Paradise Arcade Shop, LED Joysticks, Buttons, Mods and more

WE ARE HAVING A SALE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY: ALL CUSTOM PARADISE ANNODIZED PARTS ARE 15% OFF! THIS INCLUDES ALL BALL TOPS, BAT TOPS, SHAFT COVERS, DUST WASHERS, BUTTON CAPS AND ACTUATORS.
paradisearcadeshop.com/en/143-pas-custom-annodized-parts I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT 4TH OF JULY AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! Susan

@hibachifinal Here you go, mounted on a non-PCB LS-58 with a LS-56 spring mod and modded Omron switches.

it says that your red 0.5mm oversized actuator is out of stock. However, if I order this, will it still be included?
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/sanwa-joysticks/696-paradise-silent-jlf-joystick-0855742006960.html

@kaihong, new delrin actuators arrive tomorrow that we will probably be placing in the kits… so order away!

@moonchilde nice actuator, where’d you get that :slight_smile:

don’t these look like candy?

https://photos-6.dropbox.com/t/0/AADWIDz7Vu65IN9I5iAnJ0k33BOsvnwl1xUunO7MAIUhZg/12/124005709/jpeg/32x32/3/_/1/2/group.jpg/tYchFDTReSd52de7dmtKyydvjD2pdQIreu_g6njPKSI?size=1280x960

I’m not sure what you mean, that’s a stock actuator lol.

Your picture didn’t show up, sir!

The new Paradise Premium bats, dustwahers and shaft covers are coming in shortly. We will have these and the Paradise Signature Series available, but there are no plans in the short term for ball tops in the Premium series. Before anyone asks… yes, Premium products are available from multiple retailers. These are essentially products that lack branding so it’s left to the retailer to brand themselves. :slight_smile: Signature products are produced by us, you may see them at other stores, but that means they bought them from us. I would STRONGLY encourage people to ask retailers to provide products like this, the FGC has always done well supporting internally, to keep this niche market strong we need to make sure the people designing and building these products are supported so they can bring more products! Game on and see you at Evo.

We have and have had PS360+ boards in stock without a break since November or so.

I just thought I would let people know as I’ve noticed a number of posts about the new refill and people keep emailing asking if they are in stock

We anticipated the demand and purchased enough to cover our customers needs so, no need to wait for ā€œlate Julyā€, you can have these shipped out Monday.
http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/1478-thickbox/ps360-multi-console-joystick-pcb-by-akishop.jpg

haha i just got my order. thanks for the fast service, my little sister enjoyed the chocolate lol.

there was a mess up though, in my order i put the seimitsu ls-32 ā€˜silent’ zippy switches, but what i got were zippyy’s without the long levers. (so, naturally usable for ls-32)… worked out anyways though because I had parts for ls-56 switches and was able to make it usable there… now I ended up with a ā€œsilentā€ ls-56 :smiley: works great too! played some shmups in peace.

just curious if you’re out of those long lever ā€˜silent’ zippy ones? i’d like to get them in my next order :stuck_out_tongue:

peace.

Awesome thanks :slight_smile: I’m going to play my order but before that may you please clarify something for me?

4x Zippy ultra light microswitches for a silent sanwa is about $4: http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/microswitches/744-zippy-light-touch-microswitch-0855742007448.html
But you said that this kit does ONLY includes 4x ultra light microswitches: http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/microswitches/531-silent-jlf-modification-zippy-0855742005314.html

so why is the kit $10? Wouldn’t everyone simply order 4x ultra switches and then the harness separately (which totals out to about $10)

I have an existing sanwa and all I need is the 4x ultra lights, the harness and both the RED and GOLD actuator. I am honestly confused as to what way is most optimal purchase.

Personally, I think anything that reduces the amount of work you have to do removing parts is a good thing…
The restrictor gates are definitely one of the areas Seimitsu beats Sanwa. You don’t have to completely swap out the LS-32 and LS-40.

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(Not much you can do about faceplates now… Thankfully, next gen Mad Catz TE looks to be adopting a solution similar to Razer’s so the current buttonhead arrangement pioneered by Hori and adopted by Mad Catz may become extinct soon… Can’t happen soon enough, IMHO! The hex screwdriver may be headed towards retirement… This will make spring mods AND gate adjustment much simpler.)

It always puzzled me that Seimitsu took a different track with the LS-56. I think it may just be that since it’s a more compact design they felt an LS-32 or LS-40 type subguide wasn’t desirable or practical… I still don’t understand Seimitsu’s thinking!
I think the best subguide is definitely the dark blue subguide that ships with the LS-32. It gives the most options and has the best 4-direction restrictor; the LS-40 subguide isn’t as good and doesn’t work as well with Pac-Man or Donkey Kong as the -32 subguide does.

@hibachifinal, sounds like you got a Sanwa instead of a Seimitsu upgrade, we can take care of that. PM me your order number

@Kaihong, it does only save about $0.40 to order the kit.

@GeorgeC, I have to say, messing around with these new gates is really making me like the seimitsu line up more. The LS-56 has such a short throw, when you put the ā€œrightā€ gate on there it feels amazing.

To everyone… I will be at Evo, wearing… of course, and aloha shirt.
So far I will have silent washers and bug balls… more to come soon!

Ah,
Hawaiian shirts…
I don’t think I’ve worn one of those shirts in at least 20 years!
Something freeing about wearing a shirt that hasn’t been in style since the original Brady Bunch! LOL

"First thing we do is take you kids to ā€˜The Gap.’ " - fake Carol Brady’s first husband to the Brady Kids, A Very Brady Movie

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(The two feature Brady Bunch films were the only good remakes/follow-ups to any of Sherwood Schwartz’s classic TV series… NONE of the other follow-ups, including the Gilligan movies with the original Gilligan’s Island and the Brady TV specials with that original cast, were above mediocre. I have the corneal damage to prove it!)

Haha, not so much this:

http://batesmeron.com/now/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/url.jpeg

I am going to have ā€œless loudā€ ā€œbusiness casualā€ aloha, like this:

Good stuff.
Keep us posted on the seimitsu gates please!

I will have a few prototype gates to share with people, just find me on the floor

Any word on when crown shafts will be available? Super excited bout those…

Arrived today

Any chance we can order them within next dew days?

Damn, Wico shafts were in today… Crowns arrive tomorrow!
I’ll ask Susan to get them up on the site asap.

Here are the Wico shafts, the Crowns should be just as Shiny nice!

Also, after a long hiatus… We have @butteroj 's balls! :slight_smile:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/69509_551100278284197_1860039462_n.jpg

We will start selling the balltops over the Evo weekend.

Oh god, man…

I’m getting a diabetic attack just looking at those handles!
So many beautiful colors and swirls…!
Where to begin?

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But seriously, I can’t see a bad color combo in that pic and I usually see at least a few pukey-looking colors. They all look good!

Im excited to see my balls on display!