This is actually a natural reaction from the Turkeys. If a turkey hears a gobble (or something close enough it perceives as another turkey gobbling), every single one in ear shot will respond and try to gobble louder. i have tested this at a local petting zoo by playing a youbtube video of a turkey on my phone and set the entire enclosure off. works every time.

Again. Many thanks for the insight. Are you sure the guns work with hotd2? We happen to have o hotd2 machine....

thanks for your reply..... of course i waas hoping for better news but let me ask another question if i may....

would this work?

https://na.suzohapp.com/products/accessories/96-2300-10?fbclid=IwAR2aSvqCwA1vjuD1TXXEsguE-AIfLE4tOoRbaXfi4DOOVjAkTAzshovc_XI

Obviously its not the official replacement but from what i can tell on the page it claims to support lost world and is, for all i can tell, a complete unit (as in, not just a shell requiring internals etc). It seems a lot cheaper than the official replacement and therefore a lot better for us in general but its still quite a lot "to take a punt on".

Thanks for the replies, I'll have a look for a suitable donor cable.

For the record, I already bought a cheap replacement off Amazon, it's just that an official replacement is 70quid apparently and for the sake of that it's worth a repair I think

It was originally meant to be blue, and my blue lights are still in transit so they will be getting swapped out when they arrive.

i did give it a little clean but to be honest i thought it all looked pristine. I checked in all the nooks and crannies and theres nothing in there at all.

I make and sell these in the UK. I generally dont post abroad but if you want to build your own I can offer advice.

I'd also like to point out that I think the atganes consoles are complete garbage. Including the Atari. They're pretty much only there because they exist and have a place in the collection. They'll be getting switched out the second the proper mini classic versions come out even if they are garbage too. And that's coming from me who, against general popular opinion, actually likes the PlayStation Classic.

If I want to play actual Atari or sega games, they're all in complete connections on the Retropie anyway, so I use that. I didn't realise until after I'd set it up that the atganes mega drive has an SD card slot, which I need to do some research on and see if it can be used to play ROMs from. If it can then the system will go up I'm my opinion, but still not enough to justify the £80 I spent on it if one actually wants to use it for playing sega games.

I'd say they are slightly more fragile than a 3ds XL. They're pretty much a rip off design wise except the hinge is a bit cheaper and looser. However, mine came packaged with a hard rubber case (that wasn't advertised as doing so) but mine was a first model so I'm unsure if the newer ones do. Worst case they don't any standard 3ds case would fit anyway and they aren't particularly expensive.

Well, personally, my answer is yes given they have recently come down in price. It depends really what place you want it to take.

Is it a complete replacement for a C64? not at all. The included joystick has enough input lag for you to notice a difference and given the extremely precise nature of games of that era, it just doesn't cut it. Plus £25 for a player 2 isn't great. However, there are plenty of games that don't require extreme precision (see: Deflektor, one of the included games) that this is perfectly fine for. Which brings me to my next point. The Games.

The included games are not representative of the best the system has to offer, which i assume to be the result of not being able to licence games this old. However, where this consoles shines is a recent firmware update that will allow the system to play ROMs directly from a USB stick. Its primative, as the menus can only read about a hundred or so games per folder so if you have complete ROM collections, youll have to massively prune them down to the essentials or the menus wont show them. However, if you can be bothered with the work of firmware upgrading (stupidly simple and takes 30 seconds) and organised your roms properly (not difficult, just time consuming) then this unit is well worth the money.

There are a few niggles regarding keyboard inputs as you have to select keys from a menu. Which means if your game requires a keyboard then you have to take up a USB slot with a USB keyboard. Means two player games will need a USB hub if you want a keyboard plugged in along with 2 controllers.

My input as a collector of retro handhelds reproduction and original, my opinion is as follows; -

1) buy an old GBA - cheap enough, although the decent games are getting expensive (as expensive as the console itself in the UK). Screen im dim as hell and not really playable by todays standards. Where your kid might be used to modern screens on portable electronics the old GBA wont cut it. Choices there are either fit an AGA screen mod or buy one pre modded, but this puts up the price considerably.

2) a GPD XD. most expensive option, and probably the best. basically a fairly powerful android tablet in the form factor of a 3ds XL. Will emulate everything up to PS1 and modern andoird games, emulators done by android app emulators. bonus is that it has built in functionality to map the buttons to screen presses so it even allows you to play touch screen only games with said buttons. comes in different GB versions (16/32/64 etc) but all are expandable by microSD and will take up to at least 64GB cards so it can carry pretty much full collections of every console desired. This also increases the cost somewhat as well as the slight costs of the proper emulators on the google store (generally £2-3 each).

3) Building a handheld - pretty much a no. Unless you're very comfortable constructing micro-electronics then i wouldnt go here. I can generally build small electronic devices and i fell flat on my face when attempting this myself. Option is to buy pre built but these generally come around the same price as the GPD XD and thats a way better option.

4) ODROID GO - Sort of come under the building a handheld option, but is limited to NES, Game Gear, Master System, Gameboy and Gameboy Colour. (plus a few others in upcoming firmware). While technically this is building your own console, the kit that you get (for around £40) is so easy to build it might as well be a lego set. takes about 30 minutes without even reading the instructions and half that if you watch a youtube video guide. I have photos of mine if you wish to see a built version. Honestly though, these things get rave reviews but ive found the software to not work very well at all, and it not really been able to use it properly. I fully expect this to be rectified in future firmware updates as its still a very new device. Main downside of this however is that there is no headphone socket, and device volume is controlled by software (no hardware button/wheel to change volume). Expect noisy as hell car journeys or your kid getting used to classic handhelds silently.

Personally, id also look at buying a second hand DS Lite. They are so cheap these days you can pick them up for as low as £5 if you look on facebook market (at least round here) and they have the added bonus of having a GBA slot, while the screen is way brighters and actually playable. I'd use a cheap R4 cartridge/flash cartridge from gearbest or other available chinese electronic website to get your homebrew emulators on there. Plus the original DS lites were kid friendly by design and can take a beating, plus super cheap to replace if the need be.

Console list from left to right;-

Top Shelf - Neo Geo Mini International Edition, Commodore 64 Mini.

Middle Shelf - NES Mini Classic, SNES Mini Classic, PlayStation Classic, Retropie Arcade Attract Mode in NESPi case.

Lower Shelf - Atari Flashback 8 Gold HD, Recreated ZX Spectrum (used as a Bluetooth keyboard to control the Retropie Arcade, Sega Mega Drive Flashback HD.

Original boxes all at the bottom partially to look good but mainly to hide the fire hazard of wires it takes to wire and power 7 HDMI devices to a monitor with only two HDMI inputs.

All figures on the table are 3D printed and "painted" by myself (read: im shit at painting). I'm looking for ideas on how i can improve the look of this setup.

Table is made with 2x IKEA Lack TV tables (£9 each) screwed together as you see, and attatched together with small metal brackets. I made this table before i had the 3D printer, so i'm aware i can print out proper connecting brackets for LACK Table legs (ive made an enclsoure for my printer this way). I'm not planning on taking it apart just to replace with flimsier printed brackets unless someone can present a much cooler way to lash it together.

I wish. Sadly this has been a chain of refunds, as opposed to just buying four printers

well, it didnt. I tried replacing the nozzle and it had no effect. I did try and manually spin the fan using the control menu on the printer and when it sped up, it crashed the printer and made it restart. It also made the other fan start making grinding noises. I would have liked to fix it myself and learneda little more about the whole thing but ive decided that this seems to be a fairly large issue that shouldnt happen two days after use, regardless of how much it was used. so its its now in the box getting returned.

thanks for your time and effort though, it really is appreciated.

Is this a common issue though? I have to admit I'm being a bit disenchanted with the whole thing seeing as this is the second printer I've had that ran into issues within two days. The first was a monoprice mini select v2 but thankfully that came built and was a lot easier to return......this one will be a right pain.

There doesn't seem to be any error messages. The hotend seems to be the same as it was, printing at 200C. It doesn't seem to have changed at all since the error and heats up to the same point as quick as it used to.

Also thank you for helping. It came with a spare nozzle so I'll look up a video on how to change that when I get in from work. Is this a.common type of thing to happen after running an (albeit brand new) printer almost non stop for two days?