I would skip both AIQ and TMNT, two of my least favorite of the recent Stern spikes.

Had a TMNT LE, sold very quickly. Buddy had TMNT pro, which is better than LE as the ball feeds to upper flipper significantly better on pro, but ultimately wasn’t a huge fan of the game on either edition.

Rules are ok on TMNT, but not the greatest. Game is fairly brutal and layout has some issues. Upper flipper is pretty critical to progressing far and is rather difficult to hit reliably during hurry ups. TMNT Upper flipper is not nearly as repeatable as the warp ramp flipper on ST, or the big loop upper flipper on IMDN.

Lair shot for leveling up your turtle isn’t the greatest feeling shot, rather clunky. Getting your turtle to level 4 is rather difficult, and not rewarding enough for the all effort. The pizza toppings are unbalanced, especially for tournament or multiplayer competition. When you do pull of combos on TMNT its is pretty great, but the upper flipper makes that difficult to repeat consistently. Scoring doesn’t feel rewarding at all.

AIQ is a fantastic layout, and it shoots much better than TMNT in my opinion, but the theme integration/animations are terrible, and the rules are complex. That can be good in a home setting, but I couldn’t get into them.

Deadpool is a masterpiece, as is Iron Maiden.

Jurrasic Park is also great, very good rules, fantastic layout, little bit more difficult of a shooter.

Star Trek might be one of the best beginner pins ever made, killer layout with tons of flow. Rules are a little lacking on ST after you play it a ton, but still a great pin.

Stranger Things with UV kit is also pretty great game now that rules have matured. If you like brutal games, TMNT fits the bill, but I’d much rather play BKSOR pro than TMNT pro if I was looking for a game with shorter ball times.

So many other great games out there that are better than TMNT and AIQ, but thats just my opinion and it doesn’t mean much of anything for what you may like. If you can find any place to play them before you buy/order that would be ideal. Everybody likes different games, and its really difficult to know which games will resonate with you personally until you flip them a bunch.