The Death Match is back on!

I have to keep clearing out machines and here are the latest machines that I compared to X-Men, and then showed the door, and the floor is red with the blood of "keepers".

As a reminder, here is the first round of losers..

WoZ
Hobbit
GB Premium
AFM
SMVE

And now add..

AS pro
LOTR LE (mint example, heartbreaking)
TSPP (as above) and, drum roll.....
TRONLE!!

I also noticed one of my Brotherhood targets had a cracked diode joint and wasn't working, and had never worked!
If I thought the game was great before, how good do you think I think it is now with that fixed?!

Beautiful statue, but be careful. I am pretty sure this is the same one my buddy put in his machine and an airball broke off an arm within weeks. I ended up cutting off the original Wolverine's belt and making a quick dirty bracket so he sits on top of the newton ball. Best of both worlds as I do like how he looks and he's durable.

Guys who have done the Wolverine mod, what are you doing with the bulb that was inside the plastic one?

Throw in coin box.

Wow! Impressive set of losers. I really like my Wolverine I got a month or two ago. Unable to progress well at all in the game but still very fun and excellent bang-for-the-buck. I've read the rules but really need to study them a little better so I know how to actually finish the modes more regularly. I can't see myself getting to either wizard mode for years, lol.

Can the magneto disc magnet be replaced?

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Hi Everyone,

I have been working on a LED Hero Insert Mod for X-Men and wanted to share my test version. I plan on reworking some of the colors for each hero, and need to adjust the placement of my LED strip on Cyclops so it doesn't bleed into Phoenix as much. Other than that I think it turned out great. As usual pictures don't do it justice.

I always hated the harsh, inconsistent stock Hero lights, and like my Metallica Insert Mod, I think this really fits the bill.

The mod will ship as a single unit, so all you will have to do is unplug your current lights, slide my Hero Insert Mod in and plug it in to the existing lamp sockets. Super easy and fully reversible. Install should take no more than 15 minutes.

Here is a short video clip in attract mode:

Price will be roughly $55 shipped.

PM me if you are interested and I can add you to the list.

I've been wondering this, also.

Nice work! I'm interested.

Here are the colors I was thinking for the Hero Insert Mod.

Phoenix - Orange
Cyclops - Red
Beast - Blue
Rogue - Green
Ice Man - Blue
Wolverine - Red
Xavier - White
Storm - Purple

I should have the mod up in the market place soon. Thanks!

Someone here shared a file with me of a plastic piece you put below the playfield that has dividers between the inserts. Then you can put any color LED and not have to worry about bleeding at all.

I'm looking for a X-men Pro. Any for sale?

That is awesome! Is it for file for 3-D printing?

I'm intrigued by your method, but I'm wondering how you're comparing games.. Is it that everything that you like less than XM goes out the door -- meaning other games you have in your collection (TS, Tron, etc) are games you like better? Is XM on the chopping block and constantly battling against those new machines to stay in your collection? Or, do you just have the other games as keepers, and you use XM as your pinball standard?

I'm always interested to see how people make tough decisions on what to keep (except rotordave, he just keeps everything).

Cough cough. Lol

Actually, quite a few have headed out the door this year. From memory:
Avengers LE
Champion Pub
Indiana Jones
Who Dunnit
Pharoah
Jungle Lord
No Fear
CSI
Popeye
Forgotten the rest.

Like TimeBandit, when they're gone, they're gone.

rd

What!!!! IJ. Come on RD

Out the door they go!

rd

Let me know when Mousin Around is close to that door

I thought you wanted Mario Andretti!

I don't think the Sys11 collection will be split up anytime soon.

rd

Method has become based purely on my enjoyment. I LOVE shooting almost EVERY shot on XM. If most flips are fun, then the game just keeps giving.

Yes, how does one draw the line in the sand? No, not all games have to be better than XM to stay, but THAT game reset for me what I enjoy about pinball. It reminded me that playing (for me) is everything, not collecting. I HAVE to cut back, so I basically used XM as a standard of playing enjoyment. If I had a game that wasn't as fun to play, then I was clearly holding on to it as a "collector". And, surprise surprise, all the names I am selling are the shiniest, mintiest, rarest of my collection. Thankfully they are also the easiest to sell.

Yes it is. Hopefully I will get some time tomorrow to record my mods and then upload a video to Youtube.

Starting my little dude young.
He just turned 1 and has already worked out how to turn it on and press start.
He just needs to work out how to pull the plunger back and the addiction can begin!

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These 3 guys have been playing since they could stand ... they're around every weekend bettering their skills.

rd

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It only counts if they are playing X-men!

That's in a different house. You gotta work with what you got ...

rd

After having the chance to play an xmen earlier this year and really liking it,I pulled the trigger today on an le magneto edition that ended up available locally(only 70 miles away).I was thinking my next pin would probably be a star wars but this le with a color dmd for the same price as a pro star wars seemed like way more bang for the buck!My first le also!

Truth

Congrats, magnito is one of the best looking pins ever made!!

Actually, you can set the machine so the flippers (left, right, or both) plunge the ball. Helped with my little guy until he was older.

Does anyone know where I can find the beast toy mod, iceman/phoenix/or cyclopes toy mod?

Also, I saw that there was a voice redo project happening. Are those files posted anywhere or whats the status on that project

thanks

No Stern has been since or will be again as packed with as much stuff as XMen Le. They loaded the game.

I agree with this 100 percent. Stern don't seem to be interested in making anymore bang for buck games....just all about a sparse palyfield and maximum profits now.

I couldn't agree more. The second I saw SW photos I knew I would never buy that game. XMen LE was right around 6k shipped and had a REAL backglass and tons of mechs with an amazing art package, sounds, and dots to boot. SW pro looks like an 80's game with an extra ramp but costs almost as much as XMen LE did shipped. Not sure what Stern is thinking these days.

Thinking? Well, profits, of course! Gotta strike while the iron is hot I'd imagine. Still selling games like hot cakes so obviously the market is supporting the price increases.

Yep, then the confirmation bias will set in on the people who spent over 5k for a pro who will proclaim it the next MM...

I was glad AS LE came with a real backglass. The first one from Stern since XM LE, but apparently that was a one and done only. Anyone know the cost of a real backglass compared to the translights?

I think there have been more backglasses since XMLE.

From memory -
Avengers LE - has mirroring too
Met LE - mirrored
WWE LE - mirrored
GOT LE - mirrored
GB LE
KISS LE - mirrored
TWD LE - mirrored

More.

rd

Nope. None of those (possibly Avengers...can't recall on that one) had a real backglass. They were all translights using Sterns "mirrored ink" process.

I have XMen LE sitting right next to TWD LE...you can tell the difference between the real mirrored backglass in XM LE and the cheaper mirrored ink translight from TWD LE...it is not even close in quality or appearance.

Stern advertise them as "mirrored backglasses" on their feature matrixes, as I checked all those games on the Stern website to make sure I was right.

Class action suit?

rd

Funny you should mention that, I got exceedingly pissed off when I bought TWD LE and it came with the translight and not the backglass for that reason.

I saw it on the feature matrix advertised as a real backglass and called my distro to confirm it would be real before placing my order. Distro confirmed it would be real and not like the fake Met LE translight. Game arrives...BAM!!!!...not a real backglass, the fake mirrored translight again...Stern lied to me again.

Regardless, one reason the XM LE backglasses look so good compared to more recent Sterns is they are, in fact, real high quality backglasses.

Has anyone replaced the magneto spinning disc decal? I've got some decals coming soon and was wondering how much of a bitch it was to change...

The xmen toy mods are actually "Bowen figures". Be prepared to pony up, the last Beast I saw was $250, Iceman was the same. Not sure on the voice redo, I think it was shelved.

Where did you find replacement decals?

My distrobutor got them in for me I rang stern support and got the part number I'll post when I find the part number at work tomorrow

Couldn't get enough clean dialogue. They gave up.

My game has them and they are cool.

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Played a few games yesterday. It's been awhile and I finally fixed my game after a year. Had the bad pcb issue and had to get a new wolverine magnet coil and some fuses for nightcrawler to function properly. Either way I had decent games, for me, and was shooting well. Game really is a blast when making shots. I know that can be said for most games, but racking up combos is extremely satisfying and then having deadpool talk trash is great.

That was a fantastic surprise when stern added the cool combo call outs and of corse dead pool ,really makes the game unique,still not where it needs to be concidering there is no premiums

Anyone know were I can order some more red led's for the gi lighting? One is flakey on my right slingshot.

Thanks.