Ep 150: Pinball Expo 2024 Day 1

Expo 2024 Day 1: Metallica Vault Edition praised as Borg's best; X-Men requires careful setup tuning.

Synopsis

Loser Kid Pinball hosts a live recap from Pinball Expo 2024 Day 1, covering exclusive early access to Stern's new Metallica Vault Edition and X-Men gameplay. The hosts discuss Metallica's refinements over the 2013 original, praising its modern LCD animations, UV lighting effects, and overall design as Borg's best work. They also analyze X-Men's setup sensitivity issues, particularly ball hop on the left flipper and wire form inconsistencies, recommending the Pro version over Premium for most players.

Entities

• Flippin' Out Pinball· company
• New Wave Toys· company
• Planetary Pinball· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Pinball Expo 2024· event
• Guns N' Roses· game
• Metallica (Vault Edition)· game
• X-Men· game
• Colin· person
• Derek K· person
• George Gomez· person
• Jack Danger· person
• John Borg· person
• Josh Roop· person
• Keith Elwin· person
• Lyman Sheets· person
• Ray Day· person
• Scott Larson· person
• Zach Sharp· person