We have a saying around my place

“Pro is the way to go!”

That’s the case with 95% of Sterns. A lot of the “extras” they put on the pros to charge more money (and get a waaaay bigger profit margin) as Premiums/LEs make the game worse.

I’m looking at you,
- Walking Dead Lift up ramp
- tiny Aerosmith upper playfield
- huge GOT upper playfield
- silly forks on SW getaway hyperloop
- ball lamely going across the backboard on different models
- huge hands on GOTG blocking view of the shots
Etc etc etc

Hey! Just my opinion. YMMV.

rd

Exactly.

You gotta compare apples with apples ….

Godzilla pro still has a building. It just doesn’t go up and down. I’m happy with that. Rules and gameplay is almost identical.

Metallica pro still has a captive ball lock. Just that’s it’s virtual and the ball doesn’t go under the playfield. I have the LE (because they used to be pretty cheap back then!) but honestly I would totally be happy with the pro.

rd

If you look at a lot of pins over the last 6-7 years, and look at it from a design aspect, you can see a lot of stuff is just “how can we make this look like “more” so we can charge more”.

Add in $100-$200 of stuff (at their bulk buying cost) then charge $2000 more. “Look! It has huge Groot hands!!”

It’s really as simple as that. The hands are a perfect case. Take off those and it’s almost the same game as the pro. And the pro was thousands cheaper.

rd