I recently purchased what I believe is a HUO Tommy with the plan of adding it to my collection. Unfortunately, an unexpected expense has come up and I will need to sell it. The original owner is a bank executive that lived in New York City, but recently moved to Connecticut. He purchased the game from R. H. Belam Company of Hempstead NY. There is a sticker on the back of the back box with the address and phone number. An internet search turned up a listing that said “closed”. I asked if there was a bill of sale to prove that he was the original owner. He couldn’t remember if there ever was one, but either way he didn’t have it. He said he traded in a DE Star Wars that he had previously bought from the same company and some cash for Tommy. He told me that it was moved 3 times since he had it and each time professional movers did it. That explains the dings on the back box corners that you can see in the pictures. When I got it home the first thing I wanted to check out was the condition of the batteries, but there was no key for the back box in the coin door. I emailed him and he said he gave me all the keys he had. After removing the security screws and lock, I believe that there never was a key. The latch still had the screw in place holding it for shipment. The DMD has the same. The batteries are original, but in perfect condition. The game audit shows 995 plays. There’s a few more than that since I occasionally play it. Everything including the blinders work and look perfect. The only thing I’ve done is change the pinballs when I got it home.

Pictures can be seen here: http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn267/killinglypinball/HUO%20Tommy/

I’m asking $4500.

Steve Chahanovich
Killingly, CT 06241

[email protected]

Just the back box key was missing. I removed the lock instead.

UPDATE:

To help with pricing and the market place, here's how the sale turned out. I received an offer for $4000 a few days after I posted it for sale. The buyer couldn't get to me right away, so we agreed to leave it for sale and if I got a higher offer I would take it. I did receive a couple other offers, but not at the $4000 mark. The buyer picked it up today and was very pleased with the condition. He actually thought my pictures made the flaws look worse because I focused in on them without a reference point to show the size. Lesson learned.

Steve

Yes, I'll miss it . I really wanted to keep it, but something came up and it had to go. Maybe I'll come across another someday.