Over the weekend at the Evo Championships in Las Vegas, Street Fighter IV Tournament Edition sticks were used by the vast majority of top players, including SFIV champion, Daigo. We knew that would be the case which was why we also chose that venue to reveal a new design for the Tournament edition stick and the SF IV Fightpad that will only be available at Comic-con, this week in extremely limited numbers (more details on that shortly).

The Comic-con Edition SFIV Sticks use all of the same Sanwa Denshi sticks and buttons of the original SFIV tournament edition fight sticks. In addition to the new color scheme of buttons, side edges and the new artwork for the deck, there’s some other nice attention to detail like the Hadouken arrow movement dust cover for the stick shaft, etc.

There are only 500 of these sticks in the world. That’s 250 for Xbox 360 and 250 for PS3. They will be on sale at the Capcom booth at Comic-con for $179.99.

Now, because we know there are also players who prefer pads, Mad Catz has not left anyone out in the cold. A Comic-con edition of our popular Street Fighter IV Fightpad will also be available in extremely limited numbers. It matches the orange and white design of the CC Edition Fight stick. Only 500 units for Xbox 360 and PS3 have been made and they will sell for $49.99 at the show.

Both stick and pad will come in commemorative packaging featuring the Comic-con 2009 logo.

Be sure to get em while they’re hot because when they’re gone, they’re gone. No joke, I’m buying one myself to give my original Tournament Edition a mate.

 I’m already wondering what these are going to end up eBaying for price wise? Any thoughts?

PS: they work great with Marvel vs. Capcom 2.