FS: Red Ball Wico Shafts with Fire Button! -- * SOLD OUT *

[RayB]

RETRO FX JOYSTICKS ARE READY!
(also known as tit-stix   )

I've talked about it before in the Main Forum. And now they are available for purchase!

What are they?
These are NOS Wico red-ball joystick shafts with hollow tubes going down the middle. This lets me (or you) install a fire button on top, so you can have the classic red-ball look, but still play games like Assault and BattleZone, or if you also have a spinner, you can play Tron, Discs of Tron, and Forgotten Worlds the way they were intended.

I have an order page set up. My page has alot of text on it, but I urge everyone interested to carefully read it all so that A. the order is placed correctly, and B. no assumptions are made about the sticks.

For example:

 - The shafts are LONGER than normal Wico joystick shafts. They are more like what they call "Robotron" style.

 - The shafts will fit OLDER Wico leaf-switch joystick bases (the black ones), or you can order them to fit Happ Super joystick bases (for extra fee).

 - The shafts are not chrome/steel. They look like aluminum. The metal is lighter weight and also lighter in color (not as reflective as chrome or polished steel)

 - I have no e-clips, actuators, springs, bases, or anything else. Just ball + shaft + button + wiring.

Currently have:
* ALL SOLD OUT *

~Ray B.

[RayB]

*Bump*

C'mon guys. Alot more of you expressed interest in these originally, and once these are gone, that's it. You'll have to make your own.

Take a look at this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8123726208&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

$15 buy it now price. Used. Probably has rust on the shaft. You'd have to take it apart, shave down the metal, and buy a $2 Radio Shack button and install it yourself. That's $17 spent when you can buy my NOS quality shaft with button installed for the same price...

 

[Kremmit]

My Tit-Stix arrived yesterday!  Can't wait to get 'em hooked up..

Thanks, Ray!

[daywane]

as soon as you tell me if thay will hook up to a ms pac stic I will buy 1 maybe 2

[HagHore]

Put in my order, I'll be using it for my Multi-Williams setup, will make Battlezone a lot easier.  Thanks!

[wfg97079]

will these fit a ms pac joystick?

[RayB]

will these fit a ms pac joystick?

I really doubt it.

[Lilwolf]

I'm not sure if you have a bunch and worried about selling them..

but it seems like they would go faster if you had a finished solution (ie, try and buy some wico 8 ways and maybe a few 4ways and sell them as a bundle.

Don't take my word about it... (because I don't know)... But it might be something to consider.

I think they are really cool!  I don't have a real use for one.. but 6 months ago I might have bought one instead of getting a tron stick (better look and more useable?...  I don't like flight sticks much).

Anyway SWEET item!  

[RayB]

Locating and securing the required bases for these is difficult.

I HAVE acquired a few finally (just got them today). But now, how do I fairly sell all-in-one solutions to some people, and not to others???

~Ray B.

[Kremmit]

I HAVE acquired a few finally (just got them today). But now, how do I fairly sell all-in-one solutions to some people, and not to others???

Shucks, Ray, you've only got 26 left.. How do you fairly sell handles only to some people and not to others?  

First Come, First Serve!

[RayB]

SOLD OUT

[RayB]

*BUMP*

PS: I hope some of you who purchased them will post pics of them on your cabinets! It will make me happy to see I could contribute!  

PS 2: I might sell the last few of these on Ebay...

[chips4sle]

hi
anyone try them in a pacman metal base
do they work
or can someone try for me

[RayB]

(*bump*)

Thank you to all who purchased the sticks. I am now completely sold out, except for the few I am keeping for my own personal use.

I gave 2 to mmmPeanutButter for giving me a power supply, so maybe he has no use for them...

To all who ordered, I hope you post pics of them "in action", and I hope they work out well.

Anyone waiting on their order, I am BACKED UP. Orders requiring the Happ Super modification take much longer, because my Dremel battery runs out in only 15 minutes. I appreciate your patience.

Thanks,
Ray B.