Quoted from Whysnow:

ron does amazing work, but completely not needed on Spooky Pfs.

Quoted from Rock914:

It is not needed on any PF. Spooky’s Playfields are not magically better than any other. Small differences here and there but very comparable. I will say this though a Kruzman is worth every penny. I myself would do this on a route machine or a machine I planned on keeping for awhile. I know Rons resale is strong but I probably wouldn’t do it if I was only keeping it for a year. Then again if the machine is hot a Kruzman RM will probably be worth a fair bit more than a non Kruzman RM.

Quoted from FYMF:

I disagree with your first statement. There are numerous threads talking about PF issues with JJP and Stern. Thousands of replies and a ton of people submitting their pooling, chipping and cracking issues.
I know TNA got mentioned earlier in this thread but I have yet to hear one ACNC owner have a PF issue. On the contrary I have heard about major issues with Willy Wonka, Jurassic Park, Elvira, Munsters. POTC. . .
The list of their games that have PF issues goes on for about last 2 years it seems.
That being said, I am curious about the Kruz process. Is that something that has to be done pre unboxing? As in, can this process be done to revitalize a play field years later/after use?

Quoted from FYMF:

That being said, I am curious about the Kruz process. Is that something that has to be done pre unboxing?

Quoted from guitarded:

Pre-Build.
Playfield is shipped to K-man and Clearcoated prior to being built by Spooky.

Quoted from kruzman:

Hello. Spooky is super cool to offer to customers this option. My price is the usual 575 plus shipping to spooky.
If you are not familiar with my process it does take a lot of time, about 12 weeks. I focus on building up a finish that will not wear and dimple like a production finish, and the only way to achieve that is time and elbo grease. It goes like this. I sand the pf including all of the edges of all of the holes and cut outs, I apply 2 coats, allow 15 days to cure, sand everything, including hand sanding all of the edges again... and repeat. after I build 8-10 coats, I allow cure time, and I sand the whole pf level and then up to block sanding by hand to 3000 grit. Then I polish out the surface for usually 5-8 hours. Then I go thru and clean the compound out of all of the cut outs and holes. Before this point, I have sanded and masked and applied 2 coats of poly to the back side to seal moisture and dirt. The high polish will magnify any flaw, and if they or it bothers me, I have to sand it down and do it all again. this happens occasionally.
The way this has been handled so far is people contact spooky and make sure its cool with them. contact me and tell me, and spooky will send me a pf. when it is done, I will contact you to pay me, and then I will ship to spooky. So this makes things real complicated for them, so definitely be cool to them or they will just say no more, and that will suck for everyone. My process takes a long time and it does hold up their production, so it is VERY cool of them to allow this. I would like to think it brings in a couple customers who otherwise wouldn't ,but that may just be ego.
I hope this clears things up.
you can contact me thru pinside or
its better if you go thru [email protected]
As always I would like to thank everyone who makes my job possible, cheers

Quoted from Rock914:

Spooky’s Playfields are not magically better than any other.

Quoted from Pinstein:

Game of the year!

Quoted from Whysnow:

no magic; they are simply better.
Hard work, dedication to get it right, and willingness to own it and improve seem to be key.
Sorry Rock, but Spooky PFs are the industry standard and continue to get even better.

Quoted from BoJo:

It appears so based on what has been reveled so far. Maybe mention a video mode since that seems to get their attention.

Quoted from kruzman:

I hope this clears things up.

Quoted from screaminr:

Planning on it . I want to go to Cedar Point and go on Steel Vengeance but it won't be in time for your launch party ( good luck with that ) I'll have to be patient and wait for Ryan C to put his out on location .

Quoted from SpookyLuke:

It is hard to remedy these types of things. 95% of spooky playfields that ever leave this door have been some of the highest industry quality. At the end of the day not 1 single playfield manufacturer on the planet can provide a board that doesn't have issues at one time or another. If we could buy a perfect playfield we would but a place to purchase from does not exist. Cold hard truth. It does not make me or anyone else happy to have an issue so i totally understand. We replaced the faulty part to you and i understand that a days work would be invloved to fix it but we cannot do much more. If pinball manufacturers replaced the whole game every time a playfield issue arose not ONE single place would be in business today. All we can do is try to improve going forward and im telling you RM is the best we have done yet. That is all i can do man i do not know what else to say or do.

Quoted from tomdotcom:

I got TNA. I just wish I would have been in that 95%. When the time comes to sell this game, I get to explain how Spooky has the best playfields out there, except for this one. So how big of a discount do you want on it?

Quoted from BMore-Pinball:

are we up to game #501 yet
just asking for a "friend"

Quoted from wesman:

An idea for future games regarding licensing and voice work.
At launch, along with game options, could a game akin to Rick and Morty, be presented with a kickstarterish option for extra voice talent for SAG fees and contract costs?
If 100 people alone, picked a $200 option, that could maybe allow an extra actor or two for either existing voice work or new dialog entirely.
$20,000 isn't much, but maybe on a smaller project like this, it could suffice?

Quoted from wesman:

An idea for future games regarding licensing and voice work.
At launch, along with game options, could a game akin to Rick and Morty, be presented with a kickstarterish option for extra voice talent for SAG fees and contract costs?
If 100 people alone, picked a $200 option, that could maybe allow an extra actor or two for either existing voice work or new dialog entirely.
$20,000 isn't much, but maybe on a smaller project like this, it could suffice?

Quoted from Yelobird:

Huh? If it was that simple to get an actor wouldn’t it be easier to simply increase the base price $26 and have the same outcome? I am more then happy with what they offered personally.

Quoted from OnTheSnap:

What does a Kruzman playfield cost? Sounds like a $1000+ process at least?
12 week leadtime, so only >160 may apply?

Quoted from kruzman:

Hello. Spooky is super cool to offer to customers this option. My price is the usual 575 plus shipping to spooky.
If you are not familiar with my process it does take a lot of time, about 12 weeks. I focus on building up a finish that will not wear and dimple like a production finish, and the only way to achieve that is time and elbo grease. It goes like this. I sand the pf including all of the edges of all of the holes and cut outs, I apply 2 coats, allow 15 days to cure, sand everything, including hand sanding all of the edges again... and repeat. after I build 8-10 coats, I allow cure time, and I sand the whole pf level and then up to block sanding by hand to 3000 grit. Then I polish out the surface for usually 5-8 hours. Then I go thru and clean the compound out of all of the cut outs and holes. Before this point, I have sanded and masked and applied 2 coats of poly to the back side to seal moisture and dirt. The high polish will magnify any flaw, and if they or it bothers me, I have to sand it down and do it all again. this happens occasionally.
The way this has been handled so far is people contact spooky and make sure its cool with them. contact me and tell me, and spooky will send me a pf. when it is done, I will contact you to pay me, and then I will ship to spooky. So this makes things real complicated for them, so definitely be cool to them or they will just say no more, and that will suck for everyone. My process takes a long time and it does hold up their production, so it is VERY cool of them to allow this. I would like to think it brings in a couple customers who otherwise wouldn't ,but that may just be ego.
I hope this clears things up.
you can contact me thru pinside or
its better if you go thru [email protected]
As always I would like to thank everyone who makes my job possible, cheers

Quoted from wesman:

An idea for future games regarding licensing and voice work.
At launch, along with game options, could a game akin to Rick and Morty, be presented with a kickstarterish option for extra voice talent for SAG fees and contract costs?
If 100 people alone, picked a $200 option, that could maybe allow an extra actor or two for either existing voice work or new dialog entirely.
$20,000 isn't much, but maybe on a smaller project like this, it could suffice?

Quoted from SpookyKT:

Keep going on the pricing there no where close on prices yet lol

Quoted from wesman:

Yeah, I figured $100,000 might be the base, and most likely up....and up.
Thanks for the input KT!

Quoted from wesman:

Yeah, I figured $100,000 might be the base, and most likely up....and up.
Thanks for the input KT!

Quoted from arzoo:

I recall a post on the POTC owners thread from someone at JJP that Johnny Depp would have cost $500k per movie. So $2.5m for him to have done the call-outs.

Quoted from wesman:

Yeah, I figured $100,000 might be the base, and most likely up....and up.
Thanks for the input KT!

Quoted from wesman:

I've no idea what individual actors cost for different games. I've heard some for some games, and yes they can get really, really pricey, but given Justin himself is a massive part of this project, I'd assume compensation could be bargained for.
Just an idea.
If clips might not even have other actors present, this could be a workaround. Powder coated coin door or......Beth or Summer or Squanchy...?

Quoted from MikeS:

Indeed. One of these days I'll have to shoot down there and visit![quoted image]

Quoted from Dexter:

Mike - Ride your bike! What's a 140 mile round trip ride? Make it worthwhile

Quoted from KingPinGames:

fyi, low of -15 tomorrow night (at least where i am at). might be a fun summer ride, but not a February one.

Quoted from PinBalt:

Can anyone on here do a good Squanchy and Scary Terry. Maybe Spooky could use some alternative voices like Stern does

Quoted from PinBalt:

Can anyone on here do a good Squanchy and Scary Terry. Maybe Spooky could use some alternative voices like Stern does

Quoted from JustEverett:

Been practicing my "You can run, but you can't hide, bitch" a lot lately. Wondering how long before my gf stops thinking all my R&M quotes aren't funny anymore.

Quoted from Pinball-Obsessed:

She probably thought that the first time you said it!

Quoted from JustEverett:

Been practicing my "You can run, but you can't hide, bitch" a lot lately. Wondering how long before my gf stops thinking all my R&M quotes aren't funny anymore.

Quoted from DruTheFu:

Any chance that R&M has hidden UV-reactive inks on the playfield?

Quoted from DruTheFu:

Any chance that R&M has hidden UV-reactive inks on the playfield?

Quoted from DruTheFu:

Any chance that R&M has hidden UV-reactive inks on the playfield?