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Stick On COin Door
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 05, 2011, 04:29:15 pm ---If I build the cabinet from scratch, I don't bother with coin doors. They serve absolutely no purpose on a MAME cabinet. :P
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Yes they do... they keep it from looking like an ikea cabinet.
Coin door = awesome
no coin door = lame weekend project
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 05, 2011, 04:37:56 pm ---Yes they do... they keep it from looking like an ikea cabinet.
Coin door = awesome
Coin Door Decal = Better than blank
no coin door = lame weekend project
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Fixed that for you :). BTW, the more recent incarnation of that decal actually looks a fair bit better than the early version shown in the photo. It's hard to tell they aren't real from a few feet away. I'm looking at finding ways to get the price down on them.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 05, 2011, 04:44:13 pm ---If I want something that looks exactly like an arcade cabinet.... I'll buy an arcade cabinet.
Anyway, enjoy your machines.
:cheers:
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Which poses the obvious question. Why in the world would you build a mame (or whatever cabinet) from scratch, bother to use accurate arcade controls and designs and then NOT do you best to make it look like something you could find in a real arcade?
I've got arcade cabinets as well, but when I build a mame cab, reagardless of if the design is original or a rip-off of a real arcade model, the end result always looks like something that wouldn't be out of place in an arcade. I really don't that that's possible without some sort of coin mech device.
Mrephunk:
Well my cabinet is a console cabinet so its not really a mame or arcade emulator cabinet. I am putting an xbox 360 in it so I just want it to mock/look like an arcade cab. Its just a cheap alternative to a real coin door. I may go with the fake coin door from Happ its like 35 bucks but has no mechanisms in it. So Randy any idea when it will be back in stock?
RandyT:
I have one left, at the moment, that I offered to someone else a few days ago. If I don't hear from them by Monday, it's yours. Drop me an email then, and I'll make sure you get it.