I have a chance to pick up a HUO X-men pro for $4250 CAD ($3370 USD). It sounds like a really good price, but it isn't your typical HUO.

Here is my pro/con list:
Pros:
- Perfect Cabinet and backglass.
- All plastics looks to be in great shape (one of the sling plastics had broken, so it is down to one spare now.)
- No switch errors that I could see. (the only service notices were all for unused switches)
- Low plays (according to the owner).

Cons:
- There is a vertical line stuck on on the DMD, and a single dot in another location.
- There is missing paint and the start of wear around the scoop
- The back of wolverine is pretty much totally cracked around the bracket. Honestly, I am not sure what is holding him on...
- The auto launch was having difficulty launch the balls.
- It was purchased by a landscaping company and kept in their showroom/shop building for staff and customers. However, this building has no A/C, so it was pretty hot in there when I went to check it out. Not the 34C outside, but definitely warm.
- It also hasn't ever been cleaned, so it is really dirty. I haven't ever had to clean a table this dirty, so I don't know how much work it would be. The dirt also wan't super even, so I am not sure it that is the playfield dimpling, or just how the dirt gets deposited. However, under the dirt the playfield looks to be in good shape.

I know it is difficult to say without pictures, but does anyone have any advice for me? Right now I am leaning towards picking it up, since it's a pretty fun table for a decent price.

Not to worried about his honesty, I think it's more a case of no maintenance and lack of awareness. Unfortunately I wasn't actually dealing with the seller in person, just one if his employees. I talked to the seller over the phone and to his employee in person and didn't get a sketchy feeling from either of them.

just found this thread (https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sterns-red-led-dmd-anyone-have-issues) and it looks like the DMD might not be a big deal. Either to fix or get stern to replace. Anyone have any luck getting stern to replace the DMD's on used tables?

Good point about the HUO vs routed. I guess I was thinking that because it wasn't a high traffic arcade it wouldn't be considered routed, but you are right that it was for employees and customers, so not simply in his home. I don't think he used the term HUO, and I wasn't sure what else to call it since it wasn't really on route, just in an shop/office. Maybe OUO (office use only). I am going to look at it again tomorrow so I'll be sure to check how many plays it has then.

With that in mind, I still feel that it is a good price for the condition it's in, but I do appreciate any input or warning signs people might know about.

it's on v1.02, so never updated. My impression is that they owner of the company bought it and just let everyone play it. He was aware that it was dirty, but he thinks it's in mint condition otherwise, which isn't quite the case. I would agree that the cabinet is mint, but the DMD issues and broken wolverine are less than mint. There definitely isn't a pinhead there who took car of the table.

Thanks for the link to the wolverine replacement option. If I do end up picking it up I was going to try to fix the damage to wolverine and see how long it lasts, but I'll keep that link on hand for when it dies.

went and picked it up this morning. Pretty stoked! The scoop wear wasn't as bad as I first though, only into the paint. I also checked out the total plays and it was just over 1800. So not HUO levels, but pretty lightly routed in my opinion.

I haven't checked out the game play videos yet, but the pictures looked pretty cool! Does the wolverine magnet still work with this mod? That may effect which way I go.

Here's some photos. Simply unloaded from the van and leveled, I don't even have time to play Got to keep the wife happy though, if you know what I mean Looks like it should clean up really well with a bit of elbow grease, but step one will be to update the code.

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I am sure I will! I also have to figure out how to pull out the spot lights to replace the dead bulbs... They just don't want to come out.

Also, anyone know why this was in the cabinet? The owner's employee told me it came with the game, but that doesn't make any sense to me. I did a quick google search and didn't come up with anything pinball related.

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The spotlight "dishes" are attached with heat shrink, so I didn't think they'd go back on properly if I took them off. I was going to give needle nose pliers a shot, so good to know they'll work.

Thanks for the heads up, I probably would have tried a 555 in there.