Pin Fight! "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" vs. "Freddy: a Nightmare on Elm Street"

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Pin Fight! "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" vs. "Freddy: a Nightmare on Elm Street"

Well, it looks like my vid-to-pin trade is gonna go down (it's about time that cherry was broken), so now I have to decide which pin I should choose to be my first: Frankenstein or Freddy.

ARTWORK: Point goes to Frank for some really nice artwork that doesn't come off quite as cartoony as Freddy.

GAMEPLAY: I have too little experience with both games to choose a long-term winner, although I hear that Frank has the better gameplay.

THEME: Freddy all the way. I'm a "Elm Street" / Freddy fan from waaaaay back, and let's face it...the theme goes a long way.

SOUNDS: Kind of a tie. Love the Robert Englund voice samples and music from the films on the Freddy pin, but Frank let's you choose between two soundtracks during gameplay. One of which is Edgar Winter's ridiculously awesome "Frankenstein".

EFFECTS: Both games have some great effects on the playfield and DMD...although, the frank has that big-ass DMD that's really cool. (But then again, should it need to be replaced, major dough will be required.)

CONDITION: Both pins are in really good condition, but the Freddy has recently been shopped while the Frank needs to be.


Any thoughts, pinball community?

Share your feelings with the group.
 
Theme-wise, I give the edge to Freddy. Being shopped is a plus, too. Another good thing is the pin may see a spike in value when the new Freddy movie rolls out.

I'd go w/ Freddy if it were my deal.
 
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein gets the win from me. Of course I'm a little bias because I own one, but I have played Freddy a great deal as well. Freddy just seems to get a little old after awhile. Frankenstein still has one of the hardest ramp shots in my opinion. I'm still happy when I managed to make enough of them to start the event for multiball. :)
 
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