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So I’m curious to know if whenever somebody has a toy out and there in the process of poking around on the circuit board, has anyone ever found a test mode, and if so, what toy was it and did you add the points that triggered the test mode to The Toy? this is mainly just a question, people have found demo modes, as well as unused sounds, but I’m curious to know if anybody has ever found a test mode.

So I was wondering if anybody had an archived collection of all, or at least most of Bop It Freaks videos, I also wonder what happened to him, i’m asking this because his YouTube channel is still there, but yet all the videos are completely gone, at first glance, you might think they were deleted, however, I had saved one of the videos too one of my playlists from one of my older YouTube accounts a long time ago, and that video is still playable, meaning that the videos are probably unlisted, I would’ve thought that they would’ve been kept somewhere, like possibly archive.org or definitely on a private Google Drive or dropbox, if anybody has these videos archived, please share them, as they are really funny, especially the bop it download video with Lachlant1984 and Trent, thank you for reading this post and I hope somebody has archives that they would be willing to share

So I’m not sure if I’m the only person who thinks this, but I am blind, and getting into circuit bending, I have found that there aren’t a lot of manuals that can be helpful, even the tutorials that are out there are just generic, not only that, but there also isn’t very much description as of what’s going on in the videos, people often do not specify, especially with pitch if it is just a simple as a resistor, or if they need to add a circuit to control the clock, also there aren’t a lot of manuals, especially for commonly bent toys, like the speak and spell, and cat Piano that have schematics, I wish they would specify if you need to add any circuits to control the clock, and have helpful tips that could be useful for other toys, so what I’m saying is that there should be manuals specifically for toys, it might maybe even be a good idea to have different types of manuals, for different toys, an example could be pitch, like the different types of clocks, and how to modify them, how to add a voice changing circuit if necessary, same goes for headphone/auxiliary Jax, as well as glitch switches, what I mean by different types of manuals is manuals in different formats, like PDF format with pictures, or text file, or manuals for stuff besides toys, I would like to know if I’m the only one who thinks that, and if not, I would really like somebody to come up with a manual that could be shared

So I want to know if it is possible to add a pitch control or any other bends to a bop it original, I asked this because I am a blind person who has circuit bent a toy already, and I have had thoughts of getting a bop it original, I chose that one because it is the oldest, and hopefully will have some bending potential, if anybody knows what is possible, please let me know

So with the bop it maker, if you make a new move, and then it says, bop it to tri, the weird thing is in that state, squeeze it does nothing, if you keep squeezing it, though, with I believe 5 to 10 minutes of squeezing it, maybe less, you will hear crackling noises from the speaker, has anyone ever done this before, squeeze it only does nothing when you are prompted to try out your new move, it also doesn’t shut off either, so what is up with this interesting speaker crackle glitch, and what happens if you keep squeezing after you hear your first crackle from the speaker

So I was wondering since bop it repairs are becoming more common, and people started to take more apart, what is inside the bop it maker? i’m asking this because a few people have had there bop it maker break and have had to replace it. so I was wondering if anybody on here has ever had the courage to completely dismantle their bop it maker, and if so, were you able to fix it if it broke, what modifications would be possible, and have you documented the process somewhere of taking it apart and getting it back together again? is it possible to circuit bend a bop it maker, like replacing the try me tab sensor with a two position switch, allowing you to switch between demo mode and play mode, does it have a pitch resistor, and can you make a circuit that can trigger the low battery sensor whenever the batteries get low as intended, since the sound is there, the sensor just went unused, if anybody has ever attempted this, or has took their bop it maker apart, post your findings and observations on this community please