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unky chop chop

A new Stick has entered they fray.



1.) Hand assembled in a Parisian workshop, featuring a lacquered oak wood cabinet with ostrich leather covering.
2.) Sanwa parts.
3.) Compatibility with Xbox 360, Ps3, and PC.


Made by some french company called Hoon.
Oak wood and ostrich leather, A Real mans stick for the distinguished gentleman. Probably have to sell a kidney for one.

Pipe,Cravat and silk smoking jacket not included unfortunately.

Ken B

unky chop chop wrote: »

A new Stick has entered they fray.



1.) Hand assembled in a Parisian workshop, featuring a lacquered oak wood cabinet with ostrich leather covering.
2.) Sanwa parts.
3.) Compatibility with Xbox 360, Ps3, and PC.


Made by some french company called Hoon.
Oak wood and ostrich leather, A Real mans stick for the distinguished gentleman. Probably have to sell a kidney for one.

Pipe,Cravat and silk smoking jacket not included unfortunately.

You about for some games today?

unky chop chop

Story ken. Be around later.Gotta go for an interview at 1.
Fingers crossed and that stick shall be mine

Ken B

No probs Dave, good luck with that!

Placebo

good luck with interview dave, tell them about your ken skillz.
that stick looks too big, like a special food tray

chopperbyrne

Good luck with the interview Chop Chop.

UberPrinny_Baal

I've always thought modern sticks were seriously lacking in Ostrich Leather, glad to see someone fixed that.

Dave if you live in Dublin and can drive, send me a private message, I'm trying to find someone to take over the job I'm leaving.

Vyze

Thread derail on the very first reply (which inexplicably includes a full quote of the OP), good stuff.

unky chop chop

Cheers guys.
Got through to the second round.
Interview tip:If they say that they think you might get bored as you will be doing less and you are over qualified just reply:
No not at all this means I can be more focused LIKE A LAZER BEAM

honest words from my mouth:pac:
They were also impressed by my links and Kara throws

Placebo

them tea maker positions do have 3 round interviews.

A-Trak

No job for you Dave.

The dole, drinking Lidl beer and upgrading the arcade cabinet are your main priorities.

unky chop chop

The arcade cabinet is nearly finished after much pain.
Will update soon.Just need to get my hands on ostrich leather

K.O.Kiki

As resident master of sticks*, I must say I find this Hoon stick distasteful.

The joystick isn't square-and-center on the plate, that stupid "Hoon" logo is actually raised, it's all-Sanwa in white (i.e. crap stick, BORING colour), and there's no separate Home button.

And that ostrich leather just looks fugly.

I'd much rather get this & mod it:



*yes I'm on pad for now...

unky chop chop

Agreed it does look shocking.Thats the point.It's like a stick Ron Burgundy would own if he played SF.
What do you mean stick isn't squared and centered. It looks like its in the exact same place as a TE relative to the buttons

K.O.Kiki

The stick & buttons are too far over to the left.

If you look at the lovely AH3 V3 up there, you'll see that the stick and the 3P button are equidistant from the edges.

However, the Hooh atrocity* is using a ratio of 1:2, thus unbalancing it (you'd have a lot of overhang to your right as you're playing).


To see it done right at that size, look at the Hori VLX:


Or this monster being made for Jeff Schaeffer (no.2 US SF2WW player) by RoninWarrior:


it's a pun on AstroCity lol

unky chop chop

Ahh I see. Does the TE not have the same distance from stick to left edge though.
Not to derail the thread:)but have you ever tried Sanwa jlw's Kikki (or anyone.) I've ordered them for my cab and im interested to see how they compare to JLF's

K.O.Kiki

I'd say the JLW is closer to Seimitsu sticks than JLF -- medium-to-heavy spring & levered microswitches.

DARK-KNIGHT

hey i have a TE stick but am on the lookout for a new stick..

what would you guys recommend and wheres best place to get them?

remember paying 180 euro for my TE FFS they like to charge that amazon croud

oh im on xbox 360

K.O.Kiki

If you fancy something different:

• Hori RAP EX (Hori snap-in buttons, not perfect but workable)
• Qanba Q4 -- I'm not sure when it's coming out (and how you can buy it), but it's a neat stick design, PS3/360, full Sanwa, for $160. They have a Q3 model for 360 as well.
• Hori VX-SA -- Full Sanwa. Has the advantage of being the lightest stick here (2.2kg), so overseas shipping would be a bit lower.

Now the bad news: I have no idea where to buy the latter 2 for cheap

DARK-KNIGHT

An wireless options??

K.O.Kiki

The Tekken bundle stick is the only one that comes to mind.

Dreddybajs

don't get a wireless stick

DARK-KNIGHT

Dreddybajs wrote: »

don't get a wireless stick

Ok but why? Anything else recommended I have roughly 100 put aside for a new stick

Doctor DooM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Ok but why? Anything else recommended I have roughly 100 put aside for a new stick

Wireless sticks lag slightly and are illegal in tournaments.

While you mightn't be too pushed about tournaments, it means if a stick's good, it'll be wired.

K.O.Kiki

Pimp:

DARK-KNIGHT

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Pimp:

OOOh what stick is that?????

Dreddybajs

It's a custom B15 stick.

http://www.b15sdmdesigns.com/

DARK-KNIGHT

cant believe the price of that custom stick lol crazy money..

any shops in ireland making or selling sticks? hmv are sellking te2s for 90 or 100 would it be worth gutting a te and modding?

Placebo

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

cant believe the price of that custom stick lol crazy money..

any shops in ireland making or selling sticks? hmv are sellking te2s for 90 or 100 would it be worth gutting a te and modding?

WHERE?

K.O.Kiki

It really isn't crazy money.

• Joystick: 20 euro
• Buttons: 20-24 euro
• PCB: 25-50 euro
• Wood: 10 euro (MDF) to 40+ (exotic woods)
• Paint: 10-30+ euro (depending on complexity)

Now figure in the cost of heavy machinery (router, saws, etc), bits (router bits are not cheap!), and then realise that each of these custom sticks takes about 10+hrs to make, and then a few DAYS to paint...

Stick makers would really be making more money in an office job.

Dreddybajs

Yeah, if I was getting a custom stick at some point I'd definitely pony up for a B15. It's expensive but they are the nicest sticks I've seen.