powder coating, art blades, and the colored plastic protector set from Ulek store is super nice, and they glow on the edges!

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I personally don't really care for the groot hands.

The cointaker orb you posted is definitely the one you want. I have it on mine and its beautiful and high quality.
Its from hookedonpinball.com

I second the ULEK protectors they look great.

Type 12 (I think) deluxe speaker light kit from speakerlightkits.com is awesome too.

1) This post should have everything you need.. Overall its a super simple process:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gotg-sound-replacment-mod/page/8#post-4526517

One new change is you now need to PM Cleland for the latest version - Stern is cracking down on having these versions easily available. One other thing - read through that post to get a sense of the different versions that exist. I personally prefer the AppleJuice version.

4) I have this mod which for $20, is great: https://mezelmods.com/collections/guardians-of-the-galaxy-pinball-mods/products/guardians-of-the-galaxy-pinball-groot-illumination

If you do order from Mezel Mods pick up a couple of these as they are definitely the lowest price you can find around:

https://mezelmods.com/products/pingulp-premium-beverage-caddy?_pos=30&_sid=922403a9f&_ss=r&variant=12431230435425

Wow you and I are almost on the same page as I've also been without a pin for 5 years now and am waiting on my GOTG Pro to arrive. I picked up Iron Maiden first since it was available right away, but hoping to have this pin in my house in the next day or two. I already ordered some mods but nice to hear from others in here what they like and looks good. Also I heard the shaker is great in this pin so you might want to grab one of those as well. Enjoy and great first pin to get back into the madness!

It's cnc'd metal, very nice detail, stone looks good. Center looks like brass. (Sorry hard to get a picture of the center)
This thing is heavy.
I'd probably keep it if I ever sell the game. (Just in case I buy another down the road)

No buyers remorse on this, I love it.

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Welcome back. Good to see you during pickup.

Stack is back!

So now......what’s the next game??

Stack’s (OP) is a good dude, glad to sell to him and nice to see him back in the hobby.

Mod the crap out of it!

The multi colored plastic protector kits add a Surprising lot to the appearance of this game.

I’ve been around the block on mods- one cool thing is how If you’re into mods, their cumulative impact on a game can be “greater than the sum of the parts”

There’s some anti-modders out there who would prob say the opposite!

Definitely do sound packages, speakers, shakers since they’re interchangeable with the next 5-10 games you’re about to buy.

Pinball Pro sound upgrade makes huge difference on the audio for sure
https://pinballpro.net/shop/stern-spike-pinball-machines-complete-speaker-kit/

Have a few pages of other things as well If interested
https://pinballpro.net/product-tag/guardians-of-the-galaxy/

Greetings! Swapping out your speakers alone does little to improve your audio because you're still stuck with the tiny de-rated amplifier on the MPU board. The stock amp has very little drive and is similar to what you might find in a flat panel television. Adding the feature rich PinWoofer amplifier increases dynamic range, which is the difference between the quietest and loudest sounds in the track. Reproduction over a wider range of sound intensity has the effect of providing presence to the title. You'll spend a little more with us, but you won't be disappointed.

Give me a shout if you want to learn more - happy to help.

-Dan

https://PinWoofer.com