New Acquistion: HUO Tron

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HUO Tron... for the last 20 years ;). It spent 9 years on location. I have to thank Mongo (Pat) for scoping this for me and passing it on. I answered a Craigslist ad for a $250 Tron with no pictures, then when I replied to the ad they jacked their price to $1250 and told me they were taking offers, then re-posted the Craigslist ad for $2000. Mongo brought them back out of the clouds, and although I didn't get it for $250, I still am happy with the price I paid. BTW, some anonymous tipster told the sellers to tell the next person to reply to their ad to ask $1250, and I was THAT next guy. So if it was someone on KLOV, thanks for that. I also want to thank local guys welove80s (Keith) and kjeffery (Ken) for owning Tron's and making me want to join the Tron club. Welove80s didn't make it any easier by giving me 2 Tron posters, when I didn't own a Tron... yet. Thanks again for those BTW.

So I bought this from a really old man, whose 2 twenty something grandaughters were there. They all told me the game has sat in the corner of their non-windowed basement for the last 20 years. Basically, when it came into the basement, it went into a finished corner and never moved from that spot. So that is why it is HUO for 20 years.

When it was on location, the stick was replaced with a black one and there are a few very minor scrapes in the side art. When it was sold to the old guy, the seller put in a freeplay button. They had long lost the keys and the sound was soft and scratchy. After I got the doors open, tweaking the sound pot clear up the sound right away. I replaced the stick with a repro and replaced the black lights. The inner sticker art being in that basement with no sunlight for that long glows really nicely under the blacklight. I will still replace the CPO and spinner sticker with a repro and get new T-molding to round this game off. So... on to the pictures.

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HUO = never been on location - ever. 9 years in an arcade is a long time.

It looks great but it sure isn't 'HUO'
 
Damn it took you long enough!!! I bet it was worth the wait because you have an original beauty right there. Hats off and congrats to you
 
Nice! That machine is beautiful, the monitor even looks great! I don't see any flaking on the marquee either. Great score, congrats. As was mentioned, you have to keep it for the story alone. :D
 
HUO = never been on location - ever. 9 years in an arcade is a long time.

It looks great but it sure isn't 'HUO'

Well his first sentence says HUO for past 20 years and there's a little guy winking. I didn't even know the HUO police existed until now. :)
 
Nice machine. I would touch the side art scrapes with a paint pen not a sharpie. Take your time in cleaning it up. I paid $1100 plus shipping for mine in rougher shape, then ordered reprosideart, new CPO, bezel art, and inner side art. The hours in cabinet repair and to install the new art were long. The result was worth is. Over about 8 months I slowly tackled it and finished it about a month before the new movie came out.

Make sure you clip that battery off the power supply and install the free play chip available.

Michael
 
Well his first sentence says HUO for past 20 years and there's a little guy winking. I didn't even know the HUO police existed until now. :)

Are you new? That's the 2nd most popular police here.
 
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