Seems a little odd that the Driver board and CPU have been swapped from a different game. Nice piece none the less, GLWS.

This pin looks like a rare sighting...I might have to try and see it before it's gone since you're local! The boards (and everything else) look so clean that maybe an assembly line worker got a little complacent with installing the boards/stickers...I've certainly seen much worse things come off the line.

This connector is not original so likely burnt out and was replaced. Instead of repairing the driver board they just did a swap with a different one.

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If I had to guess why the CPU board was swapped the machine was likely in a non-collectors home and they had acid damage from not changing the batteries. I owned a few legit HUO machines from the 90's and most came from non-collections who had money and just wanted an expensive toy in their gameroom. Most collectors were not buying NIB machines in the 90's and these people who did really didn't know how to take care of them.

Games still is very nice and I appreciate the fact the OP took so many detailed pictures. Normally people throw up a few shitty pictures and then you are left with a bunch surprises once you receive it (unless you were local and checked it out in person).

Priced right, bump for a nice original game. GLWS

That is a very nice looking TOM. The replaced connector is for the GI circuit on the power driver board, and is not unusual to get toasted and replaced even on a very low use game such as this (mine was similar condition and had to replace it also). The reason for the power driver board itself being replaced could be burnt pins from same connector that someone didn’t want to change, but is anyone’s guess. It’s not from battery acid damage though, as the batteries are on a different board altogether.

If you are referring to my post I didn't associate the batteries with the driver board and stated the CPU board.

Just confirmed with the seller that this TOM is the one that I repaired the GI connector on.

The driver board was not swapped due to the burnt GI. The connector was toasty but the header wasn't bad. Still, pins were a little discolored so I put in a new header.

The previous owner and I discussed going with an IDC connector as original or using a connector with trifurcon pins. Trade-off was looking original versus a better connector. He opted for the better connector.

From what I could tell, the game was just a beautiful, unmodified, unrestored example with little wear.

This is a little confusing.

They look like Williams boards, but as far as I know, they haven't made those for around 20 years.

Whatever interest I might have had in buying another TOM because it was local and looked to be in pretty good shape, just flew right out the window.

Good Luck With Sale!

Looks like a very nice TOM, surprised it hasn't already been sold.