darkSpyro

My catapult battle item's lights wont go on, when i got it, it was very poor.
anyone else?
thanks
-GRD

I've noticed my Granite Crusher and Dragonfire Cannon have been dimming more and more. It may be because it's almost 3 years since they came out and the LED might be dying

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I've noticed my Granite Crusher and Dragonfire Cannon have been dimming more and more. It may be because it's almost 3 years since they came out and the LED might be dying

I guess it makes sense, but i thought the portal is its 'battery'.
Come to think of it, all of my lCs are dimming...

The New Trap Portal is different from the older ones...its RF field is not as strong as the older versions. You have to put your lightable figures over by the edge of the portal for them to light up fully. Also the LED's do have life....depends on the LED's they used....they go from 10,000 hours to 25,000 hours. There are LED's with higher numbers but they cost more. ..and i don't see Activision spending the bucks for the 50,000 hour LED's.

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The New Trap Portal is different from the older ones...its RF field is not as strong as the older versions. You have to put your lightable figures over by the edge of the portal for them to light up fully. Also the LED's do have life....depends on the LED's they used....they go from 10,000 hours to 25,000 hours. There are LED's with higher numbers but they cost more. ..and i don't see Activision spending the bucks for the 50,000 hour LED's.

i think I've heard of that...
i think i get it now.... the portal is like an on button, it will eventually not work anymore.

No, the portal provides the power for the light, there is no internal battery. The portal is like an induction charger, it provides power in the form of a magnetic field that a figure uses to write data to its internal chip as well as provide power to a lightcore (if it has one). LEDs don't take much power to light. And since the portal can be on without the figure lighting up in some circumstances, apparently there is some sort of internal logic wiring that determines if it should light or not.

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No, the portal provides the power for the light, there is no internal battery. The portal is like an induction charger, it provides power in the form of a magnetic field that a figure uses to write data to its internal chip as well as provide power to a lightcore (if it has one). LEDs don't take much power to light. And since the portal can be on without the figure lighting up in some circumstances, apparently there is some sort of internal logic wiring that determines if it should light or not.

(I think) that's what i meant.
thanks though.

Quote: defpally

No, the portal provides the power for the light, there is no internal battery. The portal is like an induction charger, it provides power in the form of a magnetic field that a figure uses to write data to its internal chip as well as provide power to a lightcore (if it has one). LEDs don't take much power to light. And since the portal can be on without the figure lighting up in some circumstances, apparently there is some sort of internal logic wiring that determines if it should light or not.

Possibly or I perceive that the portal can be powered at two levels:

1. Enough to read/write data
   
2. A bit more to also power up the LED
   

My pre owned Bouncer never lit up .

I have some lightcore figures that although brand new purchased are very very dim .

I have heard of many Bouncer's that are like that...guess they had a bad batch of LED's on that run day when they where making the Bouncer's.

Also defpally is right...LED's don't take much power to light.
And you have something there defpally...thinking... do to the "internal logic wiring" you speak of... is it possable that it could get crupted and cause the LED to not light...or have it think its burned out and not light up....as you already know programs are a pain in the _ _ _. lol

Note to self: don't use lightcore on traptanium portal.

My Lighcore Drobot has been as bright as ever on the Traptanium Portal here. Like other people the problem seems to be with Giants, though my Tree Rex only has slightly dimmer eyes on this portal.

I never noticed that about the Traptanium Portal before... Possibly because I never play with any of the LC figures except the Giants.

I guess that explains why TfB didn't want to release any LC figures this year. (Aside from the Light and Dark level items)

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I never noticed that about the Traptanium Portal before... Possibly because I never play with any of the LC figures except the Giants.

I guess that explains why TfB didn't want to release any LC figures this year. (Aside from the Light and Dark level items)

Lightcore was one of the gimmicks to get people to buy the same figure, just 'cause it looks cooler on the portal.

It does look cooler on the portal and everyone loves a flash bang .

I don't really get Lightcores. Just my two Giants, Hot Head has always been a little dimmer then Tree Rex. Maybe it's just the certain colors, places they put the lights, and light bulbs going out that causes the variations in the brightness and lastness. Of course lap me lights just could have been touchy and hadn't even really worked to begin with.