My dad had one of these when I was a kid in the early 90s, and it was my favorite thing to just watch him eat coins. I recently purchased one at a flea market and sadly my Robbie is no longer eating coins as well. Seeing yours do its little happy dance makes me want to finally get around to fixing him!
Thanks for the very informative video. Now that mine is fixed and the next generation gets to make memories with robie. Once I heard you say that it was just a jammed motor, I ended up just giving him a good thunk on his side. That seemed to free things up enough the he started working again.
My dad had one of these when I was a kid in the early 90s, and it was my favorite thing to just watch him eat coins. I recently purchased one at a flea market and sadly my Robbie is no longer eating coins as well. Seeing yours do its little happy dance makes me want to finally get around to fixing him!
Definitely a fun project! I was a little intimidated at first by all the gears and stuff but it was worth it in the end.
Wow I have one of these! Good times
I had one as a kid! No idea what happened to it though
I had one of these when I was a kid.
Thanks for the very informative video. Now that mine is fixed and the next generation gets to make memories with robie. Once I heard you say that it was just a jammed motor, I ended up just giving him a good thunk on his side. That seemed to free things up enough the he started working again.
I didn't think to just give it a whack. But I had fun taking him apart to see how he works anyways. Glad to hear you got yours working again!
I used to get into so much trouble doing stuff like this when I was a kid