Tinkering with Talismoon Evolve 360 controller faceplates

We got a bunch of Talismoon swag sent to our offices the other day, courtesy of Jake D., and we were asked to provide reviews and what not for them. Since yours truly is a bit too lazy (and little noobish) to grab the Xbox 360 Case Cutters and start installing the Talismoon Snap-in Case Window, I just snatched what looked to be the easiest to review, the set of Talismoon Evolve 360 controller faceplates.

Each Talismoon Evolve 360 package comes with an installation guide, a torx wrench, and a screwdriver. If you’re smart enough to program your VCR TiVo, you’re probably going to find installing the Talismoon Evolve faceplates a breeze. The quality of the thingamajigs are admirable, and it fits the controller perfectly without any problems. If you do run into problems, that’s probably because you didn’t put the controllers rumble motors back into place properly. That, or you didn’t screw everything back into place tight enough.

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We got a bunch of Talismoon swag sent to our offices the other day and we were asked to provide reviews and what not for them. Since yours truly is a bit too lazy (and little noobish) to grab the Xbox 360 Case Cutters and start installing the Talismoon Snap-in Case Window, I just snatched what looked to be the easiest to review: the set of Talismoon Evolve 360 controller faceplates.

Each Talismoon Evolve 360 package comes with an installation guide, a torx wrench, and a screwdriver. If you’re smart enough to program your VCR TiVo, you’re probably going to find installing the Talismoon Evolve faceplates a breeze. The quality of the thingamajigs are admirable, and it fits the controller perfectly without any problems. If you do run into problems, that’s probably because you didn’t put the controller’s rumble motors back into place properly. That, or you didn’t screw everything back into place tight enough.

There are a few downsides to the product, though. If you’ve got really really big hands the free torx-wrench and the mini-screwdriver (mini being an understatement) might break some fingernails. Also, despite the wordless instruction manual being relatively easy to understand, the fact that it’s just all pictures might scare off some folks who are technophobes. Then again, why would a technophobe purchase this product in the first place? And who reads the manual anyway?

It would’ve been really neat if the faceplates came with buttons that matched the plate’s theme. Theme (chrome, clear, fur) appropriate X, A, B, Y buttons would’ve been really nice. We definitely wouldn’t mind spending a few extra bucks just to have themed buttons included in the package. Perhaps in the future, the Talismoon folks could come up with mod kits for controllers that are included the back, and the buttons of the controller.

Overall, the product is definitely worth the purchase. We suggest that you just ditch the free torx wrench and screwdriver, and use more comfortable tools (if you have some available) that would fit your hands.

Sorry, no images of the fur-covered faceplates, the other bloggers are hogging them at the moment.