My storage contains several boxes full of CX40 joysticks and I recognized that more and more joysticks suffer from faults. As we completely refurbish those joysticks we are looking for a way doing that in an efficient way.

Currently we offer 3 versions of CX40:

1. Original
we repair them and ensure the enclosure and cables are in good shape. There are quite rare as most likely the painting is gone or the rubber is damaged.

2. Silver Edition
refurbished controllers with silver design. Having replaced dome switches or metal switches. These are shipped with Atari 2600 Darth Vader consoles

3. Gold Edition
refurbished controllers with gold design. Having replaced dome switches. These are shipped with Atari 2600 Light Sixers, Junior Wood consoles and Classic boxed versions and starter kits.

We use the following new dome switches, having 4 legs instead of 3 and are better quality than original one. You hear a clear "clicking" inside of the joystick. these are also available within our shop.

The typical CX40 issues are:

1. dome switch problem (broken or simple too flat)
2. Cable broken (on plug or directly after leaving enclosure)
3. broken stick (100% directly on the contact plates)

as our offered repair kit addresses issue #1 we decided to develop a repair kit for issue #3. the first prototyp is working fine but is complex to be integrated. the reason is we fix it by adding an overlay and this increases the height so requiring adjustment inside of the controller. So there is room for improvements but we hope to get it done soon. The first fixed joysticks were delivered to beta testers and we'll hope to get some inputs here. Test in lab with professional joystick testers outlined no differences between an unbroken and repaired stick.