Stripping Down The U-control Wall-e Toy

If like me, you saw those DJ Sures videos before last xmas and thought "that's what a Wall-E toy should be able to do" and pulled out your credit card, and - well, the rest is history.

The price of ebay Wall-Es has gone through the roof.

Now you've got your ez-b kit and your Wall-E and some idea of how to mod him from the other guys' projects, but ...

How do you get started? How do you pull it apart without wrecking anything? Nervous?

Start here.

There are a few pitfalls to pulling this little fella apart before you start to modify him.

Firstly, the first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces. This toy is very over-engineered with many screws and clips and things that will bewilder you when you go to put them back together - hopefully this guide will help.

There are also quite a few pieces that can be re-purposed, so keep everything. Take your own photos if you are not sure - especially when you pull apart the head.

Secondly, if you can get a spare Wall-E or two cheaply enough - do so. The value of having a safety net of spare parts cannot be overstated. (If, like me, you are stupid enough to cut or drill before seeing the consequences ...)

Thirdly, and this is largely my choice, when finally modding the toy, I have avoided using glue until I am certain of final configuration - blu-tack and zip ties will do fine for a lot of the testing.

I will also post some pics of my implementation - such as it is - so far - head's not on yet - but this thread is just for pulling him apart.

JOC