Tales of the Arabian Nights
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Just picked up a nice HUO TOTAN yesterday. Really nice condition just needs my LED treatment and a cleaning. ColorDMD and topper. Can't wait to put some play time on it! I'm going to order the cliff protectors for it. Any other cool mods/options? Seems like there is a ton of programming in this one. One of my grail pins.
50553576398_e3e39bc7ca_o (resized).jpgQuoted from Markharris2000:There are a dozen mods 'for it' which really are not. They mostly include various vinyl figures like a skeleton or cobra etc that just sit in a few blank places and several of them look like an add-on and can be distracting. As for actual mods made for the machine, there is a lighted scitar sword for the ball shooter area ($90), there is a gold plated lamp ($175), there are replacement lamp spinning disks in purple and clear ($20), and hand painted genies exist ($35-75).
Note: be careful with adding LEDs to it just yet. The dimming is used pretty extensively throughout so LEDs to be effective would also need the OCD type control boards to mimic the dimming.
Recommendation: Before you jump into mods, start with assuring the bazaar scoop, skill-shot bracket, tiger-loop magnetic post and all three clear ramps are updated/cleaned/replaced. Those usually take a beating in this machine. The wood around the left outhole can be pretty raw so fixing and adding a decal ($15) may make sense too before you add the outhole cliffy protector. There are also a number of bulbs that are really hard to get to, so they likely burned out years ago and were never replaced (like all of them under the spinning lamp disk and many in the upper right corner for instance)
Well I can tell we are on the same page! 
I'm not into the "toys" at all. Gaudy and distracting like you mentioned. I got a TAF for free (friend died) and it was loaded with toys. I was tearing them off for weeks. I guess I meant what mods are helpful to making it work the best it can and protect it. This was a home use only since new example so lucky, all the wear spots I've seen noticed are very minimal if any at all. Cabinet art looks vibrant and new. I also saw those lamps under the spinning lamp and they are working but when the guy LED'd the game he left those as bulbs still. I wrestled with it a little bit and gave up for now. I keep lifting the playfield and tweaking the led selection meanwhile looking around but it's hard to keep that playfield up long as I want to play it as well! Cliffy's will be ordered for sure. He's usually my first stop on any game I've owned/own. NVram will also be first think. It's got a remote battery mount thankfully but I try to keep all batteries out of my games. I might do the new gold armor on this one not sure yet. It's so nice the cabinet it almost deserves it. But thanks for the tips! I'll post up the things I do it it.
Quoted from Markharris2000:There are a dozen mods 'for it' which really are not. They mostly include various vinyl figures like a skeleton or cobra etc that just sit in a few blank places and several of them look like an add-on and can be distracting. As for actual mods made for the machine, there is a lighted scitar sword for the ball shooter area ($90), there is a gold plated lamp ($175), there are replacement lamp spinning disks in purple and clear ($20), and hand painted genies exist ($35-75).
Note: be careful with adding LEDs to it just yet. The dimming is used pretty extensively throughout so LEDs to be effective would also need the OCD type control boards to mimic the dimming.
Recommendation: Before you jump into mods, start with assuring the bazaar scoop, skill-shot bracket, tiger-loop magnetic post and all three clear ramps are updated/cleaned/replaced. Those usually take a beating in this machine. The wood around the left outhole can be pretty raw so fixing and adding a decal ($15) may make sense too before you add the outhole cliffy protector. There are also a number of bulbs that are really hard to get to, so they likely burned out years ago and were never replaced (like all of them under the spinning lamp disk and many in the upper right corner for instance)
One other thing to mention, the LED's were freaking out when I got it. I turned off all the dimming features in the menu that stops that low level flickering but I might do the OCD board on this one just to see how that looks as well.
Quoted from xfassa:I really like the sword topper I made several years ago (bottom sword in pic). However, I made a prototype sword (top sword in pic) based on the sword image from DMD display. Any thoughts?
Currently, I have the opinion of "its not horrible but pretty close". [quoted image][quoted image]
Nice option but I think I like the sword lay out on the topper only because it matches the PF layout.
Question, If I have one ball locked and the other balls are in the trough, it seems to kick out 2 balls into the shooter lane. So you launch one and it's strike the genie for multiball. If I do strike him I can then shoot the other ball in the shooter lane. Just started doing this. I also noticed sometimes I'll drain on the left side and the right side ball save cage kicks up. Like it knows I drained just on the wrong side. Anyone run into something like that before?
Added some better LED's since I bought it. Had single SMD clear lens warm white. Seemed dull and dark. Went with cool white from Comet frosted 2 SMD much better! Also installed lighted flipper buttons from Pinball Life. One of my favorite easy to install mods. I mount the controller just to the left of the coin box along the back. Makes it nice and easy to get to. Plenty of wire for a clean hidden install as well. Cliffy protectors are the next install when they get here.
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, and waxed what I could get to and now the damn thing plays so fast I can't play it! Air ball central. Nothing like a fresh wax on the PF and ramps! I've seen people have issues with the Cliffy's but no issues with any of them. Everything works as it should. Such a fun game. Hard to work on it when all I want to do it play it!
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Yup my wallet will be a ball of flames soon! 
Brian Allen knocked it out of the park again with his art work for TOTAN! I didn’t even have to change the leds from the original translite. Looks amazing! Another Allentown Pinfest pick up!
I also added that mean genie Saleem Bagazi shooter rod! Next up install the side blade art from Brian and finish off getting the armor plated. Such an awesome pin.
Added the brass legs and bolts I picked up at Allentown as well. Such an amazing game one of the few I'll never sell!
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