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Can anyone ID this joystick for me?
JustMichael:
--- Quote ---Tell me this isn't a dead-on reproduction! :-)
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It isn't. The shape of the plastic the metal shaft comes out of is different.
SavannahLion:
What are you going to do with them? Sell them, use them in a new boardgame, stick them to the cat?
Crowquill:
While I'm not familiar with the industry you're in, wouldn't it be a good idea to have asked what it was from in the first place? I would think that not asking could lead to patent infringement.
ahofle:
--- Quote from: JustMichael on March 06, 2007, 04:27:38 am ---
--- Quote ---Tell me this isn't a dead-on reproduction! :-)
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It isn't. The shape of the plastic the metal shaft comes out of is different.
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I think you're confusing the corner piece with the center plastic. It looks like it's attached to the center but it's not.
Daviea:
--- Quote from: JustMichael on March 06, 2007, 04:27:38 am ---
--- Quote ---Tell me this isn't a dead-on reproduction! :-)
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It isn't. The shape of the plastic the metal shaft comes out of is different.
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It's the photograph. My reproduction of the part is identical to the NOS part. I took another picture with a different angle which shows the top of the joystick a little better.
I have no idea what I'm going to do with these parts yet. Maybe I'll design a product which can use them in some way.
As for the company that hired me, I'd really rather not say. However, they did provide me with hard copies of their original design specs which leads me to believe that they were the ones who originally had the part made.
BTW, I'm sure this joystick wasn't used in a Vectrex or Tailgunner (I own a Tailgunner 2). Thanks for the input guys.
David