I Bought an UNTESTED Whack-a-Mole Thing

I Bought an UNTESTED Whack-a-Mole Thing | Can I FIX It?

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@automan2k451 Ай бұрын

That looks like the perfect gift to buy for someone else's kids.

@colinboneham7387 Ай бұрын

Nieces and nephews are the ones to buy this for.

@wayofthesamurai90 Ай бұрын

Yes, i always buy gifts that make lots of noice. Like police cars en firetrucks 😂

@S.Habers Ай бұрын

Be aware of getting something back that's double that bad at least, if you should have kids 😂

@ryn1986 Ай бұрын

Just like those kids karaoke machines, LOL

@phreapersoonlijk Ай бұрын

Yea, I 3d print noise makers for my nieces and nephews, and their parents can't take them away because the kids will yell that "uncle phrea made them himself !" :P

@infin1ty850 Ай бұрын

I think this is the first product I've seen you work on where a 30 second short of you throwing it in the trash would have been an acceptable fix 😂

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

😂 trust me, I was tempted!

@Boogie_the_cat Ай бұрын

"Shorts on the highway" -Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man

@chrislee7817 Ай бұрын

No, big hammer job.

@KeyserSolsi Ай бұрын

Bin it pleasssse

@hdguy350 Ай бұрын

@@chrislee7817 That's what she said.

@adam8coles2008 Ай бұрын

Little does Steve know, the 'S' on the power switch is for 'silent' mode! 😂😂😂😂😂

@kenny9648 Ай бұрын

Your mix of comedy, music and fixing stupid things is unique on KZbin. A very underrated channel. You deserve more subscribers! Keep on going your excellent work... and btw, I need that shirt!!! 😄

@GameRaveTV Ай бұрын

Pac-Man death noise, Capcom arcade coin confirmation? I'm loving this little annoying machine.

@ZonicMirage Ай бұрын

Ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ tells me they didn't get permission for either.

@rodcon66 Ай бұрын

I am retired and I watch a lot of fixers on youtube. You are my favorite to watch followed by My Mate Vince, in a close second. Keep it up.

@Martyn-ey9lw Ай бұрын

Another good channel is Buy it Fix it

@devttyUSB0 Ай бұрын

PLEASE PUT IN A COIN!!! PUH-LEEEEEAZ-UH! Mister.

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

😂😂 it's still giving me nightmares.

@Hibiki_Oneesan Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@MyRegardsToTheDodo Ай бұрын

It seems that the previous owner didn't like that sound aswell and broke off the lever in the coin detector. That's why it didn't recognize the coin.

@PracticalDadd Ай бұрын

This video's tear apart song is an absolute banger. Nice.

@cjh0751 Ай бұрын

Your battery skills are amazing

@chrisj2848 Ай бұрын

The comment section is gonna freaking loose it about "properly" testing LED's... 😂. Education the hard way. Great video Steve👍

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

I can't wait! That's why I do it 😂

@dazamad Ай бұрын

What is the correct way? I've seen some use diode mode on a multimeter.

@MonoAnji Ай бұрын

Afaik it's better to current limit the power supply to something quite low (like 20mA) when testing LEDs, the actual voltage they need depends on the colour and other things. So if it's current limited you cannot kill them by setting a too high voltage.... You could then just set the voltage to 4 or something and the power supply should "tell" you what they actually need. :) 1V is too low in any case, probably 3-ish.

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

That makes sense! Thank you 😊

@maicod Ай бұрын

yes the forward voltage of LEDs is between 1.8 and 2.3 or about

@Blu3ManiC Ай бұрын

PLEASE PUT IN THE COIN!!

@plan7a Ай бұрын

Why? - The question nobody asks, LOL. Why do I need to put in the coin?🪙

@robina.jensen6114 Ай бұрын

It is considered cheating not to use the hammer. My little nephew outraged!! 😂

@damarismorales884 Ай бұрын

???

@ValuedTeamMember Ай бұрын

That is so ironic! I "untested" one of those when I acciently dropped one on concrete a couple of years ago.. Now I'm wondering if "thats" the same one? Will blunders never cease. Thank you for the vide0

@Jeroen_a Ай бұрын

Check the leg length of the LED (if it has not been cut...) The longer leg is the positive side (anode). Sometimes the LED's have an indent or a flat side this is the cathode (negative).. you can also see what is the negative and positive side by looking at the LED itself. (If it has been cut and has no indent or flat side....) It usually has a large and a small metal part inside the "bulb"... The larger part is the cathode (Negative). LED's work like diodes (hence they always have about the same symbol in electrical schematics an LED has 2 arrows extra to show it's emitting light) that send most electrical signals just in 1 direction... so swapping polarity does not harm them. The leg length is not always a true answer... because of how they are made in cheap factories though.

@JemTheWire Ай бұрын

I can imagine a child getting this as a Christmas present, ten minutes later it mysteriously disappears. Parent with a guilty looking facial expression looks on in wonder in front of the child. The sound would try the patience of a Saint. Love your videos and humour Steve. Thanks for the videos.

@joshnickerson83 Ай бұрын

This is the kind of gift you give a child if you hate their parents.

@Niblonian88 Ай бұрын

Untested? Gotta love those eBay listings. I once fell out of a tree when I was a kid, my arm ended up facing the wrong direction and wobbling quite a bit, I went to the hospital and the doctor told me it was 'untested' before putting it in plaster 🙂

@americansupervillain4595 Ай бұрын

Repairing games like these should be considered a crime against humanity.

@samuraidriver4x4 Ай бұрын

Pretty sure it's not allowed by the Geneva suggestions.

@josephdoiron8376 Ай бұрын

Yes! I would go " office space" on that thing!

@daniel070487 21 күн бұрын

22:39 they used the sound from Street Fighter menu

@Gustavofeanor Ай бұрын

Fantastic job

@yedead1 Ай бұрын

Steve you could probably get away with putting any old NPN/PNP transistors (2TY's are PNP transistors) into 7 segment display as they're only really used to multiplex the display by turning that portion of the display on. As a side note if you ever encounter dead segments it'll more likely be either an issue with the display itself or the input for that particular segment.

@richfreyabailey Ай бұрын

You're the doppelganger of Howard from TV Series, Only Murders in the building. Can't unsee it

@mrbussey Ай бұрын

I think the addition of a speaker off/on switch would be a great addition to that little game!

@acidhelm Ай бұрын

23:22 is the Pac-Man death sound 😆

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

Oh yeah! Didn't realise that at the time 😅

@ssjd2 Ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the meow sound was the cat from Chrono Trigger. Probably all the sounds were sampled from other games.

@MrBunt Ай бұрын

@@ssjd2 "sampled" is a nice description

@dodoubledragon Ай бұрын

Street fighter 2 coin insert sfx too😂

@theonus_4483 Ай бұрын

This man just put £100 of labour into a £4 plastic heap of junk toy to fix it AND IM HERE FOR IT 😅🎉❤

@gambitdragon3639 Ай бұрын

Love the tunes you choose during the work fixing another belter on this one 😎🙌🏻🙌🏻😊👍🏻 keep up the great content Steveo 😎🙏🏻

@billybob-de8eu Ай бұрын

Hey Steve if you look you can see a crack in the transistor after the y. That seems to be a common thing

@richturbo9376 Ай бұрын

Ever since we lost Clarkson, Hammond and May, Sundays were never the same. Now we’ve Stezstix and Matt Armstrong, my weekends are complete again. Many thanks for your content, it’s mega 😁👍

@stuartofblyth Ай бұрын

Matt Armstrong, eh? Never heard of him. Off I go ...

@richturbo9376 Ай бұрын

@@stuartofblyth the wonderful and very diverse world of You Tube 😁, for me, cars and auto electrics I love, hence the two channels collide and keep me happy on a Sunday 😂👍 Maybe one day I may try some micro soldering

@janskeet1382 Ай бұрын

I’ve gone off Armstrong. I can’t put my finger on it but he ain’t the same.

@teeslunk Ай бұрын

Hi 👋 Steve. I’d like to know how best to get into fixing stuff?? I’ve fix some stuff. But I’d like to get into it for not much money 💴🖖✌️🤙🤟🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@jeffreyhickman3871 Ай бұрын

I remember the full size game of this as a teenager, but it was named Whac-A-Mole. Taking this handheld one will be an interesting fix. Your friend, Jeff.

@wisher21uk Ай бұрын

Brilliant fix and great fix on the display well done Steve 😊

@MrUled Ай бұрын

Really good fix this, thanks stez

@juaniiito Ай бұрын

Sundays are less Sundays with the Steve's Sunday video. Nice! Greetings From Albacete (Spain)

@adamwright1989 Ай бұрын

Cool video. I love a good restoration.

@cybergarri Ай бұрын

do you know your multimeter have diode mode and you can test a LED (light-emitting DIODE)? Not all multimeter have the same power. you can check too the voltage drop

@DigitalDiabloUK Ай бұрын

Thank you for saving this from landfill. Said noone ever 😂

@RobSchofield Ай бұрын

@ 7:15 - the larger, "cup shaped" electrode inside the LED lense is the negative terminal: it's bigger to act as a small heat sink and mounting for the LED device. Usually, the plastic lense also has a flat face to show this.

@Okurka. Ай бұрын

You mean anvil and cathode.

@AtomMachinerule Ай бұрын

Nice .. you bloody smashed it 🔨. Beautiful game

@kittyztigerz Ай бұрын

awesome yo u finally DID right thing replace all 3 2ty they were going to failure later on it good thing get rid of old one put new one on it it will last long time

@todddell6400 Ай бұрын

You for got to see if it went to 100. I'm sure it did tho. We realy love watching yout chanel here in portland oregon. If I make it back to the uk any time soon I would like to have a pint in your pub.

@richardhemingway6084 Ай бұрын

I love your style Steve. Keep up the good work.

@davidmosford5429 Ай бұрын

Brilliant, great original content. Thank you.

@MBlackwoodRadio Ай бұрын

Good Evening Dave, Good Evening voice over Steve. And good evening Steve. Please can you let me know what your video cameras and microphones are. Many thanks Martin. Love the videos. Dave is awesome alway makes the video. Many thanks Martin

@MBlackwoodRadio Ай бұрын

Sorry. Iv just found the info in the Description. 😂

@DavidPlass Ай бұрын

The timing of "Please put in a coin" at the end was just gold.

@shaneazam5542 Ай бұрын

Great work done by dear steave

@Teslamaniac Ай бұрын

Use a piece of blue tac to hold your components while soldering or tinning

@DogToffee9 Ай бұрын

😂Have been watching for a month or so I guess, love the channel 👍🏻

@BigDom1002 Ай бұрын

On new LED's the longer leg is the positive, the shorter one the negative, if the legs have been trimmed you can look through the LED, the side with the big horizontal part is negative, I always think of it as a minus when looking at it!

@mrdoomay9217 Ай бұрын

brilliant video .. ! ive been watching these for so long ive decided to get myself some kit and give my xbox one s hdmi a go and maybe start doing some repairs myself see how i go .. does anyone have any ideas on some must have accessories for starting out would be a great help thanks .... Jack

@bobmanuk Ай бұрын

“Please put in the coin” Shut up! “WEEEOOOO” 😂

@muharremsuz Ай бұрын

2:26

@darrenmarrable2530 Ай бұрын

Hilarious episode 😂.. From Gold Coast,,,, Australia

@CreeBreej Ай бұрын

My kids use this bash a mole. Bought from a charity shop last year.

@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co Ай бұрын

My condolences.

@Nobe_Oddy Ай бұрын

LMFAO!! This one was GREAT!!! You ARE THE BEST!!! :D Comedy and electronics.... PURE LOVE!!

@gaspump Ай бұрын

Steve, what's the song being played during the repair fast-forwardy bits with the vocoder voice? May I suggest in the future you put this kind of info in the description field? Would be much appreciated :)

@truthvoice9945 Ай бұрын

Hi Steve..... I'm just wondering what sort of DAW you're using to do your rap songs at the start of your show? Love your shows. Thanks.

@paszTube Ай бұрын

Nice shirt!!!!

@thadofalltrades Ай бұрын

The music and the outro were excellent.

@iamsgf Ай бұрын

How about a revisit and look at the coin mech? It would not prompt it and have a switch setting for it if it was not meant to work!

@Okurka. Ай бұрын

It originally comes with its own coins that easily fall through the chute. A £1 coin is probably too big.

@muharremsuz Ай бұрын

22:39 when you put in a coin it makes that sound from street fighter 2

@SimonNemeth Ай бұрын

Why the bench supply? You can light them up with continuity mode on your multimeter.

@FairyNL Ай бұрын

7:16 What was that in the left bottom corner?

@stethemeterman1968 Ай бұрын

Diodes have a flat side on the plastic covering which is the negative. Also the bigger metal part will always be the negative.

@kittyhawk9707 Ай бұрын

I would wire a switch in the speaker wire so you have the ability to stay sane

@uniqueangel Ай бұрын

With low light in the room you can test a Led in diode mode with your multimeter it will light up ^^

@danielhulan3058 Ай бұрын

Reggae mon. Lol Steve i love your songs.

@spongelad1 Ай бұрын

So funny and genius all in one

@HorstBrack Ай бұрын

great fix, had a laugh, thank you

@harshabugatti Ай бұрын

Nice trick in identifying faulty transistor

@jerofld Ай бұрын

BTW Steve: Your multimeter wasn't able to show you the voltage when testing the voltage because multimeters are kinda slow with all of their autoranging functionality. There is a way to keep it in a certain range so it better indicates the voltage, but most people probably don't even know it exists. Also, non-professional grade voltmeters might not have the sampling rate to properly display quickly changing voltages.

@Hibiki_Oneesan Ай бұрын

it's remind me of the LED watch that you've repair long time ago... 🤗

@jeffm5056 Ай бұрын

Stolen sound effects from Capcom and Pac-Man. Totally worth it.

@davidnelson1578 Ай бұрын

The power switch looks to be 3 position. does the S mean silent or super loud? Inquiring minds want to know,

@LordPata Ай бұрын

Steve: Stupid game Game: Plase put in a coin! hahahahaha! that was so hilarious XD

@laserhawk64 Ай бұрын

Stupid wrong Patreon handle... (don't worry, twas my fault and I've gone and fixed it myself). Nice work on the Bash-A-Mole! :3

@StezStixFix Ай бұрын

Spotted you've changed it! 👍

@Zhixalom Ай бұрын

Usually those kind of LEDs have a lighting-up threshold at around 1.8V to 2.2V, depending on the colour. A quick and easy way of testing them, is to use a common coin cell battery, like a CR2016, CR2025, or CR2032. Because since those coin cells aren't able to put out enough amps to fry them, you can just use them directly without putting any limiting resistor in between. Another thing is that, since LEDs really are diodes, you can also test them using the diode-tester in your multimeter, or one of those Arduino based component tester thingies.

@Okurka. Ай бұрын

White/blue ones have a higher threshold than 2.2V.

@Zhixalom Ай бұрын

@@Okurka. Thanks👍 - Point being that 1V is just never going to cut it.

@OliverJonCross Ай бұрын

That coin credit sound, is either the same or very similar to Capcom's Street Fighter 2.

@keithmcgerr3056 Ай бұрын

Great video, with mole problems.

@markg3506 Ай бұрын

Lol, I love the blurcam ;-)

@scorcher617 Ай бұрын

Great video keep it up

@TheInternetIsDeadToMe Ай бұрын

My god that speaker. Sod the transistors. The first thing I would have swapped out for something more reliable would have been the hammer. 💥🔨

@cdarrigo Ай бұрын

Wow. Cwn you unmake tthis toy, or permanently disconnect the speaker?

@willrobinson7599 Ай бұрын

I can see why they say untested , u know how expensive 3 aa batteries are lol😊 Another great video steve, did u say how much u paid for it, I hope not alot

@obsidianpanther Ай бұрын

At the very end there, I thought you were gonna smash it after fixing it because it wouldn't stop asking for a coin 🤣🤣🤣

@NewTestamentDoc Ай бұрын

the anxiety of every parent who had kids playing games like this doubles throughout the video... due to the sounds... "please put in a coin".... """EEEEEEEE" screaming

@elduderino1287 Ай бұрын

22:38 I love how they just stole the insert coin sound from Street Fighter 2 lol.

@mike7599 Ай бұрын

Was literally about to type this same comment. 100% sfii

@SetTopGames Ай бұрын

... am I hallucinating things, or is one of the sounds the cat from Chrono Trigger? And is that the Street Fighter 2 coin sound????

@DougieeeTripDrip Ай бұрын

Any interest in fixing a sigma canon ef lens? Ribbon cable inside has separated. Seems no one has fixed it before.

@brandoncolemire4220 Ай бұрын

Steve, For the love of all that’s holy, PLEASE PUT IN A F**KING COIN!!! Ahhhh, I feel much better. Another great video 😁

@thediamonddust Ай бұрын

"Please choose! Steve 1! Steve 2!" I cant unhear it.

@sw6188 Ай бұрын

I was waiting for you to pick up a large hammer at the end and remove it from existence. 🤣

@samwilliamson_74 Ай бұрын

Homer should have loaned you his toaster fixing hammer for this one… ‘easy..easy…’😂 Also… ‘MOLE! Moley moley moley! ‘

@PollokPoochesDogWalking Ай бұрын

Looking forward to your Christmas songs!

@elwyndude Ай бұрын

I think its hilarious that you spend so much time fixing something so irritating. Thats like waking up a newborn baby at 2am because you want to hear screams.