Can someone post the actual width of the backbox of machine when its folded up right out box or the widest part of the machine? I am trying to see if I can get it down my hallway of my house.

Thanks

Thank you for the exact measurments. Looks like I have 1 inch per side of clearance.

Do you mind sharing how many plays it had in a month? I am pleased to hear it's well received and plays well.

I understand. Thanks for at least giving us the lifetime comment.

I don't know if it's a combination of lighting and butter, but man those colors on that cabinet POP!!

I am seriously considering the butter upgrade. I plan on putting mine where everyone can walk around the entire machine.

I mean no ill will when I say what I am about to say, but take it in any way you like. You are committing to spend upwards of 11k on a device that should bring you joy. Take some pride in knowing that any repair can be done by you if you commit to learning a few things. Take the time and learn.

I have no idea what a spooky pinball warranty really covers, but you should find out before you purchase, if making small repairs worries you. When the warranty ends, find someone to help you. They don't have to be a pinball repair person to help you. They just need to be able add and remove items from a playfield, soldering and coming up with small fixes that will be needed. It just take a little bit of thought.

If you cannot do this, then you need to consider the reason of owning a pin vs playing one.

Its all about perspective. 11k car, you better believe I am taking the mindset that I have to repair things. You cannot compare the car industry to the few pinball machine makers these days. A house in some ways yes, I do expect a brand new house to have things that I might have to learn to fix.

All manufactures are facing the challenges that 50% or more of their machines are going into homes. Gomez even said he wants every NIB pinball machine that is going to someone's house to be issue free but its just not possible.

These forums are toxic.

Has anyone taken the backbox off yet? I am going to have to remove it to get it up the stairs, so I am looking for pictures or a description on how to remove it.

Thanks in advance.

I agree that doesn't look too bad at all. From your picture It looks like a couple of RJ45s, a serial connector, a power cable and a couple for the speakers. This makes me feel a whole lot better about the process.

Thank you

Anyone know what numbers that have been invoiced this week? I am #615 and was wondering how close I am to being invoiced.

Thanks. Starting to get excited. It won’t be long until mine is shipped

Is this game easy or hard for you? I have mine setup exactly the way it left the factory and I find this game a bit difficult. "We have about 800 games on it and everyone in my family still has issue hitting the "Get to the Mystery Machine" shot to start the case.

I start the game by trying to start the Captain Cutler multiple ball since it is really one of the few ways to really score. I find it very frustrating to work through the process to start the cutler multiple ball, only to to drain to the left on the "Rut Roh" lanes 1 shot after it leaves the upper playfield. This leaves me with a 45K first ball score and very deflated on finishing the other 2 balls.

I am very well aware that we might just be terrible at pinball, but this one seems a bit to feast or famine on scoring.

This is not a rant and we love the game, just trying to find out of anyone else has the same issues as me.

Did something change with the code and the flippers or did I not notice it before? It seems like after the new code the upper and lower flippers dont respond at the same time like the used to(or I thought they used to). As of the new code the upper playfield flippers require a full press of the button for them to fire. You can now press the flipper buttons halfway and the upper playfield flippers wont move. Its only once you fully depress the button do the upper playfield ones move.

I am not complaining, just curious if it has always been this way and I am just noticing it, or did it recently change. I am adjusting to it, but like the old way better.

Looks like I am just noticing it. My son told me last night that I am old and its been that way since day one. Its hard for me to believe that but I assume he is right. Personally I have over 300 games played on it and I just noticed it last week. I cannot see how I missed it but getting old does make sense

People who are sleeping on this pin will regret it. It will eventually land in all of or collections and never leave. I would bet if I had multiple different pins in my collection and I brought someone who had never played pinball or is a very casual player that would go straight to Scooby and they would play multiple games before moving to something else.

With over 1000 games on ours, its been really great.

YES! It gets stuck so many times on the very beginning of the blue wireframe where it drops off the upper playfield. It nestles between the small piece of metal and the wireframe. The only way we can get it moving again is lift the machine from the back. VERY Frustrating.

Thank you. I cant wait to get this fix done.

Yes. Just update to the latest and you will be fine. These update don't require the previous one to be installed for the upgrade.

Does Spooky sell the Scooby interior side art blades? I ripped mine in a few places after lifting the playfield one day.

Thanks guys. I will reach out to Spooky today and get the protectors ordered ASAP. Wife is not happy I ripped them. Now comes the big job of install them!!!

How can i see what my pitch is set at? I keep seeing people saying 7 degrees but I have no idea how to check mine. Please educate me.

Its definitely related to Miner 49er. I was playing Daphne and started the 49er case. The case started but after 30 seconds or so it started the Witch and Zombie case and started shooting out all the locked balls from the Mystery Machine. It was crazy, two cases going at once, 3 balls and the screen was displaying both sets of instructions on the screen. I eventually lost all three balls and turned turned the machine off, waited a few minutes and turned it back on.

I would be glad to send the logs, if logging is turned on by default and you can tell me where to find them.

Enjoy!! It's a great game. I have 1800 plays on mine and I still struggle to make 5million consistently. I suck at hitting the Mystery Machine shot. I kept telling myself I will get better but I dont.

I keep trying the backhand. I just cant get consistent with it. I cradle(stop) the ball with the flipper and almost as soon as it moves I flip it. If I am too late I nail the Fred Orbit and if I am too fast, I hit the corner of the bumper right above the ball.

I know I suck and I am ok with that. I still enjoy the game immensely even with my terrible play.

Its a beast. I would suggest taking the backbox off it will make it very manageable. Its really easy to do and takes about 10 mins. Video every connector disconnect and you will be fine.

Doing this was the only way we could get it upstairs and I wont mind doing it again to move it downstairs if needed.

Just finished watching the stream with Cary and enjoyed the unboxing. Enjoy your new machine. I have a love hate relationship with my Scooby machine. It’s an amazing pin that too many people or sleeping on. I feel like one day people will really regret not getting it.

I am 615.

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I love the game but mine is unplayable until i get the spacers for the center ramp that TSB has made for me. It gets stuck almost every damn time on the ramp that leads to the upper playfield.

I don't know why or how it has happened but it sucks to have to violently shake the machine to get the ball to dislodge. I am dreading the fix will involve removing the upper playfield and I don't think Spooky has issued a upper playfield removal video yet.

Issues happen. We play it ALOT. We are approaching 2000 total plays, so I do expect issues with wear especially on well used parts of the pin. If the spacers dont help, I will call into support.

We definitely need a code update. I am on 10-28-2023 and continue to get random multi-balls when I start cases, especially when Spacekook and Charlie the robot.

Please explain a bit more.

This sounds like the problem. As I said it seems to happen at the start of Spacekook and Charlie the Robot more than any other time while I am playing. It does not during an expected multi-ball ie Culter, Mystery Machine or Scooby snack multi-ball.

And a Welder which you will use to make my Topper Topper Bracket.

Yes, I have that issue. For me the middle one does not drop. No matter how many times I hit it, it will not fall. The other two drop but they are very delayed in dropping. It could be 3-5 seconds after the target is hit, it drops.

I keep wanting to call Spooky support but I am almost never home before 6pm central any day of the week. When i can get a day off, I am going to call and work with support on it. I have a couple of other minor issues as well.

Does everyone get this error in the log files? I get this 10=15 times a game.

Failed to write message (60 38 ) to serial port: System.TimeoutException: The operation has timed-out
at System.IO.Ports.SerialPortStream.Write (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32 offset, System.Int32 count) [0x00051] in <6d264fd9abe6469bb6e0c14a29dcee86>:0
at System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Write (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32 offset, System.Int32 count) [0x0003a] in <6d264fd9abe6469bb6e0c14a29dcee86>:0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.Write(byte[],int,int)
at Topper.topper_send (System.Byte[] cmd) [0x00034] in <ed43b037993a48b78b083e3bf544aef9>:0

I have volume issues as well. I don't find the individual sound options really help. I am having all kinds of issues I have emailed them about so I just assumed my volume issues could related to a bigger issue.

Hence why I posted an entry from my log file. My game is almost unplayable due to random unwanted additional balls that randomly appear during a game. I sent all my stuff to them on Sunday via email and still waiting to hear back. I was hoping the new code last night helped, but it didnt.

Just curious as to how you tested them for magnetism. My machine spits out balls all the damn time. I took them out of the machine and tested them on metal items and they didnt feel like they were magnetized. I want to test the way you did just to rule this out on mine.

I just checked them again and I have confirmed they are not magnetized. I tested with small screwdrivers, a small bolt and even some cool paper that showed if anything is magnetized. My wife is an engineer who sells magdrive pumps and he had it... who knew that even existed.

So that is not my issue.

Congratulations!!!! Be sure to post a few pictures.... BSE doesn't get enough love since they are so few right now.