Figure Electronics
Figma Drossel gets glowing eyes with the work of Kodomut - check out his tutorial on how he done it.
Would love to do this for my Ironman.
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Student
http://tsubasa126.wordpress.com/
Very interesting. But first of all I need a figma Drossel (>_<)
Self Employee NEET
http://www.nekoroid.com
And it sold out everywhere except at E-Bay. And I don't wanna buy at E-Bay >.<
Nendo Exhibitionist
http://www.kodomut.com
The Drossel in the picture up there is from ebay
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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Ah, that makes some sense. My guess is it was a spare then? Was wondering how you would have the nerve to experiment if you only had one. ^^;
Time Traveller/High School Student
http://thetsundere.wordpress.com/
Well that's good news for me... I want Drossel and I'm a big eBay user xD You should try it too ^^.
So not going to do a Gundam 1/60 with inbuilt LED :p on poor Drossel. Lol.
Part-Time Blogger of Moderately Useless Jibberish
http://www.k-jessop.co.uk
Looks so nifty. The cables seem annoying though.
"Blue Angle Wide +"
"Wide Angle Blue+"
wth?
anime + games collector
yeah i mean if ur not a electronics wiz ur screwed aren't ya
Exploring worlds and ways of thought
*jumping up and down* Use this one! Radioshack Catalog #: 276-016 L.E.D. High-Brightness 7-Color 5mm Blinking LED
*Singing* Perfect! ^o^
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3060680
You can choose the color of your liking, or Colorfade!^^
But it only blinks when you turn it on the first time.^^;
*HINT* MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 12TH *HINT*
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I like the colorfade idea.
Or just purple would be way cool.
Car Washer
Those leds are to big imo.
I would recommend using 0603 leds with 30 awg wire. There extremely small and very bright.
Happy snapper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harem/
lookin' good :)
Blue Suit Sapien with White Helmet
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I Don't have one....but i wonder what it would look like on my other figmas...heheheheeheh XD
Lazy Gamer at home
http://www.espadakiller.wordpress.com
Woah this is cool ^^
Developer/Student
http://threedeecomplex.wordpress.com/
Don't the the Hot Toys Iron Men already light up? I have my Mk3 lighting up right now, although I take out the batteries when I put him up for normal display as I am afraid of lithium ion battery leakage.
DSL Tech Support T____T, Kita-Kon Chairman
http://www.kita-kon.org
It looks complete now!
Im going to take a look at how he did it.
Student
I'd like to see an epic Megaman figure that glowed. ^^
Overman
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Perfect! She can have a stare-down with a PG Astray.
studying comp studies, dreamer but not really diligent ('~`)
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
Interesting tutorial from Kodomut.
Splicer
Das cool. Reminds me of that glow in the dark figure... I forgot which one though.
Dental Technician, i make teeth!
http://antsizedman.blogspot.com/
love how some people can making something cool look cooler.
Mad scientist
"Anyway the Data wires are useless. You’ll need to twist the BLACK, GREEN and WHITE cables together to form a single wire"
This sounds wrong. Here is what you are supposed to do:
red: +5V
black: 0V (aka ground)
green and white should be left floating/unconnected. The easiest way to do this is to cut the cable so there aren't any free copper.
The reason why you should do it like this is you want power from the computer while you will not make noise on the data lines. Imagine that you mess up the data line and then your USB flash drives unmounts because the communication is interrupted. Just connecting the power wires will honour the USB standard and then it shouldn't cause any problems for other devices. Just stay below 2,5W.
http://www.stefkov.com/
This is extremely cool. It flares up my passion for electronics and taking stuff apart.
I think I'll have to get into electronics and circuitry again.
Student
It gives it a whole new look and more life into it. Definitely awesome
Student & Artist
http://kanochu.wordpress.com
Looks cool!
Cube rat
LEDs are always cool but he really could have hid the wires little better.
If one is keeping their figmas near the computer and powering those with the usb, then why not make the eyes show incoming emails, tweets etc. with the color. Like with something here. :)
http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/07/09/eeepc901-led-e-mail-twitter-and-pidgin-notifier-hack/
otaku-ist
http://myanimelist.net/profile/mel
Looks fantastic
Web Designer & Game Developer
http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/
Amazing how evil the eyes make it look!
Website Developer - Aspiring Manga Artist.
http://winter-street.com
looks complicated. I'm a simple man damnit!
Student/ Anime Club Leader at St. Joseph Secondary
http://haruhiist.blogspot.com/
thats cool! im gonna see if it works with my gundams too...
student
Sugeeeeeeee!!! I would so try that if I had two drossels hehe; Nice work Kodomut!
Student
That is awesome. Very nice work ;D
still trying to figure it out...
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
awesome! would love to try this out later on ^^
Student
Now that's some nice eyes, such blueness, is that even a word?
trainee at German Telekom
http://grew.themania.org/
Looks great. But I'm too lazy to do something like that.
Warehouse Employee
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Very nice! Looks like customizing figures is becoming popular.
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
and drossel like termintor >_<
Student/Artist/Freelance Writer
That is pretty cool. I must admit that I find the glowing dolfie eyes really creepy.
Graphic Arts Student
That is most awesome. The man does good work.
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
need make a plastic backpack for drossel contain battery ^^;
Student
http://lordofgundams.blogspot.com/
That will make Figma Drossel very unique compared to the standard, non-modded retail version.
Laptop Tech
It is recommended that you use a current limiting resistor is series with the LED's. I've used 330 ohm SMT resistors for small work, or regular discreet ones where space isn't an issue. you can adjust the value up or down to adjust the brightness of the LED.
I sort of did something like this last fall with a 3" tall Wall-E. I cut the back off and mounted a 1 gig usb memory stick. I wired two LED's into the "cameras" and connected them to the board in place if the Read/write LED. Replaced the big USB connector with a mini-usb connector mounted in the back panel, and just plug in a matching cable when I want to access the thumb drive.
With the cable out, he looks no different than the stock toy except for four tiny wires snaking up to the head.
Laptop Tech
Sorry, "current limiting resistor _in_ series with the LED's."
College Student
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Figma Drossel that much more appealing with glowing blue eyes. Good job Kodomut!
Dedicated and certified lunatic, Beer snob extraordinaire...
Hmmm,
Must mod my 48th scale VF-1J. ( I'd like to connect Wide Angle to fibre-optics for all lights: wing, landing gear,
beacon, etc......)
???Confused???
Looks awesome with the lit up eyes...
Screenwriter Wannabe
wow, that's so cool.. i don't think i've ever modded anything.. altho i used to take apart my transformers.. lol
student
there's gonna be a reissue of drossel right? because I'm scared to get an overpriced damaged figure or even fake one on ebay O.o
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
Wow, makes me want to do the same with my dorssel...
Great job btw...
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Hmmm is it not actually dangerous?, I mean ... You could end up burning your beloved Iron Man(s) D: They should come with ``Flashy Eye Thingies`` from the factory XD,Nah give it a try with one of your Iron Man(s) ^^ I'm sure you can do it.
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
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It's ALIVE!!!
Awesome mod, I love it~~~~~~~
Tech Support Officer - Network Security Engineer
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IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR!
University Student; Full-Time Tiger, part-time Geneticist. (One day, the alligator-puppy will be mine...)
I would like to try this soon if I can. Getting manual is fun with electronics.
Otaku, Student, Future Gumdam Pilot
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Danny, if you did that to your Ironman, it would be pwn.