Great games. Very different. Would you prefer a long and deep game, or a simpler, more intense game that you can crank up and rock out to?

Like he said...two totally different games. TSPP is much deeper, and gives you a more "cerebral" game where you really need to think through. Metallica...just have a blast with it!

Simpsons is a deeper game that you will be playing for a long time before you master it.

Metallica is a fun and very fast game. Running through a few multiballs and trying to get through Crank it up modes is awesome/stressful.

I would be happy with either one.

NIB sounds excited though, I have yet to purchase my first NIB.

I'd probably go with Metallica. The new software has really made that game.

Simpsons is a good game, but sometimes the slog can seem like a bit of a chore.

Can't go wrong with either. TSPP would seem to make more sense financially as you'll be taking that NIB price hit when you open the box.

Between the two, my preference is TSPP. However, my TSPP sits right next to my shadow which is blindingly fast and nasty. As NorCal suggested, which game do you think would suit your collection the best?

You can always flip a coin. Many times when the disc is spinning in the air, your decision will come to you before it lands.

Best of luck to you with either one. Or as the pin-hoarder would say: "The only sensible answer is BOTH!"

I currently own both, Super mint TSPP from one owner with less then 300 plays on it and a NIB Met Pro. I'm not a big fan of the Simpson's show at all and I love Metallica music now with that being said I give the edge to TSPP by a mile. Just an all around fun game with some great call outs.

Beside the fact mint TSPP's are a rare find these days and Met Pro's will be around for a long while.

That never works well for me. I flip it, lands on heads, and I wish it was tails so I flipped it again and it landed on tails! ...but by then I wished it had landed on heads.

Some people make it sound like TSPP isn't fast and fun as well. Sure there is some stop and go, but alll games have that to some degree. My TSPP plays super fast.

The only head to head stern against TSPP that would have my wondering is LOTR.

I've owned both. Don't miss TSPP at all. I've had major sellers remorse on Metallica and I will be buying another one again if that says anything. No contest IMHO.

Or waiting it out until I tire of my METLE and working a trade for IM with me.

I have a SUPER nice TSPP that I will be posting for sale this weekend, just FYI for OP or anyone else interested.

I would go Metallica was not fond of tspp the few times I played, but likely both are fun

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Met !

Met pro all the way, TSPP is a fine game with deep rules and unique layout but Metallica will get the heart pumping Excitement!

TSPP is 11 years old and still regarded as one of the best pinball games ever made. Met is a fun game, but It's too early to tell if Met will stand the same test of time.

I have friends that love TSPP and for good reason it's a well designed pin. I personally would rather have MET in the collection than TSPP. Very different pins. If you had them side by side which do you think you'd play more? That's the question I ask myself when deciding what's next.

Just listed a super nice TSPP in the market

Having owned both at the same time TSPP left.
I played Metallica 10 to 1 and I love the simpsons never liked metallicas music - but now its growing on me

Sounds like I am too late to the thread, but Met pro by a mile. Met pro faster, more challenging, more exciting. TSPP very deep but also very stop and go and sometimes just feels like work to me. Take that TSPP back to the man who sold it to you.....

I would go for ST pro

Your exaggerating a bit there. After every release there is initially a decent amount HUO for sale because buyers will have limited play on it before purchase and code needs improving. Although they did make too many ST LEs IMO especially at the initial price tag. Both MET and ST are fun pins granted ST does need an update. Hopefully soon for us pinball addicts out here.

I have a smaller collection, but own both pins. With TSPP, you'll have a great game and think 'this is a keeper!', then it'll beat you down for a dozen games in a row and you'll be thinking of selling! haha... very love/hate with that pin. They show up for sale A LOT. Everyone I know with one has sold it, besides myself.

MET Pro is a very different game, so it depends on what type of play you are looking for. MET is definitely more of a crowd-pleaser, a bit easier to slap the ball around on, but can also be pretty challenging. Most of my games are stop and go, so MET is my 'fast' game. Both are great, and you can't go wrong with either. They're in the same ballpark valuewise, so maybe you can trade one for the other down the road.

Metallica, TSPP feels like a chore to play.

That's what I'm saying man... If you get the answer from somewhere deep inside, despite what the randomizer tells you. You brought the answer out from inside of you to the surface of your consciousness. Go with that answer!