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Reproduction Star Wars Yoke grips- need input

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rdagger:

Yoke prices on Ebay keep going up.  I've seen garbage yokes sell for over $100.  However, you can buy replacement grips from Happ for $23 each with thumb switch or $14 without.  They are the newer STUN Runner style and not the classic Star Wars look, but I think they look OK and play well.  I have a thumbless pair on my yoke that I was considering replacing  because they have seen serious arcade use.  $50 is fair, but I believe the Happ grips come with the switches.

GamingGreg:


--- Quote from: rdagger on May 06, 2004, 03:43:02 pm ---Yoke prices on Ebay keep going up.  I've seen garbage yokes sell for over $100.  However, you can buy replacement grips from Happ for $23 each with thumb switch or $14 without.  They are the newer STUN Runner style and not the classic Star Wars look, but I think they look OK and play well.  I have a thumbless pair on my yoke that I was considering replacing  because they have seen serious arcade use.  $50 is fair, but I believe the Happ grips come with the switches.

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BTW,  you can get those same grips from Bob Robert for $17 each with thumb switch and for $10 each without. That would be $34 and $20 for a set respectively.  (a bit cheaper than $50, but then again they're not as authentic looking)

NoBonus:

For about a tenth of the price you could just get a PC analog yoke for flight simulation. SUre it wouldn't be arcade acurate as the up/down controls would be determined by pushing in and out on the yoke instead of twisting the handles, but it would still be more fun than using a mouse or trackball.  I've seen these things on eBay starting at $1.


NoBonus

Stormy151:


--- Quote from: GamingGreg on May 06, 2004, 12:51:07 pm ---Would these grips include the buttons and switches? or would it be just the metal casing with holes for the buttons?

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They would include the buttons and trigger, but no microswitches.  They appear to take the standard Cherry microswitches (like for Happ pushbuttons) which attach to pads inside the grips.

Thanks for the input guys.  I'm going to check on some other options.

Gamecab:

It would be nice to add these to the GameCab flight yokes but I would have a real hard time passing along the cost.  If you happen to mass produce these in plastic I would love to demo a set for the Version 2 USB Yokes (Still a prototype).

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