I picked up a few items over the past week or two.   Most Notably ive been trying to close out my PS2 RPG collection and with SFIV out it really ramped up my need for more fighting games so i went out to pickup a few gems that I have missed out on especially now that i have some nice sticks to play with.  I hada decent haul from GameStops Buy 2 Get 1 sale where i managed to pick up 3 Wave Birds, that alone makes it a great haul and with my recent DSi Upgrade i picked up a few new RPG’s while i was at it.  I also got some great pickups at FYE with there B2G1 for games under $10 which filled some my Fighting game needs.  The rest are just a few cheap pickups from Best Buy and TRU’s  recent sales and clearances.  Now on to the pictures.

Finished up my HRAP 3 last night. The finishing touches include some Cammy Art, nothing crazy just simple that goes with my colors, and a custom 1/16″ Plexi-Glass Cover.

Look at the right hand sidebar. Really go ahead and look…I’ll wait!

I added my pimp 360 Gamer and PS3 Trophy cards into the HTML Widget on the right hand side.

Spent friday afternoon replacing parts on my HRAP 3 & EX2 with my goodies from AkihabaraShop.jp

The HRAP is completed as it was all plug and play.  I switched out all the buttons, ball top and gate with all new Sanwas.  So far it looks and feels great, but havent been able to put to much playtime into it.  I also dug into my EX2 which was a little more challenging.  I have to De-Solder the old buttons from the PCB’s inside which wasnt overly difficult but was a bit of a pain.  Along with that i had to dremel out the button holes to smooth out the notches it had for the stock Hori Buttons.  All that is left to do now is solder on some trace wires and QD’s so i can easily remove and replace buttons in the future.  Other than the buttons i also installed a Sanwa Green Ball Top and a Modified a Sanwa Ocatgonal Gate to with with the Hori Stick.

My AkihabaraShop.jp order of Sanwa parts all packed up and on the way to my house from Japan.  The part breakdown of what stick gets what listed below.

HRAP 3:  LB35-M Blue Meshball, OBSF-30 Blue x8, OBSF-24 Green x2, GT-Y Octagonal Gate
EX2:  LB-35 Green,  OBSF-30 Blue, OBSF-30 Green, OBSF-30 Red, OBSF-30 Yellow , OBSF-30 Dark Hai x2,  GT-Y Octagonal Gate

Sanwa Arcade Parts from Akihabara.jp