Star Wars Thermal Detonator

This is a repair job my brother came across. Apparently, a few of these replica Star Wars Thermal Detonators were made with lights and sound. Unfortunately, the one I was asked to look at was completely dead. It didn’t take me long to find the problem. The owner of this prop made a terrible but honest mistake. When it came time to replace the batteries, they accidentally replaced the required N-size 1.5 V batteries with similarly sized A23 12 V batteries. There’s no indication on the battery compartment or elsewhere to tell the owner which size to use. Very unfortunate. At this point, the internal electronics were toast and needed to be replaced; however, the owner didn’t want to spend the money to get it working again. Still, it’s a pretty cool prop.