Should do a poll. I'd vote Guardians prem, although the pro will get you most of the way there also.

I have GOTG premium and I think it's a lot of fun...I'm not sure why it's not more highly regarded. It's not much different than a pro, but the Groot arms really make the playfield pretty unique, and the artwork is superior, in my opinion.

you should really try and play all 3 for yourself
everyone has different likes

If you want my opinion (which isn't worth but 3 cents), I say go with the newest machine Guardians

Heres a thought, try all 3 and pick the one u enjoy the most. Just because I like a certain pin doesn't mean u will. Good Luck.

Guardians is awesome but you dont need the premium, a pro will be just as fun for less cash. one of the worst prem/le for the differences in my opinion.

I own GNR for the Last 12 years and we still play it a lot.
Not too hard, Not too easy
Nice layout, i find friends in their 40's and up who enjoyed the band, LOVE it when they come over.
Looks great next to Iron Maiden Pro we just picked up.

Good Luck in your search

I think GNR would fit in great with what you already have. Or GOTG would give you something different in contrast with your other pins. Do you want to build on what you have or expand your collection?

I own GNR and Tommy I have also played GOTG lots of times especially in tournaments. For me I'd go GNR even in my large collection lots of people gravitate towards my GNR casual and tournament players it's just a fun game. Tommy is also fun game with lots of cool toys. GOTG I would go pro instead of premium because the groot arms are point less but for some reason I have never been a big fan of GOTG but it's still a fun game cle land code is a must.

looks like you really enjoy the music pins, go GNR

For the price, GnR isn’t worth it.

Here’s my thoughts....

Oh, never mind

For the price, Guardians Premium isn’t worth it.

I vote GNR over GOTG. I wanted to like GOTG, but I just don't. Not at all. LOVE GNR, but it ain't cheap. Tommy is probably better value.

Played a near perfect GNR with pinsound board and colordmd the other day and it was really fun. Definitely a cool choice if you like their music

Agreed.
Tommy for the value.
GNR for the game and money is no object.
Guardians if you want to watch the movie while slapping a ball around chasing arrows.

GnR (theme and music aside) is woefully boring. Stolen sound affects from Last Action Hero just ruined it for me. GOTG is a heck of a lot more fun. Flip of the coin, GOTG is not likely to become a GOAT and price will suffer immensely whereas GnR has proven to hold its value. It's only money, you go to work to make more of it every day. Investment be damned I'd definently go a bunch of different games before I went with a GnR.

Yeh, but IJ doesn't count cuz it's just so awesome!

Exactly!!

from LAH to TFTC to TOMMY to RR to GNR : similar base code (& modes), similar style of playing them, only theme (and price !!!) should be the point you wanna choise one over another

and than from a gameplay & deeper rules point of vue (but of course its logical because not the same era), GOTG (pro) should be the one to go for

and why not, if you're a music pin lover, than why not MET ? same layout as GOTG, code is more brutal, MB based, quite linear to always shoot the same things to start mini wizards (but i prefer this to GOTG, which is more "classical" with modes)

Even though GNR is a wide body it's surprisingly a fast game.

than GOTG may be a prob !? as layout is more than a MET copy... but it plays really different