Custom layout, custom art, custom JLF and Brook mount, custom squishy TPU base. Chassis design by RAF on Printables. All customization, art, and production by me.

I’ve always wanted an ASTRO CITY style stick and this was a fun one to do in that style. The stick and face buttons in this came back with me from Japan in 2009 and have been waiting for a project like this, lol.

The Panther v2 platform is just awesome, and RAF provides everything needed to make customization pretty easy.

3mm acrylic panels, laser cut on an XTool P2.
Artwork done in Affinity, printed at CVS, and cut with a Cricut.
22/awg silicone wire.
3D printed chassis parts are PETG-CF and PETG-GF.
3D printed base is Siraya Tech foaming TPU (70A).
Brook Gen5X.
Elegoo OLED.
Sanwa JLF (I’m back and forth between square and octo).
Sanwa buttons.

Waited a few weeks for this order on Taobao. V nice, Qanba buttons instead of Sanwa. Replacing my ancient Mad Catz SF4 TE. Super happy 😁

SiTong Hitbox 2 i heard good things about this brand and I wanted mine to be white so I gave them a shot. It feels and looks great. It has RGB if that's your thing. I added some clicky switches to the movement buttons so it can sound similar to a lever because that's what i am used to lol

I tried it for a few minutes and I'm getting used to it faster than I thought I think because i am a PC player so the jump button feels similar to using a space bar, but man i am struggling big time with graplers lol

Just got the pc beastbox, and the only thing I can say that's its beautiful. For now I would alternate between this and my c16 but probably will main the hitbox.

After some years, I decided to change it.

Messatsu!!

I was able to snag this chunky tank for 100 dollars. I hear a lot of people to switch out the base buttons, but I am unsure of what brand is the best.

I’ll rip the bandaid off. I know nothing of fight sticks. But I really want to get my buddy one for Christmas completely custom. But I don’t know anything about custom covers or arts to what cards and software people use right now. Any and ALL tips tricks or help would be cherished and I’ll gladly give updates too!

If anyone has experience with both, would like to know the Pros and Cons of each and what should I get? I would like to play them on the PC all my Tekken and Soul Calibur games without waking anyone in the house, but would also like to know the feel and input lag for each.

Thanks!

ive bought Haute42 M Ultra Gen 2 from aliexpress and delivery was something like 8 bucks, which is normal price for my country. And it is still like that to this day for all Haute42 controllers. Now i wanna buy retro+ BOXONE and see delivery price more even that the controller itself, 175 bucks. Is it a bug or something? Other products costs the same 7-8 bucks for delivery, even hitbox zero which is also quite heavy metal controller from retro+.

if its a bug is there something i can do about it?

I broke one of my L2 cables on a Nacon Daija I got but didn't mind since I had an extra button cable harness from a different stick only to find that it looks like the Daija has its own proprietary 20 pin connector harness. After thoroughly searching I couldn't find any information or listings for a correct replacement, so coming to ask here instead to see if any other Daija users found a working replacement.

Worst comes to worst, could I just solder the cable directly to the button pin?

Basically I own a crown 309mj but it don’t fit all too well in my qanba drone 2. Ended up buying a sanwa jlf to replace my stick with but it don’t feel as nice as the crown. Found out the Otto dot v2 kit could help me replicate that feel? I mainly play tekken but I also sometimes dabble in sf6 so I’m not too sure if it’s too stiff for 2d fighters and not enough for tekken

I been playing on leverless recently but to be honest it’s not nearly as fun as having the stick feel and not being able to mess up inputs as easily