Author Topic: Enough with the spinners! (Read 4154 times)

Havok · « **on:** March 02, 2006, 08:38:48 am »

Everybody is making spinners now..

Enough!

Start making Star Wars yoke repros!!!

(Of course, Randy is probably 90% complete with his, and it will interface with the LEDWiz).

Tiger-Heli · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:46:10 am »

Quote from: Havok on March 02, 2006, 08:38:48 am

Start making Star Wars yoke repros!!!

Agreed - or Tron handles, wait that one's covered.

Quote

(Of course, Randy is probably 90% complete with his, and it will interface with the LEDWiz).

No - Randy's is analog and uses his new interface board that he's calling the . . . uh, nevermind . . .

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:46:51 am »

Then is this the wrong time to announce my SpinMonkey

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:47:45 am »

Just kidding, although I was thinking of making a prototype a few weeks ago, looks like the market is suddenly flooded.

Tiger-Heli · « **Reply #4 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:49:41 am »

Quote from: JoyMonkey on March 02, 2006, 08:46:51 am

Then is this the wrong time to announce my SpinMonkey™ budget spinner?

There is never a wrong time to annouce a product with budget and spinner right next to each other.

DarkBubble · « **Reply #5 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:11:47 am »

Quote from: Havok on March 02, 2006, 08:38:48 am

Everybody is making spinners now..

Enough!

Start making Star Wars yoke repros!!!

(Of course, Randy is probably 90% complete with his, and it will interface with the LEDWiz).

Locking grips and a center button for Spy Hunter would be nice too.

Havok · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2006, 10:52:05 am »

Quote from: JoyMonkey on March 02, 2006, 08:46:51 am

Then is this the wrong time to announce my SpinMonkey

MYX · « **Reply #7 on:** March 02, 2006, 11:06:26 am »

Quote from: JoyMonkey on March 02, 2006, 08:46:51 am

Then is this the wrong time to announce my SpinMonkey

RayB · « **Reply #8 on:** March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm »

Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

Tiger-Heli · « **Reply #9 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:06:15 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm

Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

You could Get Nasty! (if you have an old HD and a bottle of Nestle's Quik handy).

TheCaptain · « **Reply #10 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:09:37 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm

Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

Quit going up and get down.

*Dances*

whammoed · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:10:13 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm

Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

There are:
http://www.ezarcadesolutions.com/

It really depends on what you want.

RandyT · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2006, 04:34:34 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm

Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

I was literally a day or two away from investing a bunch of money to do just that. Suddenly, the spinner market became very volatile, so I'm not risking my capital.

Maybe when things stabilize and people decide what they want, but not now.

RandyT

leapinlew · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2006, 05:30:56 pm »

Quote from: whammoed on March 02, 2006, 04:10:13 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm
Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

There are:
http://www.ezarcadesolutions.com/

It really depends on what you want.

Is this thing any good?

RayB · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:07:22 pm »

Quote from: RandyT on March 02, 2006, 04:34:34 pm

I was literally a day or two away from investing a bunch of money to do just that. Suddenly, the spinner market became very volatile, so I'm not risking my capital.

Maybe when things stabilize and people decide what they want, but not now.

RandyT

But the thing is, if you offer the best, AND it's also the cheapest price, then YOU will win the war.

vizzinni · « **Reply #15 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:10:53 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on March 02, 2006, 05:30:56 pm

Quote from: whammoed on March 02, 2006, 04:10:13 pm
Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 03:57:54 pm
Thing is, there's GOT to be a way to make CHEAPER spinners. $70 is steep IMO.

There are:
http://www.ezarcadesolutions.com/

It really depends on what you want.

Is this thing any good?

There's a review in the Hardware Review forum

telengard · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:15:37 pm »

If I didn't have a SW yoke I'd probably agree.

My big wish is for either a Tron joystick or a restrictor I can put on a xenophobe joystick. All I want to do is play the light cycles stage. I'm still on the lookout for a paperboy yoke too anyone gonna repro those?

~telengard

fixedpigs · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:45:49 pm »

yeah...!

i want it to be _the_ best & _the_ cheapest...!

RandyT · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:54:08 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 06:07:22 pm

Quote from: RandyT on March 02, 2006, 04:34:34 pm
I was literally a day or two away from investing a bunch of money to do just that. Suddenly, the spinner market became very volatile, so I'm not risking my capital.

Maybe when things stabilize and people decide what they want, but not now.

But the thing is, if you offer the best, AND it's also the cheapest price, then YOU will win the war.

Best and cheapest are, except in rare instances, contradictory terms. You can offer the best or you can offer the cheapest. Everything else is somewhere inbetween.

Until I can figure out where the market is pointing in that line, it's unsafe for me to make major investments in inventory. Therefore, price reduction would not be possible. So all I can do at the moment is just "stay the course" until a direction becomes clear.

RandyT

PoDunkMoFo · « **Reply #19 on:** March 04, 2006, 12:08:30 am »

At my signshop we use the following addage....

Inexpensive
High Quality
Quick Turn Around

Choose 2

Of course I don't think that will work for the spinner market.

But heh the amount of time it has taken to see a repro StarWars Yoke could be a good thing.... On second thought.


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Author Topic: Enough with the spinners! (Read 4154 times)

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