I Traded My Uncanny X-Men Pinball for Black Knight - Big Mistake?

[@ginobozzi3954]

X-Men prices are trending down especially the LE’s. I don’t think it’s a stupid thing. It’s math. It’s a Beautiful looking pin, but it’s very flawed.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

RALPHY IS BACK !! Keep the video's coming because you are getting 100k soon ! X-man .. ow love that pinball machine.

[@RudyRoundhouse]

Honestly think this was the best UP/downgrade either of us has made yet. Damn You Black Knight!!!!!

[@slinger2112]

My question: Did you or Mason write the 'hater comments' at the 1:25 mark? Love to see Mason find his way into the videos!!! It's always (cabinet) leg day for you and Rudy when a new game arrives. This is a game where I want to figure out why things happen, and not just reacting what happened. I had fun on it last Friday at the arcade. You beat my high score. Well done!

[@kantidinda6218]

You and Don and now officially the same pinball consumer . 😂

[@RetroRalph]

LOL, I'm "Don Lite" as someone named me, I'm ok with that... Don's a cool dude, we just love and are passionate about pinball...and sometimes that makes us do dumb things... LOL.... Thanks for watching brother, I hope all is well!

[@remy333]

You are certainly NOT stupid for upgrading to Pinball Souls. Hell yeah dude!!!!

[@joshnicholls8674]

Off topic, but is that a Stern Leaderboard you have in the background of your video? How’d you get that setup? It looks cool.

[@midlifearcade]

You did the right thing. And you’ll be doing the right thing when you rebuy x-men when the code slaps when it’s done.

[@RetroRalph]

Right?!? LOL

[@michaelfokas8884]

I watched Joel and Jared stream this on their channel last year and it really got me interested. I need to find one and put a little more time in but I enjoyed it the few times I played. All that matters is you being happy with the trade.. later on you can always pick up a X-Men Pro

[@donnie4772]

I love my Sword of Rage Pro. It’s a simple layout but it’s a tone of fun. Also a nice change of pace compared to a lot of the longer games. Recently upgraded the speakers with some Pinwoofers and the Metal soundtrack really hits hard now.

[@vsteelers99]

I'm surprised you kept the John Wick LE over X-Men LE. Any reason? Both have room to grow with code.

[@ToddHowardsChessClub]

I think you did the right thing. X-Men has great shots but that's only going to last so long with that really uninspiring code. At least with Bond you could see where it was going. Black Knight is awesome. Now you need to get that topper! Edit: you got the topper, sorry to hear its jittering. At least Zack is looking after you.

[@joshbaldwin8838]

I think X-Men will eventually have a Bond style rebound once the code is updated

[@RetroRalph]

I hope so 👍

[@PiN_MiKE]

BKSOR is a great game. I’ve actually been thinking about getting it myself until XMen got further along. Love XMen and I’d definitely love to holler at Zach to purchase it today, but I’m working some angles for pinball money first. Lol Congrats bud. It’s whatever you are enjoying more. Doesn’t make other pins bad, just fun to play em all! Wooo!

[@TexasSteele67]

Correct play- The music in BK alone is waayyyy better

[@007bondson1]

I also got an LE but holding out for the code updates. The game has potential but code has to seriously develop for it to be a keeper. Mine hasn’t had the much of the mech problems though. It may not make the comeback that bond made but we’ll see how far it gets. Black knight would be cool to have

[@ManekiNeko1972]

Black Knight is one of the best pins out there. I love it.

[@joewozniak2231]

Why Uncanny instead of John Wick?

[@RudyRoundhouse]

He has a JW LE

[@joewozniak2231]

@ I meant why not get rid of Wick or Uncanny. Feels like Wick has the same code issues and it’s a fan layout really.

[@RudyRoundhouse]

@@joewozniak2231 Sadly, i believe it’s that we are both very much gluttons for punishment… I mean, I still have TMNT… But seriously, Wick, has that same “difficulty/rage/wanna smash it but with a smile on your face” feel that games like TMNT and BKSWOR have. They make you crazy, but overall, you are a better player (hopefully) from playing them. It may be a long time before he drops JWick, but never say never…

[@curbydinobot8633]

Thats not a stupid decision. Black Knight 2000 is an awesome classic with great rock music

[@mnretrogamer]

Awesome man. I hope x-men’s code gets there. Did you fall in love with this when you played it at stern when you got to see D&D?

[@16BitBear]

I get where you are coming from on X-Men. I bought the pro and do love it, short of the plunge issues I'm still working out, but really want to see where the code is going. It's a dream theme and beautiful so love it for that, but there's no denying the code needs depth. Part of me wonders if I would have gotten D&D (assuming I liked the shots), given the apparent code depth. I think as a home pin having something that continues on is a cool idea. Now if they could add those concepts in X-Men that would be sweet, but I'm not holding my breath.

[@johnmcclane2139]

If you want to get a hard game, I'm surprised you don't own a TMNT, unless you already had one and sold it. I love mine, but other people hate it because of how hard it is.

[@MichaelJude-tz1pv]

I got my BKSOR in August I think. Pro is the only way to go. I love this machine. You will be shocked how much you play it. Ultimate 1 more game machine. We need to talk Stern into adding some more code. Few more modes or monsters and a coop mode. Best topper in pinball.

[@PinballPursuit]

We love Black Knight! It’s on our list of upcoming rental games.

[@RETROCENGO]

Nothing bad in that deal. Black knight pro is a great pin, I also like X men LE though 😅 it all comes down to how much cash you got inbetween😊 Alternative music in black knight gives me better high score 😂

[@Mercdds]

Great video. Might have to pick up a BK sometime.

[@stringerfilms.]

What?? This is a GENIUS move!! BKSOR is freaking AWESOME & wayyyyy BETTER!!... PLUS it doesn't have stupid baby flippers!!! #SayNOtoBabyFlippers

[@RetroRalph]

You hate the baby flipper so much... LMAO!

[@genegonzalez3167]

Wow ! Would have never guessed Black Knight but what do I know 😂 Are there any keepers in your collection 😂 Keep up the great content Ralph 🙏🏻

[@chaddestroys]

I support this trade/purchase. X-men is…ok. BK is timeless. The fan layout is perfect for practicing and perfecting shots.

[@sunnydelight3046]

Stern needs to release machines with finished code it's the same as early access games

[@Merlin-wo1kj]

I prefer Black Knight 2000.

[@nextplat1]

I would love a Black Knight Premium with the topper. Best pinball topper, in my opinion, and it would be great to see another incoming RR topper video.

[@RcGuy4Life]

i have the Black Knight as well and love the gam. You need the topper!

[@markm9282]

LE owner here...I agree the code is lacking but I'm holding out hope 🙏. As long as you are happy ..it's your $!!

[@Zjiggit]

It wasn't stupid to get rid of Uncanny X-Men. That game is a complete dud in it's current state. That said, I'm not sure sure Black Knight is an upgrade.

[@imadudeonthecouch]

Question: I noticed your Black Knight has speaker lights. Are those the Stern Expression lights? Also, you made the right choice. Black Knight rocks.

[@TheNickybocker]

I say you do you, For me Pinball isn't my thing. Too many bad memories. Pins were too high maintenance, I sold an 8 ball de sux to a guy who drove me crazy with repair calls. I would have been better off pushing it off the shipping dock. 8 ball de sux was a repair nightmare and cotributed heavily to my departure from pinball. That and ADHD. Pinball play gets boring quickly to me.

[@AdamGtr86]

For your comments on the code lacking on X-Men. Honestly I don't even think code matters that much or that's the main issue. There is a pinside thread poll about if people read all the rules or just bash stuff. Most games people just bash stuff and don't know the deep rules (there are so many games that learning deep rules is a lot of work). Medieval madness is pretty much slam the castle door and the castle wall and get trolls. Literally as much depth as I know of Medeival and it's fun and I still like it more than X-Men.

[@ginobozzi3954]

So true. Madness is such a near perfect game. Anyone can play it and figure it out really quickly. These newer pins want to be a video game while still playing pinball.

[@jasonhaley6535]

Smart buy or trade. X-Men is everywhere for playing on location. Black Knight is not as common in the wild.

[@AKfireKMK]

Do what makes ya happy brother!

[@fourthhorseman04]

I don’t think you’re dumb. It’s your money, if it made you happy then it was a good decision.

[@OVERKILL_PINBALL]

The truth is, the Black Knight topper did not look right on UXM ;)

[@jlarsson1978]

You are stupid - but I like it 😄🤟🏻

[@RetroRalph]

LOL... Thanks brother! I mean, as long as I know it's stupid... right?! Thanks for watching man, appreciate you!

[@Tanner2345]

i pick one this up for zach i got the topper for it i think this game got one of best and coolest topper for a pinball machine game super fun to

[@rowbear5862]

Oh man new code is days away !!!!

[@keiththomps]

Black Knight pro is an awesome, fast game. You’ll get better playing it

[@joebarlow1650]

Wait, you traded a X-Men LE for a Black Night Pro? Was this a straight-up trade? Did you get any cash back? If not, that's pretty crazy. I'm not saying Black Knight is a bad game. In fact, it's pretty great, but on the surface, it appears like a bad deal. Hope you at least got a free topper.

[@daviddeming1916]

Surprising but makes sense!

[@Pinballgeek49]

X-men is a hot mess, it will continue to go down in value , I would get rid of it too..

[@H0otz]

Beautiful machine, enjoy!

[@nickmadsen2572]

Badass game!

[@JeffYPbPr]

Que the next video “I did a thing…black knight is gone!!!”

[@danielk8906]

Black Knight is boring. Uncanny X-men is way more fun.