I prefer CFTL but both are good games. They are completely different though. If the CFTBL is moded out and has a nice playfield it's a fair deal. CFTBL has ton of mod options, the LCD hologram replacment is the most important in my opinion.

I would never make that trade. Met is just way more fun.

No way. It's doesn't hold up to MET imo. I will say CFTBL does have some excellent artwork and cool ramps (I like the swirling bowl) but it's not a super smooth n creamy player like MET is. The music and sparky are big sellers.....plus it's totally MOD-centric and getting more love as time goes on. It's a keeper.

I would stick with your met. I have a creech with the pinballmike lcd and othere than it being a great looking machine there's no depth to the game. multiball is the extent of the game modes. And his would have to be almost perfect for an even up trade.

True, then again to play Devils advocate, you can always pick up a met pro again if you want. Not sure how many CFTBL are in your area or how nice they are. I would venture that a met pro is higher value than a cftbl add in mod's and I'd say cftbl needs more.

What? They made 7,841 CFTBL. Granted, a super nice one may be harder to find, but they come up for sale all the time.

Yeah I have one up the street from me and I enjoy it but I'm playing met pro in the next town and shopping for one. So that should say a little something. Still, cftbl is fun just not sure if it has the staying power. great looking machine though

As for scarcity, like I said, depending on where you live.

CFTBL, stayed for 2 years, MET will never leave.

Cftbl has one multiball and it's only two ball. Gets tedious quickly.

We talked about this at league last week. Consensus was that CFTBL is a great 3rd or 4th game. It's very pretty (man... the art is just fantastic), it's got good (but not deep rules) and can be brutally hard. Because it can be so hard, it's not especially friendly for non-pinball people.

I already own a Met Pro and have AMH on the way, Creech will be on my game 3 list.

I think this is a fair assesment. CFTBL is not deep, but the game is so difficult you will have lots of issues see all that is has to offer. It is very unfriendly to non pinheads.

You also kind of have to duck down to play it due to the ramp obstructing your view. That's kind of annoying. It is fun for a game or two here and there.

Have both, love both. The main downside I see here is you'd be giving up variety by selling your modern game and having two pins from the early 90s. If you are still having fun with MET then I'd suggest keeping it for a while longer.

Paging Quiddity...lol.. she's gonna say keep MET.

Not every multi-ball needs to be 4-6 balls like newer Sterns. Sometimes less = more and I can't imagine what creech multiball would be like with more then 2 balls. A friend of mine was over the other night and was so frustrated playing my creech for 2 hours. He would complete most of the objectives like finding creech, building up 4x but draining or not be able to re-start multiball. It is so frustrating because you now have to chop wood (FILM) all over again but when everything does line up and you nail that Super Jackpot it is so satisfying!

I own both, and while I like creech a lot, MET is simply the best. It has been played non-stop since I got it. My friends and I can never play too many games of MET. Creech is fun and definitely has that "one more game" factor, but don't lose your Metallica over it.

I would take the theme from Creech over Met any day. Creech is one of the most attractive and best themed games out there for my tastes. I'm also a B/W guy. Still, I own Metallica and I have passed on many great deals on CFTBL over the years. Creech bores me to tears quickly. It's fun for a short while, but I'd rather play it in someone else's gameroom. Met is about as good as it gets when it comes to gameplay and rules.

Metallica's are and will continue to be a easy pick up.. Heck I can still get Met Pro's NIB.. So I would say get the Creature, if you don't like it you can alway get another Met and Creature is an easy sell so you won't have any issues selling it as well. Well as long as you don't want 15k Tron LE prices…

Values.

Creature

3600-4000

Depending on Condition and Mods..

Met Pro

3800-4200

That is why when you can play Creature well you can almost play any game well.. It gets you good at hitting shots and hitting shots under pressure..

Yep. Only reason I'd change my mind if the Creech was hep'ed, play it for a while and sell it to pick Met back up (and use the profit to fund another Creech if you really like it that much).

To quote James... NOOOOOoooooOOOO!

Metallica was the first game I fell in love with enough to buy NIB, so maybe I'm biased. The drive-in/horror theme is outstanding on Creature, but I wouldn't take the gameplay over Metallica.

Creech has one feature that I wish more games had, the hurry up to restart multi-ball after a drain. That is one of the most satisfying shots to hit in all of pinball! Good luck with your decision!

The scarcity argument is a good one....do the CFTBL just to try it out. Keep it for as long as it interests you, then sell/swap it, and get a Metallica back, which shouldn't be too hard.

Its funny how sometimes you need to move a "never sell" game out of your collection before you realise you don't really miss it. Im all for trying as many games as possible. I don't have room for 20 machines, so they get rotated pretty frequently.

Even goes back to Funhouse when trying to get to the hidden hallway to restart multiball....