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Title: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Daviea on June 29, 2009, 11:51:48 pm: I recently bought out a rather large operator warehouse. Among other things, he stocked massive amounts of HAPP/WICO related joysticks/buttons/trackballs/encoders/etc.

I've been trying to sort through everything and merge the NEW and NOS parts into my own stock.

What I'd like to know is what HAPP/WICO items, if any, are most desirable to the BYOAC group? When I start offering these things, the prices will be rock bottom -- better than anywhere else. The leveraged purchase will allow me to do this without a second thought on the subject.

For instance, there are:

HAPP RED encoder boards
HAPP Pushbuttons Horizontal Microswitch (looks like 8 colors)
HAPP Competition Pushbuttons (8 colors)
HAPP Ultimate Pushbuttons (7 colors)
HAPP 1-4 Player Pushbuttons (white housing with black players)
HAPP Competition joysticks (5 colors)
HAPP Ultimate joysticks (5 colors - looks like 4-way and 8way type)
HAPP Super joysticks
HAPP Perfect 360 joysticks
HAPP 49-way joysticks
HAPP 2-1/4" trackball units (white ball)
HAPP 3" trackball units (white ball)
WICO Solid color leaf switch buttons (looks like 11 colors) - tall and short
WICO Translucent color leaf switch buttons (looks like 6 colors) - tall and short
WICO Leaf switches for above.

ALL NEW OR NOS PARTS!!

Anyhow, this is just a sampling of what I've seen in the pile, so far. There's multiples of everything!! .....and there's a LOT more!

Let me know what you guys are interested in so I can start pulling this stuff out to generate a FS post. If you don't see it above, let me know what HAPP/WICO parts you ARE interested in. Like I said, there's a lot more than what I listed above.

Thanks

Dave
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: usedelectronics on June 30, 2009, 12:16:13 am: I would be VERY interested in the long/short Wico Translucent pushbuttons, and associated leaf switches.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Paul Olson on June 30, 2009, 12:47:35 am: I would also be interested in the WICO buttons and switches.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Pixelhugger on June 30, 2009, 12:53:27 am: I'd also be interested in the Wico leaf switches. I don't suppose you have any Wico leaf switch joysticks do you? :)
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Kevin Mullins on June 30, 2009, 12:58:54 am: Definitely the WICO stuff.....
Quote
WICO Solid color leaf switch buttons (looks like 11 colors) - tall and short
WICO Translucent color leaf switch buttons (looks like 6 colors) - tall and short
WICO Leaf switches for above.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: mj147 on June 30, 2009, 01:31:58 am: I like "rock bottom" and happs controls on the same sentence. ;D

Put me down for like 4 comp sticks color not too important and a hand full of comp buttons

Feel free to PM when they become available

mj147
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: saint on June 30, 2009, 07:06:37 am: The WICO stuff, without a doubt :)
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: gatordad on June 30, 2009, 09:22:49 am: My order is as follows ;D

Quantity 2 Happ 2 1/4 white TB and if they don't't have red boards in them I would need 2 sets of those as well.
Quantity 1 Happ 49 way
Quantity 6 each WICO Long, and short Translucent buttons in Red, Green, dark Blue, lt blue, and yellow

If you find any Wico Joysticks in there I would buy the following
Quantity 4 Wico 8 way Leaf Joysticks any color
Quantity 2 Wico 4 way Leaf Joysticks any color
I would also greatly appreciate if you come across any 4 inch red wico sticks I could use a pair of them for my multiwilliams project.

I have a few grommet centered microswitch joysticks, so I am just looking for leaf ones.

my order is subject to change as you add more parts.
Just pm me my total and I'll send some cash or paypal whatever you need.
Thanks
GD
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on June 30, 2009, 10:17:57 am: WICO Translucent color leaf switch buttons (looks like 6 colors) - tall and short
WICO Leaf switches for above.

& WICO 360's
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: sinkhead on June 30, 2009, 10:23:45 am: I'll be interested in some of the standard parts, HAPP Pushbuttons, Competition joysticks and so on. Maybe a 3" trackball.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 30, 2009, 11:28:56 am: Quote
HAPP Competition Pushbuttons (8 colors)
HAPP 1-4 Player Pushbuttons (white housing with black players)
HAPP Competition joysticks (5 colors)
HAPP 3" trackball units (white ball)

I'd be interested in all of the above.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Ginsu Victim on June 30, 2009, 11:31:12 am: PM sent (trackballs - either size (if the price is right))
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: dirkomatic on June 30, 2009, 11:50:31 am: Dave,

I'd be interested in some of the Happ pushbuttons and at least one of the red encoder boards.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: shatteredzman on June 30, 2009, 04:28:52 pm: I could use a "HAPP 3" trackball units (white ball)" if the price is right.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Malenko on June 30, 2009, 04:35:19 pm: WICO leaf buttons and a trackball
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: TAG on June 30, 2009, 06:06:39 pm: WICO 4 inch balltops.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: TheShanMan on June 30, 2009, 06:06:51 pm: I've often thought it would be cool to do a dual trackball panel for my swappable panel mame cab (to play marble madness). Depending on what "rock bottom" means I would be interested in two 2 1/4 trackballs.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: RayB on June 30, 2009, 08:32:51 pm: Wico parts! Wico parts!

Got any of those rare SQUARE BEZELED push buttons ?

I need two Wico 4" shafts
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: YoGaBaR on June 30, 2009, 09:19:19 pm: I would like the wico buttons and joysticks
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Xiaou2 on June 30, 2009, 09:53:07 pm: Wico leafs for wico joysticks.
Wico pushbutton leafs

possibly 2 wico 4-way joysticks
possibly some wico translucent buttons + holders
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on July 01, 2009, 02:49:01 pm: Dave I second the wico 4-ways
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: nox771 on July 01, 2009, 07:09:42 pm: Any of the HAPP heavy duty analog sticks?
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Jack Burton on July 02, 2009, 12:57:24 pm: Do you have any Wico Perfect 360 joysticks?
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: XtraSmiley on July 03, 2009, 10:24:07 am: WICO buttons, short and tall as well as their leaf switches. I'm ready to buy right now!
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Havok on July 03, 2009, 02:34:09 pm: Echo the Wico parts, and if the price is low enough, a pair of HAPP Perfect 360 joysticks; always good to have spares...
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: phatmeat on July 04, 2009, 10:54:12 pm: Add me to the list of very interested ... .
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: crashwg on July 04, 2009, 11:24:39 pm: I'd be interested in a couple P360s but only if the price was a steal. I've got a couple stainless bats without a home.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: sirwoogie on July 05, 2009, 12:45:52 pm: The HAPP perfect and 49-ways for me, and anything WICO. :) Please update a link here and in F&S when you have something to offer!
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Breaker on July 05, 2009, 05:22:04 pm: Ditto - anything Wico and I'm in for some!!

Breaker.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: warjunkie on July 13, 2009, 11:47:55 pm: i would be interested in some WICO Translucent color leaf switch buttons (looks like 6 colors) - tall in blue and red.

that would be perfect.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Beretta on July 14, 2009, 01:27:30 am: any word on prices?

i'll probably be needing controls very soon, also i might ("MIGHT") be needing some mech holders and coin mechs.

a cabinet im suppose to go pick up i think has a gutted coin door, it looks like they rigged up the coin eject buttons to register coin drops.. they might have the rest of the door somewhere but i wont know till i get there.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: sinkhead on July 14, 2009, 01:08:53 pm: Yep, I'm looking forward to the announcement too. Starting the build tomorrow so will need controls very soon ;D
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Jack Burton on July 14, 2009, 01:57:57 pm: Quote from: Jack Burton on July 02, 2009, 12:57:24 pm
Do you have any Wico Perfect 360 joysticks?

Any hope for this? I've been trying to track these down for ages.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: mybrainhurtz on July 14, 2009, 03:09:56 pm: I would be interested in 7 red and 7 green solid short wico pushbuttons with associated leaf switches. I would love the opportunity to get rid of the microswitches in my cab. *click* *click* *click* *twitch*
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: BASS! on July 14, 2009, 04:40:41 pm: Wico parts at a decent price! I have never made the jump due to the fact each button ends up costing like $5 or more with the switch.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: ArcadeBliss on July 15, 2009, 01:21:06 am: My 2 cents: Wico Joysticks 4 and 8 way.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: IG-88 on July 15, 2009, 09:56:31 pm: Just start listing it!
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: sinkhead on August 09, 2009, 01:27:57 pm: Any news on this?
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Daviea on August 09, 2009, 01:47:54 pm: The entire lot was sold last month. The buyer asked not to be identified, but I can tell you that he's a regular.

Atari reproduction parts is my niche and since WICO stuff is way outside of that confined market, I wasn't opposed to offloading it in one swoop.

However, I did keep a few parts to use as future reference when I do expand into WICO reproduction work.

Dave
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Beretta on August 09, 2009, 02:20:27 pm: wow what a tease, dangle all this stuff in front of us and then, oh it all got sold. :-\
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Daviea on August 09, 2009, 02:50:27 pm: Sorry, guys. An offer was dropped on me that I couldn't pass on. Right from the start I wanted to offload the parts, I just didn't plan on doing it all at once.

I'll make it up with more focus on my reproduction parts (which I should be doing anyway).

Dave
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: CheffoJeffo on August 09, 2009, 04:48:17 pm: Quote from: Beretta on August 09, 2009, 02:20:27 pm
wow what a tease, dangle all this stuff in front of us and then, oh it all got sold. :-\

To be fair, I suspect that if you had contacted him directly, you would have received the same indication that I did that a bulk buy was in progress.

And, as it occurs to me, I never did follow-up (unrelated item) after that as I intended to, which kinda makes the point anyway.
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on September 03, 2009, 12:31:45 pm: Has anyone seen Wico stuff emerge on ebay or somewhere else that may have been from this Sale, Still looking for Wico 4ways
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Level42 on September 03, 2009, 04:31:45 pm: Quote from: Daviea on August 09, 2009, 01:47:54 pm
The entire lot was sold last month. The buyer asked not to be identified, but I can tell you that he's a regular.

And then I read this on www.videogameparts.com:

Coming soon: Over 4500 new NOS parts coming in August 2009. We still have over 25,000 NOS parts in storage to list. Look for new additions each week!

Mmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on September 04, 2009, 01:51:27 pm: Great..... that place is the biggest rip off ever :angry:

I feel better if the parts were burned and then dumped out to sea......
Title: Re: Warehouse BUY - questions for BYOAC members
Post by: Mylstar on September 08, 2009, 10:23:01 pm: I was not me. I just bought out all of Betson's obsolete stock, or what they consider obsolete. The blurb on my site is about the Betson parts.