So, yeah, after that boo-boo last week, it was time for me to take another look into the PAM8403 amplifier module. The very idea of just using the 2W amp is just not really that exciting. As far as the JQ6500-16P board is concerned, it was the 8002A amplifier which was totaled. The idea of […]
Category Archives: Weapons
20260316 The Enforcer: A Gun for Zhora
This is a very nice concept which to me, is best suited for Police. I could imagine where during the chase, Zhora might encounter a Police or Riot Officer, subdued them and grabbed their side-arm. In the next scene, she could be seen removing the barrel (which I can assume to be some sort of […]
20260316 Who is Rick Ross?
In the SciFi Props and Replicas scene, the name Rick Ross is synonimous with the PKD Blaster and its snub-nosed variant. Heck he was the one who came up with, “Pflager Katsumata Series D” for the PKD Blaster in the Blade Runner Movie. Just like Robocop, their iconic weapons does not have any name. So, […]
20260310 So, I bought Toy PKD Blaster pt.5: Programming the JQ6500
Uploading .MP3 files into the JQ6500 is not as easy as it sounds. Since the on-board flash storage on the market is typically 16MBit (aka 2Mb). So, if your samples are long, you will need to re-encode your files to a lower bitrate (but this compromises playback quality). You will also need a Program to […]
20260218 So, I bought Toy PKD Blaster pt.4
Opening the Toy Happy Chinese New Year 2026! Thanks to the two-days Holidays, I managed to get the Blaster taken apart. Unlike the normal 2-piece construction, the Toy Blaster uses an ingenious technique where each individual assembly such as the Grip ‘protects’ the main Blaster. However, the same cannot be said about the top slider. […]
