Good luck with your sale.

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That is priced to sell. Good luck.

Great seller here gang.

XM LE the next TFLE? Price is going down?

This is a great price for new in box with shaker motor for what many consider the best of the two choices, this was over 7k not that long ago. I think it will sell quickly!

Every single Stern goes down in price after the immediate release. See: CoasterGuy's revelation last night that he sold TRON LE for less than he pre-paid, just 3 weeks after he got it. Once the code is updated a time or two again, and the LEs are sold out by the distros, the price will climb. TRON LE was probably an anomaly, and I wouldn't expect XM to repeat that price hike. But XM will be fine. TFLE will, too - in the long run. All it takes is one more code update, and the game is great (see: BDK).

Is the buyer covered under sterns warranty?

Another TFLE update by years end, yup that's right Happy Thanksgiving/Merry Christmas !

XMLE is a great game, nothing wrong with it. Just because people are selling doesn't mean a thing !

Totally correct on all counts. XMen is in good shape. It is a highly collectible theme and the LE's were a small run. There are not too many more Wolverine's in this world than there are Big Bang Bars...way way fewer than MM or AFM.

People shouldn't really view pins as an investment anyway (though granted those that have the past two years have seen a better return than I have on my retirement account). Pins are a hobby, game, or toy depending on who you are (unless you are a distributor of course)...very dangerous to speculate on items like pins.

Stern will (or should) earn a tip of the hat from some people if they do one more TFLE code update. Everyone was saying they were going to leave it for dead not that long ago like they did wheel of fortune. I will be very pleased if that is not the case and more code comes. The game does have good potential.

If they do a TF update just to stir the lot it would be huge success. It's the best marketing - sales promotion they could do this year. It has much more value than to the game itself.

My problem with XM is it looks like zizzle artwork and the callouts are...cheapish

I wanted to like it but got a Tron instead.

I enjoy mine a lot, but the voice work does get old fast. I've nev turfed a pin on callouts alone, but I can't say it doesn't bother me. I'm really praying this gets fixed.
Artwork is what I think everyone expected, comics.

I like Beast's call outs. He's so cheesy it is funny. Storm on the other hand. Yikes!!!

Pretty much this.

I think with a hefty code update, Transformers will be great. I'm fairly certain the same will be of Xmen too. I'm dying to see gameplay tweaks to AC/DC myself.

X-Men artwork is as good as it gets, for X-Men fans. Sorry, but that is absolute truth.

X-men Artwork is BOSS!

I can see that. I was never a comic book fan but it does look very similiar

Once the new code comes out you will have no problems selling this.

Yeh I disagree the artwork is not the problem

The software and possibly the tight shots are probably why some do not like the game. It is all taste. I like X-men though I do not love it. The left scoop and tight shots which impede the flow are what keeps it from being a top 5 in my opinion.

X-men LE will sit in the top 20 as it is a very good game. I think the price will stay around $6K for a long time. I do not see it going any higher than that for a long time.

Price is fair for a NIB with shaker.

The people who don't like the tough shots are just people who suck at pinball. :p

That's because Zizzle did a Marvel game with Marvel comic book art. X-Men is a Marvel game with Marvel comic book art. LOL...really lame comparing this to a Zizzle based on both games using hand drawn art from the same license.

That's not true at all. I like a game to flow well and X-men does not. I love John Borg and Steve Ritchie games though X-men just does not feel as smooth as Tron, Iron Man or AC/DC. I have long ball times on X-men though I cannot get the play down to where I feel it is fluid or smooth.

I guess I'm crazy when I'm flowing through the pops to the upper ramp, then to Cyclops and back to the upper ramp, then to the Iceman ramp and then back thru the pops....*shrug*

I think it's easier to control flow on AC/DC or Iron Man...it's the familar 2-ramp back 'n forth. X-Men's flow is a bit harder but I find it to be more satisfying when I get it going. It's a similar flow to Tron, so...I feel the same way about Tron.

Yep. You want flow, buy TRS. Those big wide ramp entrances are nice and easy to hit for back and forth *cough* flow.

I don't like either very much, I guess I am consistent. In my lifetime I have not bought one comic book.

Regardless....you know what a hand drawn drawing looks like, right? Comic books are hand drawn. All pinballs pre-Sega/Stern were hand drawn. So - by this logic, do all older pinballs look like Zizzles due to their hand drawn art?

Hand drawn comic art is far superior to the crappy photoshop pictures of actors Stern loves to put out. I can't stand looking at actors faces on playfields or translites. It reeks of cheap lazy work to me.

Definitely. Basically, the XM layout and flow aren't going to appeal to as many people, because it's a tougher, tighter shooting game.

Most players expect to flail around and start things up by Ball 3. Tron and ACDC, definitely the case, with very easy ramp shots, the ball finds its way into the shots with flailing. XM really requires aim, and the only gimmee is the Weapon X multi. The Dark Phoenix wizard mode is the new Valinor, but probably more difficult in that the villian modes are paused during multis.

I don't forsee XM having the general overall mass appeal of ACDC, mainly for those reasons, but look for it to have a smaller, more fanatical, cult following.

No they're not.

Ok, so you are saying that none of the villian modes are paused during mutis? You're saying that all villians can be stacked with multi? Just trying to clarify before we proceed...

Exactly. I think that's why I like the Shadow King mode a lot...even though it's super hard. When I make a point to aim for that far far Xavier shot (to light a hero to free from the Shadow King), and NAIL it...it feels very satisfying. This is why I like X-Men...I can play it "momentum fast/crazy" style, or "catch the ball and aim precisely" style.

There's one that pauses during Multi...I think it's a bug, since it's just that one. It's either Omega Red or Sentinels ...can't remember off the top of my head. The rest run through Multiball...but it's tough to tell as you don't see their animation and lit shots are sometimes Multiball jackpots (typical of games w/ lots of stacking). It would be cool if the DMD went back and forth between Magneto & the mode animation so you knew how much time you had left....or - it would be nice if you got unlimited mode timer if you stack it....they way they do it on Monster Bash!

It's been a day, dude. Only some of us wackos look at pinside every day.

The money wire has been sent and I included money for the shaker! Thanks Jim for the awesome service so far. Can't wait to get my hands on this bad boy. Always nice to move a machine from your wishlist, to your owned list. So what's this about a code update??

View it as free bumps. Bump.

I agree completely with all of this. It's a good game for sure, but the shots.....ugh. It's not going to get any better either.

Saying that I don't like the shots because I suck at pinball doesn't bother me. I don't like the shots. I've got to Portal a few times, RTU several times, KOTR 3 times, Vacation Jackpot, TABA many times (no, not Valinor), etc etc. I don't think that I completely suck. But whatever......