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Hack all the toys. Teardowns and analysis of various toys and electronics by @sudo.caralynx.com. PFP by @latencyknight.bsky.social

The device opened up, with the back shell open next to the front, lengthwise. The rear of the PCB and the battery is visible. The shells and the PCB are all red.
Front side of the DMC Xros Wars
Front of the DMC Xros Wars packaging
The device's language selection screen
Back of the screen assembly, showing the one-piece construction of the buttons
The back side of the PCB and also the screen assembly separated
Front side of the main PCB of the device
Device with sensor layer removed, revealing the PCB and a couple of other peripherals
The device with the top shell removed and sitting beside it
Battery door removed and placed beside the device
Front of the device, which consists of a screen and three buttons (plus a recessed reset button)
Top of the Pokemon Friends Pokeball box. There's a window for you to look at the top of the device
Front of the Pokemon Friends Pokeball box, showing the device
PenC v. 7 front
PenC v. 6 front
PenC v.6/7 inner tray, showing the device, USB cable, and leaflet in the back
PenC v.6/7 box fronts
Punitapichan displaying the version screen in factory test mode
Punitapichan with rear cover removed
Front of Punitapichan device
Punitapichan wrapped with a plastic bag in a plastic tray
Punitapichan box right side
Punitapichan box front
Declaration of storage and justification of why Kaspersky is not installed on the Bitzee Hamster Ball
Changelog from Bitzee Hamster Ball schematic V5.42
INFO and LIST commands and responses using DFTP on the LeapMove
PCB with trace missing on pin 80 (by the white silkscreen mark in the middle)
Circuit board with an additional wire soldered to the clock line's resistor, the other end jammed in a hole intended for anchoring EM shielding
Front of the circuit board showing the main chips and connectors
Bottom of the device with the cover removed, revealing the circuit boards
Bottom of the device
Front of the device
Front of LeapMove box
Dupont wires plugged into a header with stranded wires soldered to it. The other end of the stranded wires are soldered to thin solid-core wires, which are hooked into the rotor board's SWD header holes.
Various parts of the hamster ball strewn across my bed, along with some screwdrivers and a camera
Stator schematics sheet
Back of the display arm
Front of display arm
Closeup of the PCB
The rear of the ball opened, showing a PCB, some wires, and a toothed wheel
Ball with the battery cover removed
Bottom of the ball, showing some text
Ball on stand, front side
First layer of stuff after opening the box: a notice to power cycle to take it out of demo mode
Bottom of Bitzee Hamster Ball packaging
Front of Bitzee Hamster Ball packaging
Device showing the version screen. The top is the ROM revision (241030A), the next line is the flash revision (241204B). The black numbers indicate the debug jumper statuses, and the last row displays the battery voltage (4.04V). A Rathalos sprite and the orange background are used to show the DMC variant
Disassembled device showing back of circuit board and back shell with glued on piezo disc, plus charge port cover
Left side of the Zinogre device
Front of the Zinogre device
Front of the Zinogre backing card on its own
Front of two Digimon Color Monster Hunter 25th Edition in packaging. The left is the Rathalos color and the right is Zinogre color.
Render of the front of the device with all LEDs lit
List of services discovered from the device.
The contents of the box: the tracker, a band, the insert they sit in, a foldout, and a regulatory booklet
Top of the device's box