WHO GIVES A SHIT! sorry for the bluntness but who really cares. Its your choice. who cares if everyone thinks its sucks.

NOT A FRICKING COLOR DMD CONFIRMED THREW MARK MUTHA TRUCKING GALVEZ THE MAN WHO DOES DOTS!

Must wait 2 years after code is complete to make judgement.

I'm in for a HUO or NIB 2015.

Till then I will add 1-2 complete titles & sell those when Metallica is fully programmed & I've logged enough time to determine if its worthy of my space/money/effort.

Buying blind LE isn't my style

Everyone keeps saying it has a color DMD, but isn't that just the program they're using to code/make the game?? It doesn't have a color DMD from what I've read/heard so far...

Yes I hope it's better, as I may be dropping Hobbit to get it

Who knows. With the bands involvement this pin will be great.

I heard the DMD may be white. I do not thing its color

Yes. No. Maybe.

Will the King get his balls cut off so he can be queen? Who knows? Let's wait for the game to come out to do a poll.

I AM NOT GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN I TALKED TO ER DER MARK DER UH AH GALVEZ ER DER ITS NOT COLOR! that is DELUXE PAINT 3.0!!!!!!!!! But go ahead and think what you want. Facts mean nothing.

JUST like 6 months ago when i started the damn Metallica thread. FACTS!

That's just the program they use. It gets "dot-ified" "monochromed" to DMD.

As for whether this will be better...who knows, but I think it will be AMAZING. The custom art and tons-o-toys will give AC/DC a run for its money. The thing thing is, they're TOTALLY different in terms of theme. AC/DC is about the rockin' concert experience. Metallica looks like it will be more of an "original narrative" type of game using fun-cartoony versions of the band and motifs from their songs and albums. I'm glad they're each totally original in their approach to the band concept...they'll both feel nice in a collection!

A color DMD won't make the game great. A great playfield and awesome code will make the game great. I like that it will have metal ramps instead of plastic. Plastic ramps are too much maintenance. The playfield layout does look cool...but only time will tell.

I'm LOVING my AC/DC Premium, so Metallica will have to be pretty incredible to take AC/DC away from being my all time favorite game.

I am hoping the skull cap for the chair is el wire.

Id rather see stern move to stereo sound rather than color dmd....

-4 major interactive/motion toys...all custom
-Metal ramps and wireforms
-SUBWAY
-Inline drops
-Multiple magnets
-Color changing inserts (possibly more than AC/DC?...in any case - Avengers didn't have these)
-Song licensing can't be cheap

Sure, who likes the high prices, but I feel OK going into this one with no regrets...I didn't see the value in Avengers....this is a must-own.

If not, MOD TO COME LOL...I was thinking "this could be the first game in a while you wouldn't bother modding cuz it's got so much stuff!" ...but there, you just thought of one. Probably someone will make a mod to make the snake's eyes light up....hehe...

I likely will never see one. Cash is not with me this year.

The real question is "will it fit in my Yugo?"

ACDC is already a top 10 game. If Metallica can rank among ACDC then I welcome it as an ACDC owner. More quality pins released only means that pinball will continue to grow.

I predict that people will argue it out in thread after thread after thread, and then when the game comes out some people will actually have a valid opinion on it.

Not a Metallica fan, but I gotta admit it looks cool.

Stern appears to be rising to JJP's challenge. Good for them and us!

where is the subway? the video shows it as storage trough for locked balls and not a subway!

This looks like a fun layout for any kind of monster/zombie theme pin. Should only be a bonus that its music is supplied by a commercial band. Certainly wont be any worse than custom pin tunes. I'm also digging the rat fink art direction. Not at all a Metallica fanatic but I might have to find a way to make this one happen.

What would be the stuff is if they did a sort of rock jukebox pin taking the best songs from the metal era regardless of band. Really do the jukebox theme properly.

If the balls enter at a point on one place on the PF and exit at another place, traveling underneath in a contained trough, I would call that a subway.

looks like no in-line drops or gavel/magnet biz on "pro"

The Pro buyers will say it's "faster"

with le prices being what they are its nice to see more mechs going in. i was lucky enough (according to me at least lol) to get a wolverine LE for what could become the pro price of metallica (give or take $500ish). Maybe tallica will tank on early code and i can snag another LE for a resonable price....

game looks great tho, glad to see original art, innovative/ well integrated (with the theme at least) toys, and obv the sound will be cool too. fingers crossed for some callouts from papa het or other band members!

FYI if i end up playing or owning the pro, any missing features will totally make the game faster and flowier and BETTER

Must see more. Must resist. Will there be a premium version?

Than

Don't know if it will be a better pin than ACDC, but the soundtrack will be waaaaaaaaaaaay better.

you are right. drop targets does slow down the ball.

This will be a better pin from what I can see for me because of what I like in a pin and in general for Stern. I like the music and band of AC/DC more but not sold 100% on the pin. Its good and I am glad it did well but think this pin will rock and be like an updated version of TFTC by John Borg. I like the metal ramps and hand drawn artwork. I wish that they would do a color DMD or at least show us something new and creative with advanced technology of today. This can only help for an Iron Maiden to follow somewhere down the road which I will hold out for as my first NIB since a Motorhead or Scorpions or Monsters of Rock pin will never be made.Also, More pictures here http://www.pinballnews.com/games/metallica/index.html

the game looks cool! who is doing the programming for this one?

LYMAN SHEETS )))

Never heard of him.

Band integration and feedback can be a double edged sword. Can make it kick as or lame depending on if the band knows when to let the pros take over.

Im in on.this one. Its gonna melt your face!

I am all in, but there is no way to know if it will be better. I hope so, why not!

If it's anywhere close to ACDC I will be a happy camper. So far, I'm very encouraged.

Better than expected track listing
No spinning disc
No major shots in the lower third of the playfield (my single biggest X-men frustration.)

I'm all-in on this one!

Hell yeah it will! It will be the greatest pin of all time.

No, I need to play it first.

If only they had Keith and Ted working on it.

Both Pro and LE get inlines. Confirmed. What you see in the vid is early whitewood.

the music will be better for sure.

The hammer drops and the ball vanishes like in TOTAN through the subway.
I am sure this is LE only, not in the PRO.

ACDC is only great because of the code; whereas metallica will be great because of everything; much better layout and way better toys to start

I feel that way about AC/DC Premium/LE, yet people are adding all kinds of shite to that game.

I dont think it will be better then ac dc, but thats one of the best ever, although may that be only my opinion.

But i do hope it will be better cause then we have another big run of fantastic machines and gives us confidence stern is really on the right track.

i would say the odds are against it but it sure does look nice. The theme is better already as well as the tracklisting but that's all subjective. Well... I guess it's all subjective in the end, isn't it?

They need more Kill Em All tracks. Hit the Lights, Motorbreath, Jump in the Fire(!!)