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0. PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:53 am    Post subject: Pad vendors who actually ship? Reply with quote

I've been really thwarted buying dance pads this year. I caught Blue Shark when they were offline during a move (more here), and was deeply frustrated.

Then two weeks ago, I tried to get my son a metal pad from DDR Live for Christmas. They were happy to take my PayPal payment, but so far, no pad, no shipping confirmation, no reply to e-mail, and no phone number. Not Good.

While I try to get my money back from them, I need a Plan B: who sells inexpensive metal pads (this is for a seven-year old... I don't need a Cobalt Flux) and actually ships? Maybe BNS? Maybe crappy DDR Game, if only because it's on Amazon, who will ship it for free?

Thanks in advance for suggestions!

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1. PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since you're trying to get a metal pad for your 7 y/o son, I would suggest looking into the Red Octane Afterburner pads.

http://www.guitarherostore.com/Game-Controllers/Afterburner-20-Metal-Dance-Pad-with-Support-for-Wii

They have free shipping and these are good pads (not Cobalt Flux or Blue Shark quality, but still good). Your 7 y/o son will not be breaking this thing anytime soon. Also, the Afterburner is probably one of the most compatible pads available. To top it all off, they're a reliable seller and I'm pretty sure they can ship those pads within a few days of ordering them.

Also, when you consider the shipping costs for the average metal DDR pad, free shipping is a huge plus. Aside from Cobalt Flux and Afterburner, I have only bought metal pads on Ebay (which I wouldn't advise because they were junk).

Have you considered checking Craigslist in your area to see if someone is selling some Cobalt Fluxes or something? If u could get one of those for $150 and pick it up locally, that'd be a great idea.
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2. PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alternatively you can build your own as an activity with your son. I built mine with my dad over 2 or 3 days. Then you get some bonus family time aswell as a quality mat.
If you're trying to use it on PS2 and/or PC, wire it to a ps2 controller, and if you want to use it on pc too, grab a ps2-usb converter, and wire a second set of arrows to the shoulder buttons, with a switch to connect/break the circuit. That way, if you want to play stepmania, just flick the switch and you won't have to deal with the L/R U/D issue that the rest of us do E1.gif
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3. PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

8ftmetalhead wrote:
Alternatively you can build your own as an activity with your son. I built mine with my dad over 2 or 3 days. Then you get some bonus family time aswell as a quality mat.

What a wholesome idea.
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4. PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suko wrote:
Since you're trying to get a metal pad for your 7 y/o son, I would suggest looking into the Red Octane Afterburner pads.

http://www.guitarherostore.com/Game-Controllers/Afterburner-20-Metal-Dance-Pad-with-Support-for-Wii

They have free shipping and these are good pads (not Cobalt Flux or Blue Shark quality, but still good). Your 7 y/o son will not be breaking this thing anytime soon.


Thanks for the suggestion. I went with the Afterburner, and it turned out the Guitar Hero Store was having a 10% off sale, so it was less expensive than the pad I'd ordered from the skeevy place. The 7-year-old loves it and has started clearing typical standard/difficult songs and clearing some nice long combos.
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5. PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad I could be of help to you.

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