"PAL-sized" HAPP Buttons from Bob Roberts
So I just had a short conversation with Bob Roberts about some HAPP pushbuttons that I bought from him recently.
I needed new buttons for my Mario Bros. CP. Since Mikesarcade has been out of the PAL leafswitch buttons for months, I tried to use the orange and blue HAPP buttons that came with my Vs. control panel, but they were a little too big (obviously since I needed PAL leafswitch buttons, but it was worth a shot). I asked Bob Roberts if he happened to have any and he said that PAL leafswitch buttons are obsolete and no one sells them (other than the repro ones from Mikesarcade).
Well, since I knew the Vs. CP fit HAPP pushbuttons, I ordered them from Bob Roberts. When they arrived, I installed them to the Vs. CP, but I noticed they were slightly smaller and a little loose. Just to test, I tried to fit one of them in my Mario Bros. CP. And it fit...perfectly.
I took a chance and ordered the blue and orange HAPP pushbuttons from Bob and, just as I tested the one button, they fit in my Mario Bros. CP perfectly.
I asked Bob about it and he said someone most likely redrilled my CP holes, but I told him the CP wasn't redrilled. I guess he double-checked the size of his HAPP pushbuttons because he responded with this:
"You're right... looks like when Happ swapped out to the new button mfr in
2007 they had them made slightly smaller in diameter... by design, or maybe
that's just the way they came from the new molds."
So it's still not clear why Bob's HAPP pushbuttons are slightly smaller. He isn't entirely sure.
Bottom line is...if you're not knit-picky about having original or repro PAL leafswitch butttons, then you can find "PAL-sized" HAPP pushbuttons from Bob Roberts.
Insights?
My Mario Bros. CP with Bob's HAPP pushbuttons installed. Old PAL leafswitch for comparison:
Bob's HAPP pushbutton installed compared to the old HAPP pushbutton that came from my VS. CP. The old HAPP pushbutton is slightly larger:
So I just had a short conversation with Bob Roberts about some HAPP pushbuttons that I bought from him recently.
I needed new buttons for my Mario Bros. CP. Since Mikesarcade has been out of the PAL leafswitch buttons for months, I tried to use the orange and blue HAPP buttons that came with my Vs. control panel, but they were a little too big (obviously since I needed PAL leafswitch buttons, but it was worth a shot). I asked Bob Roberts if he happened to have any and he said that PAL leafswitch buttons are obsolete and no one sells them (other than the repro ones from Mikesarcade).
Well, since I knew the Vs. CP fit HAPP pushbuttons, I ordered them from Bob Roberts. When they arrived, I installed them to the Vs. CP, but I noticed they were slightly smaller and a little loose. Just to test, I tried to fit one of them in my Mario Bros. CP. And it fit...perfectly.
I took a chance and ordered the blue and orange HAPP pushbuttons from Bob and, just as I tested the one button, they fit in my Mario Bros. CP perfectly.
I asked Bob about it and he said someone most likely redrilled my CP holes, but I told him the CP wasn't redrilled. I guess he double-checked the size of his HAPP pushbuttons because he responded with this:
"You're right... looks like when Happ swapped out to the new button mfr in
2007 they had them made slightly smaller in diameter... by design, or maybe
that's just the way they came from the new molds."
So it's still not clear why Bob's HAPP pushbuttons are slightly smaller. He isn't entirely sure.
Bottom line is...if you're not knit-picky about having original or repro PAL leafswitch butttons, then you can find "PAL-sized" HAPP pushbuttons from Bob Roberts.
Insights?
My Mario Bros. CP with Bob's HAPP pushbuttons installed. Old PAL leafswitch for comparison:
Bob's HAPP pushbutton installed compared to the old HAPP pushbutton that came from my VS. CP. The old HAPP pushbutton is slightly larger:
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