Thrustmaster Warthog No More?

[Florida]

I've been waiting for several years to get enough money to finally get a Warthog HOTAS, mainly since I really like to fly the A-10C! I got a nice tax refund this year, so off I went to buy my dream.

 

My first purchase, which was advertised on Amazon as "New" for $385 proved to be a used item that Amazon conveniently covered up at the bottom of their data page. I cancelled.

 

The I went back to Amazon and found a truly "New" Warthog for $454! Okay, a bit more, but it IS new. Well, Amazon doesn't sell this - it's all resellers, so I order and get to the Checkout page. After adding $225 for shipping and $40 for tax, the price jumped to over $700. No joy!

 

I started looking around the Web, and Warthog HOTAS is a very rare item. Hardly any retailers even sell them anymore, and if you DO find one for sale, it's going to be used, refurbished, or $800 to $1300. Which leads me to believe that Thrustmaster probably isn't even making them anymore.

[randomTOTEN]

Newegg no longer has a listing for the entire HOTAS, and using a link to the store item shows it "out of stock" and "not available"

huh....

[JUICE-AWG]

Lucky me, I found an unopened TM Warthog Box on Craigslist in my local area for $325. Sometimes DELL has them on sale for $350. Keep trying!

 

Check here! - https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FeUAAOSwDb1dVG~N/s-l640.jpg

Edited February 12, 2020 by =JUICE=

[reschke]

These are the ones I found in about 5 minutes just quickly searching online.

 

 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/743173-REG/Thrustmaster_2960720_Hotas_Warthog_Flight_Stick.html/?msclkid=bb85b92fa6df1f991723e76c25b54f0c

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/accessories/apd/a9168831

 

http://www.mypilotstore.com/MyPilotStore/sep/11244

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog-Flight-Stick-Joystick-and-Throttle-Quadrant/274258802310

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrustmaster-Warthog-HOTAS/402078604122

 

 

 

I've been waiting for several years to get enough money to finally get a Warthog HOTAS, mainly since I really like to fly the A-10C! I got a nice tax refund this year, so off I went to buy my dream.

 

My first purchase, which was advertised on Amazon as "New" for $385 proved to be a used item that Amazon conveniently covered up at the bottom of their data page. I cancelled.

 

The I went back to Amazon and found a truly "New" Warthog for $454! Okay, a bit more, but it IS new. Well, Amazon doesn't sell this - it's all resellers, so I order and get to the Checkout page. After adding $225 for shipping and $40 for tax, the price jumped to over $700. No joy!

 

I started looking around the Web, and Warthog HOTAS is a very rare item. Hardly any retailers even sell them anymore, and if you DO find one for sale, it's going to be used, refurbished, or $800 to $1300. Which leads me to believe that Thrustmaster probably isn't even making them anymore.

[lxsapper]

They are definitely selling them but even TM is out of stock right now. They appear to have Joystick and throttle separate in stock, but that option costs a bit more. And this page is for Europe, IDK the equivalent US page. https://shop.thrustmaster.com/en_gb/

[Florida]

These are the ones I found in about 5 minutes just quickly searching online.

 

 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/743173-REG/Thrustmaster_2960720_Hotas_Warthog_Flight_Stick.html/?msclkid=bb85b92fa6df1f991723e76c25b54f0c

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/accessories/apd/a9168831

 

http://www.mypilotstore.com/MyPilotStore/sep/11244

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog-Flight-Stick-Joystick-and-Throttle-Quadrant/274258802310

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thrustmaster-Warthog-HOTAS/402078604122

The only affordable one,B&H, is out of stock, as is Dell. The e-Bay items are both used. IOW, there are NO NEW Warthogs available right now. I found one in Germany, and they couldn't take my credit cards. I guess getting one is not in the cards right now. A fistful of dollars, and no place to spend them.

[zcaa0g]

The link below should be straight from Amazon's warehouse and not a 3rd party seller. It's priced higher than normal at $580, but that's due to there only being 6 left in their current stock. I doubt they would be exiting after just releasing the F-18 grip just last year.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Warthog-PC-BL/dp/B004I5XB4K/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=Warthog+throttle&qid=1581524631&sr=8-11

 

As a test, I added the above to the card and it was...

 

Order Summary

Items: $579.95

Shipping & handling: $0.00

Total before tax: $579.95

Estimated tax to be collected: $47.85

Order total: $627.80

 

 

 

This is $382.46 and is supposedly new, looking at the page unless I am missing something, but won't ship same day/next day/ 2 days like the one above:

 

https://www.amazon.com/ThrustMaster-2960720-Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog/dp/B00371R8P4/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Warthog+throttle&qid=1581524865&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sr=8-7

Edited February 12, 2020 by zcaa0g

[randomTOTEN]

Like many specialty items (I'm thinking model trains), production is likely in "runs." And the inventory appears to have been depleted. I would expect a new production run will restock the various retailers shortly.

[VpR81]

Holy shit, what kind of prices are that for the Warthog. I purchased the set in germany, brand new for 360€ with a 4 year warranty. Ok, it was out of stock and i had to wait 3 months for it to be available, but boy... 600 or even more for a Warthog HOTAS? That´s insane...

[Florida]

The link below should be straight from Amazon's warehouse and not a 3rd party seller. It's priced higher than normal at $580, but that's due to there only being 6 left in their current stock. I doubt they would be exiting after just releasing the F-18 grip just last year.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-HOTAS-Warthog-PC-BL/dp/B004I5XB4K/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=Warthog+throttle&qid=1581524631&sr=8-11

 

As a test, I added the above to the card and it was...

 

Order Summary

Items: $579.95

Shipping & handling: $0.00

Total before tax: $579.95

Estimated tax to be collected: $47.85

Order total: $627.80

 

 

 

This is $382.46 and is supposedly new, looking at the page unless I am missing something, but won't ship same day/next day/ 2 days like the one above:

 

https://www.amazon.com/ThrustMaster-2960720-Thrustmaster-Hotas-Warthog/dp/B00371R8P4/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=Warthog+throttle&qid=1581524865&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sr=8-7

If you go down the page on this one, you'll find this:

 

Important information

 

Legal Disclaimer

 

Selling HOTAS because I am moving. No returns.

 

_________________________________________________________________

 

 

Anyone can be a reseller on Amazon. You just create an account. I do not want a used Warthog. The one on Amazon "certified" New is way out of my price range - just a little while back, these things were going for $450 everywhere. Now they're scarce, so the gouging comes out. See the one on Amazon for $454 + $225 for shipping? Get real!

 

 

I'll just wait...maybe Thrustmaster will start a new production run soon and the price will level out again. :music_whistling:

[Nightstalker]

Did Thrustmaster not announce just recently a newly designed warthog base? This could be why there is limited supply of the originals.

[VpR81]

Did Thrustmaster not announce just recently a newly designed warthog base? This could be why there is limited supply of the originals.

 

No, it´s exactly the same base. They just started to advertise it separately from the grip with a different name. This was related to the EA launch of the DCS F-16 module, wich is why they started to offer the Warthog grip separately from the base as "F-16 grip" at the same time.

[imacken]

Available on the UK store at normal price of £369.

http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_UK/products/hotas-warthog

[Florida]

Available on the UK store at normal price of £369.

http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_UK/products/hotas-warthog

Well, that's not too bad, about $480USD. With shipping across the pond, probably ~$500.

 

 

Oh, not really! When I went to buy it, the price changed to L399, and...it's out of stock!

[imacken]

Hmm, maybe the package has been discontinued. The Warthog/Viper and Hornet sticks, throttle and base are all available individually for purchase or preorder.

[Notso]

The I went back to Amazon and found a truly "New" Warthog for $454! Okay, a bit more, but it IS new. Well, Amazon doesn't sell this - it's all resellers, so I order and get to the Checkout page. After adding $225 for shipping and $40 for tax, the price jumped to over $700. No joy!

 

 

$225 for shipping?? Is Elon Musk sending a rocket to Mars to bring it back??

[reschke]

The only affordable one,B&H, is out of stock, as is Dell. The e-Bay items are both used. IOW, there are NO NEW Warthogs available right now. I found one in Germany, and they couldn't take my credit cards. I guess getting one is not in the cards right now. A fistful of dollars, and no place to spend them.

 

I used to sell things on Amazon but had them do the fulfillment side of it so I never actually touched the products once I ran out of the stock I had in my garage. So anyone and almost everyone is a "reseller" on Amazon....even Amazon themselves.

 

As for buying a used one off Ebay. The last one I posted is still available and you can buy the SquareTrade protection as well. So you still have options with them.

 

Also Dell is showing delivery of a new one by March 11th on my account when I put it in the checkout and proceed through to the end.

 

 

[reschke]

 

Looks like a brand new one just hit Mercari for sale.

 

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m72064803220/