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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

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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.  



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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.

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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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