I did purple and red

Close but no cigar

If Mezel ever stops making the kits, I still have the original STL and will put it out there to the public.

Factory vs voodoo glass
Better but still a lot of glare

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Did Stern ever do a re-run of this machine? Or any talk of a “vault “ version?
They ran Ironman a few times now, I bought the Ironman re-vault last year. This deck seems too good not too be released again. Although I have never played this, I do love the theme.

Have they re ran any Sam system games in the spike 2 era? I don't think it makes logistical sense.

No XMEN never had a re-run or vault.

Sure they did- Ironman

Hi everyone,

I'm a big X-Men fan and considering adding the game to my collection based on my love of the theme. I haven't played the game but have seen there are some pretty tough critics in the online reviews. As owners of the game, what are your thoughts about X-Men as far as gameplay enjoyment? Are there some must install mods and such that you all have found to add significantly to the game? What are some thoughts on pro vs LE models?

Thank you!

I can't stand super heros movies or comics and didn't even know what an x-men was but I've had the game for 4 years and it will probably never leave. The game play makes up for the bad theme(my opinion) and me not knowing the theme probably let's me overlook the criticism about the callouts.

let's admit, its a love-hate it game for sure, than may be you should give a try before buying it

to me i love it, but my son didnt, than our 1st Magneto didnt last long here...
i recently have the opportunity to get another nice Magneto, ask my son if he wanna give it another chance/try, he said yes, than same situation as before, he just cant get in it (why why why ?), while i was still loving it... finally sell it because again i was the only one to play it

most of the guys who dont like it its simply because XM is a hard game, due to the the magnets (mainly the Wolve one), and also some thin shoots, as the left upper lane, that's also why you can change the Wolverine there if needeed

PRO vs LE : to me, the toy you cant miss on this pin is the magnet-spindisc, that's the real gem here, means you have to go for Magneto or Wolverine version

Xmen has outlasted both lotr and Star Wars. I love the shots, modes are well thought out and the call outs whilst cheesy fit the theme. Must have is the newton ball mod it’s certainly a game changer. It makes beast and Xavier shots easier but it also makes Wolverine harder. Xmen came out directly after AC/DC and everyone loved that game theme and gameplay wise so xmen was a less loved follow up afterwards. The code was kind of a mess between 1 and 1.4 from memory as they forced you into a whole bunch of stacking that was hard to follow. I prefer to play without stacking probably why I’ve only seen danger room once since owning it.

There are people that prefer the pro. I don’t see it. The LE kicks ass.

XMEN suffered poor early code (from an industry newbie at the time) and some voiceovers that did not sit well with a highly vocal minority. Both problems are non-existent today. There’s an after market sound package and the code was completed. The code now rocks and the game is “deep” in that there is a hell of a lot to do and accomplish.

It’s challenging or “too hard” as some pinball simpletons might complain. But that’s their problem that they suck at pinball.

One of the best values in pinball IMO. YMMV.

Get the LE!

Thank you for all of the great info! I was thinking the LE to get the magnet-spin disc. I'll keep an eye out for a magneto or Wolverine.

Does anyone have links to the newton ball mod and aftermarket sound package?

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I was playing and the left scoop didn't kick out the ball. Seems like no coils/flashers had power after that, even after rebooting. Do Sterns have some kind of feature where they will turn off coils if there is a fault?

I am not exactly sure what I did to get things happy again; I did pull and reseat F10 I think. Maybe cleared something in the service menu?

It is playing fine again.

See FatPanda for the sound package.

if this can help, i still have my old folder with X Men goodies (tanx to evbd), including the last 1.51 LE home code
its mainly the Fatpanda one, with some samples from Mcuzz, and than few others ones we wanna put in with my son

of course, tributes are for FatPanda & mcuzz

PM me i you wanna give it a try

Anyone interested in leaving the club and interested trading their Wolverine for my TNA loaded up with all the good mods? Near Chicago, let me know!

I recently sold my XMen Magneto LE and it's probably the one machine I would buy again in the future. I had it for 4 years and thought it was one of the most underrated machines out there. Buy yourself a Magneto LE, put the Wolverine newton ball mod on it (no matter what anyone says it DOES dramatically improve the game) and FatPanda's audio mix and you have a winner.

Oh get a Colour DMD too for this one - the animations are amazing.

For anyone wanting to try my sound package, both LE and Pro can still be downloaded from this thread:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/x-men-le-sound-replacement-package

Update it as you would any other SAM code. Instructions are on Stern's website and it's outlined in one or two of the posts in the thread as well.

Thanks for the compliments and hope you enjoy!

Joined the club today! Same day my PinMonk order for the villain color brackets showed up.
I don't believe in coincidence...

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Very old post being rebooted. Where can one buy this conversion holder ?
Thanks
Matt

Wow I don’t ever remember seeing that. That looks awesome! I want it for my LE!

Added a CPR speaker skin plastic. Repositioned the LE tag under the dmd.

Much better than plain black wood.

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That looks awesome I didn’t even think to put the tag there. I got the one more for magneto and out the tag in the coin box

I tried the tag on the speaker skin over the left speaker. Just didn’t look right. I was used to seeing the tag dead nuts middle.

I have owned a Wolverine since brand new and still like it. Although I don’t play it a ton or deep dive the rules, I heard something last night did the first time: Deadpool saying “Oh I see you finally reached my mode, great”. How did that happen?

Pretty sure Deadpool makes an appearance after you hit a certain amount of combos

Yeah he does and he helps you defeat villains.
Got to danger room for the second time ever today. Only destroyed two of the guns and flaked out trying to destroy the third