Picked up a routed Xmen Pro yesterday:
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And here is what Ive done so far......
Updated the code to 1.51 (was on 1.02)
replaced the last incandescent lock light bulb with an LED
replaced the red and blue LEDs on the "storm board" with whites
replaced the sling rubbers with clears
replaced a bunch of easy to get to rubbers with clears
replaced the leds under the slings with comet 4x1 tower leds
used the 4x1 tower LEDs in the spot lights too (they seem to spread the light better)
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and I replaced the black post rubbers with clears for the newton ball mod
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I put a red wedge in Omega Red, a Blue in the Sentinel (Im going to replace it with purple) and orange in sabretooth and shoot again.
They were the only spare colored wedge LEDs
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The one thing I had to fix was the spotlight on Magneto. there wasnt 12v coming though the taps, so I pulled the tap off the wires it was on and put it onto a GI light.
Before:
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After:
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Now I know! I'm undecided on moving it back, I kinda like it always being on. I also might put the purple GI lights back behind the hellfire and brotherhood targets.

sooooooooooooo........................................

Is this common or am I just that (un)lucky ?
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It was actually pretty hard to get the ball out

Are you guys being sarcastic or not? I cant tell :/

got CB3's WIP files for xmen, so hopefully I can finish it off. Card reader isnt working on the one I installed, so I was testing the other one I had before taking the time to swap them.

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So I've figured out if you soft plunge there are 2 skill shots; Rogue for Psylocke Skill Shot and Storm for Angel Skill Shot, are there any others?

That's why made me get the pro, fewer moving parts and things to break.

My machine came with the Wolverine bash toy already replaced by the Newton Ball mod. I also got the bash toy with the machine but didn't want to cut it up to make it fit on top of the newton ball. I ended up getting this from amazon:

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PXVH155

I had to cut the base off to make it fit, and I just put hotglue on top of the newton ball square, and a dab of glue behind the statue to affix it to the pop-bumper top (mine's broken anyway)

Here he is with the glass off:
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And with the glass on:
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Bonus being that I love the Sentinel, so his hand , even if its cut off, still adds another sentinel element to the game.

I am already looking at Magneto replacements.

The disc doesn't spin, so on magneto multiball the balls spread and fall towards the flippers. I think the LE disc is neat and would be the only LE feature I'd want on my pro. The Iceman ramp moving has zero appeal to me, and the Night Crawler trolls look like they would really mess with flow.

I think I found the magneto Im going to use ...if it fits: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Select-Toys-Marvel-Magneto/dp/B003F2YXBW/

Ad says 7" tall so I think I may have to cut into the base a bit.

Totally agree, one of the reasons I want a smaller figure is so those plastics can be seen. If I do get it I'll probably cut the base down a lot , it should help secure him and the Colossus hand is a nice touch. There was another magneto posted previously and it's a pretty great fit, so that maybe the the one that goes into this machine too.

A sentinel in the back right corner (where the sentinel plastic is) would be amazing but pretty much all of them are massive and or crazy expensive.

I'm kinda sad Squizz downvoted my mini wolverine I was super happy with the way it turned out

Puffdanny pretty much nails it:

I do think its neat that the shot can potentially put the ball on the left flipper instead of always on the right but it just seems so clunky.I didn't know the NCs only pop up during specific modes but I just don't think you lose much by not having them.

Game is far from barren and is probably one of the best value Pros ever released.

The Pro does have 2 things going for it the LEs dont:
Subjectively the best art package and much cheaper/easier to change out the villain light colors by the flippers

Believe me, if I could add the spinning magneto disc to my pro I would cant say the same for the other 2 things
I ordered some blue superbands for the flippers and some replacement flipper buttons, but I couldnt find pink LEDs for the pop bumpers like someone suggested.

If I dont like them, they'll just get shifted over to LW3 and I'll get blue rubbers instead.

Wife and baby are fans of the machine:
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I dont need any other LEDs right now, so I just made due with what I had on hand, purple:
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I added FatPanda 's audio mix and it makes the game a ton better. Next up a shaker motor and maybe save up for the upgraded speakers

CB3 did an amazing job but the game isnt 100% done. I prefer his color choices to what colordmd did but their colorization is 100% done and his is closer to 90%

Super flattered that tigerpin found that post thumbs down worthy! This whole Pin2DMD vs ColorDMD is fucking stupid.

So from his docs it looks like The attract mode doesnt have the xmen logo done, the scores are single color (pin2DMD doesnt support dynamic content on Sam hardware AFAIK) , Danger Room mode is undone, Dark Phoenix mode is undone, Magneto Multiball is partially done, WeaponX Multiball mode is undone, Hellfire and Brother Hood modes are undone, and Xavier mode is partially done.

Other than cost, the main things holding me back from buying a color DMD is that only the LCD is available for Xmen, and I really don't like the way the Sentinels were colored

ColorDMD: (snipped from their YouTube Video)
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Pin2DMD WIP by CB3:
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Art is subjective and I get that, but I think CB3's colors are more accurate to the Jim Lee era of Xmen. This could easily be updated by the colorDMD people but they never fixed the hitch hikers hair color in Getaway so, doubt its worth it to them.

yeah that LED version looks soooooo much better. If they give me a slight discount I'd be more than happy to update the colorDMD files

I finally got to the Danger Room mode..... hit the middle "magneto" shot and the ball released SDTM , whomp whomp.

I did add a piece of polished stainless steel that goes along the right drain, from the apron all the way up to the 3rd flipper.
It brightens up the lighting under the plastics and just looks really neat along the drain.

Its kind of tough to take pictures of , it kind of just blends in, which was the point. I figured seeing "special" mirrored would be the easiest way to show it.

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Anyone have a fix for the LED constantly getting knocked out of spot lights? The LED in the spotlight over the right sling gets knocked out all the time, and Ive had the Magneto LED pop out once or twice from air ball deflections from hitting the big magneto.

ColorDMD, as its the only option. LED or LCD is a matter of preference, Im fond of LED myself.

Pin2DMD has a new firmware to support SAM/SPIKE so I might pick up where CB3 left off and color some more scenes for him.

Someone in this thread posted their LED ColorDMD, so you may have to just reach out to them to get that.

My wife is loving Xmen, Ive had it a few months now and she still plays it, other than Comet , that never happens.

I replaced Magneto today, I had to have the game open to fix the pop bumper behind Wolverine

This is what I went with: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007FY49/
I bought one that had a damaged box for $40 shipped

Here's Logan and Eric:
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I was still figuring out exactly how and where I wanted Mags to Riches

and heres how he's in there:
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Dab of glue on the ProfX chute and the Iceman ramps for his arms, and his foot is hot-glued to one of the places a nut goes and behind the Sentinel head. Cape is wedged between the ramps and he is super stable.

I ended up buying that piece just because it came with the big Sentinel head and the game cant have enough giant robot parts.

Both pieces are plastic and wolverine has taken a good number of air balls with do damage other than having to bend his claw back on occasion.

Turned out fantastic, good job.

RE: Stacking
I *do* stack modes, it makes the game easier and keeps my wife interested in the game. I may end up wiring in the Tournament button for when I wanna play the more traditional scoring/rules. I actually did make it to the danger room with stacking but I felt like I was cheating a bit.

If you guys haven't added FatPanda 's sound mix, you need to, its incredible.

She's one of Xavier's mutants to find.
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I want one

fo sho. Sentinel is my fave character , just shoot me a PM with a ballpark price. After I wake up from fainting from sticker shock, I'll letcha know

It looks incredible.

Ordered up a shaker kit ( Rev B ) from pinball life, its only $99!

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installation was a breeze and there were no wires to tap, since existing plugs were in the wiring harness. Lucky for me, my X-men had a shaker kit in it, that someone removed before I bought it; so I didnt have to cut out the template or drill holes for the t-nuts. Its a pretty cool mod that definitely gives the game a little extra cool factor. Next up is a tourny button

its tied into almost everything to varying degrees, but its never shaking for too long or shaking too hard. You'll notice it right away when you hit the pop bumpers.

I look forward to finding out how much it shakes I only got a couple of quick games in, but its supposed to be in the high 90s all week so I'll probably retreat to my basement and smack some balls around.

Take pix of how its wired.

I got my Pro for like 3700 and it was the best deal I've gotten on a pin. I think its got a bad rep from the early code but its my favorite machine and my wife likes playing it too. Your soundmix really puts it over the top.

It's even easier on a pro, just change the bulbs.

Its not complete, but it works. Ive been chipping away and finishing what was started.

I am almost done getting the "stuck" animations off screen. I don't have the kind of time I used to so its taking significantly longer than I thought it would.