Just finished up my TOTAN restore.

My original intent was to get the armor brass plated, but Chris @ pinballplating.com was out of most items, so I grabbed what I could and opted to go the powder coating route instead. Most gold / brass powder coat looks nothing like brass plating, so I went with a color called Grecian Gold Vein. It looks similar to the powder coat on the Hobbit, but a little lighter in color.

For the decals I went with Radcals, because I loved the ones I got for my Indiana Jones restoration. Unfortunately the color on these decals are not nearly as nice. The black seems to be too light in color. I noticed it when I was putting the decals on, but figured it was the protective film. When I pulled the film off, I noticed the color didn't change much. I'm still deciding whether I want to redo the decals, but for now I'll just live with it. If you're planning on doing new decals, I would recommend using something else.

The original playfield was in decent condition, but a previous owner put a giant screw through the playfield near the center, and it was a real eyesore, so I decided to go with CPR reproduction playfield and gave the old one to a friend for some wall art. The CPR playfield was pretty nice, except the dimples on the bottom of the playfield were worthless. I think maybe 4 or 5 dimples ended up being accurate. The others were WAY off. Luckily the topside holes were mostly accurate.

Overall, I really like how it turned out, minus the RadCals.

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The previous owner installed the apron. I'm not sure where he purchased it from.

I have both LED OCD and GI OCD board in my game. The GI OCD board is a must because of the dimming. Otherwise, you'll get this nasty strobing effect.

Anyone know of a good source for color accurate TOTAN decals?

I believe the genie should be more blue. I picked up a set of RadCals for this title as well, and I hate the way they look. The black background is more of a brown and the genie color is off too. I hate it so much, that I will be removing them and replacing them with decals from outside edge. They have a glitter option, but I went with the original look.

https://www.outsideedgeproducts.com/store/p78/Pinball_Cabinet_Decals.html

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Here is a comparison of the outside edge black color vs the RadCals.

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Sounds like it.

I have RadCals on my Indiana Jones and they look great on there. This is why I went with them on TOTAN, but those ended up being garbage. That always seems to be the case with Mirco products. You roll the dice.

The Outside Edge decals look good so far, but I haven't applied them yet. I'm waiting for the weather the get warmer, so I can properly prep the cabinet. I'll report back after I get them applied.

It's great that you like the way yours looks. I just wish the colors on the RadCals looked more like this. Where the background is a true black and not brown like the RadCals are.

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