Delivered today, and put a few games on. My 11 year old daughter has already beaten me I did manage a 65 million on my second outing, but I have to admit there was a lot of flailing as I think I activated and stacked a couple of things, not realizing what I was doing, so there was a lot of luck there.

Things people were worried about that I don't sweat having it now -
- Drains off the ramps. Only the right ramp seems to be a STDM threat on a weak show, but it needs to be a really weak "I deserved that" kind of shot to get it.
- STDM from the pops. I don't see this being an issue, and once in a while, maybe, but a little nudge takes care of it. No worse than X-Men's.
- White inserts. There are no spotlights to help with GI. Its a damn cool effect when they periodically cut the inserts for an effect - the lights are just OUT and your blind for a second. Its a really really cool effect, and is an enhancement to gameplay, I think.

I'll be around if you have any questions - Now to fix lunch for the kids, and play some more!

I believe you answered your own question

Only ones that get sent home from Texas hospitals.

Activated a couple of multi balls so far. A prison one, and a well Walker one. Not entirely sure how I got them going. On the prison, once you get the red arrows up, and need to shoot each of them, then I think that kicks off the multi.
On the well walker, theres a mode before the multi as well, I haven't figured that out either, but it looks like you're trying to pull the walker out of the well first. So neither of them kick straight into multi, you need to earn them first.

The code is fun so far. Some obvious bugs, and it feels like theres lots still missing, but what is there is fun so far. I absolutely love the light cut off when you kill zombies, and hit the well walker.

Yes. US Quarter is what is in mine.

I don't think so. I've put a decent amount of time on both Met Pro and LE, and don't think this felt much like it at all. Sparky/Prison action is a little bit similar - but still not exactly alike. Could be code at this point, but I felt that Met returns the ball a lot hotter from sparky. I'd sum it up like this - It doesn't remind me of Metallica while I am playing.

Heres my take so far:
Left orbit - yes goes to pops, doesn't stay long usually due to angle and speed. It hits the bottom pop a few times, then usually comes right out. Actually less action than a right orbit shot on Xmen
Left Ramp - no pop
Left prison mini obit - decent amount of pop action
Tunnel Shot - Pops if you're not clean, big variety on how much action
Right Ramp - no pop
Woodbury - Depends on your skillshot choice - Autoplunge with no skillshot active will be a full feed to the rollover lanes. On a manual plunge you can choose to short plunge it for no action, but you'll possibly give up the skillshot. Option to try and hit the star rollovers only, softly enough it will miss the pops too.

All in all the amount of pop action doesn't bug me yet. That area has got a lot of potential points going on. Im still figuring out the rules for it. For the skillshot, you time your shot to hit the stars and Tower target when they are lit. They go in sequence, adding together, then dropping out, one at a time. You prime the skillshot by hitting them, then collect the points by hitting the lit rollover lane. Its a cool feature and I like that its so different.
Additionally, those rollover lanes when completed somehow figure in to your bonus multiplier. Its not just a simple x2 or increase each time though. Or at least thats what I think. Its a fast playing game for sure, so a couple of seconds in the pops is a nice break to breathe for a second. I read that as an intentional design choice. One more thing on the pops. So far, I've seen 2 different animation sequences for them, and they are both entertaining as hell to watch.

Here you go!
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I'm a terrible person and bad friend. I didn't plan my life around your weekend activities.
But its just as real as my initials on your Star Trek - OH YEAH!

Its funny - he is huge. And my impressions of the table are a lot different than what I had from the pictures. My mind had everything shifted much further to the right than it seems in person. But it doesn't bother me at all, and I find that he is really not in the way at all. Sometimes I shoot him to get a break from the adrenaline. The metal cage he's on has a decent amount of movement, so the ball comes off him with reduced speed. Not a complete softball mind you, but its easier to handle than some other shots. When you're in "OHMYGODSLAPTHEFLIPPERSANDNUDGEPLEASEGODDOWNTDRAIN" mode, you'll hit him a bunch, but I don't find him being in the way of other shots at all.

For difficulty of shot I would rate them, from easiest to hardest to hit (on purpose) -
1 - Prison
2 - Well Walker
3 - Left Ramp
4 - Barn
5 - Right Ramp (But when I'm in brick mode, I can't get it so save my life)
6 - Prison Riot & Tunnel about tied
7 - Woodbury - I find myself having a hard time getting it in cleanly. I keep bouncing around and losing steam so it comes back out.

Danger Shots -
Right Ramp - A weak shot up the right ramp is merciless. That said, the ramp is long, and most of the height is right at the beginning, so once you've cleared it, it has a tendency to keep going.
Prison Magnet - When the prison mode starts the magnet holds the ball in place. Current code seems to just let it drop to return to play. This is a very rough STDM situation. Get ready to nudge like you're holding a zombie back. Should be an easy code fix though, I think.
Pops - sometimes a very slow escape from the pops can roll STDM. The good news is, right after it clears the post you can tell its going to do it and nudge in time. That said, most of them will hit the post and deflect out for a safe return. Overall I think Borg did a great job on positioning posts to make those defections on slow returns. Its not 100% everywhere, but very well done in my opinion. Most drains I've had to far I have felt that they were my fault for sloppy save attempts rather than being shafted by the table. Except the magnet drop. That one is a crock of shit
Heres a draft of a rules sheet I started working up. Please, anyone can feel free to contribute your own findings. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AeilyWnqi9J44rxazO9G6JXYLLw_8Y8gYC4dSCbIFl8/edit?usp=sharing

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Replacement decals, slingshot plastics, 5 keychain fobs 2 fuses, a blank price card and a .75 price card.

I happen to also own XMen Pro, so I can give you direct info on that bit.
Well walker is 19" from the tip of the right flipper. Wolverine is 18" from the tip of the left. I think the extra inch makes a world of difference. As I said before, I don't feel like its ever 'in the way'. I mean, a tiny bit on the tunnel shot, but if he weren't there, that shot would be way too easy.

As far as white lights, I have some critical feedback, but also good news.
I think it works great. The inserts basically feel the primary GI for the pin. There is GI, but it seems to fade into the overall experience. As they come on, they make the game brighter, and it seems that when things are going your way, you've got lots of light. When things are less exciting, theres less light. Add to that a cool effect where the game cuts all white light as you complete a shot, its pretty awesome. All LEDs in the game that I've seen so far are white, including the ones under the colored inserts. The yellow and red inserts will be prettier, in my opinion with the appropriately colored versions. The bulbs are standard LED bulbs the type you'd get from Cointaker or Comet, etc.
This is a game that is meant to be played in a dark room!
Now for the critical. I don't think that stern's version of control for LED bulbs is as solid as Herg's LED OCD. Or if it is from a tech point of view, it could have been tuned better. Its not all of the lights, and I haven't noticed any ghosting as all, but the light swells on an LED-OCD board are smoother and more natural looking than on the LEDs here, I think. Not that they are bad, but this is the first native LED game I've had. My XMen is LED'ed, but has an LED-OCD board in it. I'm wondering if the board is compatible, or if Stern can program theirs the way Herg's board can be. Something to look into.