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crsdawg:
you could chalk me up for one of these as well if you offered it with a standard ball top handle.

in my mind the non-standard handle is the only weak point of, what looks to be, a very nice product.
PacManess:
I would gladly pay an extra 10 dollars to get that authentic "Pac" look...however it isn't a "deal-breaker" for me, as I am probably going to order 2 of these sticks anyway once I'm ready to get to building.
My only concern is how it handles during Pac-Man. The look I can deal with, the color isn't THAT important...but man oh man, I better not get stuck in any corners.

nsb
RandyT:

--- Quote from: nosleepboy on December 02, 2003, 12:42:38 am ---I would gladly pay an extra 10 dollars to get that authentic "Pac" look...

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Ok, no promises, but I AM on the the job.  Waiting for some quotes to see if I can make this happen.  I might as well mention that if I can pull this off, the new stick will be made available for sale separately to those who have already ordered an OMNI-Stik from GGG in the past.  But like I say, nothing is certain until I see some numbers.


--- Quote ---however it isn't a "deal-breaker" for me, as I am probably going to order 2 of these sticks anyway once I'm ready to get to building.
My only concern is how it handles during Pac-Man. The look I can deal with, the color isn't THAT important...but man oh man, I better not get stuck in any corners.

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Good to hear.  And you have absolutely nothing to fear in that respect.   ;)

RandyT
Grasshopper:

--- Quote from: RandyT on December 02, 2003, 01:20:08 am ---
--- Quote from: nosleepboy on December 02, 2003, 12:42:38 am ---I would gladly pay an extra 10 dollars to get that authentic "Pac" look...

--- End quote ---

Ok, no promises, but I AM on the the job.  Waiting for some quotes to see if I can make this happen.  I might as well mention that if I can pull this off, the new stick will be made available for sale separately to those who have already ordered an OMNI-Stik from GGG in the past.  But like I say, nothing is certain until I see some numbers.

RandyT

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Randy, if you do decide to run with this idea (and I sincerely hope that you do!) then may I make a few suggestions:

* Sell the handles separately. $45 for just one joystick (Omni-Stik + ball top handle) might be outside many people's financial comfort zone. However, I'm sure that many people would be prepared to buy the handles separately if they only cost $10 or so.

* Team up with the guy who until recently sold replica ball top handles on Ebay for about $10 each. His email address is n2new@aol.com.

* You will have a much bigger market if you sell generic handles that can be fitted to a wide variety of joysticks. The Suzo 500 and (as far as I am aware) all of the Industrias Lorenzo joysticks have handles with a 10mm shaft. It should be therefore possible to design a generic ball top handle with a 10mm (stainless?) steel shaft that can be fitted to all of the aforementioned joysticks. You simply have to cut a number of different grooves into the shaft so that the c-clip can be fitted at different positions depending upon which type of joystick the shaft is being fitted to.

* Make sure the shaft is height adjustable by cutting extra grooves and supplying a spacer, as Happ do with their joysticks.

* Supply the handles in at least the following colours: red, black, and blue (preferably the dark Wico blue).

If you do all of the above, then I believe you'll be on to a winner!
shmokes:
This may be useful info even though I will likely not be a customer.

Had you had this product out a few months ago when I bought most my parts I would have bought a true ball-top in a second.  As it is I bought two perfect 360's and I still have to get a dedicated 4-way.  I would love to have eliminated the need for the dedicated, but I already have my perfect 360's so that's what I'll use.  It's no use to me, at this point, to get your product over, say, a galaga/ms pacman stick because I don't need the 8-way functionality on that stick.

However, even when I was in the market, I don't think I would have bought your product with the half-n-half style grip just because I think it's ugly.  That may seem like a strange, nit-picky thing to worry about with all the functionality it brings to the table, but the mere fact that we are a bunch of geeks that want to build full-size arcade cabinets is evidence enough that we are fanatics.  I guess I'm just particular.

In short, yes, I think you should produce ball-top style handles.  Most of us are American and that stick just doesn't have the nostalgic punch of a ball-top or the familiarity of a full-on bat-handle.
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