Robotron Joystick Replacements

[chadsarcade]

I’d be very interested to know if anyone has a Euro Robotron with the original CP intact?

 

[MOS]

So these monsters are the originals!?

 

[chadsarcade]

Those are the ones. I'd forgotten they had a round body too. It's been 10yrs since I had a euro Robotron here (I have a US one now) so you're probably right on them being mounted through the CP. The wood was likely to stop the CP flexing during frantic games

I think 3/4" ply is just a common size.

The start button you have there matches the ones I had too - black surround with a yellow button. I replaced them with translucent blues and put one of the yellow ones on a Euro Joust as I recall.

 

[tb lilley]

Yeah, those are definitely the original sticks. Only had four holes though when originally fitted:

The sticks on mine where long gone (pic above not mine). So I'm using wicos. From a purist point of view the originals would be better .....

 

[MOS]

O.K. - that settles it for me.

And I think I'll do what you did - make a completely new CP and put in a pair of WICOs. Playability first (and looks). But the building conservator in me will save the original CP + joysticks for posterity (a "reversible alteration").

But the Euro repro overlay: do you know where I can buy it, or who used to make/sell them?

 

[Thebouncer]

I have a spare set repro that I had for my smash tv