#350 arrived

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Another LE in the corner !

Got the call mine was leaving Denver yesterday. #183. Super excited.

Mine is being delivered on Monday!

Cannot wait to get ours delivered at Pinball Expo for Horrorhouse Fest! We would have it now, but having Stern deliver in person is really gonna make this the most amazing thing to happen in my entire life. I started my collection with Scared Stiff, and to have it all somehow turn into this childhood dream come true of not only building an actual haunted attraction, but also having it premiere nationally at the same show Elvira is GOING TO BE AT is mind blowing enough for me. I can now die a happy man... Hope to maybe see you at the show too?! If so, drop by our Hauntcade for some serious magic.

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She's here and set up. Here are pics. I'll post videos when they're available.
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By the way, I couldn't really discern any detail in the laser-cut side rails from previous pictures. Pretty frickin' sweet!

I've often wondered why this is the case? After we've seen one or two from each tier unboxed then we're DONE... we've SEEN them. With ANY game... or cat pic,etc.

Why add even MORE servers online burning through diesel powered electricity so we can see the SAME pictures...over and over??

I'm hardly a tree hugger but this just seems terribly wasteful. Plus there will undoubtedly be loads more pics when people put in dolls and pinstadiums, etc...

Well I didn't mean for this post to sound so grouchy... damn interweb.

(edit) Also this is just MY pet peeve. Has nothing to do with this particular game and shouldn't make anybody feel defensive. I was just raised frugal and hate to waste resources. Same reason I close off rooms I'm not currently using to save heat or AC. No different.

I'm probably the only person that feels this way I suppose... and obviously if there are any PF aberrations, etc then absolutely put up some pics

I had some shaker action when completing haunts.

Oh, and they removed the pool floats from the display.

Just arrived #190.

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Glad about that, as i found those annoying during the JackDanger/Stern unveiling video.

The best part about getting an LE was seeing that spooky 8x10 with Gary Sterns autograph. I think I'm going to frame that probably!

Where is Elvira's autograph on a 9500 dollar machine? She goes to conventions and charges 30 40 bucks... why wouldn't she sign all 500 machines? But I look at the bright side, I got Gary Sterns autograph instead.

On top of all that my trunk was broken... but all else is great because once again I got Gary Sterns autograph! YEAH!

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So, this isn't great, but here's a video of game play anyway. LOL

It's fine...and you have the volume cranked nicely. There's also some guys in Belgium playing the heck out of it in the other thread that's a hoot. Fun to hear English interspersed with French throughout ... "le junk in the trunk" !

her autograph is on the 16000 sle signature edition. shoulda bought that one.

Thanks for posting. Nice to see the pop bumper graphic is gone. The house looks like the lighting is great and lots of great spooky background music. Looking forward to getting my premium!

LE gets delivered Monday ! Hope I like her

The ramps on this game are underrated. I was pleasantly surprised when I got to play. That right ramp is FAST.

Are your guys shaker working?

#183 being delivered this evening! Woohoo!

Yes. Not a lot, but it does shake when finishing haunts and when scoring super jackpots during multiball.

On another note, so happy to hear, "Ooo, nice organ!"

No bid deal, but found a grammar mistake on the instruction card.

It's under House Party. See if you spot it.

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So anyone know how many video modes can be started via the Mansion? Last I heard it was 6. Anyone also know what six movies these modes are attached to?

Should be "Cue" the organ, not "Queue".

Nah. Your organ has to stand in line like the rest of us to get into this haunted house party.

If anyone wants to see, I took the glass off and played through the game.

*Spoiler Alert*

I have a premium coming. How long do you think?

Your guess is as good as mine. By Halloween would have been tits.

Well worth the wait. I couldn’t see spending the extra money for the rails and glass. So in this case I don’t think there was much difference between the premium and the LE. As long as the play fields are the same I don’t really care

I forgot the cabinet art. I like them both

Thanks for the video! For a noob like me I always appreciate it when players walk through the machine with the glass off.
When learning a game I stuff the out lanes and the drain with a towel so I don't have to worry about chasing after the balls.

NO PINBALL game is worth $16,000 END OF STORY!

I can go to pinball expo, or Monsterpoloza and get her autograph for $40.00 bucks. What else is different? Some different powder coat or something? If I want I can re-powder coat my LE for $100 dollars. A piece of a coach are you kidding me? Who cares?

I bought a Batman Premium and I powder coated myself for $100, bought a Tops Batman card autographed by Adam West for $200, added a few mods, now mine is better than the SLE. I don't have the topper and that is cool for sure... but not worth 20 plus k.

It's a pinball game.

Just saying Elvira could have autographed all 500 LE machines rather than Gary Stern. Would have cost Stern NOTHING!

Maybe for you. But they line up for mine!

Ha ha, but gross...lol

And at the end of the day, you still have just a batman premium with some mods, and if you ever sell it, that's what it will be worth. As for the comment, end of story, no it is not. Plenty of machines are worth 16k or more. Maybe not to you, and that's ok. But there is a market for them. Pretty sure Stern will sell out of the SLEs.

Have you tried re-installing the code?

Picked her up tonight!!

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Quick initial impressions.

First, the stream doesn’t do it justice. IMO streams don’t really do any pin justice. It is beautiful and the house is really amazing. The art is beautiful. The mirrored back glass is stunning.

Second, mine was shipped with .82 code. I don’t know if this is normal but I installed the home settings, all inserts are either on or off. There is no in-between.

Third, my kids loved the layout. This is going to seem as a negative, but it is easily approachable to NooBs.

Final impression, It has Elvira in numerous ways. Elvira showing up on the LCD is worth watching over and over. Never been done before.

Can’t wait to see how this evolves.

LOL When I saw that in the adjustments, my first thought was, "There's not a camera in this game" and left it alone. Your definition makes more sense. Good job figuring it out!

Now that was funny. Sometimes we can pick em out.

Yes you can, you can always do a full image replacement of your SD card also. Stern had the most recent version of code for each current machine available as SD card images. You can try that if reinstalling the code doesn’t work. I reinstalled twice before worked correctly both times.

Here are the haunts and their related windows:

Left of front door:
Top window: "Teenagers from Outer Space"
Left window: "The Brain that Wouldn't Die"
Right window: "The Manster"

Center of house:
Window over front door: House Party - after playing three haunts

Right of front door:
Top window: "Werewolf of Washington"
Middle window: "Manos: The Hands of Fate"
Bottom window: "Night of the Living Dead"

Once a haunt is ready (skull pulsing on steps), a window will start flashing. Use the flippers to move the flashing window: Right flipper moves clockwise; left flipper moves counter-clockwise. When making the shot to start the haunt, remember the flip will change the selected window (a la Dialed In).

I tried collecting a skeleton key to unlock the windows on the far right, but they didn't light up.

I started a new game and hit the backdoor skill shot on the first plunge of the game. It started the haunted house party mode instantly. Has anyone else had that happen yet?

Well, is it awesome? Is it fun to play....? Waiting for mine

Well, is it awesome to play? Do you find yourself wanting to play more???

I love it and, yes, I want to play more. Unfortunately, the code needs more development. Of course, I think most of us knew that it wouldn't be complete upon shipping. It's fun and fast. Side-to-side action is brutal. The shots are smooth. The game is beautiful. The existing call outs, video, animations, Elvira herself are all awesome.

This theme is one I love. I love the campy-ness and double-entendre. My first memory of pinball is EATPM. That's why it was my first purchase. I want a Scared Stiff. It carried on the tradition. EHOH is the pinnacle of evolution for this theme. I am amazed at the evolution of pinball and this is the perfect example, in my opinion. EATPM: System 11, simple game play, great speech and music, alpha-numeric display. SS: WPC, advanced game play, great speech and music, DMD with animations. EHOH: Spike 2, even deeper game play, great speech (music to follow), LCD with great visuals and animation.

Can you tell I am totally invested in this game and theme? If you haven't already, check out my YT videos on the game in my other posts.

I think I'll go play a game right now.

Happy ballin'!

I will have to explore this because I haven't had it happen, but I've only been able to plunge the back door a couple times.

(That made me giggle.)