Rattling Coleco

[Sektor]

Something was rattling around in one of my systems. I managed to shake one piece out through the expansion port but I had to open it to get the other part out.

 

What toy are these legs from?

 

This system also has some excess plastic or heat damage. I'm not sure what caused that. Have you seen other systems with damage like that?

[Jaymiester]

I'm guessing Mr. Potato Head.

 

The heat marks look more like glue to me.

[SKELETOR68]

There is nothing under that part of the vent to creat any heat. has to be an outside source.

[Sektor]

It may have been a case manufacturing defect but more likely to be an outside source. I'll never know.

 

For the legs, Mr Potato head was my first thought and that gave me a laugh but then I looked at Mr Potato pictures and it doesn't seem to be it.

 

Another picture of the mystery rattlers:

Edited February 24, 2013 by Sektor

[NIAD]

I would think that the game parts that came out of the system were from the game "Coodies" or something very similar. Don't listen to Jaymiester, he has potatoes on the brain!

 

It looks like something HOT was placed on the system and did that damage as there is absolutely nothing under this area of the CV.

[Kiwi]

I was thinking of rattle snakes in your Colecovision when I first read your thread topic. I guess you can get that to happen if you play too much Amazing Snake on your Colecovision.

[+Yurkie]

It's Cooties, not Coodies Jim.

[+Darrin9999]

I had the same type thing happen with an Intellivision a bought a flea market, something rattling inside got it home took it apart and there was a plastic lip stick kids toy inside! have no idea how they got it in there..

[Manoau2002]

There was part of a cigarette package inside my NES. It was kind of strange since no one in my family smoked and I owned it since it was brand new.

[tisaperfectdayelise]

There was part of a cigarette package inside my NES. It was kind of strange since no one in my family smoked and I owned it since it was brand new.

 

...That you know of.... Closet smokers will go to great lengths...

[NIAD]

It's Cooties, not Coodies Jim.

I never claimed to be a historian of kid's games! Although my kids had this one and I should have been more familiar with the name seeing as I spent A LOT OF TIME picking up these pieces all over my house, Thank heavens it got donated to charity a couple months ago and with only one missing piece!

 

BTW, actually it's Cootie, not Cooties.

Edited February 25, 2013 by NIAD

[Sektor]

Oops. I didn't mean to bump this. I wanted to post this on another site but I picked the wrong tab.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Sektor

[phattyboombatty]

Oh well… I guess you got the cooties!!!