If you do decide to go Luci, I would recommend paying a bit more and going original over the vault edition. Just my two cents. I personally love the band AC/DC so my vote would be a bit skewed.

I would rank them in this order
1 AC DC
2 JJPOTC
3 Batman 66
4 Deadpool pro
5 GOTG premium if it was a pro I would have ranked it higher than Deadpool.

If you’re more into the fun of Pinball and you like money, go acdc pro vault. I personally enjoy it more than the premium which I owned for over a year. Now, if you have endless funds then I would definitely have a good look at Pirates, but it might take you a month or two to get one. Guardians, Deadpool, Batman are easy passes; Batman is cool, just way overpriced, But is still behind AC/DC and pirates in my book.

I'm loving JJPOTC. I've had it for a week. There is so much depth to the game that it will be fun for a long time and the theme, music, and light show will make it a family favorite. It's way ahead of the others on your list (imo), but it also costs the most.

DP gameplay hasn't pulled me in and I cancelled my preorder. Love the art and the effort on pf design.

Guardians plays fast. Ramps are satisfying. Code has come a long way and I recommend looking at the Pro. Premium gets you groot hands and a spinner.

AC/DC prem is a good pin. If you're not into the music, I can't see the family appeal over others on the list.

Listen to BM66 music on a gameplay stream. I watched reruns as a kid. I like the theme. The pin is fun (lacks some flow for me), but the constant jazzy music keeps it out of my collection.

You should wait for Oktoberfest pin, it will be a much more family pin than the pins you mentioned.
Wait is not so long, next month.

It is the next pinball machine of America Pinball that made Houdini.

I voted Batman because I loved it with the new code and I love the theme. After that I'd list ACDC, great game period. Haven't played jjppotc or deadpool yet but I'd go in that order from what I've seen. GOTG was way too simple playing but I have no idea how new code helps

I have all these except JJPOTC. My new game is always my favorite (Deadpool), and Deadpool pro is a lot of bang (or should I say "Boom") for the buck. But prior to that ACDC has been a long term favorite of mine and is my wife's favorite also so that is how I voted in the poll. All of these seem potentially good choices though.

He was joking (i hope). The difference in LE and Standard JJPOTC is the powder coating, star map, topper, printed manual, and shaker motor. The game play will be exactly the same either way. It's personal preference. If you were going to have the legs and armor powder coated, it would run you close to the difference alone.

Personally, I think the standard would be fine. I like the stainless look better, don't like toppers, could live without a manual (or buy one later) and don't like shaker motors. The star map is cool, but I could probably live without it. I understand the "constellation" shots are indicated via the inserts on the standard, so I would probably get used to that.

Invisiglass: $300~
Headset: $100~
Shaker: $150~
Color changing GI: priceless
Starfield + extra rules associated: priceless
Powder coating: who cares really, I actually prefer the stainless steel.
Topper: who cares really, I prefer no topper vs a lasserific one.

All in all, the standard really doesn’t seem like a good value. However, I’m curious to see and play one as I feel less is sometimes better. Im not quite sold on the color changing GI or star map rules yet, but admittedly I also have very limited time on the LE so far.

My favorite game on the list is ACDC but I’ve played the prototype Pirates and it is a great shooter I want one). That said if this is for the family I would get GotG pro if money is a concern at all because it’s bright and colorful and it has an interactive bash target for less experienced players. I wouldn’t buy the standard JJPOTC but at $4k less GotG Pro is solid.

They are all good games though.

AC/DC is the most successful modern pin and holding up over time like a true top 10 machine.

The others will likely have their moment and fade to good but not great machines.

Maybe POTC will be great, but like DI, WOZ and Hobbit will probably be a wide range of opinions depending on personal preference for theme, style of play.

I just bought BM66. Theme integration, video and art are great, and code may get there, but it’s not a great shooter (no matter how much dialing in you do).