This. Sucks.

All three themes are near and dear to me, STTNG and Tron probably resonate the most. As games, I really love both STTNG and Tron, but I feel like there's an empty void in my soul until I get to Portal multiball.

Tron got me back into pinball in a huge way. It was finding out that there was a Tron machine being made that got me looking for games to buy...I had no clue that pins were actually still being produced. I hadn't been in any kind of arcade for probably 10 years that wasn't in a movie theatre. I've been a Tron fanboy for years, long before there was even a whiff of a second movie.

STTNG is a childhood memory, really. I would visit family in OKC, there was a putt-putt type place called Perfect Swing, basically a FEC..... they had a STTNG tucked away in a corner upstairs and I would go rock it for hours getting replay after replay because I had mastered the cannons and locking for multiball. Good times. My STTNG was bought on a lark really, for an excellent price, and it's in GREAT condition IMO. It needs head decals, but other than that.. everything is awesome. I rebuilt both cannon harnesses, put in the full led kit (no flickering, no rom patch. CT premiums = awesome.) including LED flashers. Looks great, not completely overwhelming IMO. Repinned the GI headers and connectors. Completely replaced rubbers, star posts, lane guides, pop caps. Entire playfield was stripped, cleaned, waxed. Brand new plastics set went on with pinbits protectors, lane guides, cliffy protectors, colored post sleeves. The only thing I have NOT done to this game is replace the stupid head decals and put on pinball-inc ramps. The game plays great, and stupid fast.

X-Men, comic draw as a kid, looks like it may end up being a pretty deep game, which I like. I've never owned a game with magnets in it yet, which is a bonus, and I know my older kid would love it. I think it's awesome that they finally went to a game with custom dots and music, supporting that would be nice, and short of NOT selling my STTNG, this is the cheapest option available...

I guess frankly I would throw in a fourth option - TF LE, because they're selling for about the same price as a Tron Pro, I actually like the game, so does my wife and kid.

I have spent a *lot* of time fixing STTNG, and there's still a few things for me to fix..thankfully everything I am aware of right now is MY fault, not the game breaking down...

Two tron pros... one is usually very poorly adjusted.... backbox light was out and I had to raise the front left leg leveler over an inch the other day... I don't even bother asking them anymore if I can do it.. I just squat down, lift it up and do it..... The other one plays pretty nice, but it's also 50 cents a game versus 20 cents.

The place with the crappier one got rid of my all time favorite, LOTR a few months ago because of maintenence issues...with stuff starting to crop up on their Tron, I wonder if it's just a matter of time. I know the guy that works on the other one through another messageboard, but no telling how long it will stay there..

Oh, you just had to mention that... I had forgotten.

I guess that's kind of an internal hypocricy for me. I don't consider STTNG deep. Maybe it's because you don't have to COMPLETE all the modes to get to Final Frontier, though admittedly, rarely if ever is Final Frontier part of my scoring tactic. Frankly, super spinner is awesome.

Okay, so I think I've completely ruled out Transformers and X-Men at this point.

3$ entry fee, 20 cents per game for pinball. Lots of new Sterns (Tron, AC/DC, Avatar, BDK, Spiderman, IJ4, Transformers).

They make money by doing as little maintenence as humanly possible to the games (example...backbox light was out on Tron and it had the common disc-freaking-out opto issue) and they have a METRIC CRAPTON of redemption games for kiddies. They do birthday parties and groups and crap too.

There's no shaker in my STTNG. I didn't feel the cost was warranted for the kit. I do have a subwoofer hooked up on it right now, but I'm quite happy with the speakers that are in it.... I don't think that paying out the rear for speakers to play what are really low quality sound clips is for me. I can see it on the newer pins, and have heard it specifically on a Tron LE before...the subwoofer made WAY more difference than the speakers.

Either way, I'm not spending 300-500$ on those two upgrades...too much money, not enough benefit. =\

Hey, I told you that you needed to come buy STTNG, didn't I?

I played Tron for about 3 hours the other night. I had a streak where I had about 6 free games in a row.....4 on scores, 2 on matches. Going in there is practically like highway robbery if you can get on a machine you like and it's semi-level.

RISE FROM THE GRAVE!

Thread is irrelevant now...lol..

I sold my STTNG, bought a minty HUO LOTR with the money.