Tales of the Arabian Nights
Williams, 1996Hello Pinsiders!!!
I have never seen a NIB B/W game.
I got a TOTAN that soon will come up for sale, got told it only had one owner from new, i just dont understand how it can have bars installed, if it only was used as a home use game, was these installed from the fabric??
Well i just made a specific video today, please feel free to look at it and tell me if its bullcr** or could this game really be a one mans game all these years 
Link:
http://arcadeaction.dk/tales-arabian-nights-p-208.html
Lock bars were not installed by the factory. Possibly by the distributor but not sure why they would do that.
Quoted from herbertbsharp:I'm pretty sure those are factory on WPC95 machines
I thought the same
Quoted from davewtf:Those are factory lockdown bar hasps. I'd bet my life on it.
And the coin mechanisim?
Quoted from DEN:And the coin mechanisim?
I only looked at the first minute of your video. It appears to have an original export-style coin door on it. All machines came with coindoors regardless of home or route use. I hope that helps.
They definitely started putting them on at the factory at some point. The "bar" itself is not included, but the hasps were factory installed on later Williams/Bally games. I'm not sure of the first machine that had them though or if TOTAN did or not. ALL the later ones did though (CC, MB, MM, etc...)
Fact: Nearly all WPC-95 machines came from the factory (or fabric, to you ) with those security brackets installed.
Fact: HUO means Home Use Only. Not Home Use Originally, not Home Use Since I Got It, etc. Got a receipt?
Fact: Terms like HUO can mean NOTHING. A Home Use Only machine can be played 2,000 times just as likely as a machine on location can never be played more than 10 times (especially these days). Actual condition matters.
That machine looks nice but just catching a glimpse of the video I see cabinet fade and wear at the shooter lane, which puts the value in the same ballpark as most (routed) TOTANs. Great game, by the way 
Allright, that seems to do it for me
thank you for all your fast and great answers.
Looking forward to clean and wax that playfield, i just filmed this one as it was, ill make a new video when its all done, and about the shooterlane, its just some dust, it came right off with simple window cleaner
Quoted from DEN:Hello Pinsiders!!!
I have never seen a NIB B/W game.
I got a TOTAN that soon will come up for sale, got told it only had one owner from new, i just dont understand how it can have bars installed, if it only was used as a home use game, was these installed from the fabric??
Well i just made a specific video today, please feel free to look at it and tell me if its bullcr** or could this game really be a one mans game all these years
Link:
http://arcadeaction.dk/tales-arabian-nights-p-208.html
Looks like the nicest original TOTAN I have ever seen and yes, its gotta be HUO!
Quoted from teekee:Can you do me one favor? In your next video you share with us please say: "I'll be back"
Hahahahhahahahahhaaa, thats the best line ever!!!
(i am a huge fan of Arnold)
Hahahahha, really still laughing, thanks mannn, and sorry for my stinky english
Quoted from DEN:Hahahahhahahahahhaaa, thats the best line ever!!!
(i am a huge fan of Arnold)
Hahahahha, really still laughing, thanks mannn, and sorry for my stinky english
LOL, your english is great! Its just that the whole time I'm listening to your video I'm waiting anxiously for you to say that line!
Quoted from teekee:LOL, your english is great! Its just that the whole time I'm listening to your video I'm waiting anxiously for you to say that line!
You know what, i am really honourd to read this
Get to da Chappaaaaaaaa... Nice night for a walk aiiyyyy.... Stick around... You son of a Bi***... I am John Cibmle you idiot, i could go on
Your game came with them installed from the factory. The parts bolted to the cabinet, a black metal bar across the coin door, and a kind of round plastic snap ring to hold the bar in place where an op would put a lock.
This started with Williams about the time of AFM.
If ever in doubt, you can always check the parts list for a game to see if it's there or not.
LTG : )
Quoted from LTG:Your game came with them installed from the factory. The parts bolted to the cabinet, a black metal bar across the coin door, and a kind of round plastic snap ring to hold the bar in place where an op would put a lock.
This started with Williams about the time of AFM.
If ever in doubt, you can always check the parts list for a game to see if it's there or not.
LTG : )
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl The Internet Pinball Database is a good resource if you haven't found it yet.
LTG : )
Quoted from Pinmeister:At the very start it sounded like you said that your TOTAN is coming up for sale soon. If so, I'm surprised that no one here has offered to buy it yet.
I have recived private mails from interrested buyers.
I was hoping for trade with a nice pin, but cash offer is okey too.
Its no problem for me to pack and wrap TOTAN propperly.
If i get an offer i cant refuse, then i am also willing to sell it before cleaning the pf
Some also told me, look under the pf, that explanes everything, huo or not, this game looks like new
Thank you guys, the sellers storey is allright then, i only doughted becouse of the bar and coinmechanisim, but thanks for all the help.
Quoted from herg:If the pin is so nice that those are the only things keeping you from believing it was a true HUO, would you have passed on it if we said those were not factory items?
This is just my opinion, but the HUO label is getting totally out of hand. Condition is king.
+1 I was told mine was HUO also, but I didn't really care if it was or not. It looks like it is and that's all that matters.
Quoted from herg:If the pin is so nice that those are the only things keeping you from believing it was a true HUO, would you have passed on it if we said those were not factory items?
This is just my opinion, but the HUO label is getting totally out of hand. Condition is king.
I do not want to tell its a HUO when i was in doubt. Sorry i was not in pinball mode in the golden 90, did not know how a nib pin got sold grom williams, i asked here to be sure, sorry i am not an expert, but learning every day
Quoted from LTG:No need to be sorry. If you have a question, Pinside is a great resource to help.
LTG : )
You are abseoulutley right, especially alot of help commin from you
Quoted from spfxted:AND I love your spelling...
Is that Lance, before a big race?
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