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Real Coin Door Vs Fake Coin Door

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jdbailey1206:
I have push buttons on both my builds.  These on my weecade and this idea I copied from chopperthedog's DK build.  When the coin return button is depressed it acts as a credit button. 

Without a concise reason why you asked the question in the first place I can only say that I would go with having a real coin door.  The stickers I feel are kind of a cop out.  It gives the feeling of the cab not being finished.  And there are so many ways to make a coin door function as you want it to I don't see why you don't purchase one and adjust it to your needs. 

If you still want to go with it being truly authentic don't forget that you SHOULD have the key to the coin door.  Leave the coin door unlocked and when you, or others run out of coins, they can reach in the coin bucket and grab some coins for a quick continue.  Or, just an idea, have two rolls of quarters next to the machine.  Once one roll has been dropped into the machine open the next roll and have a friend retrieve the other roll from the machine and set it aside for the next round. 

Yots - I am also curious on what you do as far as quarters are concerned when you have a large group of people over.  I believe I have heard you mention a 'Bucket O Coins' before.

Sorry for the wall of text guys.  No sleep and espresso does that to a man.

mgb:
I'm very partial to real coin doors.
I have a real coin door with switches behind the coin reject buttons and it works great for me.
One day I may do my original plan which is to have coin mechs in there too, along with a switch to turn off the push credits so only coins work
but for now the push credits are fine.
The thing I like the least are cabinets with no coin door, they just look weird to me
I also think the sticker is cheesey.

Louis,
  Those homemade coin doors look pretty cool.

pbj:
Anything is better than that coin door sticker.  No coin door is better than the sticker.

n3wt0n:
The cab I have been working on on came with a fully functioning coin door. I am really excited to have it up and running and accepting quarters. For me, the nostalgia factor is very high and helps the overall experience.  I am hoping to build something that appears to be arcade worthy so a working coin door is a priority for me, otherwise I would probably go for buttons - but not something that looks like a coin door but isn't.

lamprey:
I have used both and unless you are going to put coins into it, I don't see a reason for a real one. I think the real decision is if you want one at all and then go from there. I happen to like the "fake" ones (real door with no coin mech) as it gives me the arcade look and it is functional as an easy access point to the internal of the cab.

 :cheers:

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