HORI Japan announced that they’re taking pre-orders through Amazon Japan for the Real Arcade Pro 3 Premium VLX Diamond Edition. Found here: http://t.co/gmJM1U3D
Hori announced plans to release an official Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown arcade stick for PS3 in North America this summer. Based on Hori’s Real Arcade Pro V3 SA model, the VF5 stick uses authentic Sanwa Denshi parts for the stick and buttons, and totally inauthentic optional turbo settings for all buttons. Pricing has not been announced, but the stick runs for 13,800 yen ($170) in Japan. (via Joystiq)
Fighting Stick Edge EX mentioned by Nick Rox. (via ジョイスティックの『HORI STORE.com』/商品詳細 【360】 ファイティングエッジEX)
Mad Catz Round 1 TE Stick (REMIX)
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Re-did my Round 1 TE Stick a while back with the TE-S Wooden Sides from FocusAttack.com.
Basically my intent was to sort of keep the look & feel of the TE-S sides but add a wood texture for a more natural (male) enhancement. I felt that the wood flows pretty well coupled with my Alpha/Young Ryu template that I’ve been using. I took the TE-S sides and using a propane torch burned the wood grain. Then I sanded them down to get rid of the char and ash. What you’re left with is a really cool, “old” and aged look. Then I taped off the burned portions to fill & paint all of the angled portions flat black. This way when you’re looking that the stick from a top-down view the now painted black portions flow with the control panel. After painting all of the angles black I stained the burned portions with a cherry wood varnish.
