Vintage MOTU Spydor - Repair and Stickers - Toy Polloi

[@UnicronHound]

I love that the gear box is translucent red, and in a shade that is similar to the old school Pizzahut glasses. Also, watching you mix your own paints put confidence in myself to fix some of my toys. I fixed my second Rubber Head Raphael, and yesterday I fixed my Zeo Megazord's beak.

[@piero_75]

Spydor seems to be one of those poor arachnids who has lost a couple of legs. Nice restoration though :)

[@underhiversunderconstructi290]

I remember getting this toy for Christmas and following it around the house all day. I'm sure I drove everyone mad but that memory has stayed with me for nearly 40 years. It was great watching you bring these back to life. I'd love to see you add lights to the eyes.

[@emerybethel6599]

Great job Toy Polloi. Glad i was able to help with the leg sockets so you could get these back to their former glory....

[@toypolloi]

Thanks again. The came in very handy as you can see.

[@mechachrist]

The eye replacement was a stroke of luck and genius. It kind of makes me want to see the lights from the cat toy in the eyes. Disco Spidor needs to exist.

[@ras79r]

I totes agree - that’s what I was thinking! Good call

[@Jim_Norcross]

I was also thinking that!

[@thetworoos]

Wow! These came out great. It's a pretty cool toy; I think it's interesting that with the legs on it's quite large, but likely fit into a relatively small box for retail sale. As always, a joy to see old toys fixed up and made good as new!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks!

[@ReverendPONT]

I bought two of these a few years ago broken and missing parts. Grabbed what I needed and got both motors to work and new stickers. With these old motor toys, I always grab the non working ones as they're generally easy to get going. Spydor was the most labor intensive one for sure. Great video Sir.

[@TheRetroTinker]

Another masterful restoration Dave!! The eye lens replacement was particularly ingenious!! Excellent video mate!

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chris_stacey]

A gentle wet and dry sanding of the inside of the eye might've made it more opaque with the red permanent marker, perhaps? Great video - thankss!

[@garym6315]

Watchig all your He-Man vehicle repairs and it's interesting that Mattel went with this concept of monsters & mechanics hybrids. I don't remember that being part of the cartoon and it's interesting how Visionaries would then run with that concept of magic & technology, beasts & vehicles. Like a magical age that has technology.

[@ooneybird27]

Finishing this product must have been so cathartic for you. I know you've been patiently collecting the parts for it for quite some time. The eyeball replacement was a stroke of inspired genius. It was a joy to watch you complete not one, but 2 Spydors. Congrats. Because of the length of this video, perhaps one of the reasons why you do this dawned on me. Having to talk for the recording of the video is similar to how you would talk if you had a friend present while you do your repairs & modifications. It helps you, and we enjoy your company as well.

[@MichaelKnight821]

Hey Dave 👋 Good afford as always on point 👍 I got three Spydor's , one is completley disasembled , one is partly assembled and the last one has three of the leg join parts broken But ther all functional . Seeing u doin this awsom repair gives me new motivation to finaly fix mine after four years they sit disasembled in my Spidor bin 😅 Thank's Dave 👍 Cheers 🍻

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job 👍🏻 and it'll be cool if you can make one of them where the eyes light up.

[@toypolloi]

Cool idea

[@markrobinson8865]

@@toypolloi 😊😊😊👍🏻

[@SuperKingZak_YT]

What a cool toy! And such an interesting project. Good job, Dave

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MadMansCosplay]

That eye you made even looks better than the original. I love it!

[@eduardogarcia8527]

I think the replacement eye is amazing and wouldn't change a thing, but it occurred to me that a red round sticker in the eye sucket (the black part of the body) may increase the redness without messing up with the body, or the beautiful eye.

[@raynekraven]

man those toys were loud! but the fun we had with them!

[@mattstrom5348]

Battle armor skeletor, seems to be a good match for the spydor, with the two bat emblems matching up!

[@LMUstacker]

great job, great video, great toy

[@toypolloi]

Thank you 🤗

[@SweepWoofin]

I like the replacement eye better than the original!

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dave Another toy I would not know existed, if not for you, really enjoyed the video. Take care of Yourself and Happy Weekend to the Two of you. 😊

[@briansadler7270]

Absolutely fantastic video. The eye repair actually looks better than the original, in my opinion. The fact that you thought to use that, is a pure stroke of genius. As for a stand. With all the 3D printable fan made figure and vehicle stands out there these days. It would be cool to find a sort of Spider Man style stand with a web look to it. I think that would look pretty cool. Not sure what's out there, but I would imagine there is something that would work. With you skill in making things. You may even be able to fabricate something on your own. Again fantastic video, and as always thank you for videos, and all you do to bring ng us this content.

[@markshellard5894]

very cool project and I can still remember the original advert for it

[@filipcayman]

Very nice video Dave, well done👍🏻! Glad to see Spydor restored back to its former glory. Now you have 2 working ones so time to have them race each other 😊

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. Battle of the Spydors!

[@filipcayman]

Happy to have made small contribution to this project - would for sure like to see some kind of race/battle like you did with the Motu Battle Rams you restored a while ago 😊

[@JacknVictor]

After cleaning the contact points on things like this and other older electronics you might find that the corrosion can come back as it may have creeped up the wires under the insulation so it can be worth swapping for some fresh wire, and electroplating the contacts will help greatly to preserve their functionality aswell. But if you don't want to electroplate them, cover them in flux then tin the whole contact in solder and that will do the trick and be pretty much almost corrosion resistant if the batteries leak in the future. I've got an old torch that I repaired like this in my shed (actually an old 70s ever ready bike front light) that had leaked and started eating the metal away, I repaired it in about 1990 when I was 13 and even though it's had a few battery leaks since, the battery contacts are still good. And every few years I just give them a quick heat up with my solder torch which keeps them like new.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for the tip.

[@mx472000]

Excellent restoration and a fantastic video!

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ras79r]

I love how you do this, I would have it was impossible but you actually make it LOOK so easy - no doubt it would years of EXP to get to your level TP

[@BronyNumber4096]

Oh, you' ve already figured out what I had: putting decals on with tweezers is easier than using your fingers.

[@toypolloi]

Always.

[@graphicsgod]

I used to have this toy!! 😍😍

[@Guybrush14]

Nice work, it is always fun to watch how creative you are repairing those toys.

[@toypolloi]

Thank you so much 😀

[@MichaelHeffner-ky6pc]

Dave, The Toy Surgeon!!!

[@iseespots6014]

Love it I have been waiting for this restoration, I love vintage toys that can move & make sounds!!!

[@toypolloi]

Glad you like it!

[@mopkrayz]

you're a genius! I wish i find a spydor and fix it up myself

[@sdavifcom]

Hey Dave! Thank you for another great one.

[@toypolloi]

My pleasure!

[@alfernandez9493]

Love your work, always inspire me on fixing toys. Thanks to you i have restored Necas, Marvel Legends, Sh figurarts, old McFarlanes, DC direct... even my old toys. Even i bough broken toys to fix them and always i said i resell them but i just keep them on my collection.

[@toypolloi]

Nice work!

[@Norrbottning]

Thanks now my day is saved 💪🏻

[@ServantOfBoron]

Amazing repair Dave! Even through the video we can see how heavy the body is as it sags a lot when standing. On the subject of gears I would recommend you get a small tube of Lithium grease that is used for plastic gears on train models. The whole mechanism will be less stressed and most importantly you will get the noise reduction as well (I use it regularly on my model trains). Might be worth a shot. Keep up the great work

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for the tips. I will check that out.

[@ServantOfBoron]

@@toypolloi Just make sure it is for plastic gears, some say universal on them and I avoid them as model trains also use nylon gears.

[@eltenda]

Awesome veichle and project!

[@brianrobinson2962]

Great fix Dave thanks mate

[@toypolloi]

Happy to help

[@Starscm258]

That weak post on that Leg part. Can be fixed. Baking soda & Super glue. It works wonders.

[@BrynSmith76]

Great job. I never had this toy back in the day. It's cool though. Glad I was able to help you out with the guns.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks again Bryn. It's a beast of a toy.

[@geekstrong1]

Great job ❤💪😎

[@MichMue]

Again a nice restoration, thank you! Regarding the battery contacts my experiance is that cleaning with a fibreglas pen does fix it only for a few weeks. I cleand the contact of the dragon walker with such a pen and after a while they turned out black again. But other than in the spydor you have almost no chance to remove them for any better treatment in the dragon walker.

[@amcaesar]

Fine work!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks!

[@russellloker699]

maybe try adding a small amount of silicon grease to the gearbox to help soften the sound of the gears turning

[@oxleymations]

Something that might make that replacement eye match a little better would be some white paint on the inside over the red, just to make it a bit less translucent since the original eyes seem kind of cloudy.

[@williamgriffin7584]

love it

[@ARobertBluefield]

i wonder if you could spray in some rattle can frost paint on the inside of that eye, it may seal the marker ink and add a bit of opaque

[@destinycaptain247]

LEGO has a bug eye dome piece similar to what we see here. They’ve appeared on a variety of sets over the years. Not sure if they are the correct scale or not.

[@williamgriffin7584]

🙂

[@looselycollected7505]

What would it look like if you sanded the inside of the eye lens with a fine grit sand paper. Then colored over it with the red marker?

[@toypolloi]

Give it a go and let me know. I'd be interested to see. Cheers

[@maverick7291]

Have you tried painting the interior and then using the marker on the exterior?

[@toypolloi]

Just what you see in the video. Cheers

[@sithcarebear1]

The real question is when will they remake this for the MOTU Origins line…🤔 Thank you for another great video, Dave!

[@toypolloi]

It would be fun. But I doubt they would make it with the walking mech. Maybe just a standing version with some articulation.

[@MichMue]

Yes, please for Origins. But if it's without the movement it's only half the fun.

[@kryptofred7698]

It has always bugged me (see what I did there?) that Spidor only has 6 legs. Do you thing if I had a couple of extras it would be possible to modify the middle leg on each side to look like two legs? One would be angles slightly forward and the other slightly back but they’d attach with the same socket joint. Watching it walk at the end makes me think I wouldn’t have the clearance and the legs would get tangled together… I probably would never actually make it walk anyway though so as a display could it work?

[@ras79r]

Another channel I like to watch TronicsFix uses isopropyl alcohol, and BW100 to get rust off circuits and switches as it aerosolised and sprays right into tight spaces

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for the tip.

[@tycondrius23]

what size drill bit did you use to drill out the gun bottoms ? I have the same issue with mine and I have to remove those broken pegs too. but defo gonna get some those whip antennas now

[@toypolloi]

The whip antenna is 1.5mm. cheers

[@greensun5998]

@toypolloi Dave, what do you normally do with all the parts that can't be fixed such as the leg joints in this case?

[@toypolloi]

I put them in a box with all the other broken toys I have on the off chance they may come in useful in future. I may work out a way to fix them and it would be a shame if I had already thrown them out.

[@bad4brain]

Ok that's the Lego Part I was thinking about when I saw the eye: Trans-Neon Orange Cylinder Hemisphere 4 x 4 Multifaceted (30208)

[@toypolloi]

Worth a try.

[@MPTR1984]

What if you tried scuffing the inside of that replacement eye before you colored it? It might blend in better.

[@toypolloi]

Give it a go and let me know. I'd be interested to see. Cheers

[@jahson82432]

Where did you get that tool to screw those holes for the paperclips? And what is it called?

[@toypolloi]

Check out the Tool shop section of toypolloi.com Cheers

[@jahson82432]

@toypolloi cool thanks. What about that tool to open the body after you removed the screws?

[@toypolloi]

@@jahson82432 They are for opening mobile phones.

[@looselycollected7505]

I have an extra one that the legs pop out if the sockets. Can't tell if the sockets are worn or if the nubs on the legs are worn down. But it seems as though the legs lock in, but loosely. And then when you turn it on to walk, under weight and movement they pop out. Other than a socket swap, have you ever tried to fix this issue?

[@toypolloi]

The sockets can be broken along the seam line. I didn't have to fix that issue on this Spydor. But it looked like it would be easily done with some reinforcement on the outside. Or even just a rubber band wrapped around it.

[@looselycollected7505]

I was really hoping to effect a fix on these that wouldn't show at all. Then trade or sell it. I have one that is in perfect working order that I'm keeping for my collection. I got this other one in a lot I bought for one or two items I needed for my collection. Most of the extras I have sold or traded. But I thought somebody might love to have this one if it was put back to working order.

[@patgeta2678]

10:09 Can someone let me know what the title of this track is? Thanks in advance

[@toypolloi]

All tracks used are listed under the video. Cheers

[@ianturner3929]

Had this as a kid got one in a job lot of toys last year when I opened it up there was 2p 1p coins drawing pin bits of brick Star Wars blaster and a dead spider but it’s working. Now lol

[@wesmadebuilds681]

You might could have cut down on the gear noise with some white lithium grease.

[@christaylor6135]

Unless the gearbox is well sealed, lubrication on nylon gears attracts dust, mixing with the lubrication, creating more wear and noise.

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

That figure reminds me of transformer's Beast war Tarantulas. that that figure would come without the spider legs.

[@DanVR001]

I would have updated the Spydorwith remote control and light in the eyes, that's the thing that annoyed me when I was a child about MOTU toys.

[@toypolloi]

I may come back to this project and add some mods to my spare Spydor.

[@christielove9694]

Are you able to start making content repairing Barbie dolls? Vintage (through the 70s and 80s) and especially modern? Since the modern Barbies are easier to break? Thank you so much!

[@toypolloi]

It's not something I currently collect. Can you let me know what are the common issues with them and I will looking into the possibility of covering them in future. Cheers

[@christielove9694]

@toypolloi for the late 70s through the 80s Barbie dolls, they have what are called sticky legs. As for the modern Barbie dolls, they are not as articulated aa the classic dolls (they do not bend at the knee), and I find some of their limbs to be very stiff.

[@Laura_M-16]

Makes me wonder about the fictional origin of this "vehicle". Are there giant spiders that they turn into these? Are they a cybernetic lifeform that actually grow and develop? Or are they entirely mechanical and just made furry to resemble spiders?

[@jasonthornton-saunby5814]

🕷️💀👌

[@SockFullOfCatLitter]

Should have replaced the mandibles with an electric toothbrush. 😁Great good though!

[@toypolloi]

Please explain? 🤔 Sounds intriguing

[@SockFullOfCatLitter]

@@toypolloi Haha he vibrates a lot, brushing your teeth with him as the handle would be badass.