Dreamer said:
I'm considering ordering a Hori Real Arcade Pro stick (I heard it's the very best, considering it's almost the same as the Sanwa layout of Jap candy cabs).
Anyway, another question...Play-Asia is asking $65 for shipping this thing...is there a place that has cheaper shipping? Or did anyone else bite the bullet and paid it?
There was a time when those sticks were out of stock everywhere... play-asia couldn't even tell me if they'd get more. I paid 125$ each to goldenshop.hk and have no regrets. They are the best sticks I've used. They were smaller than my MAS sticks, but big enough so I could still feel like I was playing an arcade game. I have a hard time finding sticks I like because I feel most of them are too small (most sticks are the size of either the old or new style Neo sticks, and they are both too small for me).
And, just to dish out some info on them for anyone else who is interested: Yes, they are easy to open up and rewire/modify/change parts if you'd like, etc. That's the one piece of info I really wanted to know before I bought them, but I couldn't find a solid "yes".