I have all kinds of trouble with the mechs in those pictures; I literally just replaced two metal ones two hours ago due to the constant jams. The only ones that work for me that are almost bulletproof are the Imonex ones.

That's going to be very large dollars for this new operator. I would save your money. Once you are clearing hundreds of dollars net of expenses then maybe you consider dropping all that cash on expensive territory-protected locks.

Because if someone wants to get into your machine, they're getting in. Locks keep honest people out. Only.

It's likely that somebody can re-key those locks, but it will definitely be cheaper to buy used locks. It's just not that big of a deal to have a few different keys until you have a lot of pins on route.

You won't be sorry. Customers love them. I have had very good luck with Comet LEDs. No matter who you buy LEDs from, buy the SMD type. Non SMD LEDs fade quickly on route, and I've had very high failure rates with them.

Sorry to hear about your power supply issues.

In my (limited) experience routing older games dating back to the late 70s, every 'new' old game you bring on route has a break-in period. By that I mean things will break for a while once you put it on route again. Once you fix the things that were gonna break, the machine tends to stabilize for a long period of time. Then most of your cost are parts that are designed to fail: balls, rubbers and coil stops/sleeves, etc.

I feel for you, man. I've been in exactly that place.

Somebody vandalized the coin door of my Firepower last week. Didn't get in, but they sure ruined the door.

This. Test in your shop as much as you can, but expect them to be broken just due to the movement once you get them on location. Sometimes it takes a few days for the issue to emerge.