Not sure there is a silent majority, 3 local owners in my city all have problems with their machines I am just so grateful we purchased through a distributer that takes great care of us. I couldn’t imagine buying direct, the repair costs would be crazy. Either way, I do hope they can sort these issues out because when the game works it is super fun! Probably better to wait for a later run on this game.

I just wanted to jump in as I see a bunch of posts. I bought my Halloween direct from Spooky. I was an early adopter at #198. I've had a few issues along the way. I have had the game for awhile now and I had an issue with my PC very recently. I figured I'm well past the warranty period. I'm not looking for a hand out. Spooky hooked me up with a new PC. no charge. Fixed my issue. It's been my experience. That the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The loudest on here are upset because they want their new game to work. I'm sure the people not having problems are just enjoying their games and not on here posting. Spooky has never told me I'm on my own with ANY of my issues and saw them all to completion. Consider being patient and let them figure it out and help you. They won't quit on you. Pinball ownership can be frustrating at times. I'm very happy with my game (Halloween) and would have gotten a Scooby if I could talk my wife into it.

Yeah? I have a very similar issue with my Halloween. The back panel with the nylon glides is very flimsy and flexes if you put any pressure on it. I was hoping they would have a better method on Scooby.

There's a huge silent majority of us that have had no issues and are simply enjoying the game.

There's no reason for us to post excessively in the thread because we have nothing constructive to add - we are just patiently waiting on more villain modes, additional music, etc. The game is stellar and continues to get better with each release.

Oh - as an update, I finally got that test lantern from stumblor in the mail so hopefully I can get test fitments done in the next few days.

Spooky would take care of you if you bought direct also unless your saying the distributor is installing the replacement parts for you.

Now, that is some good news. Those lanterns look awesome. Davey and company (Stumblor) do make some truly amazing mods. Got my name on the list for some lanterns, so hope the fit and finish of them (in your machine) ends up looking really nice.

I'll be interested to see pics of how this looks on the game and how it all works/adds to the game because tbh I have looked through the thread and still not sure I see the benefit of it. Please know that this is in no way an insult to the product, Davey and his team, or anyone who gets this mod. His products are amazing (I am waiting on some GZ mods from him actually) I am just not sure I get the purpose behind this one is all.

100% agree…it looks great, but what does it DO? Assuming it is integrated with the lighting but is it just GI, or tied to certain modes? Just not a lot of information there.

From what I've seen they replace the (fairly ugly) standard spotlights with a sculpted or printed "lantern" that has a spot light on one side to still light up the playfield. The other side has a flickering (I think) LED in it to make it look like an old-school gas lantern. I'm looking forward to seeing them in action on a game, key thing for me is that they need to do a sufficient job of still being a spotlight, function over form in this case.

Yes thank god my distributor sends someone over, as I am not technical at all. They have paid someone 4 times to come and install, fix and troubleshoot. I feel bad but I’m sure spooky must reimburse them for paying the tech to come out I would hope!

Thanks for the info! Okay that’s pretty cool and could be a great mood-setting mod, particularly when the playfield is darkened during a mode. Agree about the spotlight though, if it sacrifices spot lighting for the visual aesthetic of the piece then it becomes less useful and more of a toy.

#312 scheduled for delivery Tuesday, May 2nd

Wife’s game #217 picked up this morning.

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I like boxes!

Have to wait till after work to get on it…..

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Cool let us know how it goes.

Hopefully she will let you play a couple games on it.

Happy wife, happy life.

When ours gets here (June maybe) the wife can play on it all she wants, dream theme for her.

Anticipation...I'll let you do the GIF. I wouldn't do it justice. Haha! Glad it made it to you. ENJOY!!! And yes; boxes are the best...especially on pallets!

I keep seeing “wife’s game”. I feel like this was used as justification for some to spend the money. “Babe I love you….I’m buying you a nice pin….yup. It’s YOURS”.

My "wifes pin" is GZ premium..... had to buy it. Man, what a bummer she fell in love with that game at the last Pincinatti convention.

Absolutely! Will definitely keep you all posted

Ironically GZ is my fault not hers but she sure didn't fight me on it.

Weird part of our GZ story is that we had been going around and around about our last spot in the room and were going to settle on getting something cheaper and a older title that we really liked and missed like DE JP, RS, NGG etc but I woke up one morning and said we know we like GZ let's just make plans to get that and stop with all the rest. She was like ok and I sent her some "deals for other games" in the area the next day and she was like unless its an unreal deal and we have to buy it I am not looking at anything else go away

Scooby on the other hand well she asks me daily when are we getting it.

She doesn't even want me to play it. Doesn't want my scores on it.

I need an option to hide my scores after entering initials. Can only see the REAL scores in attract mode by holding certain buttons for 5 seconds or something. Hilarious.

yep need this for CCR and GZ as well - wife hates that I have most of the scores on both games (and mine aren't even that good)

Ok - the lantern is straight D.O.P.E. - it's actually way better than I expected. It's brighter than the old spot and throws the light really evenly. The flickering flame on the back makes the wire form shimmer. It uses his Lolly board so it can sense switch hits and change the color of the flame on the back.

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Yeah, that looks really, really good - time to go over to the thread for that mod and let him know I'm in on a set.

Yeoow awesome work on the beta testing tonight Damon you smashed it and gotta say... they look rad af. Loving the way the flames bounce around and the spots look to be doing their job better than the originals. Great job spooky for making your switches the same as everyone elses Super happy!

Can't wait to see four of them in action at the same time.

Got Scooby setup and granddaughter only wants to play Halloween...

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So the idea is to use these in place of the existing spots on the fame ia that right?

And they come as a set of 4??

these are sickkk!! i cant wait for my set !!!!

I may or may not be uploading a gameplay video right now. Pending Spooky internet.

Agreed

I would love to say I did that but she legit had me call Kingpin to see if we could still get one and when I told him we would play it at MGC and make sure we wanted it....her words were "Oh, we want it". So yeah the wife's game.

Don't forget to tell mom and your sister NOT to pick up the phone or else it will boot you off the internet mid upload!!

This guy dials-up with call waiting! ^^^

Here's some gameplay going over the latest code! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Question are the topper has speaker lights just supposed to pulse and cycle thorough different colors ?

Can I ask all of you owners, are you glad you got it? I’m trying to decide if I’m going to buy one. I have Halloween, which I love dearly. This feels like a much worse theme but a much better layout.

Way better than Halloween !

Yes the topper, action button, speakers lights, and flipper buttons are all supposed to cycle through colors. In the backbox there is a board to the left that control the lights. There is a white button you need to press and hold down for a few seconds when you start the game.

After you do that and the game loads, just restart the game and you should be ok and the lights should all work.

<block-quote cite="#7553827">Can I ask all of you owners, are you glad you got it? I’m trying to decide if I’m going to buy one. I have Halloween, which I love dearly. This feels like a much worse theme but a much better layout.

I am not a real fan of the Halloween movies but love the pin. I am a big fan of Scooby and love the pin. The theme integration of Scooby is awesome and one of the best I have seen from artwork, to code.

My wife wanted both and got both. I am ordered to never sell either and my wife wants to be buried in Scooby. Halloween and Scooby are my book ends for BM66 and GZ pro.

Just get it. Play it, enjoy it. If it doesn't work out, sell it. You'll most likely break even on it or maybe lose a few hundred. Big whoop.... it's worth that much to have it and enjoy it at home.

Just wanted to see if anyone else has had similar issues to hopefully help me reduce troubleshooting time.

My best friend is in the hospital not doing so well, and time to invest in pinball these days is limited.

Currently, the biggest issue is with the orbits shots not registering any shots.

Here is the active switch list.

Has anyone had this happen?

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OK, I don't have my Scooby yet, but I would expect only the trough switches to show as always active/closed, because they have balls on them.

May or not be expected, but start there.

Test switches 9 51 and 52 and see if they register or not with a ball or your finger or whatever.

RM

I really like it. I’m waiting on some parts from spooky and it’s killing me not being able to play it. Themes are subjective. I get it. I grew up watching Scooby as my favorite cartoon so it resonates with me. It’s a keeper for me. Really like the layout and the code is in a really good place right now.

Love mine. Everyone has enjoyed it so far.

He's mine. Looks like those orbit shot switches are stuck closed when they need to be open. Probably just need minor adjustment to open them

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Thanks, Damonator! Great pics. Glad we’re on the list with Stumblor!!!

Extremely happy with the purchase! Love Halloween as well. Just to put in perspective not just a Spooky fan. The other game we own is Deadpool which we enjoy playing and is a favorite. Also big fans of Houdini and the Hobbit which are on the wish list at some point. The issue is that we can have 3 games , and these 3 are bolted down. Haha! Few minor issues but Spooky has always just been a phone call away. Can’t guarantee your personal response to the game of course, but I think you’d be pretty damned happy, ESPECIALLY as code continues to progress

OK, totally stupid question - what is the Trap Door? Is it the drop target between the lower flippers?

RM