I took Dreamcatcher's lightstick apart so you don't have to! (+how to reassemble it)
So, the other day at DC's dystopia concert, I was happily jamming along to their perfomance while holding this pain my lightstick.
Unfortunately, I went a little overboard during Odd Eye and dropped it ㅠㅠ
The plastic logo on the inside was loose and dangling around, and the red base was also dislocated. So I thought I broke it. After I overcame my shock, I remembered that you can actually take off the sphere and replace it with a different one that'll probably be sold later on. So I carefully took it off and since the sphere is split in two parts, I was able to take that apart too to take out the logo. I also managed to screw the base off.
Here's the whole lightstick disassembled:
Even though you're not supposed to take it off, the base comes off just fine. But I wouldn't recommend taking it off, if yours isn't dislocated etc.
Got a nice look at the LEDs. Thankfully everything is in place.
So my problem was the logo, which got loose during the fall. It consists of two parts that were basically put together through little holes one one and little bumps on the other. You can simply stick them together again like this:
Should now look like this again:
When I dropped my lightstick, the white part at one of the holes at the top sadly cracked a little, which probably was the cause of the logo becoming loose. It wasn't too bad thankfully, but if yours is completely cracked, you could try some superglue or transparent tape.
Now you can just put the logo back into one half of the sphere and put the other on afterwards:
Now you can put the sphere back onto the base. This part was a little tricky because it seemed like the two parts of the sphere were still loose but you just need to hold it together while screwing it back in, it will make a little click-sound at some point (the same if you removed the red base from the handle).
And voilá! Mongmong-ie has successfully undergone its surgery and is now ready to be used again! :)
I hope this post can help Gahyeon some Insomnia who thought their lightstick was broken, as I have seen some posts about it arriving with the logo being loose inside. So if you dropped it and the same thing happened to you, don't be afraid to take it apart! DCC has done a very good job with the production. Also, pls excuse if there are any mistakes in this post as english isn't my first language hehe.
In conclusion: please take good care of your Mongmong-ie while jamming to Dreamcatcher's songs!
Posted Mar 29, 2021, 10:45 PM UTC · edited