I’ll admit to buying several games before playing. Most I’ve got to play on location or at pin shows or friends houses before I buy, it’s a major purchase and I don’t like buying something that might not love especially at today’s prices.

Here’s what I’ve bought without playing

XMLE only had seen the reveal pictures and promo video.

Tron it was out for a while so got to read reviews and gameplay videos.

TNA pictures and gameplay tutorials.

R&M only pictures and promo video.

Godzilla LE pictures and livestream.

A lot, A lot of times I’ll want a pin and will get to play it and think thank god I didn’t buy it. Not saying I hate them but GnR, LZ, Mando, AIQ to name a few that I really would never buy but at one time I was seriously considering.

Of the pins I bought without playing. XMLE didn’t love it was ok but not great. Tron (love) R&M and TNA (love).

Because I got in on a LE with Godzilla that’s something that I’m buying first rather than play on location to decide which is my usual method.

For me the theme is great, the art is ok, but I guess I’m really putting my faith in Keith who can really design pins and rules that are interesting and deep.

I watched DeadFlip video and it looks fun but really unsure for me because I don’t really know the shots feel and the code is likely not polished.

I usually don’t care about premium or LE. Like I waited and got SW comic premium (which I prefer the art over the LE). Got JP premium and think that I prefer the raptor art over the LE.

On Godzilla tho, I really prefer the LE art with different art on both cabinet sides. I believe the pro and premium both repeat art on both sides. It’s not the only reason I got the LE but one reason why.

I’m not really sure what the rules are on Godzilla. I mean I read on TWIP but it was really not much detail. I didn’t study the livestream but seems like there are battle modes that I do like one was something like need to countdown certain number of spins on the three spinners.

I really love JP and Maiden rules. I’m not sure about AIQ rules but they seem on the deep / complex side which I’m more into now. So hopefully Godzilla will follow those games in the rules code department.

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I was interested in Halloween or Ultraman but didn’t see enough from the short promo video.

I used to live where there was very little pinball. Before I knew a lot of locals. I was in California on vacation and drove a good way out of the way to play Woz. Also same trip another location played Iron Man, ACDC and Metallica among others.

I’ve since played dozens of new pins but I still remember those two vacation excursions while my wife waited in the car reading (she could care less about pinball).

At the time I had Woz on order but couldn’t get into the game one bit. Didn’t know the rules and the location was poorly set up, I ended up canceling Woz at the time. Wasn’t for another year or two of playing Woz on location and at friends before I warmed up and bought mine.