Coin doors (edit, I’m referring to the mechs and the space they take up in a coin door, I realized that wasn’t clear originally).

They serve a very specific purpose. Todays market is much more collector driven than in the past. Why don’t the manufacturers produce, say, the PRO/standard/basic games which are intended for the operators market with coin doors, but premiums/limited edition/collectors models could cut those costs from the BOM, and spend the $ saved on a more useful and enjoyable accessory in the game. Of course the games could still be wired up in case someone wants to replace the blank door and operate the game. Still, I don’t understand why my jjp collectors gnr has 2 fully working 25cent slots. Surely those mechs and parts run a few tens of dollars per game.
The amount of CE games from this example that have hit the wild and gone into arcades is minuscule. And I’m certain many of those have opted for a credit/members card reader making the coin option almost obsolete.

So, why is this not changing? Would you rather have an unused coin mech taking up all the space in the door over something else that could perhaps be done with the space if it frees up? Just like the shadow box.
Forget interactive topper, what if you got an interactive door with a light show or something to look into rather than coin mechs?

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you would still have access, I actually meant the coin mechs. I’ll edit and make that clearer.
Operators these days, at least from what I’ve come across, mainly use phone/credit card readers which has become the norm for paying for anything, so just like shadow boxes make use of the note readers most people don’t opt for, I say away with the coin mechs and let’s stage something else in that space. wouldn’t compromise the stowing purpose. If someone wants coin mechs for the sake of coin operated games, they can add it on just like they would add on a card or note reader, ex factory.
Love reading the opinions, this is just to make my original post clearer after reading the first Few Response.

I have it that way on most of my games, but it got old and rarely gets used as it’s so much easier to adjust to free play and just hit start.

I live outside of the states, when buying a NIB in Europe (GNR was an exception and purchased In the US) they don’t come with the actual mech. I was charged x amount of euros to add a coin reader. Rest of the games I pick up which are B/W from the nineties, all have old European currency coin slots which make it kind of annoying to stock up on for each machine. So one is an Italian lira, the other a German DM or a French franc and so on… so my situation is a little more frustrating and it got me to thinking that space could be used up in a more exciting way. I too love the whole mechanism behind it and it is one of my early memories of loving pinball, when the OP would come to fix a stuck ball or give a credit when due, I think the inside of that door was the most fascinating aspect
Of the “inside” of the machine for me, and probably still is. So I have my few with working coin mechs but I wouldn’t mind if others had more interesting things done with the space.

Thanks, I also don’t get it. I enjoy the discussion and hearing all the opinions but I guess that’s just the way things go

Op works for himself. I couldn’t imagine having a boss. You can check out my business but you’d have to be able to read Hebrew. www.rollingstoned.co.il

Not everything in this world is a conspiracy.
This is just a discussion. Not a ploy by some large corporation.

Throw in the mossad and you’ve got yourself a hit on Netflix

coin mechs, not door.