Trading my Metallica pro for Houdini

Man..... NOT trade if I was the one with Metallica.

Change is Good.
And Houdini is a fun Great Game.

Metallicas are a dime a dozen. Enjoy the beat down of Houdini

Sorry for your loss.

Have had met for 4 years or so also... brought in a Houdini and it left soon after. ... met is a much better pin...

I’d rather have Houdini

Metallica is a great game, feels like home, shots feel like a Stern, fun, great music. Houdini is the next level of pinball. Make the settings easier, or you won’t survive.

It's your brother? Do a temporary trade.

Own both, Metallica will go before Houdini does. MET is a super fun game, but if you own or have easy access to Guardians, Munsters, or TMNT2, you also can play 90% of Metallica. Just put their discography on shuffle in the background while playing one of those others.

I bought a nib Houdini,liked it for about a Month! The center shots are hard to hit without bricking,also the Milkcan shot is imposible because of the geometry of the shot! I traded it for a RZ and never looked back!!

Houdini's are worth about a dime a dozen.

I say go for it! MET is a great pin but like another poster said it’s not all that different than a handful of other Stern pins. Houdini is more unique. It’s also tough. Nothing wrong with mixing things up. The only downside is it may be hard to sell or trade the Houdini when it’s time to move on.

Sure going by rankings it doesn’t look good, but you have enjoyed it for 4 years and want something new. There’s nothing wrong with that. And when you tire of Houdini you can do the same. It may be a bit harder to find a buyer for Houdini though.

Anyways go for it and enjoy. I’ve always wanted to play Houdini and hope I get the chance sometime

I think Houdini is one of the most visually stunning machines ever made. It has fantastic feature and for me the theme is perfect.

That being said it plays terrible and is frustrating.

The geometry is all wrong . The left orbit is sooooo wide it actually needs two roll over switch side by side to work. Then the designers made every other shot insanely tight. So tight that combos are near impossible to make with consistency.

I owned one for 1 week and sold .

Houdini does need some adjustment out of the box; settings are a bit too tough at default, the targets in front of the ramp and right inner orbit sometimes need to be pushed slightly over so they are not blocking the shot, and the flippers need to be set to slightly below the alignment dots (about 1/16”). You’ll suddenly find the “too tight shots” and “impossible milkcan shot” to be not that tight, and consistently makeable. There’s a lot of complaining about the game and much of it is due to just routine setup stuff when getting any new game. Check the owners thread for the basic tips.

Wh....what? No. No no no. Those games aren't even sort of the same. Lyman made Metwllica, a plain dull game, into a super experience. Same for AFM. Boring layout made awesome.

In my opinion, Houdini is one of those games that suffers from group think. It gained momentum as a sub par game and people jumped on that bandwagon, most likely, without having spent much time on it. I’m not suggesting it is the greatest pin ever, but it’s much better than people give it credit for.

I own and enjoy both. Houdini is a cool and unique game that, while not without some less than ideal shots, deserves more consideration than many critics have apparently given it.

Couldn’t agree more.