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| Balcony Chuck restoration | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 30 2015, 07:28 AM (41,104 Views) | |
| 80sgirl | May 30 2015, 07:28 AM Post #1 |
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Electroidal Animal Doctor
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Since I plan on restoring Chuck, I figured it was time to make a thread. First post is more of a record of where I'm starting from.![]() The good: He has all his body cosmetics. They're in great shape. Has all his cylinders and a valve bank. Parts seem to be in good working order. The bad: Mech is missing the right forearm and hand. Whites of the eyes are marked and discolored. Irises are chipped, scratched and also mismatched. No nose. No lower lip. No tongue. Is that white thing supposed to be teeth? The unknown: Status of cylinders, valves and other mechanics. (No compressor or controller to test those yet.) Working on either getting the old right forearm/hand from the previous owner or a replacement from another member. Eyes are really important to a character, whether they're 2D or 3D. Here are Chuck's. ![]() Now you know why I've taken most pics with his eyes closed. I think the iris on the left eye is newer, or at least intended for a different bot. It's a different size, and the lines are painted in white. The pupil is off center too. I'm hoping to find a replacement that matches the smaller one on the right eye. Lots of wear on both from the eyelids rubbing against the surface and taking the paint off. My plan is to fill the chipped areas with epoxy putty, then sand smooth and repaint. Eyes I can keep shut, but the nose and teeth stick out all the time. Still waiting on most materials, but I got tired of looking at the pull tab hanging from his mouth and made him some new teeth from some imitation leather. I looked at pictures and guessed on the size and shape, but I think they turned out pretty good. Even though he still looks weird without a nose, the new teeth make him look much better already. ![]() On figures of this age, they used French stretch terry fabric to cover his nose, snout, jaw and lower lip. The tongue was made from satin. The previous owner reupholstered his snout and jaw, but didn't use the same type of cloth. Unfortunately, stretch terry is not easy to find except online. The pink fabric looks fine so I'll leave that for now until I can find the correct fabric. My plan is to give him a new nose and recreate the lower lip and tongue. I ordered black and red stretch terry from fabrics.com. Hopefully they should arrive next week. There should be plenty of fabric left over if I have to redo them if/when I find the correct pink cloth. I hope to work on him a little each day. |
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| PaulKTF | Mar 29 2016, 01:51 PM Post #261 |
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Those choppers look great, 80'sGirl! Chuck E. is lucky to have you as his dentist.
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| AD Machine | Mar 29 2016, 02:15 PM Post #262 |
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Are you gonna make Charlie new teeth or will you just clean his current ones? I know with Chucj he needed new teeth desperately |
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| 80sgirl | Mar 30 2016, 02:09 AM Post #263 |
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Electroidal Animal Doctor
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His teeth are made from vinyl glued to a backing of stiff plastic. I am using new vinyl over the old backing because the old vinyl was curling really bad and the surface had worn off part of it. Chuck will be getting a new set of teeth also, using Charlie's as a template. In Chuck's case, I'll be using a new piece of plastic. |
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| 80sgirl | Apr 15 2016, 04:19 AM Post #264 |
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Electroidal Animal Doctor
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New teefies for Chuck. The old set weren't quite the right shape.
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Apr 15 2016, 12:19 PM Post #265 |
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Teefies :))) my mother used to say that when i was little |
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| AD Machine | Apr 15 2016, 01:57 PM Post #266 |
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He looks like he's saying "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and goils!" |
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| HipsterChuckE | Apr 16 2016, 02:30 PM Post #267 |
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Don't do much anymore
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I can picture Chuck saying "I'm starting to look like a million dollar" |
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Apr 17 2016, 12:31 AM Post #268 |
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Chuckie is so cute in his new out fit. keep up the good work
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| BancyTronics1994 | Apr 18 2016, 09:06 PM Post #269 |
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2D Animator and Audio-Animatronics Fan from Michigan
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That's great, 80sgirl! But how did you re-program him for a test run with a sample show? I thought I saw a video of your Chuck performing some 80's franchise song on YouTube!
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| Brian the Helenman | Apr 23 2016, 05:54 PM Post #270 |
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Cleo
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What if you took it to Crittercon?
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| Patrick Boots CEC | Apr 23 2016, 06:14 PM Post #271 |
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That would be real cool, lol If 80sGirl is willing to trek out to MA from Idaho and bring Him, I'm good for it.
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| ScootsNB | Apr 24 2016, 12:35 AM Post #272 |
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Amazing job on him! Would you restore any other PTT robot if given the chance? And how hard was it to restore him? |
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Apr 25 2016, 09:44 PM Post #273 |
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thats cool |
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| Mr. Ruxpin | May 1 2016, 07:52 PM Post #274 |
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professional-pizza-timer
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What happened to the bottom pic? EDIT: Uhhh, I have a question. I was wondering if I could see the original eBay listing for one of your Chucks? I'm not trying to do anything. I just take interest in these kinds of things... Sorry times a million if I offend you, I don't want to invade your personal space, or however I phrase that. I plan on getting a Chuck bot soon, not through the loan like last time, haha. I have a lot of valuable stuff, apparently, I never knew it was valuable... So now I'm on the verge of getting $1,000 very soon.
Edited by Mr. Ruxpin, May 1 2016, 08:01 PM.
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| 80sgirl | May 2 2016, 07:50 AM Post #275 |
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Electroidal Animal Doctor
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Probably got deleted or the site it's hosted on stopped allowing links. This is the pic: ![]() As for Chuck, it's been almost a year so the listing has timed out. It is archived on Worthpoint, though. http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/showbiz-pizza-pizza-time-chuck-half-1728559130 When you're looking for a bot availability is even more of a factor than money. Just have to save up so you have the money when the opportunity presents itself and then pounce on it. |
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| Mr. Ruxpin | May 2 2016, 08:46 AM Post #276 |
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professional-pizza-timer
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Oh I plan on getting more than $1,000. I know I have to save up more than that, especially if I'm bidding. I'm going to be making money over the summer, that's my only plan. |
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| Retro Trash | May 2 2016, 06:55 PM Post #277 |
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Bob Duncan: the bugs be gone family
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I know you can find one some day!
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| AD Machine | May 4 2016, 03:45 PM Post #278 |
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Any updates on Charlie? |
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| Mr. Ruxpin | May 5 2016, 06:59 PM Post #279 |
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WOOHOO! I got a job... kinda. An "at-home" job. I will earn the money in NO TIME! I'm getting paid very reasonable sums of money! Thanks for your encouragement!!! Edited by Mr. Ruxpin, May 5 2016, 06:59 PM.
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| Mr. Ruxpin | May 6 2016, 07:00 PM Post #280 |
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professional-pizza-timer
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Hate to be rude or rush, but are you going to fix the tie, or have you grown to love it? Also, what's with Chuck's dimples? They look like they're missing?
Edited by Mr. Ruxpin, May 6 2016, 07:03 PM.
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Chuckie is so cute in his new out fit.







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