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| Khenemet Heru:
Hi, i was just wondering where things stood on this, as I haven't heard anything from 1up since we talked about him receiving the Tron stick I sent him. Any further leads or progress? we're all anxiously awaiting the fruits of this experiment to be sure! ;D |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: ShdoHawk on April 26, 2004, 04:03:21 pm ---Hi, i was just wondering where things stood on this, as I haven't heard anything from 1up since we talked about him receiving the Tron stick I sent him. Any further leads or progress? we're all anxiously awaiting the fruits of this experiment to be sure! ;D --- End quote --- I'm ordering a few different joysticks from Happ and Ultimarc as possible candidates. However, this currently has to take a back seat to getting the kits into production. I've been in heavy post-production crunch time for the past few weeks finishing my work on Sky Captain, and haven't had a spare moment to do the work needed to get things rolling. Once I have a finished cab I'll look more at getting the controls right for the full cabinets. I promise I'll post as soon as things have progressed! |
| Stormy151:
Doh! Didn't ever see this topic. :-[ I've been thinking about offering repro Tron grips, in fact- I have a Xenophobe grip on the way from Happ to use to make a mold. I don't want to step on any toes, 1UP clearly had this going first- though I was just mainly going to offer shells, I was thinking about maybe getting machined parts made that would basically adapt the tube in the Tron stick down to fit a Happ stick, like a Super or Competition. Basicially my idea was you'd take your Happ shaft out, drop in the adapter, install the E clips, and your Tron grip would attach to the new shaft. Not arcade accurate, but it would probably be "good enough". Sure, you couldn't do chin-ups with it- but you couldn't with a real Tron stick either. ;) My feeling is if you want to re-create the Tron experience, just drop the 134 bucks on a stick from Happ, and get NOS or repro grips. 1-UP, let me know me doing this is going to be a problem. I can just make grips for myself, trading and for Ebay or whatever. Like I said, I don't want to step on any toes- but I'm probably a month or so away from being able to offer handles. |
| 1UP:
--- Quote from: Stormy151 on April 27, 2004, 12:44:01 pm ---Doh! Didn't ever see this topic. :-[ I've been thinking about offering repro Tron grips, in fact- I have a Xenophobe grip on the way from Happ to use to make a mold. I don't want to step on any toes, 1UP clearly had this going first- though I was just mainly going to offer shells, I was thinking about maybe getting machined parts made that would basically adapt the tube in the Tron stick down to fit a Happ stick, like a Super or Competition. Basicially my idea was you'd take your Happ shaft out, drop in the adapter, install the E clips, and your Tron grip would attach to the new shaft. Not arcade accurate, but it would probably be "good enough". Sure, you couldn't do chin-ups with it- but you couldn't with a real Tron stick either. ;) My feeling is if you want to re-create the Tron experience, just drop the 134 bucks on a stick from Happ, and get NOS or repro grips. 1-UP, let me know me doing this is going to be a problem. I can just make grips for myself, trading and for Ebay or whatever. Like I said, I don't want to step on any toes- but I'm probably a month or so away from being able to offer handles. --- End quote --- Hey, no problem. I'm nowhere near doing my sticks yet, so knock yourself out. I can't expect to corner the market on Tron sticks. I've got to get my handles from someone else anyway. If someone manages to make a Tron-compatible shaft that meets my expectations, I'd have no problem buying from them myself just to save me from the extra work. I would recommend that you make the shafts bent like the Happ ones though, and you need to figure out a way to keep them from rotating on the base. It's not enough to just make a shaft that "adapts" to a Happ base, there are other problems to consider too. Good luck. |
| Stormy151:
--- Quote from: 1UP on April 27, 2004, 03:12:29 pm ---Hey, no problem. I'm nowhere near doing my sticks yet, so knock yourself out. I can't expect to corner the market on Tron sticks. I've got to get my handles from someone else anyway. If someone manages to make a Tron-compatible shaft that meets my expectations, I'd have no problem buying from them myself just to save me from the extra work. I would recommend that you make the shafts bent like the Happ ones though, and you need to figure out a way to keep them from rotating on the base. It's not enough to just make a shaft that "adapts" to a Happ base, there are other problems to consider too. Good luck. --- End quote --- Cool, hopefully I won't disappoint. I kind of misstated, actually what I mean as the "adapter" would be the replacement shaft. This would have the bend in it, then it would fit inside a shorter version of the regular bent Tron shaft, which the grips attach to. Don't know if it would work, but that's part of the fun is trying. :) Though I see what you're saying. There's a lot more to it. It'll definitely take some research. |
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