Buy the pro, not much difference....

I have zero issues with mine. Great pin, good time to buy unless you expect the code update to result in a price drop. I don't expect that.

If you are considering buying one do it before the code update hits. I don't think that prices are going to get much lower on this pin than they are right now.

I should add that this game needs a bit of tweaking out of the box. Possibly a wolverine adjustment (very easy imo), and most definitely the ramp post mod to get the air balls down (intermediate difficulty).

If you liked playing the Pro, then the incomplete code shouldn't bother you on the LE. For aux board issues, I have had zero with mine. However if you buy one just go in with the knowledge that you could have the issue, but if you do, Stern will make it right.

Timing wise, who knows. It may go down, it may go up, no crystal ball. Howeever if I were in your shoes I would probably wait until after the next code update. If it gets good buzz then get one jump on one sooner than later because prices will likely start to creep up. If it gets bashed, more will most likely appear on the market and prices will drop a bit as a result.

Take this with a grain of salt. There are actually several significant differences between the Pro and the LE. For some people the differences don't seem like a big deal, for me personally I couldn't go to a Pro after having the LE.

Based on what we have in the code right now I seriously doubt it could make the game worse. There is already a lot of good stuff done in the code it just needs to be refined.

This is pretty silly. There's a ton of difference:

1) very nice led light show
2) pop up night crawlers
3) moving ramp
4) spinning disc
5) powder coated trim

I think it is fair to say that the pro plays well and the differences aren't huge in terms of fun factor. With the current ruleset, the pro vs LE differences don't make for a much better play experience. But to say there's not much difference is flat wrong. And the differences may be better utilized in the coming SW update.

Are the magnets on the LE as brutal as the ones on the pro since it has the spinning disc? I played the pro at SPF and the magnets had the ball whipping around. It was awesome and really had you on your toes

Yes magnets act the same on Pro and LE

On the Le the spinning disk makes a cooler affect when starting Magneto multiball.

I would buy the LE, infact I did about a month ago, knowing all of the issues. I have replaced the aux board ( died day 2 ) I love this game. I will sell it one day though, all my pins leave at some point to get something new. I have no plans to sell it even if the update is not huge. Great game!

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Oh man, I wish I had the $$ for Xmen, especiAlly a Magneto LE. But Tron was calling my name, and I love it. I hope I can gather up some money eventually and make Xmen LE my 3rd machine

^^^^THIS. Nightcrawler isn't used enough to matter and the spinning disc is not that big of a deal. The moving Ice Man ramp is almost a negative IMHO the way it is used now...certainly not anything I would pay more money for. The difference in the LE and Pro that I actually value are all asthetics; I like the lighting and the powder coating, but for $2,000ish more...no way.

I really like X-Men, the problem is with the ruleset. It is really broken in that not being able to progress villain or hero shots while in a single ball mode is wrong. You spend all your time in modes and they are long...even longer if you light blackbird and get the inevitable "add more time" award. Unless you time them out, there simply isn't enough opportunity to do everything as you are always in a mode and can't progress anywhere till you are out of it. This needs to be changed badly as does the addition of the bonus multiplier. Why that was included, but never implemented is beyond me.

Les hit the nail on the head. I'm a fan of the playfield design and the overall presentation, but the linear gameplay feels like a lot of wood-choppin' right now and I've put the game on hold so I don't burn myself out on the former before the latter is fixed.

I've been hoping we don't have to wait until xmas for the power pack. Considering that it shipped with code that shouldn't have made it out of the factory, our first update was, to me, the "real" version 1.0. Since then, it's getting near to 5 months with only a single update, and that was so slight as to barely warrant mention. They've had lots of time, so here's hoping it hasn't been spent on The Pin (TM).

If Nightcrawler was used more often it would be a big selling point to me, I like these kind of toys and its vere fun pt shoot at him.

I would say go with the Pro it looks and plays great. Plus you don't have to worry about some of the issues the LE is having. After playing both side by side I liked how the Pro looked and played better. I know some will not agree but it did save me a few grand so I am happy as can be about it. Either way you would be getting a fun pin good luck on your search.

Code is unfinished but people most of whom have not played the pin for long periods are exaggerating the problems it has IMO. The code as is provides a very fun experience it is intuitive and is very deep. Stern definitely needs to tweak the code (don't repeat completed modes please) make villains more attainable as well as brotherhood and hellfire and add a mode or two for sure. That said, it is still fun as is just could be so much better with some tweaks and a few additions.

This whole code issue sounds a bit familiar...hmmm. They did the same thing with Transformers. Good looking game, good shots & crap code. I so wanted to get a TFLE. I would buy X-Men if you like it as is. The so called "power pack" update is not going to turn this around IMO. Expect the same upgrade that TF received.

I'm very happy with the state of the heros in the code, all are fine imo except maybe Wolverine, but I think his Mball is a placeholder to show it for now, and it will go back to being a different hero mode for Wolvie and his Mball will be some sort of mini wizard. it's still in the menu that way, as two different modes.

I wouldn't mind if his mode was somewhat like Phoenix, where you can bash him 10+ times if you want to risk it, or hit the other shots to get it cleared in fewer. Maybe a roaming shot that changes everytime you hit Wolvie.

Getting to Danger Room is about the perfect difficulty for me, I've got over 2000 games played easily at this point and can get there usually 1 out of 3 games. It's a gratifying thing to achieve, but a huge bummer when you clear it, have a few balls left to play and NOTHING at all happens until you drain down to one...