Tales of the Arabian Nights
Williams, 1996Working re-import with fairly nice cabinet art. Game seems to have had a rough time while across the pond, and has insert and playfield wear/damage, broken plastics, broken and cracked ramps, failing DMD, and in desperate need of a complete teardown and shop-job.
http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/triumphky/embed/slideshow/TOTAN%20pics
Quoted from Betelgeuse:Haven't you heard? It's being remade in 2015, so I wouldn't pay more than maybe $1500.
It was funny once.... in two separate posts by the op, its not...
For some reason, the price of TOTAN went nuts starting about a year ago. You used to be able to pick these up for around $3k in pretty nice shape... maybe 2 years ago? I saw one go for around $6k at the Ohio show that needed some TLC for sure. Sounds like this one should go for around $4k in today's market, but that's way too much for this pin (in that condition) IMO.
Hey, no harm intended. If anything I may have discouraged someone from posting the same thing and actually being serious about it.
I'll even chip in. My buddy sold his TOTAN earlier this year for 5k. His had some touched up cab damage (chips taken out) and also some switch errors he couldn't figure out. I think 6k or even more isn't out of the question for a really nice one lately. Agree on 4k-ish for a beater.
This is the one to get: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-or-ft-pmd-brass-totan
I had originally offered the owner $3,500 (as part of a trade) and opted to do the 4-hour round trip to make the deal, but he wasn't having it. His friend had told him that TOTANs bring $5,500 to $6,500, and he doesn't want to let it go for less than $5,000. I had explained the reasons why certain examples go for upwards of $6,500 and why his didn't meet that criteria, but it was still a no-go. (Even though he admitted that he's not that knowledgeable about pin condition and values, he says he knows that his machine is worth far more than my offer.)
The owner's a real nice guy, and I'm afraid it's just a situation where he might have unknowingly severely overpaid for that TOTAN when he bought it, and is just trying to get as much of his money back as possible. Which I totally understand...but I always try to be fair when making deals with folks, and that has got to include being fair to myself.
I've considered upping my offer a little bit, but man, it's tough. This game is just going to take a lot of time and money to straighten out.
Quoted from Fatsquatch:Working re-import with fairly nice cabinet art. Game seems to have had a rough time while across the pond, and has insert and playfield wear/damage, broken plastics, broken and cracked ramps, failing DMD, and in desperate need of a complete teardown and shop-job.
http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/triumphky/embed/slideshow/TOTAN%20pics
$3400-$3900 would be a very generous range. That game needs a lot of $ in parts and labor.
Quoted from Fatsquatch:I've considered upping my offer a little bit, but man, it's tough. This game is just going to take a lot of time and money to straighten out.
Walk away, it's not worth it.
A 4 hour round trip and his price point don't add up. I would keep looking. Re imports can have had a really tough life on a route... SAE and Metric hardware swaps and weird repairs... I think its more trouble in that condition. If it looked prefect, maybe... But it doesn't.
Quoted from jayhawkai:Get this one instead:
kansascity.craigslist.org link
Ha I saw that a few days ago. The KC CL is so sparse or largely overpriced it's not easy finding a second pin.
I thought that the display was failing because of this picture...
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x468/triumphky/TOTAN%20pics/IMG_3706_zps700bae0a.jpg?245
...but the owner assures me that's not the case. He says the display is fine, even after running for an extended time. I guess we just had a bad picture, so that's one less problem the machine has.
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