Yes I played my Buddy RandomKG’s DP and really enjoyed it. I play for fast and furious fun and the need to not walk away and play one more game. Very few pins fall in this category but DP seems to have the fun and “one more!” written all over it. DP is on my short list.

Congrats new owners!

Got my “loaner” DP in house from a friend to try out to see if I like it. He has 2 DP’s so apparently he likes it. Who does that?!

Fun playing game!

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Call or contact Chas at Stern and send a photo. See if they will mail you one.

Finally in the club. As you all know - fun game!

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Might bump your thigh into the handle while playing but I think it would look good. The candy armor looks great. My Prem I just bought had that color also. Sweet.

Good friend to have right there! Don’t piss that friend off.

Soooo apparently on the plunge you can shoot the right loop with the left flipper and then hit the Katana shot next after the ball comes back around for a 12,500,000 super skill shot?! That’s why I own and love DP!

I always play out the rest of my balls. Many many times I have stunk up the first couple of balls and blew things up on ball 3. Like ball 3 never ends! On the flip side many times I have blew up ball 1 and drained both balls 2-3 doing absolutely nothing.

Also I oddly have had many “best games” after I have I played a few awful games before it. So I usually don’t walk away and hit start again until I have at least one “respectable” game when I play.

On the your comments earlier just keep playing and you will get better. I went to boot camp years ago when I bought an Iron Man that played really tough. Now that game killed me but really sharpened my skills. All other games felt easier after I got good at IM. DP is fun and won’t kill you as you learn. Take your time.

With the whole points thing I just play for fun. With DP I try to start and win each battle and collect weapons to play Mechsuit MB which is the funniest and most fun MB in pinball for me. I don’t look at my score until the end.

The best games are the ones you want to play one more game of when you are stinking it up or playing well and for me there are not many but DP is one off them for sure.

I agree with you. The pro plays great. I do think the premium is better though and worth the upgrade if you have the cash because DP is one of the greatest. This being said for buying purposes for NIB if I had a choice I would lean Prem. For HUO purchase I would get either pro or Prem which ever comes up at a fair price semi local from me. That’s what I did with my DP purchase and the stars aligned and I got a Prem. Now it seems the stars have to align to get anything anymore.

The pro is solid. I wouldn’t kick the pro out of bed.

Oh IMDN and DP PROS are great.

My main point was right now we pretty much don’t have a choice of pro or Prem because of not many HUO for sale and dealers are sold out. Stern is doing a run of them and the dealers are selling out their preorder spots also.

On NIB’s coming out I still don’t understand if the prices are going up to Godzilla pricing next year or not??
Not sure. Hope not

It’s really this simple. Some folks will never figure it out.

Yeah I was sitting at home bored one Sunday morning and saw your post about WTB both DP and GDZ. I thought let’s message my friend who had them for fun. It was interesting seeing things line up for you both that day. Congrats on the purchase!

On the Prem I like the candy apple red which was pretty popular on Iron Man. The LE lighter red armor looks better on that with a lot of yellow on the cab. For Prem darker red works better with the cab colors being darker blue. Just my opinion. The pics below are hard to make out the Speckled dark red, but I tried.

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Very nice collection and DP should fit right in. Curious what your top favorites of your pins are if you would like to share them?

Congrats!

From your posts you seem newer and just want to have fun playing pinball and you seem to really enjoy finally owning them. Good for you!

Some who have been around the block get caught up on some features missing on a pro that take away from their pinball experience on a game. Others pretty much have just as much fun playing either. Depends on which type of person you are. Keep in mind some folks have a dozen other games to shoot so no big loss if they don’t have DP either model.

Shoot for a Prem if you have the coin but I would just grab a pro if you have access to one soon. Prem NIB wait is an unknown. Stern and your Distro also, need to pull through for you . Pro plays great and is a ton of fun. As we get closer to Summer perhaps more info will come out which will help you make a decision also.

Good luck!

You really can’t just say get a pro or pay $2000 more to get a Prem and have most go with “yeah just get a Prem then” and do this comparison anymore.

Now it’s
1. Will I be able to get either one NIB in the next 6 months?
2. A HUO Prem will run you not $2000 but $4000 more over a Pro
3. Will I be able to find a HUO or PREM FS locally in the next 6 months?

The disco loop is great but look at the above and pretend you don’t own DP yet and want one. Things have changed Unfortunately. I think I DP pro is much better than many other Sterns even Prems.

Good job on being proactive on calling around and being ready to pull the trigger right then. Pro plays great. You will love it!

If you know the previous owner ask them if what is going on now was normal.

Good time to sell anything that got bumped up during the pandemic. Things are slowing down including money flow from then Govt. Stocks just got sold off and good ones that make money will come back ok but a group of stupidly priced ones likely never come back to near where they were. If a pin you own is stupidly overpriced like $15k plus LE’s you may want sell. The $15k Deadpool’s only started last Dec in tight supply for sale before Christmas. It’s not a years long pattern of pricing. It’s possible it sticks, sure. I don’t think it’s probable. All IMHO.

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SNIKT! is a great shot when you hit it! Gomez made his typical clunk work with that shot. Love it