Sega Candy Cab locks

I thought I'd put a bit up about the locks Sega use on their candy cabinets as it's not always clear what you might need.

What you will usually find on cabinets from arcades is that they will have a standard set of locks for all doors except the cash box. This is done to make life easier, with the different lock on cash boxes because it's not difficult to get your hands on a standard key.

Here's an image of the 3 most commonly used Sega keys:

At the top you have the A001 key, below that the 5380, and at the bottom the 5575.

Here's a shot of the keys on their own. From left to right - 5575, A001 and 5380.

The A001 key is the newest of the standard locks here, and is commonly found on the Dino King style mini cabs.

The 5380 lock is the oldest of the 3 shown. It is used as standard on the Aero, Astro, and New Astro City cabinets.

The 5575 is found on cabinets from the mid-late 90's into the early 2000's. It's Standard on the Blast City and the Naomi and it's variations.

I've found the best source of these keys and locks to be on Yahoo Auctions Japan. They do show up on Ebay occasionally, but tend to be expensive. The going rate in Europe for these keys seems to around £15-20 each, with the locks going for £3-4 each, and the latches around £1 or so. From Japan you tend to be able to get a set of 5 locks and latches, with a key for around £20-£30. The exception being the A001 where the key alone sells for around that much. I'm not sure why there is such high demand there for those keys, but if someone would like to let me know I'd be grateful.

Arcade room, still work in progress

May was a busy month for me, I moved into my new house at the very end of April and have been trying to get the house organised. I'm finally getting there, and the dining room, also known as Arcade room is almost complete. I got another Astro City delivered the other day, and just need to add a new fluorescent tube and starter to it. Finally I need to put up a few bits of art I have and tidy up the cabling and then it's done.

Here's a panoramic shot of it, which includes all 5 cabinets and my work area/test bench.

The latest Astro City I acquired came with a nice 2l12b panel on it, but since I decided it was going to be set in 'tate' mode, I fitted a 2l8b panel I had spare which is more suited to vertical shooters.