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Marvincade:

I have some general questions for the arcade folks out-there.

I have a flight yoke from Return of the Jedi, and I brought it to an aircraft parts manufacturing company located in Phoenix.  I asked the president of the company approximately how much would it cost to manufacture the yoke?  Well his response was approximately 200 bucks.  There is some reduction of price with an ecomomy of scale, i.e. make alot of 'em.

So the questions are, is that a competitive price, is there something better out there, is there any interest in this sort of product?

AmericanDemon:

That include all wiring and pots and such?  If so I think you would have a market.

paigeoliver:

Well it is supply and demand.

A nice yoke brings $250 today because the supply is limited.

Bring brand new $250 yokes into the picture and they will sell great at first. But in the long haul the new ones will devalue the used ones, which will make them more affordable and thus you may have a hard time selling out a good sized run at a profitable price.

I have seen this with repro artwork. There was so much Donkey Kong artwork made that they sell it for $10 a side now when it used to be $60 a side. The supply outstripped the demand, and thus the price plummeted.

Marvincade:


When I talked to the president he said the wiring, pots, button were cheap and easy.  The metal cast parts, springs, mechanical component were the pricey end of things.

AmericanDemon:

Yeah I just wanted to make sure it was a 100% repro.


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