My first nib pin was Metallica but was not my first pin. It really depends on your budget and what you want out of pinball. I love playing pinball and the first pin I had was a bit of a project and ended up working on it quite a bit. My advice is to ask yourself if I want to play more or work on my pin more. If you want to work on one to pass time that’s cool but like I said I’d rather play, but even if you buy nib you still have upkeep but nothing more then cleaning most of the time. Metallica is still in my line up.