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

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that!

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.

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.