Royal Oak, MI
assuming same price and condition (like new).
I may be just dreamin at this point...but I just may do something silly soon.
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I have a custom Blue Spiderman coming next weekend from Great American Pinball. I say Spiderman. I played it at the expo and realized I wanted one within three games. I went with the custom blue because Mike makes it more like the comic book and less like the movie. It really looks amazing in person. Good Luck.
I agree with the others. BDK is a good game, but SM is a lot better. Personally, I would only buy a BDK if I already owned an SM and an IM. I think there is something very cool about having all the modern superhero pins lined up the way tatman has them. The main problem with BDK, in my opinion, is that it's just too darn easy. Ball times are really long on that machine. SM is much more challenging, has better flow, and has a deeper ruleset.
Of course, you shouldn't just go off our opinions. Before spending that kind of money, you should really familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of both machines. Plus, if you happen to like one theme more than the other, or really love a particular art package, that would certainly affect your overall opinion of the game. To me, though, it's a no-brainer. SM all the way! 
well I just played both of them for awhile at an arcard that actually has a bunch of new stern games...and I have to agree with everyone, Batman is fun and certainely a good game - but it just seems to easy, and there is so much wasted space with the Joker toy and that batmobile ramp on the left.
I've played SM before but only now am I getting interested in owning it...I put 5 credits in and said well if I'm bored with it at all after this, then forget about...well after those credits and a few replys in the mix, I was still wanting to play more. A great game for sure.
Dang Shock_me that looks F'ing awesome...nice work.
Its weird, I'm not even a comic fan (except for 'The Walking Dead')...but most of the super hero stuff does go well with pinball.
"I'm not even a comic fan (except for 'The Walking Dead') ..."
I've never read any of the comics, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the TV show so far. As a huge fan of the zombie genre, it's right up my alley.
gweempose -
I hear ya, I'm a fan too. I'm really liking that show, they are being pretty true to the comic but adding in some really good stuff.
Me and a friend of mine keep talking about making a zombie pinball game...I thought we were the only two guys into pinball and zombies He just wants to re-theme a game, but I want to do a full scale game with rules and everything...
Thanks everybody again - I ended up getting one and I love it. I knew I liked it before, but I didn't know all the little nuances of scoring and the depth is impressing me.
Rules??......
I've been pretty much going with the rules from the page you mentioned. Seems to be working out ok. I gotta confess, I don't really follow rule sheets too closely. I know I should be in order to get the maximum out of the games, but I'm too slack to study them...LOL!
This is a good site for rule sheet write-ups, but they don't have Stern's SM yet.
im kinda weird ...i like knowong every little rule. Not that it makes me a better player, but I just like the depth of the rules...maybe its bc I'm a programmer by trade. Man would I love to program a game someday!
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I'll be buying a Spider-Man someday for sure.
My price point is $3000.
I have a Batman Forever and dig the new one but I'm more of a Spider-Man fan and dig the ramps.
Nailsea
Auckland
Spiderman ever so easily!! just the 3rd flipper Venom shot is enough to beat Batmans gameplay! Both outstanding looking games but Batman has negatives that stand out while Spidey dosnt have any obvious in ya face ones like the terrible Joker cylinder and the batmobile down the left side.
Quoted from pinmike:This is a 7 month old thread i'm sure thokenndy picked one by now
About 2/3 of the way down the page he posted that he went with SM. And yeah, that was 7 months ago!
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Quoted from tatman9999:I have them both spiderman is great, Batman is good
Quoted from pinmike:This is a 7 month old thread i'm sure thokenndy picked one by now
yeah I thought this was a familier thread when I seen it pop up....still got it and still my favorite game. Just ordered some mods off of backalleycreations about 10 minutes ago!
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