I agree. It’s pretty smart from a sales point of view if they don’t show video. I think this will sell out very quickly tomorrow. Unfortunately there will be flippers/scalpers with sales/trade adds posted immediately.
I think they(flippers)are not going to do as well as they expect if the general Pinside reaction is mixed in a couple weeks and that is almost guaranteed!
Regardless of how it’s received it great to see cool monster pins being released!

Here’s a pic of my Halloween costume 2020.
I scared the hell out of my neighbors!
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They should have locked Spooky thread where only Spooky folks are allowed to post. Too many unsolicited opinions at the moment that no person on earth gives a flying F about.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I see 5 or 6 shots that lead directly to the flippers on the main PF.If so ,wouldn’t this have more Flow than Mels Diner?

Charlie, took RotorDave a few hours to get back to me. Like 8am. Tried with the text early 6am. So that’s got to be worth a little chuckle.

Art, fantastic
Theme - I like a lot
Innovation- tick
Gameplay....ask me after they do their magic with updates and listening to feedback to make even better.

Anyways....order in

Yeah, that sounds like fun. .... ......

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I gave you an upvote because nobody else did.

HA! I get that reference! Nice…

I'm in the same boat. Not sure why the US Fang Club has been taken down from the site... SpookyCharlie SpookyLuke - PLEASE RESTORE. Need to buy Halloween tomorrow

Hey!

I’ve earned my sleep ins.

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As far as flow, don't forget you may hit a scoop and the ball immediately comes up in the inlane thanks to the servo-elevator thingy.

Mark my words, this will sell out as fast as Rick and Morty, and all the doubters will be kicking themselves.

As for me, I'm going to go practice pushing F5 on my wife, and I will be ready tomorrow to get my bad ass Halloween CE.

Cheers!

"Hey, it's only Pinball!"

Ok. It looks like Spooky has the video, but do they have the audio? Are we gonna hear Jamie Lee Curtis? Donald Pleasance? The trailer does not have his voice. Any official word?

Loving the look on these two pins.. but am I the only one who prefers to actually play the game before thinking about spending 7-9k on a pinball game? The concern about missing out on these is some rich people problems.. good luck to everyone who can get in on day one. Ill catch up in a year or two.

Hey, it's called spooky's facebook page! Knock yourself out.

Well my wife wants the Halloween more than I.
I guess I'm lucky b/c if it sux, I get to blame her

Good luck to those that are jumping in on the release

Makes sense if they took down the fang club memberships. If they did not, it would be a disservice to those who already have one before the week of release.

Ok. So where is the right ramp entrance? I see left and center ramps. Anyone?

Who else can't make up their mind on which theme the night before? May just come down to a coin flip tomorrow.

I wish I were a spooky rep - is there a sign-up for that somewhere?

I am fine with criticisms if they are done in a respectful way. “This may not have enough flow”, “shot X is too narrow for me”, “I don’t like upper playfields”. Cool.

And are you seriously stating that you only want to see pinball layouts that have already been done 100 times over? Give Spooky props for trying something new!

Don’t be a Debbie Downer man. I hope you come to TPF next year. First round is on me.

I thought he did?

I was hoping the cabinet art is different on the BSE.

A disservice? They've never done this before, never mentioned it to my knowledge that they would take it down and the Canadian and International Fang Clubs are still up.

Definitely many people like the deeper content available on modern releases. But some people (like me) really enjoy the depth of 90s era Bally/WMS pins that you can walk up to, have a solid game and have a shot at finishing the game. I have a couple relatively recent pins, like EHOH and GB, both of which are fairly deep, but I have more games with simpler rulesets like MM, AFM, TOTAN, BSD, etc. Those are my favs. So you aren’t wrong about depth, but it’s simply a matter of taste. I’m such a fan of Halloween it won’t matter to me if it’s super shallow. From the art package and unique playfield design, it will be a fantastic collectors item even if the code is somewhat simple. Love the attention to detail I’m seeing in the pics! I hope everyone who wants to buy one gets one.

You gotta give Spooky props for actually putting a row of hedges on the playfield. I didn’t see that coming. Peek-a-boo Michael mode.

After looking at this game without my Halloween fanboy glasses, it really is a great package IF those upper play fields deliver and don’t slow the game down. Uppers to me either work well or they are terrible. We’ll see

Wait, doesn't the CE come with a piece of John Carpenter's couch?

...honestly though, it would be *very* cool if you could get John Carpenter's signature on your game.

John’s a regular on the Chiller/con circuit, with a little effort and a few bucks you could probably get a rule card or apron signed.

Hope so i went to grab one and now I'm sad

Does anyone know if they are making the same number of each theme every month or spreading out each theme's allotment through the 18 month run? First scenario would wrap up the Ultraman allotment quicker and only Halloween would be made from then on.

Why am I only seeing Canada and International Fang Club memberships listed in the shop?

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Edit: didn’t see others are also talking about this

I imagine there may have been a number in inventory that once at 0 removed the item. I don't think they don't want to sell a membership to anyone, so I speculating that they need to get to update the record so they appear again. If so, here is the direct link that was previously provided on the website.

https://shop.spookypinball.com/usa-spooky-pinball-fang-club-membership-p5.php

It’s a clever FOMO strategy. Lol

Did any photos of the BSE surface?

That's awesome haha. I'll either be mad or like ok I saved 9k for now.

See their Facebook

I agree, but get into a multi-ball situation those upper PF's will come alive and I hope the music background supports it.

I saw them put up photos of a Standard without the proper translite and then take them down. Still nothing new.

Over excitement. Should be a helluva night at the old Emery house…

Being corrected right now... lets just say Squirrel set a stock alert thing on the webstore she never expected to hit.

We hit it.

It's back now!

Tomorrow... is going to be interesting.

Yummmm

Just open it up to pinside members for an hour tonight. I don’t want to lose to some horror con chumps who gunna shove it in a corner and just take photos for Instagram. Please?

I'm a sucker for sci-fi/monster flicks. I loved Outlander (2008)! However, the trailer is complete rubbish with the movie being MUCH better.

Yeah back up now. Thanks!!

Hey Charlie do you have a contingency for people who want to buy one of each and if so and they are a member the fang club, how does that work?

You know whats a really interesting, innovative and quirky idea that breaks flow? Playing pinball on a rotating novelty Mandolorian helmet!

At least try to be an equal opportunity critic.

Aaaand theres the real reason.

You compete against other fang club members on Spooky's website or you get on a distributor's email blast list, you're guaranteed early access/head start not both games.

You... know I'm one of those guys too right? Lol. We do as many horror cons as pinball shows, both are a blast!

They are saying the same thing about pinball fanatics buying them all... "the REAL Halloween fans won't be able to get a game!".

Personally, I dig the people who are both. We should call this something scary... Scary Pinball? Eerie Pinball? ... oh! SPOOKY Pinball!

Yeah, that works.

You can put 1 of each title in your cart. So yes, you could potential buy 1 Ultraman and 1 Halloween at launch. Last go-round it was 2 but we are trying to be as fair as possible.

Lol but you’re not “those” chumps! You know the other horror con guys. Pure Instagram.

Will both titles be built simultaneously in the order that they were ordered? Would the 500th Ultraman be made before the 600th Halloween in theory?