Overall, thought the game looked pretty good from what I saw on the stream. Two things concered me.

First, maybe it was just the way that Jack was playing, but he barely started and got through any episode modes. Mostly he just kept going into one multi-ball mode after another. I hope it's not as hard to start episodes as he made it look. Because I'm a mode guy.

Second, and this may change once the code matures, but the episode modes didn't seem very distinct. When I'm in a mode I like the lightshow and music to really let me know that I'm doing something unique. Whereas the few times that Jack got into an episode, not much really changed other than the LCD screen. The episode modes just didn't feel as exciting as I would have hoped. Maybe the format of the stream with everyone talking over the game made it harder to see the changes when he went into an episode?

We'll know more after Friday's stream.

So by worst, you mean least appealing to you personally?

Lots of games add more/new animations post-launch or post-preview. Alice Cooper has had a lot of new/changed animations over it's life. And so has Elvira3. So it's definitely possible that the animations could be refreshed at some point.

I agree with Delt31 on this (shocking, I know). The pro feels very comparable to the Prem/LE. I didn't miss the glider/diverter at all, and the spinning mag pizza was still very fun and seemed to work just as well as the LE's version of it. I wouldn't feel bad at all about having the Pro. The door opening on the Turtle Van IS cool, but not $2k cool for me. And that's really all I'd miss from the Premium. So very easy choice for me personally.

This TMNT Pro feels very loaded to me. I really like it.

Yeah, they're growing on me too. I like how the ball was kinda bouncing back and forth between the two big targets across the playfield. I feel like the speed and flow was increased by not having drops, or having to hit certain particular stand-ups. I don't view them as a con or cost-cutting measure now that I've seen them in action.

I would agree. It did feel cheap on Munsters. But for some reason here, the giant standup target doesn't bother. Not sure exactly why. Must be some combination of coding, sound, lights, and layout, I guess.

Well, I love the Munsters theme too. So that's probably not it!

Well, in this modern age, "Play before you play" can also mean "Watch someone else play before you pay." Every new game released nowadays gets streamed to no end by at least a dozen or more streamers, and many of those streams get posted to Youtube as well if Twitch ain't your bag. And while nothing beats putting your hands on a game, you can learn a lot from watching someone else play. And you can certainly get a feel for the depth of code.

I like playing Munsters on location quite a bit, but I'm not sure I'd ever own one. Munsters taught everyone to be careful about assuming that games will get major code updates. And while sight-unseen buyers do bear some responsibility, Stern does as well. After all they had previously set the precedent for making deeper games that get lots of updates.
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Not sure what any of this has to do with the TMNT pin though! I seriously would love to own one; code and gameplay look great. But I'd have to sell my other pins to afford a TMNT, and I'm not sure that I'm ready to only have one pin in the house.

Right, but in this case TMNT clearly all ready has strong code. So unless Stern went insane and removed features from upcoming code updates, I don't see what's to worry about from a rules/code department at this point.

Both are good choices. I'm hoping once the line starts moving again, the prices on EHOH will go down a little. They're up right now because people have figured out that it's a good game, and distros don't really have any in stock I don't think. So hopefully more NIB EHOH will start shipping soon.

Yeah, I honestly think the 1990 TMNT movie is just a genuinely good movie. Like it really holds up, and Judith Hoag is charming as April, and also a major babe. So that doesn't hurt. And somehow the movie manages to have some serious and moving moments, in spite of the inherent silliness of the premise.

Post passing or flipper passing might be skills to pickup if you have a Turtles Pro and want to get to the right flipper. Plus, once you can do those moves pretty reliably, it's a lot of fun and it takes your playing to another level.

Ah, but what will the new code/mode be? I'm guessing it will just be another multi-ball mode. Which if it is just another multi-ball, then it's probably not worth getting worked up about. But on the other hand, if it WAS a really awesome mode with custom animations and something cool going on, then we'd all be mad we couldn't play it!

But my money's on it just being a bonus multi-ball mode.