Is MMB trying to scare away customers?

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

Look at the image for the Blushark 2006 edition pad:

Looks like the pad was burned/very frick dirty, and coming apart on the lower right.

Now surely MMB's Blueshark isn't like this... or do they want to scare customers away?
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videoCWK! · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:37 am Post subject:

Of course they want to scare customers away. And just so you know, stock images always look better then the product itself. So if this is the stock picture, just imagine the real thing. Wait, instead, don't. You might get nightmares.

vesper · Trick Member Joined: 06 Dec 2005

I'm supposed to be getting a BlueShark 2nd edition (pictured above) as well as a Nexen pad in the near future. I already have a Cobalt Flux and an RO Afterburner, and I'll be making a comparison review of the four pads.

I'm assuming a new pad will come fully assembled without the discoloring, so I'm guessing this was some type of mock-up/prototype that wasn't made with entirely clean materials.

DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

Wow, that looks very poorly made.
They could have made a better stock photo so it would look good, and actually want to make people buy one.

jpoppyz · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:14 am Post subject:

i gotta give them credit, at least they didn't fake this pad like redoctane.

if thats the redoctane afterburner, im bill gates.[/img]
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ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Maybe there's some strategy to it:
They took that one, set it on fire, dropped it off a 10-story building, and ran over it with a cement truck, then they took a picture to show people online.
So, when peoples' shiny new pads arrive and look infinitely better than that, they're really friggin' happy with it.

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Spork · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

I spent $200 with them to buy their Metal Pump Pad, and it broke after 2 songs (Kiss Me and Power of Dream)

CRAPTASTIC!
BTW, I'm 6'3" and 180 lbs.
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videoCWK! · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject:

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

DarkCore · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada

videoCWK! · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject:

Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

DARREN HAYEZ · Trick Member Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Location: Michigan

Well this is coming from the people who make the craptastic plastic button pad. I'm not suprised.
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Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

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videoCWK! · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

kyj197 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:26 am Post subject:

maki2sang · Trick Member Joined: 23 Nov 2005

if the blueshark metal pad is dirty and not clean, I would re consider buying a blueshark metal pad instead of solomode 2200. solomode 2200 picture is alot better than blueshark metal pad. However, what I have heard is that blueshark metal pad quality and performance is the best on the market so far according to the people who played on both Afterburner, CobaltFlux and BlueShark metal pad. I am not sure about the nexen since I have not heard about it.

Hey Travelsonic how is the your solomode 2200? is it good?

Hey Vesper when can I see your comparison review of the four pads?

irvineking1980 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

To me, blueshark metal pad looks ok to me.

http://www.mymybox.com/ddrmbsgxg.html

vesper, I am also waiting for your review too

Travelsonic · Trick Member Joined: 08 Oct 2005

My Solomode 2200:

I have had my Solomode 2200 for almost 3 months now and have done nothing but subject it to Heavy/Oni/Hard/Expert DDR/ITG songs. So far, it has held up magnificantly.

|-------------ARRIVAL AND ASSEMBLY----------------|

My pad came in slightly dinged, which I think can be attributed to slightly bad handling on the ground shipping, but once I got it, I instantly began unpacking and assembling it (putting on the bar

). For one, there is A LOT of that blue film to remove, a real pain too - I unscrewed every panel and bracket to get it all off the playing area using the accompanying screwdriver. After re-screwing everything in, it was time to get the metal bar in place. To put it in, you have to first slid the bar into position, then turn the pad on it's side and install 2 bolts with the accompanying socket wrench. Not terrifically hard.

I will be frank though, if you want to be 100% sure this pad will work once you have it, check the pad thouroghly. Make sure the wooden corners below the brakets are in place and secured properly and the wiring outside of the pad is secure so if you do step on the connection to the control box by accident while moving it, you will not accidentally disconnect any buttons. I did have some things break on this pad, but it was all my fault and easily fixed.

|-------------Gameplay----------------|

The arrows work great - sensativity is good and I had no problem (after overcoming the extra shoe weight - I did eventually though end up playing in my very old kid pool shoes - tight but lighter and will not do as much wear and tear as sneakers) playing to the best of my ability. The metal bar however wobbles a bit, and needs re-enforcement. Prehaps I will do that to my pad once I order a bar handgrip from channelbeat and repaint my metal bar as part of my pad modding project.

Overall so far, this pad has held up quite well. I do recomend it if you can't get a Cobalt Flux or Blueshark pad (which IMO, sounds awsome). If you take care, take precautions to ensure it works, and are handy in case something breaks/you accidentally break something, it should be just fine.

Although to get the pad more arcade like, modding always helps.

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