New GGG Product: Tron Joystick Handle - was: Soooo.....what's this thing worth?

[ChadTower]

Wow.  This was unexpected.  Count me in.   

[extendedplayarcade]

Next you are going to tell us you are making a joystick for the 720 game.

It just isn't the same playing that game with a normal joy stick.

not get off the subject of Tron but look at this guys mad stills at 720



it is inspirational.

Also check out this Level 5 of Tron action.  Wow I am getting so excited. (i know i am pathetic)



Love this hobbie
Brent
http://extendedplayarcade.com

[javeryh]

I'm probably going to get in on this too... even though I have no immediate plans to build/restore a Tron cab - it's on the list though!  Nice work Randy!

[Ginsu Victim]

Very nice work. Your contributions to the community are appreciated!

[TheShanMan]

I was happy with my black handle for my tron stick, and figured I'd pass on this (as cool as this is) because I figured you'd sell it for like $50 at least (and rightly so). But for $25 there's no way I can pass up on this! Incredible!

BTW, I don't know how much demand there is (not something I need), but are you thinking of doing the Satan's Hollow red handle while you're at it? I assume it's exactly the same except for the color?

[mcfreak]

I'll be in for two.  That looks crazy good.

[shardian]

Too bad Radish told the klov crowd about these. We could have bought them all up and sold them to klov guys for 300% markup. 

[More Cowbell]

Very nice. I'll be grabbing a couple of these. 

[driph]

Wow, I'm sold! Would love to hear more of the story behind obtaining the original bits, how this project came to be, etc.

[polaris]

nice one randy, the price is unbelievably decent
 

[Aceldamor]

Great Zeus's Beard!!!!

I am in for 2 for sure......not only will I rock Tron with these babies, but Assault, Xybots (sp?), and Zenophobe will start getting play count on my mame box for sure!


Randy..you are a gentleman and a scholar....thanks for one hell of a contribution.

[Ginsu Victim]

Wow, I'm sold! Would love to hear more of the story behind obtaining the original bits, how this project came to be, etc.

Yeah, the story behind this is something I'd love to hear more about.

[Level42]

Makes me wish I had a Tron cab to put it on. VERY nice !!!

[Bender]

fantastic work!
 

when can we get em?

[Diewrecked]

Count me in, too!

If anyone else wants one in the UK, maybe we can all order together and save shipping...

Count me in for this please Jimbo - please PM me (or whatever) when you come to order. 

Randy - this is truly fantastic news! Congratulations sir ... HOW did you get the original moulds?? 

Now then ... anyone want to give me a hand wiring it up to a Magstick Plus??  Please.....??

[markrvp]

I still have two GP-Wiz 49 encoders that I bought years ago when 1UP was going to make sticks for 49-way joysticks.  Randy, I hope you come up with a joystick for these to fit on.

[Xiaou2]

Are these crystal translucent exactly as the originals?  Or have these been altered to be
frosted?   (I hope they are not frosted)

[FrizzleFried]

Are you suggesting you used the original molds to make this stick?

Perhaps I am mis-reading?

Yours looks great,  but not exact.  Notice the back side of the stick vs an original:

[mountain]

If you are refering to the concave indentation, I believe that is from his hand.

[RandyT]

I guess I had better take a photo of this thing in normal light before the "crazy" starts kicking in.   

RandyT

[mountain]

I guess I had better take a photo of this thing in normal light before the "crazy" starts kicking in.   

RandyT

It might be a good idea to include the back story too.   

[extendedplayarcade]

I guess I had better take a photo of this thing in normal light before the "crazy" starts kicking in.   

RandyT

It might be a good idea to include the back story too.   

And a hot chick modeling it 

[shardian]

If you are refering to the concave indentation, I believe that is from his hand.

Look closer friz, whatever it is sitting on is partially obscuring the stick.

Step away from the KLOV! Back away slowly, and put down the conspiracy theories.

[ChadTower]

And a hot chick modeling it 

No no, that's the next molding project... specialized cockpit controller.

[extendedplayarcade]

And a hot chick modeling it 

No no, that's the next molding project... specialized cockpit controller.

LOL good one.

Now I have to explain to everyone at work why I suddenly bursted into laughter.

Wow is that improper English or what?

[mountain]

and put down the conspiracy theories.

Is that an alien hand?!!

[Santoro]

What type of sticks will this fit on? 

[RandyT]

This should calm things down a bit 

.

Yes?  No?


RandyT

[ChadTower]

WTF!  You broke it! 

[Visitor Q]

Maybe a stupid question but what is this good for other than Tron, game wise?

It's an awesome color! Reminds of an popsicle.

[extendedplayarcade]

Maybe a stupid question but what is this good for other than Tron, game wise?

It's an awesome color! Reminds of an popsicle.

Disc's of Tron

[Visitor Q]

LOL!

I mean is this a good double for a flight stick or?

[driph]

Maybe a stupid question but what is this good for other than Tron, game wise?

It's an awesome color! Reminds of an popsicle.

Well, the stick design itself is good for a bunch of games... Tron, DoT, Satans Hollow, Gorf, some of the laser disc games, etc etc. But only the Tron games used the clear blue one like that. SH was red, and the others were black.

[Visitor Q]

If this is just the shell (more or less) 4 sale, what goes inside?

[ChadTower]

It also swaps onto a very nice Happ trigger joystick.  In fact that is likely what a lot of people would have to use it with.

[shardian]

If this is just the shell (more or less) 4 sale, what goes inside?

If you have to ask, then this isn't for you.

[ChadTower]

If you have to ask, then this isn't for you.

But maybe the next casting project is... just sayin'...

...maybe this person needs some time on the casting couch.

[Ummon]

Twenty-five bucks?? I have a complete flight stick. Yet, for that price, just to have, it's worth it. Of course, I don't have the fixation regarding the handle color and game it came on. This stick handle is like any other bling to me. So I may end up using it on the stick unit I have.

Hey, I notice in the 'new products' section over there a place holder product icon was put up over two months ago. Guess no one's been paying attention.

[Santoro]

If this is just the shell (more or less) 4 sale, what goes inside?

No one seems to want to answer our question.  This helped me....

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/TRON_joystick

[arzoo]

I've got a NOS Happ heavy duty 8-way trigger (with leaf switches) on my cp. It's also been retrofitted with the Tron rubber restrictor plate. So it would seem like replacing the shell with Randy's would be a no-brainer. Problem is, what do I do with the thumb buttons - which are useful for other games. I could leave them, but the black button insert won't match the blue. Hmmm.