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Offline GAP

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Coin door frames
« on: February 02, 2014, 08:18:10 PM »
Can anyone tell me why some Williams / Bally coin doors have an almost square frame while others have rounded corners ?  Wondered if it had anything to do with machines built for the US domestic market vs export machines. Have seen both types on the same model machine  - Flintstones, Scared Stiff, TOM etc.

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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM »
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2014, 09:47:24 PM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#

OK, now that was funny!!   #*#  :lol

Not sure in regards the actual question, could be as you mentioned for different markets, or as B/W had several suppliers of cabs and playfields, they might also have had several suppliers for these with slightly different designs?
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2014, 12:34:43 AM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#

Pisser!!   %.%
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2014, 08:32:11 AM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#

 %.% %.% %.% %.%  @@*
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2014, 11:45:40 AM »
on research to find parts for my CFTBL I learnt that the squarer doors and 3 coin slots in one housing were common for Europe and the more rounded has the commonly 2 single coin slot housing is US and I think Aus.
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2014, 08:16:20 PM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#

Lol  ^^^
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2014, 08:23:32 PM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#

3 votes for the funniest post of the year.

There are differences from manufacturers who had jobs farmed out to them...

http://www.flippers.be/pinball_playfields.html

As far as doors go, I believe there was 3 slots for the export market and 2 slots for USA machines.

JohnWartJnr may be able to answer it as he knows a fair bit about that stuff.
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Re: Coin door frames
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2014, 11:56:37 PM »
Quote from: Pinprick on February 02, 2014, 08:41:15 PM
It's just the manufacturers cutting corners . . .  #@#


 ^^^ ^^^ ^^^
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