Amazon.com Gold Box: Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS Joystick for $215.99

[admiralares]

Amazon's regular price for this is $269.99. I nearly nutted when I saw this awesome price for the Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS set. It's still out of my price range (I love flight sims but I'm not hardcore enough). But I know this Gold Box info can help those hardcore flight simmers looking for this HOTAS stick at a very good price. Go out and get crackin' fellas to get this stick at $215.99!

 

[Souka]

You sound like a sales rep from Amazon.......

Anyhow, $215? how'd ya get that price?

What does this mean? "Go out and get crackin' fellas to get this stick at $215.99"


Review of the stick at Tom's Hardware HERE.

and a snipit of the review: "On the other hand, the software suffers from a few teething problems. We were able to locate several bugs, the worst of which is that the commands for button S3 are the wrong way round, depending on whether it is pressed or not (arguments /I and /O).

Furthermore, on a test computer, the Cougar had problems recognizing the various axes and buttons in Windows mode, and the control panel frequently froze, as would the computer. To give Thrustmaster its due, a patch has already been issued to improve USB compatibility and correct the /I /O problem
"

 

[Tri]

Yeah, I got this one too, but $200+ for a fricking joystick?!?!

 

[admiralares]

Sorry if I sounded like a sales rep but I got really excited when I saw the stick for $215.99. As for the last line of my post, I meant just going for those Gold Boxes (for those who are interested in getting this stick).

As for the reviews, the benefits of this stick outweigh the benefits; it's the most complete and most solidly built HOTAS stick you can get today. This stick is more than I'm willing to pay; but for those who do want it, this is a good price compared to what it's selling for currently.

 

[wjones]

I've been getting this joystick for THREE DAYS in my gold box! Give me something useful like the 4mp digicam.

 

[Tallgeese]

I'd be all OVER this if it showed up in my Gold Box (flight sim junkie), but all I'm getting so far are tools! :|

 

[KMHPaladin]

What's the story with the Gold Box? Can you send a link to anyone and they can buy or do they just sort of randomly pop up and only are valid for the person?