i kinda like it. if it’s inexpensive like the SE was, I might pick one up, have it as a spare.
If those are 30mm (Sanwa) buttons and a Sanwa joystick, then this could be a pretty nice budget entry stick and even a nice “to go” stick for enthusiasts. IF it indeed is 30mm, yes it’s a rather small case. However, I would love to see someone like Art/Tek-Innovations and/or other case makers come up with something where you can simply drop the whole thing into a slightly larger “shell”. No need to strip out the parts, just simply “extend” the current housing a bit. Heck, Madcatz could possibly make an official variant. So long as it sits secure inside the extension (doesn’t shift, won’t break, etc.), I could see people “upgrading” to more surface area. Kind of wish someone had done the same for the SE line.
seeing as it’s probably going to be a budget stick, I wouldn’t expect it to have Sanwa parts.
I wanted something like that too, but for Hori’s non-HRAP sticks. I have a Command Stick PS from the PS1 days and the shell looks exactly like their more recent Wii stick.
The big issue here is clearance for your more popular levers. A JLF would scrape bottom metal plate. A larger drop-in shell would get rid of that problem too, I’d say.
Hopefully modifying this to accept a quality lever isn’t as much work as it is on a Namco.
Looks great for people with dexterity problems…
Look super-compact, and yet it looks like it takes 30mm buttons (at least), and probably some odd lever or other.
As someone who’s spent probably WAY too much time to mod the crap out of mini-sticks (Exar Exaprize and Intec Combat stick), I’d probably get this (and mod it) just to follow that personal trend.
ive modded 666 EX2’s. i think this one will be a piece of cake parts swap,
Yea, you would have to position your hand in such a way that your wrist must fall on that slant. I tried out a TE like a month ago, and that thing is an absolute wrist haven compared to my old Arcade in a Box stick and clones (but I don’t use those on my lap, so it doesn’t bother me). Carried the same TE by my wood guy to make an exact replica out of heavy Teak wood, but he hasn’t made any progress yet. I can’t wait for that to be done.
So small
Sharp corner on the front looks super uncomfortable for people that don’t play with wide out elbows
That thing is like aggressively small.
That doesn’t look like it would be comfortable for lap play. But the TE 2 is big by normal standards so maybe its not as small as it looks in the pic.
Wow, looks even smaller than the Exar Exaprize or Intec Combat stick, who were both almost painfully small to begin with.
I want this stick now. 
You’ll be able to mod it at least. Hopefully it’s fairly easy to do.
So, which thigh will we be balancing this stick on? I think I’m a right-thigh player.
(Buttons still look Duplo-big to me…)
maybe it weighs 8lbs.
maybe its a stick you can store inside a TE2, so when squad needs a spare stick, you got tha hookup.
With as small as it is. You’ll probably be playing with elbows out, unless you’re a fan of carpal tunnel syndrome.
The button layout looks altered. Like they raised the jab and short buttons slightly higher so it slightly more “American” in layout. Look at the space between jab and forward. If is not an altered layout, maybe they are using smaller buttons (28 mm).
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http://store.madcatz.com/MCB89480_MCZ_TE2_PS4_002_lg.jpg
Yeah, you must be blind as a bat guy. The buttons are clearly further apart by width. How close the shot is has absolutely nothing to do with anything.