wtb: nintendo 'coin catchers'

[ppilot]

I don't know what they are actually called, but if you stick a nickel in a nintendo (Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., etc.), these are the metal things that keep your coin from hitting the floor.  I need two of them, does anyone have some/know where I can get some?

Thanks.

[2PacMan]

Don't mean to hijack your topic, but I also need two if anyone has some to sell.  Of course ppilot gets first dibs  , but I could use some as well.

[CheffoJeffo]

I had a couple, but already sent them off to a new home.

ArcadeShop.com has full mechs (not 100% accurate, but they look pretty good)  if you are interested in going that route:

http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/nintendo-replacement-mech-stainless.jpg

Cheers.

[Q*Bert_OP]

Do you mean coin buckets?

[2PacMan]

Yes, that was me you sent yours to Cheffo...thanks again, they look great.

But wouldn't you know it, i got another Nintendo cab and it's missing the coin return guards too!  I don't know what it is, why are these missing off of all these cabs??

Q-Bert--  No, not coin buckets, the little piece of metal that goes around the coin return slots that keep the quarter from ejecting and falling to the floor.

[ppilot]

Do you mean coin buckets?

No, these things (trying to insert image)

[spidermonkey]

I think many of those were removed by operators  years ago as they were rather annoying. Even when the top of the quarter did tilt to the left to allow it to be retrieved they were sometimes difficult to pick the quarter out. The quarter would tilt to the left when it first dropped from the mech but if you happened to push the quarter back up into the catch by mistake it was sometimes a beeoch to get it to tilt back to the left. I either had to smack the front of the coindoor or picked at the coin with one of the hundred plus keys I had on my key ring. Worked in an arcade for a couple Summers down at the Jersey shore back in the 80s' and I always hated Nintendo coindoors .  I can however see why people who are restoring Nintendo cabs would want these since they were original equipment. (even if they were little metal pains in the a$$es)