxury for the people in my country back in the day, even when about that time we used to “have a good economy”, people used to be pretty poor. And also, getting one of these was almost impossible because we didn’t have the so called NAFTA back then, so foreign products were rare. In those cases, parents used to buy plastic action figures to their kids and that was actually enough to entertain them. Even when kids got really lucky with battery toys, they were practically exhibition only because there wasn’t any money for batteries. It’s curious how they say in the news that we are every year worse in economics, but practically everybody nowadays buys the best they can to their kids, smartphones included. How times change...

[@tvaccount2253]

It’s like a Saturday morning cartoon this

[@DriedMoss]

This was a nostalgic, informative, and restorative type of peak back in time. Did not drag on at all. Cheers!

[@TheRealDoctorBonkus]

Well it’s old timey gifs, that’s what we amused ourself with when I was a kid too :D

[@wendyokoopa7048]

If the handheld has a crank you have my childhood. In Canada this was sold as the fisher price movie viewer. Our cartridges were completely yellow though and no I didn't have the TV thing.

[@1959Berre]

At a certain age life becomes a string of memories. The happy ones are a blessing.

[@octohberrust2983]

I had one of the hand cranked versions with two cartridges. It was one of my favorite toys. It helped me to understand a bit of how movies worked at a very young age.

[@coreykirkbride]

My dad had that Fisher price model with the Lonesome Ghosts cassette. I believe we still have it somewhere in our basement. I loved playing with it. EDIT: Found the Sylvester and Tweety cassette that we also had, but not sure where the movie viewer is.

[@RenePeraza]

I agree one's time is worth $, but these are wonderful memories for me too. If I know me, I'd probably make it a mission to find the bulb and replace the mirror with glass or at least a new plastic based one - LOL.

[@PJBonoVox]

Was curious to know if he could extract the glass dome from the bulb and somehow replace the LED's dome.

[@ghoulofmetal]

I wonder if a mirrored film on top of the old mirrors would work just as well

[@eatmedrinkme9628]

Knowing me, I would work out a way to insert a smartphone into a cartridge, with mirrors and project it on the screen. :D Just for fun.

[@paulstubbs7678]

They need to be 'first surface mirrors', try raiding old overhead projectors and laser printers etc. regular mirrored glass will give you a ghost like image as the light will also reflect from the face of the mirror.

[@paulstubbs7678]

@@PJBonoVox the lens is actually part of the bulbs glass envelope, not an add-on, these bulbs were popularly used for pen sized torches where there was no room for a reflector etc.

[@TheRealJamoShingo78]

As soon as I see a new Techmoan video over 20 mins long I dont care what the object of curiosity is I'm excited....

[@mattyian1208]

I love your WWF profile picture

[@TheRealJamoShingo78]

@@mattyian1208 thankyou bro

[@mattyian1208]

@@TheRealJamoShingo78 You're welcome bro

[@JeremyJenkins-JNation]

Bub... you brought back memories of when I use to visit my great grandmother who just died this year at 93... she kept my great granddads tech toys and my granddads too... plus all of my moms and uncles too.. and mine, its crazy to see how much tech advanced

[@richardtwyning]

Thank you :-) I was born in 1970 and remember having a handcrank handheld movie player which judging from your photos was the blue Corgi one. I thought it was amazing magic as a child and didn't remember how it worked or what happened to it. Thanks for resurrectiing this memory :-)

[@petrkubena]

OK. Now I'm on a hunt for 1 minute cut of Alien.

[@Joedoeem]

hope its going well

[@verdatum]

fresh plastic mirror film can be found at your automotive store as a lousy fix for broken rear-view mirrors. It would work very well in this case; it's basically a 1:1 substitution.

[@tookitogo]

Interesting! I wonder if England has auto parts stores - something that surprised me here in Switzerland (after moving here from USA) is that they don’t have American-style retail auto parts stores. People here rarely do their own auto repairs, so I guess there’s no retail market for parts.

[@misterthegeoff9767]

@@tookitogo Halfords is the big chain auto parts store for the UK.

[@flowermeerkat6827]

We had the hand held version of this when I was a kid in the States. You held it up to your eye and cranked the movie by hand. Very interesting!

[@docion8074]

These clips make my heart dance. Thank you. As a kid I bought so many odd devices at the flea markets and would spend my time tinkering to make them work. Dictaphones, wire recorders, my first best toy was a GE show and Tell. I had the Fisher Price version of this viewer and wound up buying a bunch of carts as a kid from a vendor... in blue rather than yellow but compatible. I had no idea at the time they came from abroad. I remember the first car I owned that came with a hand viewer was Goofy's Glider. There is now an Orlando attraction kiddie coaster inspired by the same short called The Barnstormer.