All 3 remakes are great games so you really can't go wrong. I would let the market make the decision for you. The first really nice used one within driving distance wins

Terry is allergic to used games.

I think his views have changed due to all the play field issues people are having....used games are a no brainier

When are the royals shipping? They took payments in Dec, iirc.

Smart move in 2020.
2nd hand pristine MBR LEs/SEs are starting to shake out @ decent price points vs new. Avoid tax and possibly shipping if local.
I’d be happy to find a low play CE.

You can for the low low price of $20k-$28k. Maybe a bit cheaper if you shop around.

Good luck and remember we’re all counting on you.

I'm surprised how nobody seems to like monster bash nearly as much as the other two. Is it that shallow? I haven't owned the game, but having played it, it seems amazing.

It is an amazing game to play but not to own in my opinion. It got REALLY stale for me in a month. I was shocked because I love the game so much. Traded it for a DeadPool and never looked back.

I can only speak for myself, but I really hate the theme. AFM and MM are kind of goofy and timeless, whereas the monster designs and music in MB are just annoying to me. To each their own though - I would never begrudge someone's love for it.

We love our MBrLE. No complaints here. Game plays nice and compared to the MMr and AFMr game is definitely right up there. Best looking game of the 3 I think,

I'm a bit puzzled by cgc buissness modell.
The le's are such superior deals in terms of what you get for your money.
If I bought a se, it would really brother me, I've done such a bad deal.

Mb gets old quickly imo especially in a smaller collection. Again I had all 3 of the ones mentioned at same time and afm is still here years later bc it has best code and is the most difficult imo ..and it just has that one more game feel. I have yet to beat the game in thousands of plays but have been close. It's the perfect amount of difficulty and code depth for home use and is very fast, flowy, brutal out lanes, great theme, humor, strobe mb and everything just works well together in afm for a great pinball experience.
Mm and mb are fine pins but I think afm is just few notches better.. especially over mb.

MB is a looker for sure. I’m still enjoying it and would probably only sell it at this point if I needed room or money. Younger kids seem to really enjoy it as well.

I agree on MBRLE and AFMRLE....thats not really the case with MMR Royal....its $2K more for the essentially same package. They had to do that so they didnt piss off all the original LE owners.

AFMs by a mile Terry

Afm out of all them imo.. elvira just isn't very good shooter imo... its missing the vibe prior ones gave off especially for the price it is. The new jp is good shooter but I dont like it as much as I thought I wld and especially all the hype its getting on here . Its bc of the way it comes across with the video and audio lack of assets. I know some of that can be fixed but it's just missing something to make it a a++. Mb is great theme and is gorgeous but misses on some things in code and gameplay..... wish Frank's ramp was used more and even if the game is set up more difficult it seems to still get old pretty quickly for many. Afm is the total package imo and is deep enough to keep u coming back game after game . Beating mars is difficult (only did it 4 times) and of course ruleing the
Universe is super difficult to get to as ive never been there in years of ownership and thousands of plays. Get the afm se and don't look back..unless you can get a huo le for 6800-7500(best bet). But go play all of them for a few hours more to decide for yourself . Everyone likes different things for different reasons.

Here's few of my crappy afm videos to show how fast and fun it can be... these were actually few minutes longer than most games on mine lol.

I love George Gomez machines and recommend MBr. Love that game!

Don't be foolish buddy..... with these PF issue's I stay clear of new Sterns and JJP.... Sad to say since im a Stern fanboy.

Never had an issue with CGC PFs and the value you get is second to none. If you want toys buy MBr, humor and layout MMr. longevity, theme and IMO the best game ever made AFMr

BTW I had all three originals and all three remakes.... The remakes are are a far superior game.

True.. until they help with your other pins with issues I wldnt give them any more money.

all of these games are epic fun. but if i had to chose AFMR by a mile:

some streams of the three:

AFMR

MBR

MMR

volume was a bit iffy on the last one but turn it own and its ok... MBR is from a tourney at my house - my games are set up to be hard but as you can see they are all epic games.

Neil.

I'd have AFMR over JP if I had to choose.

JP is a great game but from my POV its another level of toughness, getting to great scores and deep into the game requires a lot of skill and consistency. For me it can be quite frustrating at times but I do really like it as its helping me become a more consistent player, albeit slowly

Neil.