Day one was scuppered by lack of appropriate screw drivers, apparently I have all the larger and smaller sizes, but not the one I needed to get the two deeply recessed screws out of his back. Day two was a bust because once I got the right screwdriver I discovered that the head of one of those stubborn screws was already stripped. Day 3 saw my patience run out, so I took him to work and removed the screw's head with a drill. The rest of the disassembly was pretty simple, just careful unclicking of brittle old plastic parts.

All of the movement of this robot is handled by a single motor which, via some clever springs and gears, rotates the body, moves the legs and raises the arms.

One of my favorite bits is that the "brains" are actually in its head, but I doubt that will remain the case for my version, there really isn't much space up there.

At least one of the reasons that he doesn't move at the moment is that there is a missing gear which should transmit power to the leg assembly.

I now need to figure out how to control the bits and pieces. Ideally I would like to handle torso rotation and arm movement with two servos. The movement of the legs can still be handled by a motor, perhaps the one that is there already, so long as I can replace that gear.