With there being so few of these in great shape I would start in the low 4's and see if there is a buyer.

Low 4's seems outrageous but somewhere in the 3's seems doable. A gentleman I buy pins from has a very similar HUO documented FT and has had it at 3600 on mrpinball for a long time with no sale yet.

Lets see some pics?

I still have standing offers of 6k on mine, which is also better than new condition but not original since mine is restored to better than new condition with powder, clearcoated pf, etc...

If it really is an udfaded HUO example that is perfect then there is a small market of accurate sale price as very few people are collectors of true top end. 5k is the bottom end of what almost any low play HUO verified B/W classic sells for. That said, you will need to make it 100% and replace any broken plastics and preferrably fix the origial DMD driver by a pro and reinstall it. The guys collecting true gem HUO games typically want all original.

You will also want to wait it out to find the right buyer. You may want to contact some of the high end dealers to see if they have any customers looking.

If I was buying I would tell you 3k. Reality is 5kish should be relatively easy to find, but would need pictures for real proof of condition (actually would need to see in person for real proof).

All that gibberish and no pics. You should get into sales, or are you already?

Im thinking between 4 and 4500 and will have to find the perfect buyer that really cares about that kind of history and rarity for a game of this condition . Most people are very happy with a great playing semi faded cab ft for half the price . However I for one like pins like that and have a tz and a jd in similar condition so when you decide on a price pm me as I may be interested glws

You really like Nascar better than fish tales? Theres your first mistake!

Yea I must say my tz is much the same it actually has dimples still so its barley been played and plays so nice compared to most others I have played so I agree with you and I know what I paid for it so im also going off its price when comparing to this ft . I have a fades rs and rest my pins are not so it really bothers me as I like to have the nicest possible pin I can get but cant wait to see pics of your pin

I also only have room for 5 to 7 pins depending on if u ask me or wife lol and am in the process of rotating the stock because I wanna try to own most if not all w/b dmd error pins in my lifetime

Keep it you will regret letting it go.

I'd say about $4k.

That puts a $1500.00 (or more) premium on it for being HUO. That seems about right to me for this title.

But if you have someone who really loves FT and they really want a nice HUO version, they might be willing to pay a bit more. But that would really be a case of waiting it out to find the right buyer.

IMO

Pics:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/oh-baby-huo-fish-tales-in-the-hizzy

$3500 w color DMD
$3200 w normal DMD

Imo

Mark will give you a fair price....if he passes p.m. me!

Boy that's pretty clean right there!

I agree with these numbers, maybe even a couple hundred less. I sold a fully restored FT that was perfect in every way in that range (and it didn't have a ColorDMD).

Sold easily one of the nicest and cleanest HUO FTs about 3 years ago for $3500. Lost all pics thanks to John Wart Jr.

You can get a glimpse of it in the original CITPP pic though.

That would be about the range I would be a buyer at. No more than $3500.

Asking and getting are two different things. While some may say a HUO FT is 5/6k, finding that rare buyer that has to have a perfect example of a "meh game" is something else.

Personally I would say a fair price would be 3.5/3.7

FT is one of my faves. Hardly "meh" in my book

Yea its like bsd not deep rules but has that one more game going for it . Theme I like as I do roadshow but many dont which is what hurts alot of great games but ill take alll these meh games all day long as many are better than the so called a titles and people are finally starting to figure it out which sux for not so wealthy people like myself .I mean look at shadow .jd , bsd , ft, fs , congo and many others the price is creeping up to mid 2k towards 3 on many when most were under 2 . Jm and dm areeven at 2k anc little over soon onlh options for alot of us will be data east and sega and gottlieb which I just don't care for withb a few exceptions. My bsd is nice but id like a perfect one like this ft .anyway id be interested in this ft keep me in mind

Yep. Fish Tales is not intended to be deep. It was made to make money and is a tough game. The boat ramp will kill you. Lightning flippers make it that much tougher.

I've come to appreciate these type of games since I've owned Indy 500. I can love a 5 minute game as much or more than a 45 minute LOTR game.

Quicker, faster and tougher are what I'm into right now.

Maybe i can get 4k for my FT?

is it as pristine as this one? maybe

I sold this restoration in July of 2014 for $3,700.

http://s1205.photobucket.com/user/snaroff/library/FT?sort=3&page=1

I love FT and only let it go because I was moving and wanted to lighten the load.

High quality FT's with beautiful cabs/pfs are difficult to find.

Is yours still for sale? I'm missing mine...

The game looks great, but I don't get why it is missing all the serial numbers. Why would the radio station scratch them off? I've never heard of anybody doing this when giving away a machine as a prize. What purpose would it serve? Do you happen to have any pics of the boards and the playfield where the serial numbers and UPC code are missing?

4-5 Id like to see some pics too!

Just like a Fish Tale, the story about this game keeps growing!

I think less than 1% of the people looking for a HUO FT would buy above the $4k mark. Good thing alot of people are looking for this title. $3500 is my personal "no way in hell" limit for this title in this condition. Just being honest. I have one sitting 15 ft away that hasn't been played since before thanksgiving, so i have no skin in this game. I'm actually trying to sell it for a friend. lol.

Thanks for the playfield photo! Yeah, that's just completely bizarre. I agree that the first thing that comes to mind is that the game was stolen at some point. What other possible reason could there be to remove that stuff? Regardless, it's still one hell of a nice example.

Is there mylar over that cut out spot?

There are valid reasons. For example:

"Sometimes, distributors or operators stamped out,destroyed or removed the serial numbers from their games to make it impossible to track the origin of the game. In the old days, gaming was very competitive and operators used individual markings that allowed them to secretly identify their games if they were stolen or to disguise them if they were in someone else's territory. In the 1990's, WMS started making distributor regions a part of the electronic serial number of every game but that was easily bypassed with a simple electronic modification. Eventually, the distribution regions of games become meaningless and these tracking numbers were dropped."

If the serial# was removed, it would make me think it was routed at some point....

GLWS, Fishtales is one of the best games ever IMO....

That's very interesting. So it's quite possible that the operator who gave/sold the game to the radio station did it to prevent others from knowing where they had obtained the game from.

I'd maybe pay 3500CAN...so that's my price guess...

Thanks for the pics.

$3300-3500 is my estimated value.

The only thing wrong is the bearded guy in the middle has a cigar coming out of his cheek!