GERM s004 [BYO] RETAIL

loving this look SQUEE...

Squee your pics are amazing and green is my favorite color and squadt combo u did! No way is it annoying keep posting is my vote!

Ballou34 wrote:

TheMalkiWay wrote:
This is so awesome! I just picked him up last night at rotofugi, and for the life of me I cannot get these lenses out. I even took the helmet apart and tried to push em out from the inside with no luck, they're not budging at all. What did you use to get em out? Thanks again for any help!

It seems that those lenses are glued on. That's why they are not easy to remove. To remove the lenses on mine, I pushed them out from the inside using a micro screwdriver and a small hammer. I ruined the lenses but got some orange ones from Rotofugi.
I hope this will help you.

Thank you so much! I'm definitely gonna try that! Can't wait to get some new eyes in

Yea real nice with the green led/bug lenses.

Thanks Gatiio and Greg M really appreciate the feedback!

Bookmarking this page cause its 2 tight!

Anyone have any suggestions about how best to gently remove the existing LEDs from inside the Germ helmet?

I was hoping to salvage the LEDs in the event I want to swap them into a future release... not sure I have the right tools for the job or otherwise if these suckers are impossible to get out without destroying them in the process...

Any ideas, let me know... thanks!

squirmy wrote:Anyone have any suggestions about how best to gently remove the existing LEDs from inside the Germ helmet?

I was hoping to salvage the LEDs in the event I want to swap them into a future release... not sure I have the right tools for the job or otherwise if these suckers are impossible to get out without destroying them in the process...

Any ideas, let me know... thanks!

here you can see how to do it !!

https://jamungo.forumotion.com/t2632p15-best-way-to-pop-out-the-eye-lenses

Taking apart the Germ will cause no harm to the LEDs. As long as you have a soldiering iron you can gently pull the LEDs out and replace them. The lenses are another story as they are glued in.

I realize this is a Retail version, But does anyone know how many are released?

The retail numbers haven't been announced for a while, but I think it's safe to assume 300-500.

ontheDL wrote:The retail numbers haven't been announced for a while, but I think it's safe to assume 300-500.

I've even heard from retailers they can still order some, so there should be enough to go around

I know there is nothing wrong with retail...yet I do believe this may have been better as a limited edition version.  It so captures the eye! What do others think? I don't have it, but what keeps me from getting it is not that it does look pleasing to the eye but rather it is readily available! 

That's dumb. Buy it if you like it.

Patrickkellyx wrote:readily available 

for now

why not got it if you like it ???

Patrickkellyx wrote:... what keeps me from getting it is not that it does look pleasing to the eye but rather it is readily available! 

This is so backwards it hurts my head.

itsa_mia wrote:

Patrickkellyx wrote:readily available 

for now

Good point! You can be a FNG if you want and overspend on old rare shit, or you can buy the new good shit while it's affordable. If you don't think that the retail Squadts get harder to get as time goes by, then try to find the first Playge Doctor for less than $300.

Colossus of Destiny wrote:

itsa_mia wrote:

Patrickkellyx wrote:readily available 

for now

Good point! You can be a FNG if you want and overspend on old rare shit, or you can buy the new good shit while it's affordable. If you don't think that the retail Squadts get harder to get as time goes by, then try to find the first Playge Doctor for less than $300.

Thats what I'm screamin!!! "Some" of the retails get harder to get rather than the OG piece...Mainly because "most" of the retails get turned into customs or failed/dead projects!!!

Only _slightly_   late to the LED changing party, here's some pics of what I did this weekend.  I thought it would be quite nice to make it so the different LED colours were kinda 'modular', so that I could change LED colours whenever I wanted, without having to break out the soldering iron every time.

I replaced all the wiring in my BYO helmet and soldered some pin connectors onto the end of the resistor wire and the one battery wire, so I could connect my different LED sets easily.  Then, I made up a couple of LED sets with a socket type connector on the end of each one.

It works pretty well, only takes a minute to pull apart the helmet, disconnect the LED module, reconnect a new colour.  I've ordered some different colours off ebay as I only had green and red to hand.

Only one stupid mistake I made was using a heatgun to shrink the heat shrink tubing on my solder.... - Slightly warped the helmet. - Can't really tell but the lenses don't fit in as well as they might any more!   

Awesome stuff Ben!!!! I knew I should have bought an extra BYO to mess with.

    

Nice job bro!

Would just plain white LEDs be fine behind a color lens?

Great job Ben!!  Changed a few myself but never thought to put in connectors.  Love the idea!!      

BTW, hard to get cooler than purple led's behind GID bug lenses.   

Awesome job you did there !! Wondering if there will be more Squadts with led's ??

ilovefreestufftoo wrote:Nice job bro!

Would just plain white LEDs be fine behind a color lens?

If you send me some clear lens, I can test that out for you.