FOUND!! NOS Mad Planets and Berzerk Bat controls, plus more!

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FOUND!! NOS Mad Planets and Berzerk Bat controls, plus more!

Scored a small amount of leftover stock from when Gottlieb closed it's doors years ago.. The Mad Planets bases are still wrapped up in their original packaging since the 80's.. Grommets are nice and clean, no dry rot.. look brand new! Going to offer these soon, just need to figure out what i need back from them..

No flight sticks though :(

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Also found a few Bezerk bat sticks.. can someone verify if these actually are what the tag says?

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Think these are for Atari Pole Position.. At least some of them are.. But there is a second type that is a little different. What else were these used on? Have a bunch.. so if you want one, two, three.. heh

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The large grommet with groove cut out, anyone know what it goes to? It's quite larger than midway, taito, wico.. so it's not a tron or satans Hollow.. Also the Mad Planets ones I've got are much larger.. so this one is a mystery.. It goes to some flight stick..

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The Pole Position 2 position shifters and the B&W Sprint 4 position shifters look pretty similar IIRC.
 
I think it's awesome that NOS parts are still turning up all these years later! The fact that they're for top shelf classics is even sweeter.

Is there more of a background story on how they survived so long?
 
I think the grommet with the notch goes in the big midway trigger sticks a la Tron.

Battlezone sticks also used housings similiar to the Pole Position shifter housing.

Edward
 
I oppolgize if I haven't gotten back to some of the people whom have PM'd me.. Been dealing with a small flood in my basement, games are ok but my stack has a large gaping hole in it.. Man it stinks!! I'll start responding tomorrow hopefully.

Still haven't figured out if these berzerk sticks are actually berzerk bats.. As i can't find any photos of what the shaft looks like outside of the base.. I've got a couple that have threaded shafts and a couple that don't.. I'd rather be 100% positive they are legit before I offer them up.

Had a few people ask for a price on the Mad Planets bases.. $75 shipped each. Or pm me an offer.

Thanks for the info on the Tron grommet! I thought that they were the same size as most midway grommets, just with a channel cut out the top.
 
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