Congrats on getting the pin! Hoping I get the email soon for final payment (#66).

Another one to add to the 'just paid my invoice' list for those keeping track. I'm #66. No butter.

The family is super excited!

Is there a flow map of how to do everything (ie start & complete each mode/other things to do & collect)? I remember when I got my WOZ there was a map I could print off which really helped us not-so-expert players. Maybe I missed it and this is already available.

Will you be at the Allentown show?

Just got an email from Morgan that #66 is ready to ship today or tomorrow.

Hopefully it got a good test before it went in the box!

Here's hoping 66 was one of the 'front and center' pins this week. It arrives tomorrow! I have all the confidence that any issues will get resolved though, so it's all good.

I just spent a bunch of money on a Bronco and the manual transmission has a wonderful grinding noise. I have more faith in Spooky than Ford.

Got this from Morgan regarding my pin arriving tomorrow... "Check that the Tip and Tell (no blue sand above the line) has not been set off, and there is not any damage to the box." What is the Tip and Tell? This is my first Spooky pin.

Received CE66 today and happy to report that I had zero issues out of the box. Checked out the soldering, wire lengths/tightness, lights, habitrails, etc and all was good. Put a few games on it with the family and they love it (me too)!

We did have 1 ball get stuck. It was a rocket shot to the upper playfield and went straight down the blue habitrail before I could hit the left flipper button and it got stuck at the top of it. My wife and daughter didn't hit the left flipper at least 20 times (!!), but that was the only time it got stuck.

One question... what is this 9 pin connector for?
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OK, so dumb question... I've never had a pin with a button on the bar. What is it for/how is it used? I figured it was for the stand up target between the flippers, but that's not it.

Also, what is done that causes the ball to come up the VUK?

My laptop is from my work. We are not allowed to use USB sticks any more for security reasons, so it's not possible for me to do that.

Any other options?

Thanks guys. Will have to go that route...

I can help... We've put a bunch of games on ours since getting it on Friday and have had zero issues outside of 1 ball getting stuck at the top of the blue habitrail.

I'm just an average (at best) pinball player so SD not having full code yet doesn't impact my first impression. I have watched SD since I was little (I'm 55) and all of my kids grew up watching it too. We have most of the DVDs and have watched the original series countless times. The reason I mention that is because I was really hoping that Spooky tirelessly watched the original series to make this pure nostalgic enjoyment. It's obvious they did!!

Things I like:
1. Upper playfield and the bookcase flipper which is so creative. Books/book cases are in so many SD shows, not just the original series
2. All of the main villains are represented. Would liked to have seen the Snow Ghost, Ape Man and Tiki somewhere... maybe even just pictures of them on that long plastic on the right hand side.
3. Double set of drop targets.
4. That there isn't a 3rd flipper (not a fan)
5. Art work. Absolutely beautiful
6. Wide body
7. Call outs and background music (although a few are pretty repetitive)
8. Well done toys

Things I don't like so much:
1. I like initial plunges to go to pop bumpers (I know, I'm old school)
2. To long of a delay of auto ball launch
3. 2 left drain lanes
4. Kind of a long delay waiting for the ball to drop after starting a mode

First game yesterday I had 5.3M on my first ball (ended up with 5.9M... lol) and completed several modes.

Overall, the pin hit the nostalgia mark dead on, it's fun to flip and the family loves playing it. That's a great pin to me.

It's only been a week since we got our SD, but happy to report that we still haven't had any issues out of the box aside from 1 ball getting stuck coming down from the upper playfield.

Seems like recent ones have much better quality too!

2 weeks of ownership tomorrow. Really like the pin and so does the family... plus still no issues, which never hurts.

As I'm average at best, I've been playing different parts of the pin each game; upper playfield (cutler), upper playfield (loops/ramps), loops, spinners, ramps, etc as an attempt to be able to put a full game together down the road. Having fun taking that approach!

Shaker works in mine...

I feel it as a hard vibration. There is a sound, but not really loud.

Along those lines... I don't remember Scooby popping down/up. How/when does that happen?

The delivery truck parked at the bottom of my driveway (roughly 60' long, slightly downhill to the road) and he offloaded with an electric/powered lift. He brought it up the driveway and into my garage without asking. I appreciated it, especially since it looked like it could rain at any minute. I would not have been able to get it into the garage by myself. I gave him a $20 for the nice gesture.

I must be really dense as I'm just not getting it. I took the glass off and for sure had > 4 scooby snacks as the monitor said +1 scooby snack added at least 3 times and +2 scooby snacks added also, so quick math tells me that's at least 4.

I then pushed down a drop target and had the ball go behind the gate into the VUK. It came up to the bat wing on the left side, the lock light flashed blue a few times and then the bat wing pushed the ball to the flipper. The light then stopped flashing. I even tried swapping the G & H wires that fixed an issue someone else was having.

What the heck am I missing?

That must be it! Thanks!!

Thank you for responding. User error... not running the new code.

How long does the update take? Software loaded (yellow lights then green). Turned off for a minute then back on. Back up completed then screen went light for about 10 minutes then ‘no signal’ message now a dark screen. Playfield lights are out too. Back glass light and coin door lights are on.

I did that and it is restoring to 2023.02.21.05. Guess I’ll start over a second time.

Did you guys have to request them or did Spooky just send them? I've still only had 1 ball get stuck after a month of owning (coming off the upper playfield to the left), but would like to add these to my game.

I've had mine for almost 2 months now (#66). I've had 1 ball get stuck (coming from the upper playfield) and a Capt Cutler arm come loose (upper playfield). Other than those 2 things, zero issues.

Got to meet Bug at Allentown today and I picked up a Scooby translite. Super nice guy.

Bug and Luke were nice enough to sign it too.

Thank you for the note on this. It took longer to get the tools out/put away than it did to move the wires!

Mine were barely being pressed against the metal, but better safe than sorry.

Only my experience, but I've had mine for 2 1/2 months (#66) and the only issue that I had was one time a ball getting stuck in the wire form coming off the upper playfield. It was a rocket shot up the middle and I didn't hit the left flipper fast enough.

Got mine yesterday and installed last night. Really nice improvement and I like the new callouts. Thanks Spooky!

I received it without asking for it. CE #66

I'd say Scooby-Doo episodes. As each villain mode is started, have portions of that episode showing that villains action/chase scene. i.e. the clip when the song is sung.