What is your most preferred Joystick Ball Color?

[RandyT]

If you have a "Top 3" or an unlisted color, please feel free to post that as well.

Thanks,
RandyT

[DougHillman]

Red
Black
Blue

in that order.  

[Sephroth57]

when i think balltop, i think red top. when i think normal joy, black

[Gideon]

Heh.  I feel like I'm buying a Mac.  I vote red because my ability to cast judgment has been deformed by a society with no alternative color.  Besides... red looks pretty good.

[Stingray]

Here's something you don't hear every day: I want blue balls.

-S

[Grasshopper]

If you're into Pacman then it's got to be red. However, from a purely aesthetic point of view I like the old Wico darkish blue colour.

[Xiaou2]

 if i had a choice... it would be transparent-blue like the tron joystick... and or maybe trasnp red too...

[NoOne=NBA=]

Black definitely.
I know most of the "real" ones were red, but I think that was mostly because Wico made millions of them that color.

If you're thinking of making some based on this thread, I'd love to see a range of anodized colors (black/red/blue/purple/green/orange/yellow); but I don't know if aluminum would hold up to some of the people here who hang off of their sticks if it was machined down that thin.

[Sasquatch!]

If you're into Pacman then it's got to be red. However, from a purely aesthetic point of view I like the old Wico darkish blue colour.

Took the words right out of my keyboard.

[shmokes]

My favorite color would have to be "removable".  

Then I wouldn't have to choose.  Red would certainly not be my favorite color for a new joystick going into production simply because any time I want a red ball-top it's available from a bunch of different places.  I'd love to see black, of the colors you have listed, go into production, or a stick with interchangeable balls.

[Nannuu]

I like the Gauntlet colors, Red Green Yellow and Blue.

[patrickl]

If not red then I like a metal ball (I have 2 metal slikstik handles for in my Wico housings and they are way cool).

[Stingray]

I agree those SlikStik handles are very cool.

-S

[Edgedamage]

Hmm sounds like you are thinking of making your own. If you are ask the machine shop to make the shaft hollow. So you could make the sticks balltops clear with a blue LED in them. I have seen these on ebay and they sold instantly.

[patrickl]

He, he, joysticks with "flashing knobs" (brings back memories of the TV series "Allo allo")

[Crayola]

If you have a "Top 3" or an unlisted color, please feel free to post that as well.

Red
Blue
Black

In that order..

[NIVO]

ahem...ahem.....I'm going to go with a blue ball, thank you.

actually if the blue color could match the blue buttons from happs(i guess they are all close to that) it would be a prefect fit. Thanks Randy

[spidermonkey]

I loved the translucent colored balltops that "N2NEW" offered a while back. He made balltop shafts as replacements for Happ teardrop handles and I managed to buy two of the solid red ones. Then he came out with the translucent balltops. Shortly after that he closed his buisness before I had a chance to buy a few of those. I hope RandyT or someone offers these again. Don't know why n2new closed his doors because he was just starting to get recognized and offered some very cool products. Somebody should pick up where he left off.

[allroy1975]

Man..the idea of having them switchable is SUPER COOL.  How would it work though?  how would you keep it from coming off in the middle of gameplay?  maybe that design where you push down and twist so it locks on?  That's for you smart guys to figure out.

I really like the Blue ones though too..but since I've got Pac-Man everything...I'm USED to seeing red.  Blue looks different and cool.

Allroy