Reader [HotDog-Cart] is an active member of the benheck forums and recently completed this Playstation 3 boomerang controller. The boomerang was originally shown with the Playstation 3 prototype and was severely panned by the press. [Josh] started with a cheap 3rd party controller that was approximately boomerang shaped. He enlarged the controller body ~20% using bondo. The internals were replaced with gear from an official Sony controller. It was finished with a coat of black paint. It’s definitely a nice build and the new internals mean it probably feels as good as any factory controller.
Hey guys. Its me Josh. I hope you guys like my controller.
I worked on it for a while, and had a lot of fun making it.
This controller needs a TINY bit of work, as you can see
BUT its feels amazing to hold.
So how are its ergonomics? Does it feel much better than the old design?
It seems to feel pretty comfy. I’ve never felt the old boomerang design,
but I totally think this design beats the DS3 and SixAxis.
Hey, Josh, you’re being called out by Kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/09/boomerang.jpg
http://kotaku.com/5049495/is-this-really-a-boomerang-controller-mod
Even if he did use hardware from a chinese clone, if he swapped the internals for something worth using, than that’s still a mod IMO.
I know I’m being called out. I have sent in a comment that will be posted in a day, on kotaku.
I explained what I did to the internals of the controller.
Thats a pretty sweet hack. it reminds me of the time i hacked water to became a solid, using very low temps. I’ll write it up soon, i promise.
You better! xD
Looks great. I’m going to buy it this week, and then tell you my impressions.
After a long search through all the “waste of space” blogs, I finally find yours and am happy! Thanks for the informative read, and I look forward to more!
I’ll bet thats similar to a N64 Controller to hold. I’m loving the design, very retro I must say. An improvement over the original? Thanks.