Just had my Deadpool pro delivered this morning. Will take better pics later.

Loving it so far. It's such a loud, obnoxious, fun machine.

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Shaker motor... worth the $ or no?

Also, the fake knocker sound Stern uses these days is horrid. Turned it off. If I want it back... will buy the kit.

Side note: I'm surprised at a lot of the reviews for Deadpool - including SDTM's review on Youtube. I agree that the layout is kind of clunky sometimes - not as smooth as my Demo Man, for instance.

But this is an extreme FUN pin to play. Total package is extremely well done. Music is the best I've ever heard on a Stern pin, bar none. Enjoyability on it A++++ as far as I'm concerned. And when I have friends over, everybody crowds around it and wants to play it. Theme is exceptionally well integrated. 16 bit fighting game style animation is perfect. And the shots, while sometimes clunky, are unique and very different from other pins. Yeah, it's not perfect (no pin ever is), but it's extremely good. Definitely my current favorite in my collection, and of all the pins I've played recently, only JJP's Pirates is better (and that costs a lot more).

The Colossus shot is actually pretty smooth for me (except with the tiny nature of the loop, it stills gives a clunky sound even when hit). I hit that shot a LOT, it's perfectly dialed in on my machine. The katana shot is what gets a little clunky for me, though it's a little better since I micromanaged the levelers a bit more. Tough to really get that shot perfectly setup.

But otherwise, yes, it's a very strange comparison. I may be the only person on Earth who was cross-shopping those two pins. At least, that's what my local dealer said, anyway. And I'm probably going to buy Pirates as well, anyway, and sell my Avatar to make room for it. I liked both pins a lot, but for very different reasons. Deadpool is slapstick, fun, and just a blast to play. Pirates was long, deep, and very well made. Bought Deadpool first because Stern pros are still very reasonably priced, all things considered. And Deadpool pro is very fully featured for a pro. Stern sells you a lot of pin for that money.

The music on Munsters was utterly annoying. Couldn't stand it. It's the 'get stuck in your head' kind of bad. Immediately struck Munsters off my list for that reason. Deadpool, OTOH, has an epic soundtrack with a lot of variety. Muuuuuuuuuch better.

Dazzle, sometimes. Mech suit, no.

But hitting the boom button can be a risk for this reason. Not only do you take hand off flipper button, but there's a moment of flash where you can drain easily - especially in multiball.

Part of the challenge, I think. I don't mind.

Probably because people heard it in the SDTM review.

But in practical terms, the katana lock shot can be hit dead on and fail ~50% of the time. That is annoying and clunky. BUT the shot is so unique and different that I think the uniqueness makes up for the annoyance, and then some. The Colossus loop is so tight it is actually audibly clunky when you hit it. But that doesn't bother me as much as it bothers some. I like this pin. It's just fun, crazy, fast, and unique. You can nitpick things with it - you can with any pin - but the overall package is excellent and enjoyable, clunk or no clunk, IMHO.

Was playing yesterday and a random screw flew off from somewhere and appeared in the middle of the playfield. Got it out before it got lodged somewhere or caused any damage, but can't find out where the damn thing came from. Nothing appears to be missing a screw anywhere. Nothing loose on the playfield. Everything looks fine, except I have this random screw that appeared out of nowhere.

This happen to anyone else? Any place I might not be looking?

Good idea, but I checked it just now and nope... all screws in Little Deadpool are there.

Now I'm just wondering if the factory dropped a screw somewhere and it just decided to pop out and scare the crap out of me. Lol.

Will take pic of screw this evening (sounds dirty - lol).

The dimples don't bother me. Same thing happened with my Avatar Pro back in the day. Eventually there were dimples all over, and the playfield just had a sort of light texture to it that didn't look bad. The dimples are only annoying when they are few, and stand out against non-dimpled/lightly-dimpled areas. It all evens out over time.