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The first production game has been delivered. Club thread now opened. Abide by club thread rules, keep drama in the hype thread and out of this thread. Stay upbeat and positive. Thanks.

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Try not to get to caught up in the top 100 rankings or other users ratings. R&M started so high that it’s going to attract down votes from people protecting the ratings of other games (many of which will not have even played R&M before rating it)...this happens a lot sadly.

I’d love to see a ranking system overhaul of some kind personally. One that has users compare games they know head to head only. Two come up and they click the one they like more or they click a box saying they aren’t familiar with one of the two titles...and that’s it. An algorithm would then generate rankings. That system would be far harder to manipulate.

I’m super excited to be getting my R&M soon(ish). I’m number 115 and I can’t think of a game I’ve looked this much forward to in many years. I’ve only watched a few minutes of video, I want everything to be new to me when I open up that box.

That’s awesome! They are rocking along and getting close to 115.

Alas, I missed that post. Yea, there are likely a good number of needed parts that will be unavailable for a while.

Just checking in. Do we know how long the line is anticipated to be down with the suppliers shut down and the move to the new factory assembly location?

I see the creators of R&M have new show being released soon, Solar Opposites. It looks great. I hope Spooky is able to reserve the license if it takes off and is a big hit show. Great time for the release with everyone stuck at home.

Wow! Thanks for taking the time and sharing this. Yes, one flip side of the factory being temporarily down is they can do some refinements for the future builds. This type of feedback is great to see.

Oh man, this would be awesome! #115 here.

Oh, that’ll be nice. I think many people want to see the new shop. I sure hope they are able to get back to assembly soon with minimal disruption from their parts suppliers.

Great news! Always nice when you see a company listening to feedback and making adjustments. Do we know what the last number they produced before the shutdown was?

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Absolutely, we need a Bowen R&M video soon. For that matter, during these shelter at home times I wish he would redo some of his older videos for games that have had code updates as well. Tron, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, Iron Man could all use new videos from him with the more modern HD cameras on the new rules.

So, what are people doing for cards for R&M? I think Spooky should sell some high gloss professional looking ones...would look way better than what I generate on my color printer. Maybe even some type of molded cards.

Do we know how many dimensions they plan to have in total? I listened to one podcast and Scott said there would be a TNA dimension. I’ve still be avoiding the streams, best I can.

I’ve ordered two, one for each side. For those that don’t know, trilogybeer does absolutely phenomenal work. I’ve bought around two dozen hand painted pingulps from him over the years and they are always a huge hit with guests.

The last confirmed number I’ve heard was 65, but I know some earlier games that were butter were not made yet. I think the pause has been good, it’s allowed for more minor tweaking at the factory.

I think this is somewhat of an over reaction. How are they humiliating and shaming them? They never disclosed the person’s name or anything along those lines, and besides that person went into a specialized public forum to air his grief over something exceedingly simple...

I’m glad Spooky has a sense of humor and is building in inside jokes for people who have followed the company for years. No problem with it at all.

This is the club thread gang, be nice to your fellow club members. If they ask a question you are tired of answering just ignore them. If you decide want to respond and address their question in some manner please remember it takes just as much effort to simply answer them as it does to give them a hard time.

To quote one of my three year old’s favorite movies: “We’re not made of jello. We get behind a fellow.” - Bee Movie

I didn’t even know that was an option to begin with. Spooky offers that option? Pretty awesome!

#115 price sheet arrived today. Yay!!!!

Question, I see Spooky is no longer doing the mirror blades. I assume there are after market mirror blades available for this game somewhere? Just making sure there are off the shelf options designed for this configuration. Thanks!

Possibly ever. What competes with it? Sopranos maybe, Stern got everything for that game.

Anyone doing mirror blades? If so, where are you buying them?

Good point, FGY had pretty incredible assets as well. Tron did as well come to think of it.

Has anyone here watched Solar Opposites? I see its on Hulu, which my family does not have. Is it in the same universe as R&M?

My R&M pingulp arrived from trilogybeer last week. Getting close to getting the game.

The reason both Alien and TBL are so high is the production run on both games came to a premature end and the demand was not met for either of them. Spooky is a well run company and the entire run of R&M will be made and 750 machines is a healthy number in this market.

I’m not saying it’s impossible for R&M to appreciate once we are deep into the run, but the entire pinball collector’s market would need to grow to the point where 750 machines was not a large number. It would also help if the R&M show itself could start coming out with new seasons every year.

Yep, the fact that the stickers and sleeves are the biggest issue with this game currently is a true testament to the dedication of Spooky and their commitment to quality. The internet can be a tough place filled with negativity, Spooky just doesn’t generate drama. They provide no troll food.

When the game actually ships do they send you a tracking number? Number 115 here and just want to make sure it’s not going to materialize while I’m out of town or something.

Unboxing and setting up No. 115 now with the help of Megatron.

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Rick keeps bringing me Megatrons from different dimensions. (It’s pet temp hair chalk by the way, for anyone wondering).

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Check out Star Trek. There are some games that have a few different match sequences, it’s not a big deal though, R&M currently has the best match sequence I can think of (Black Knight SOR also has a really good one).

As far as the start sequence to the mb, most people will just skip it after they’ve seen it a half dozen times. Every modern game is like that, doesn’t matter if there were three or four of them, you’d still be skipping them eventually to get to the action quicker.

I just want to pipe in and say you’ve done nothing short of a superb job with this pin and your diligence and attention to detail and theme integration has been incredible. Thank you.

This times 2. Spooky has been knocking it out of the park.

I think the DVD release was necessary before the video assets from season 4 would be made available for Spooky to use in the game.

Maybe it’s intentional...like Rick is trying to tell you something and you have to turn the machine back on and play another game to find out.

So, how have things been coming along with the game and code and what not? Due to weather conditions we’ve not been able to play ours at all for over six weeks now.

What are these tech problems you are identifying? Where to load the ball? A light or two not working? I’m not seeing a litany of problems being identified by people. Just normal pinball things.

How close are they saying the code is to complete? I’ve not been following the thread as closely as I should be and having been able to play much pinball recently due to a move and the hurricanes. My new game room is almost complete though.

What happens when you complete the punch card currently?

Today I am uploading the current code and getting the game dialed in some more. Due to the two hurricanes that hit my city and a move I’ve not put nearly enough time on the machine, that changes starting today.

What was this mod? I missed the post and don’t see it now.

Have they said there would be additionally adventures at some juncture? Do we know the target total they are looking to have? Thanks!

This is a very subjective question. If I were you I’d request to be sent to the end of the line, and wait for the punitive tax to go away. It won’t be in place forever, surely.

Yep, mine broke as well. Do you have a bit more detail on how you fixed yours? Thanks.

Yes, everyone please remember to vote and keep Spooky in mind as R&M deserves a good deal of consideration.

By the way, is there anywhere to download Scott’s music from R&M? We can’t find it online like TNA is. Thanks.

Yea, with no shows in 2020 I had pretty limited exposure to new stuff as well. Voting off of streams is odd, but is what it is. I sure hope Rick & Morty wins some things.

Did some mirror blades for R&M ever come out? If so, where? Do they hurt the light show due to the directional lights? Thanks!

Add me as well please good sir. Thanks.

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This is a club thread. This is not a thread to further any crusade. Club threads are happy upbeat places. In the case of this particular club thread, it is a great place to interact with the manufacturer, the game designer, and the game coder...all of whom are here voluntarily.

If you want to complain about something over and over relating to R&M go to the hype thread and do it there. It has over 10,000 posts. I’m going to eject anyone else who wants to turn this club thread into their personal outhouse. There will be no more warnings and no chances.

If you see someone trolling this thread or using the thread as their personal outhouse, do an abuse report or just send me a PM. Thanks.

Where exactly in the settings is the vulgarity adjustment? Thanks!

Congrats to R&M and the Spooky team on a good showing at the TWIPYs yesterday.

When was there a code drop? Any new modes?

I would have gotten that done in a heart beat. Does it require a butter cab?

I would have zero issue paying for further code in Rick and Morty. Would happily do that to keep new adventures coming. Would even pay a subscription service for it. The more adventure modes the better.

Agreed. I’d like to see more dimensions, maybe they could make it a setting adjustment.

Does anyone know if they will use any footage from the upcoming season in a mode or something?

Hands down. Let the songs stay the focus point. If anything give people an option to change it in their settings but don’t interfere with the magic for those of us that love the sounds being the focal point.

Do we know if any of the new season stuff can ever appear in the game? I’m all for paying for additional content once they finish with whatever they planned to do. People could pay $100 per mode, if half of the owners paid for it to support spooky that would be $37,500 in revenue for spooky. Given what people pay for toppers (that we got free) that seems completely reasonable.

I’m sure they will be on several podcasts immediately following their next game being announced, which will be soon. They’ve done a fabulous job protecting the theme of the release, this is good as it helps them build excitement for the release. People want to know the game is on the line, it adds to the FOMO and drives sales. Stern always says you have 90 days from announcement to sell your games, then the buyers move along to the next new shiny thing.

At the same time, I’ve got money and a slot right now for one more game. I’m assuming Stern is going to announce either Godzilla, Fast and Furious, or Mandalorian next and any of those are a threat to be an instant buy from me, taking both my available money and the valuable line up slot.

We’ve had a bit of a dead period with no major game announcement yet in 2021. The first new game announced is going to hog the air waives and be the Bella of the ball. That said, it may be wise to let Stern announce first and then go in right behind it, taking the wind out of their sails rather than Vice versa.

Edit: I thought I posted this in the spooky game speculation thread, it was accidentally posted in this thread.

Did anyone ever design mirror blades for this game? Those would really be the perfect ad on for this game.

How are people adjusting the third flipper to make the inner loop a bit easier to hit? Neither loop is easy but that inner loop seems to be getting more and more challenging and I think the positioning of my flipper may be the reason.

The wizard mode desperately needs to be slut dragon. I’d love an adventure mode or two that was a multiball.

Spooky has really dedicated a tremendous amount of time to this game’s code. epthegeek should win a twipy for this game when he is completed with the code.

Really? Any special animations for that or is it just a dimension? That’s hysterical.

What’s the summary for those of us that can’t watch it at the moment?

Wow! How do you get to that mode? New code?

Any time you all see someone like Erik getting bullied, report it…I’ll kick the offenders out of the thread. Erik is too valuable to lose to a few self entitled jerks. This is a club thread after all.

He really did. Erik has was it takes to be the next Lyman in this hobby if he wants to be. What he did for R&M - making it one of the best coded games in pinball - was truly phenomenal.

I’m hoping we get a slut dragon wizard mode still, but even if we do not this games code is incredible.

Grab one quickly. Now that they are out of production they will start becoming less and less available over the coming months. The very end of the production is the highest level of availability as many NIB buyers move to the next new and shiny thing.

Yea, I thought they had plans for a wizard mode of some kind. R&M is one of the best coded games of all time already. I hope Ultraman gets close to it.

Based on R&M alone, I personally put Eric as the number two coder on the planet right now behind only Lyman. I will buy games based on him doing the coding, just like with Lyman. I wish Spooky used him for Ultraman and Halloween.

It has a ton of modes already, but it could use a true wizard mode or an extra mini wizard mode. It would be cool if it had another regular mode that was a multiball, maybe two of them.

I put money into a hat for the coder to get more code. Count me in if there is go fund me of some kind. I think some people who don’t even own the game would contribute for various reasons as well.

Awesome! Thanks for the update to the already superbly coded game!

Yea, a slut dragon wizard mode would really cap off this superb masterpiece of a game. I think the game finished though?

I’ve had four Spooky games now, never did get the butter…but I am thinking about it for my next Spooky (whenever that may be).

Anyone know if R&M is done code wise or are they going to do a wizard mode?

I got so excited when I finally qualified for Rick Potion 9 that I excidently selected Blood Dome…the one and only time I made it that far…

Spooky, we need the slut dragons. Give us the slut dragons!

*baiting to see if we get the dream wizard mode*

That makes total sense, shame since that would have been such an awesome mode. Licensing is such a restriction these days.

Great to know! If Spooky ever decides to pass a hat around I am 100% in as a contributor for that project.

100%. Give us a number for a wizard mode that covers licensing costs and Eric’s time and I’ll pitch in a healthy contribution. I’m totally in.

If there is a new adventure, I think the new adventure should be a multiball adventure. There are none of those currently. Perhaps make it a relatively rare occurrence (maybe 10% chance of starting it after the second adventure).

What are the MRS? Yes, I need to order cooling fans also for this game.

Any downside to making the change to the MRS? Ball magnetization or something?

This is pretty darn appealing…I must say. How long did it take for you to install all the switches? I’m wondering if it is a two hour project or what…not sure if I would consider doing the shooter lane as you did, but the others for that extra speed might be a lot of fun.

I was thinking about that. I may avoid those two altogether on that side.

GnR was the 2020 game of the year…no need to knock it in the R&M club thread. Though GnR didn’t clean up the 2020 awards the same way Godzilla did for 2021, GnR was a heck of an achievement for JJP and has a lot of great things going for it and well deserved the accolades it received in 2020 on release.

Personally, I think R&M is the better home environment game and my GnR would certainly leave before my R&M leaves, but guests do prefer to play GnR than R&M. It draws them in. Heck, my GnR drew one of my non-pinheads in so deep he bought his first machine. R&M is enjoyed by my pinhead friends - as it is a fabulous game - but it is simply too hard to be attractive to new players.

Spooky has nailed the theme integration with R&M, TNA, and ACNC…those three games have absolutely elite world’s under glass and those three successive releases are the core reason Spooky is so respected today.

I deeply hope that Spooky does more games in the future with both Scott and Eric. Those two guys are simply flat out amazing talents.

Where is the best place to order mirror blades from that will fit this title? Any recommendations? If not mirror blades, any high end art blades? I wish pingraphix did this title…but they do not appear to. Any recommendations would be great but really looking for mirror blades.

I went ahead and ordered normal Stern mirror blades, we will see if they fit. Black would have been better. Who sells those now?

Does anyone know if Stern sized mirror blades will fit a Spooky game?

Have not seen that. It looks like it projects the topper like the UM topper does? Where did you get the mod?

They are using a different for those games. Spooky could do one final update for R&M with a true wizard mode if they wanted to without distracting from HW/UM. Maybe they will one day, would be awesome.

I get it. R&M just has so much fabulous code in it, with superb modes…having one hard to obtain wizard mode would be spectacular. Really, having one mode that was a multiball would also be awesome.

I get though, Spooky has moved on and is focused on what is on the line. Can’t blame them and R&M is awesome as it sits.

That banner is awesome!!! Wow! I hadn’t seen anyone custom make a banner before.

For those wondering if Stern sized mirror blades will fit in Rick & Morty, the answer is yes they absolutely fit. The screws all line up, everything fits perfectly. Just tested that this weekend, I ended up not actually installing them as I ran out of time. But will post pictures when I do.

A multiball adventure would be really awesome and I think everyone wants a wizard mode beyond Love Potion. But if the game is done it’s done, it is a superbly coded game as is and easily one of my favorite all time games.

I would also contribute money via a kickstarter for more content. Vat of Acid would be awesome.

From their earlier posts it seems like they exhausted all assets they had. Erik said some months back they couldn’t do slut Wizard as the voices were outside of their license. I think they mined every ounce of video they were given access to.

Any additional content is greatly appreciated. R&M is my favorite Spooky game and will never leave my collection. If spooky did a kickstarter to buy some more content to use and pay for more of Erik’s time, I’d be all in. One adventure with a multiball and a wizard mode would be amazing, I’m happy to pay for it…I’m sure there are 100 other owners that would likewise chip in.

Yea, but that does require licensure approval. Some of the sound a likes in other games I’m surprised got approved by the license holders, I don’t think the Shrek IP holders would approve the Eddy Murphy sound alike today that Stern used in 2008. Licensure is complicated, we are lucky we got what we got in R&M…though I’d absolutely love to have more (particularly a Wizard mode), who wouldn’t.

They say it speeds up the game if you put them in the inlanes as well since it reduces so much friction. I need to do the inlanes still on mine.

What do you think about the argument that if they are in the inlanes they return the ball to the flipper faster?

He was very clear that he was making absolutely no promises. Expectations should be at zero.

I remember when Scott kept being asked if they would run more than the 750 R&M’s, he said no but that he would be happy to do a sequel R&M or something along those lines. How awesome would it be if Spooky engaged the same team that did this R&M to do a second one in a few years (probably needs to be five years apart)? Pinheads would go bananas trying to get one.

That would be incredible to get more TNA music in R&M. The more music in a game the better, though R&M and TNA have hands down the best sound packages in pinball.