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Kremmit:

--- Quote from: Searcher7 on September 17, 2006, 02:28:42 am ---What bad things have you read about the 4-way Wicos that are commonly sold on eBay?(Because I was about to pick some up).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&item=120028966037

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Those aren't Wicos at all, they are Chinese knockoffs.  The screw-on leafswitches on the bottom are a dead giveaway, as is the round shape to the bottom portion of the base.  Interestingly, original Taito machines from around the Elevator Action era used a stick with a base that appears to be identical, but a much smaller balltop mounted on a shorter handle, and a cone-shaped actuator.  That may be the source of the molds the knockoff manufacturers use to make these.

The complaints about the knockoff are that the base has a diamond-shaped restrictor hole on bottom, and a round hole on top, which obviously isn't right; and that the handle fits loosely in the grommet, allowing some stick wobble. 

Searcher7:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on September 17, 2006, 01:00:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Searcher7 on September 17, 2006, 02:28:42 am ---What bad things have you read about the 4-way Wicos that are commonly sold on eBay?(Because I was about to pick some up).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&item=120028966037

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Those aren't Wicos at all, they are Chinese knockoffs.  The screw-on leafswitches on the bottom are a dead giveaway, as is the round shape to the bottom portion of the base.  Interestingly, original Taito machines from around the Elevator Action era used a stick with a base that appears to be identical, but a much smaller balltop mounted on a shorter handle, and a cone-shaped actuator.  That may be the source of the molds the knockoff manufacturers use to make these.

The complaints about the knockoff are that the base has a diamond-shaped restrictor hole on bottom, and a round hole on top, which obviously isn't right; and that the handle fits loosely in the grommet, allowing some stick wobble. 

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Ok.

I guess the hole can be corrected.(Especially if you're going to make it an 8-way). But is the loose joystick a result of the stick being under diameter or the grommet hole being too big?

Thanks a lot.

Darren

Boris the Spider:
The balls on the knockoffs are plastic also...They are on the ones I have anyway...they look and feel horrible.

Well I guess since the complaints are mostly about the mounting plate holes, then I won't try to swap the plates.

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: Searcher7 on September 17, 2006, 01:34:02 pm ---
I guess the hole can be corrected.(Especially if you're going to make it an 8-way). But is the loose joystick a result of the stick being under diameter or the grommet hole being too big?


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I believe someone (RandyT??) said that the knockoff handles would fit a true Wico just fine, it was the grommet holes that were oversized.  A few wrappings of foil tape or somesuch could probably tighten them up, I guess.

But Darren, your posts make you look like somebody who's really concerned with getting the most exact reproduction of the original games and controls you can.  Why muck about with trying to fix a low-grade knockoff when you can pick up a real Wico on ebay or these boards?

Searcher7:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on September 17, 2006, 10:54:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Searcher7 on September 17, 2006, 01:34:02 pm ---
I guess the hole can be corrected.(Especially if you're going to make it an 8-way). But is the loose joystick a result of the stick being under diameter or the grommet hole being too big?


--- End quote ---

I believe someone (RandyT??) said that the knockoff handles would fit a true Wico just fine, it was the grommet holes that were oversized.  A few wrappings of foil tape or somesuch could probably tighten them up, I guess.

But Darren, your posts make you look like somebody who's really concerned with getting the most exact reproduction of the original games and controls you can.  Why muck about with trying to fix a low-grade knockoff when you can pick up a real Wico on ebay or these boards?



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The most exact feel, which doesn't necessarily mean exact replicas of the original.

And joystick controls are relatively easy to adjust and change to get the correct feel. And even when they don't have the original feel they almost always play the same way.

That doesn't apply to trackballs, spinners, or the Star Wars steering assembly I'm still looking to get.

Darren

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