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4-way ball top joystick colors
« on: March 29, 2004, 08:50:33 am »
Hello,

I am looking for a 4-way ball top joystck, however I need the ball top itself to be brown or orange (may settle for yellow or white, if I have to).  Where can I find one?  I only seem to be able to find red.  

Thanks for your help!

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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2004, 09:02:37 am »
I know they exist (Orange,Yellow), I've seen them in "The Simpsons" and maybe Teen age Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2004, 09:37:51 am »
This may seem silly--but buy the red and paint it whatever color you want--be a lot easier than trying to find an oddball color.  krylon fusion will bond to plastic handles quite well.
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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2004, 11:04:48 am »
You can paint a joystick all you want, but the paint WILL come off over time.

I truly don't understand how you guys 'NEED" a joystick to be any certain color. The original manfacturers usually weren't even that picky. And you just listed 4 different colors, so obviously you don't NEED it to be a certain one.

With all that said.

The TMNT and Simpsons joystick handles should fit in the 4-way Wico bases to give you what you are looking for. Now good luck finding a decent 4-way Wico base.

I actually DO have some orange Wico balltop sticks, but they are 49-way, and the handles don't work on the other types.
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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2004, 11:44:17 am »
I have a bluish-purple ball top and a red ball top in my Xmen cab, but they are 8ways.
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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2004, 12:01:02 pm »
I truly don't understand how you guys 'NEED" a joystick to be any certain color. The original manfacturers usually weren't even that picky. And you just listed 4 different colors, so obviously you don't NEED it to be a certain one.

If you must know, I'm building a theme cab for a company.  I'm trying to use colors that will match their corporate logo's colors.  Red is not one of their colors.

Thanks for the input, everyone!

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Re:4-way ball top joystick colors
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2004, 12:30:37 pm »
I have a bluish-purple ball top and a red ball top in my Xmen cab, but they are 8ways.

Those odd colored balltop handles on 4-player Konami games should drop into old 4-way Wico bases.
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