Lemax Spookytown Octosqueeze - Troubleshooting and Reset / Repair
If you've had trouble with your Oct-o-squeeze in the Lemax Spooky Town range here's how we sorted our problem out.
A common problem is that if you turn it off and on again too quickly Octosqueeze doesn't go into its correct shut down mode and appears to be broken.
In other words you can turn it on and off and it lights up and sounds come on, but the ride doesn't move and the riders are stuck in a mixed up and down position.
I thought ours was broken but luckily my son is an electronics whizz and he fixed it!!
Essentially if this has happened to your Lemax Octo Squeeze you need to do a reset of the device. It's not that easy - but not that hard either!
Step 1 - You need to unscrew the base from OctoSqueeze
Step 2 - A the base comes off, you need to gently detatch your Octopus model (he should be lightly glued on so just lift him off carefully)
Step 3 - Once you have the base separated inside you will see two motors and switches. One of these switch units will look closed. Essentially its two metal bars that will be shut together and you need to open them. The way to do this is to turn the smallest clog anti clockwise. You'll need to get some momentum up and spin it in reverse (anti clockwise) many times. After a while and many spins, gradually you will notice that the switch begins to open. When fully apart (about 2 or 3 mm) you can then reassemble your Octo squeeze. It is worth checking it works before you reattach Octo!
Step 4 - That's it. Hopefully that is your Octosqueeze repaired and just make sure you don't accidentally turn it off/on too quickly again in future.
I have put this guide on here in the hope that others that have trouble with Octo can find this as I think it's probably a common issue. There is nothing about this on line - well there is now.
Happy SpookyTown!
