Saw it at Calextreme, i thought it looked great myself.

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Case look is nice...but change the translite

I have not seen the Road Case in person...but I will tell you the Monster translight is great. Cabinet is ok on monster...but I think it fits the theme of the game better than the roadcase if you ask me.

Road case with Monster translite...that's what i would go for!

Most of the pics I've seen around here are the monster version. I think if they just dropped that fuggly translite, they would sell a bunch of the roadcase versions.

Lol Sorry, I need to read better. I only have the Monsters Version unboxed.

Here's mine (well Hubby's it was his Birthday present!) a few pics of it in its new home the living room. I liked the Road Case cab better than the pro/premium (skittles) version. The Trans light is not as bad as it first seemed from the promo pics, but it would look better with the DD premium one in it. The DD one just goes better with the PF art IMO.

There was also this thread a bit ago about them...
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/metallica-premiumswho-has-them

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So, the roadcase model is the true LE.

I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing.. the band members on the translight all look like they haven't had a bowel movement since "And Justice For All."

Because not many are buying them.

Saw the Roadcase and Monsters Premium in person and both look good IMO. Roadcase translight is not the greatest but looks like Pro translight is available to replace it with. The other Monster Premium translight looks pretty sweet and might be tough to come by though. IMO the Monster Premium fits the theme/look of the playfield a lot better. That said, the Roadcase cab did look good when just looking at the cab.

Saw the Roadcase cabinets at Stern a couple weeks ago, and I have to admit, they do really look good. (Was so distracted I didn't pull out my cell phone to snap some pics. I'll try to remember to do that when I'm there again next week.)

There's something about that design that just "fits" the cabinet in a really unique way. Since Stern started using the decals instead of silk-screening the cabs, I think it's my favorite.

I think it must be the way it makes the cabinet look like it could have literally been pulled out of a truck and had the band's gear stored in it. Maybe Metallica needs to buy some of the Roadcase cabinets for their gear.

I couldn't walk away from the MET bank at CaEx, and I liked the action on the Road Case the most the way it was set up. The translite is...my god is it almost as bad as IJ4? It's bad. But the cab has a great look to it. I'd say go Road Case w/monster translite!

I was ALL ABOUT the pro but once I saw that hammer/sub-level coffin setup...damn. Back on the fence for me!

PREMIUM FTW

Dont miss out on the Toys...they hammer/coffin is one of the coolest toys ever made

By gum! I'm constantly trolling you by accident, hahaha. I was pretty much all in on the pro when that's all that was around to play, but once I saw the ball hammer down into the coffin...I don't know. It's god damn sweet.

Marco did a bank of 3 Premiums and a Pro and they were played constantly from the minute the show opened until a while past close time...they were always the holdouts hardest to pry people away from. I really like the Marco guys, they're really jovial and funny (and they started hookin' me up with free stuff!); they ran a tourney Saturday for top score, one entry only per person, and I believe Bob Matthews of Thousand Oaks took the prize with about 51 mil. The games played seemingly without error save for a couple of LEDs popping out, which seems to be what LEDs like doing from time to time.

I'm still interested in your Game Show, Dappy! Let me know if your chum tires of it!

lars loves smelling his pits!

My pro is getting replaced by a premium next month. I'm holding off a bit to see what happens with the hammer.

Forget the Pro!

I've got some good play time on the Pro and Premium Metallica's. I heard plenty say they would be happy with the Pro. And why not it plays great. That said, if I add this pin sometime in the future it will be a Premium. I love how the Premium pretty much kept the same gameplay wise but added some cool features like the excellent light show (some color changing inserts), moving snake jaw that acts as a target, moving cross, and the Hammer. I get a bit hesitant/critical when the Premium model changes gamplay drastically. They did a great job on this one. I would say if you have the cash go Premium on this one. If not the Pro is not a bad alternative at all.

Especially with Stern using #555 sockets under and near the slings (terrible idea). I have heard rumors that they will stop doing that on future pins. I hope that rumor turns out to be true.

Of all the pictures they could have used that bald Lars and old James are awful.

I see that road case model with the justice for all album translite. That would be a perfect fit IMO but then it would not fit the playfiled art.

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I have a DD Premium and I love it. But if you already have a Pro translite I would get the Road Case.