After unboxing a friend’s Maiden pro last night I’m going to have to say it’s the best built pro to date.
Over MET:
Slide service rails, check.
TWO spinners, check.
FOUR flippers, check.
Full STEREO, check.
LCD panel, check.
THREE steel ramps, check.
TWO repeatable intersecting looping orbit shots, check.
Three-point Bullseye Target with corresponding color LED flash, check.
Art is a toss up but, PF color saturation is pretty on Maiden. Clear seems better too.
Better music? Up to you... Check for me.
(Plus Maiden has line out audio as well.)
Can be changed via Pinball browser if not your cup o’ joe, but when playing, the songs aren’t really beating you over the head. More theme/mode driven than anything.
Just one more game FUN? check! (666 times.)
MET is great and all with the inline drops, but it’s no KME layout.
Trying to juggle multiballs with four flippers will always be challenging and the way the two up-posts work during gameplay is magical.
Seems like there are magnets up there but there aren’t.
Only gripe is the font choice, but the status info given on the display is really well thought out compared to the now outdated DMD.
Don’t get me wrong though, I love some dot animations and MET has great dots, but are you going to drop an extra $450 for a Color DMD?
Of course you are!
In closing,
Maiden pro! Best bang for your buck in 2018!