Donkey Kong coin door measurements

[eurotronic]

Hi friends,
im looking for now more than a year for a donkey kong coin door at a decent price. But, every seller i found where from the US and the shipping cost to EU is..well, you know.
Anyway, i have at home every little pieces needed for my repro, but the holly-expensive coin door is holding me in the starting block.

So i was thinking with the number of huge collector in there, maybe some of you can find the time to give me some measurments of that part so i can make a repro door in wood, and when i will found a nice original coin door, i will replace it.

So, Can one of you give me a hand on this? He will be eternally praised.
Thx,
David

[eurotronic]

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[DarthNuno]

Well, not easy to help you on that  That would require for us to have disassembled a coin door on a table, having all the appropriate measurement tools to be effective and a kind of 'Autocad coin door schema' to quote all the values...a certain amount of work/time .. for an uncertain result : I don't believe a repro coin door in wood will be a solution. It won't look right at all, and it will really time consuming to build one. I'm sure Nintendo coin door pop up on ebay sometime, and I'm sure a seller will agree to send it to you if you explain that project. All collectors in Europe are forced to do the same, when we work on US cabinets that require part... from US.

[Cacker]

Hi

I've had my Original Coin door drawn in Solid Edge and have sent it to 3 sheet metal fabricators for pricing.

There is quite a lot of welding and dressing needed that increases the cost.  For instance, the frame side is 4 pieces welded together, ie 2 sides, a top and a bottom.

I have two prices back so far and expect the 3rd on Monday/Tuesday.

I'll update this thread with the costs.

I'm in the uk, where are you ?

Cheers
Cacker

[level42]

It says under his avatar where he is located: Liege.be (Belgium).

If it will be a good repro I am quite certain there is a relatively large "market" for it. The originals are pretty flimsy compared to the US and European coin doors and thus many got dented. Are you intending to only sell complete doors with frames or the doors only too ? Depending on price I am interested.

And I'm in The Netherlands. And also welcome to this forum Cacker.

[Cacker]

Hi

Thanks, I see it now.

It will be a good repro as I want 2 for me and several other people want them.

Only issue is getting numbers for the first order as this will keep the unit price down, so as soon as I've got the 3rd price, I'll ask people who are interested.

Other issue is the postage as they are quite heavy - about £13 in the uk I think.

I will need to sell complete doors - so the frame side with the door.   

Will update as soon as I have a price. 

If anyone is interested in a coin door, please PM me, or reply to this thread.

Thanks
Frank

[JamesSS]

Hello Frank,

I would be very interested in one of these.

Thanks.

[ckong]

Can you give us an idea about how accurate your repro coin door will be? and are you planning to sell the coin doors black powder coated, or just bare metal?

[level42]

It may be a good idea to post your idea in a seperate thread here, even better on more European forums because you will want to have as many made as possible to reduce the price.


Not telling you how to do this, but this is now hidden a bit in another thread....most people only scan topics..

What I usually see work well on similar projects is work like this:

- start an interest list in the "general" section of a forum and ask people if they are interested (without commitment yet) and make a list. that will give you a rough idea a out how many will be sold. With that number you can inquire for a price because usually the higher the number, the cheaper they will be. Of course you need to "calculate in" a certain number of people showing interest but not ordering in the end....
- once you have settled a price post a "for sale" thread in the buy/sell section with details on how to order and ask a DEFINITE order/payment from those people who showed interest.

Again, not telling you how to do this, just suggesting this to get it cheaper for everyone. of course I don't know you are willing to do all that work and the shipping etc.....

[eurotronic]

Thats very good news! And a very good idea!
Can you give us an estimate price?

[Q*ris]

If this helps lowering the shipping costs, I'll be in Oxford around August 1st and I can bring the doors to Eurocade in September.

[bencao74]

ups, missed that one. I`m interested in one or two coindoors as well.

[Cacker]

If this helps lowering the shipping costs, I'll be in Oxford around August 1st and I can bring the doors to Eurocade in September.

Yes, sounds a good idea.

I'm still waiting for 3rd supplier to quote me - one of their guys been off sick, so should be next couple of days.

I'll then open a new thread as suggested above to gauge requirement.

I'll be at the Manchester show so could take them their if people order them.

Cheers
Frank

[bencao74]

Hey,

 nice to see progress. Visit the EUCade

Bye

Jochen

[alexkidd]

Hello!

Very interested depending on the price. (i'm in France)

I will keep my eyes peeled!