Is there even a plexi on the VSHG?
Then that still begs the question as to whether or not L1/L2/Select/etc are functional on this stick.
Got my purchase confirmation from White Rabbit Express last night 
Was $142 ($124 Stick and $18 fees) + however much it’ll cost them to ship it to me when they get it from Amazon JP.
Prolly won’t get this until March 2021.
My timeframe expectations:
They get it, they ship it, sits in Japan Post’s quarantine for 1 month, sits in US Custom’s quarantine for 1 month, it gets to me, and I incorporate it into my St. Patrick’s Day 2021 outfit 
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Astro City panel overlay from Arcade Shock arrived today. Not a perfect match, but not bad
EEK with the cracked plexi out the gate tho (WTH)…
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Crack is whack!
Does anyone make 3D Printed TE style bezels for HRAPs to cover up the cracks? Or maybe some 3M Striping Tape around the panel.
Just my $0.02.
Still looks great as-is tho, much props, Orz
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Yeah, I’m not devastated. A crack is a crack.
…Any suggestions on which Amazon Japan proxy to use for my preorder? 
EDIT: Arcade Shock is sending out a replacement panel tomorrow!
Rolling the dice with White Rabbit Express, have never used them, but they seem reputable after a little Google’ing and looking at some YouTube videos.
Used to hit up this guy in the SRK TO for proxy stuff in the past, but I think he’s moved back to the States already: Japan Goods Proxy Service | Trading Outlet
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Scalping and no new pics or info 
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Dad tested positive for COVID-19, gonna get tested myself in a few days since we’re in close contact.
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Ulgh.
Best of everything to you and your family; fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.
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Prayers for you and your family @d3v , hope its negative for you, and that your dad’s positive case is very very mild 
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Totally not worth it, but still nice to have:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-GDM-FW900-24-TRINITRON-WIDESCREEN-PRO-DISPLAY/274486528955
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got my hex inverters in the mail (i ordered 3 because i have 3 sticks using hori mini pads) and wired them up like in this post:
“-connect the ADC point from the pcb to pin 14 on the chip
-connect R2 and L2 to pin 2 and 4 on the chip
-connect pin 1 and 3 to their respective buttons
-connect 7 to ground”
one of my sticks is working fine, but for the other 2 the triggers go crazy for a bit after plugging in. did i just get some bad hex inverters? they’re SN74HC14N.
I did try wiring pin 14 to usb vcc instead of the ADC point but that didnt help.
finally got around to paying shipping for the VLX I won. I made sure to do the protective packaging as well, since it’s coming via Seamail, and not DHL. DHL was $250 to get it here, good lord. I don’t think I’ve ever noped out of something so quickly ever.
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My VLX has spent a couple of years in a box wrapped in a plastic bag in the attic.
Please get more use out of yours than I’ve got out of mine 
Yeah, VLX Kuro hasn’t gotten much use recently either.
When I got it, for a while I was using it pretty regularly on the PS4 mostly with SFV and DBFZ, with a bit of BBTAG and UNIEST. Then kind of stopped playing SFV, and moved onto playing DBFZ, BBTAG and UNICLR on the Switch instead, so I’ve been using my super-modded Exar Exaprize there.
My VLX Kuro has just been… sitting there on my TV stand since late 2018.
So I tested the 2 hex inverters that allegedly werent working by putting them in the stick that was working and it turns out there’s nothing wrong with the inverters themselves. Instead the pad pcbs im using go haywire when i connect an inverter. Guess im just gonna leave the triggers on their own common line.
That’s very weird. These are Hori Minis? The DQ Slime themed ones?
I didn’t have any issues with the 2 that I did. Were there variants of the boards?..
No not the DQ ones, just regular black ones. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01A6MKVEG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_qqPxFbYX56N5D I guess one thing I could try is adding resistors
EDIT: A 10k ohm resistor to the same IC pins connected to the signal lines fixed the issue, but its weird that I didnt need resistors in my other build using the same board.