Seriously? LOTR is Stern's best pin EVER! It's the sum of the parts guys. Deep code. Great art. Callouts from the actors. Modes like There and Back Again...Destroy the Ring...come on. What mode does GOT have that gets your blood boiling? Also LOTR is a 2003 pin...GOT comes out 12 years later and where's the innovation? Damn upper playfield is not nearly as cool as Balrog.

Look, I know GOT is the pin everyone is ass kissing right now. But you have to judge it in 2015 terms. They spent 2 years making it, delivered FUGLY art and no original / innovative shots. How are people in love with this pin? It's so average considering how much time Stern spent making it.

LOTR is a classic that has stood the test of time. In a year, nobody will care about GOT.

Let me break it down. In 12 years, Stern has gone backwards, not forwards. Seriously, what modern Stern has nearly as much going on it as LOTR and TSPP? And yes, LOTR artwork is MILES ahead of GOT. Miles. I'm just saying GOT came out and it had the same old same old layout. The upper playfield is HUGE and kills the flow of the pro. Those that say it doesn't are just fooling themselves. But what really puts LOTR ahead of GOT is theme integration. When you look at the LOTR playfield, you feel like you are in Middle Earth and inside the journey. GOT? It's the worse playfield integration of all time. Yes, all time. What a huge letdown. People keep justifying it, but come on, a bunch of cogs and sand? How lame.

Dude, you are smoking the crack. GOT better than LOTR? Explain. What's so brilliant about the pin? I can't even get over the ugly playfield and lack of immersion with the theme.

Exactly. This two year in the making pin is so underwhelming. The only praising it are dudes buying it as a means to justify their purchase. Seriously. 2 years in production and this is the best they could do? A bunch of ugly shields and rainbow lights. Really feels like the GOT universe...not.

How can you argue that the skittles light show in GOT fits the theme at all? Seriously? It's over the top and ridiculous considering the them. And no MODE in GOT will ever compete with..."TO WAR!!!!!!"

I agree I am too harsh on GOT. Just my favorite show and wanted one so badly. I just cannot see the reason to get one. It's a fun pin, but nothing about seems overly innovative or magical. We all expected more with a 2 year development time. But hey enjoy it, that's all that matters. Just don't say its better than LOTR. That's just inane.

This thread should be called: Too Early To Tell Predictions! First someone predicts GOT LE is better than LOTR. Now people are saying Hobbit is better than both. We're all dumb.