Well after 7-8 years of waiting, finally got my wife and self a SM on Saturday. We played one years ago right after is was released and my wife liked it a lot instantly. It was funny how at first some were kind of lukewarm to it, but then the ratings and reviews became stronger overall after awhile. We find a routed but one that cleaned up nicely for $4500 and have been playing it a lot. No major problems just needed a fuse to get the slingshots working and a few minor adjustments and lots of cleaning. Nice we happened to get if during a holiday (Labor Day) weekend. I'm kind of hoping she'll get on the high score board first as she doesn't have a lot of time to play pinball. Hooked a subwoofer up to it last night which is only the second pin I've done that with and really like the effects. What a great game!

Maybe someone else will chime in but I have those padded circles on order and will get back to you regarding how they will out if no one else answers your question.

Just updated mine to 2.61 and notcied some new speech and a few other changes. Mine had been on route and probably never updated.

added flipper fidelity 10" sub

How good does that sound on this game?

Any one occasionally get ball hang ups in the lower pop bumper area? I've looked to see if missing any rubber rings or anything else and game is clean and kept well waxed. Pitch is 6.5 degrees.

Played a few games of Spidey last night. Haven't played much pinball in about 3-4 weeks but had one good, not great game, but another reminder that this is one of Stern's strongest efforts. What a fun game!
Has anyone here played the VE version? Were there any changes or the rules or software updates? If so is there potential to update our versions of Spidey or not possible since they probably used their latest board system?

So how good is the color DMD really for Spidey. Been forever since I've seen one but know the factory DMD is mediocre for some scenes.