I am attempting to will it into existence haha. Please excuse my insanity.

I'm still on stacked and loaded being a Scooby/Shaggy sandwich reference.

To be fair, that’s kind of how it works in Evil Dead.

Stacked and Loaded?

Pinball Manufacturer Tycoon.

Or Pallet Hauler.

Big Rig Truckin'

Jenga The Pin

New York Housing The Pin

Brick Layer

All of these sound like horror pins to me.

Sorry, what is the relation between the family friendly theme and the low number production?
I would like Scooby doo because i love humour in a pin, i think it helps a lot to get fun. I still think MM is the best sound package ever.

If we are playing "search for obscure clues", I did find this quote from the deep root thread a couple months back to stand out;

At the time I thought this could hint that literally, the art was themed around a killer (Jason, Mr Meyers, etc). I guess in the perspective of Beetlejuice, it would follow that the art stands out because it would involve the talented Christopher Franchi.

No direct correlation, I’m just saying that spooky is not pressed to pick well loved popular themes seeing as how they don’t have to move thousands and thousands of units. They can choose to pick themes from what they like personally.
Stern for example shoots for every title to be somewhat family-friendly because they need to sell thousands of each game. Spooky a smaller company only needs to move 500 to 1000 units per game at this time. That being said I think Scooby Doo is perfect for spooky and I hope that they do it but I also hope that they do army of darkness and Friday the 13th as well.

This is literally the only reason I consider selling the machine. I hate the flippers

13 captive balls.

Can't do rick and morty retrofit without running new wiring - it needs an additional wire per flipper to go from single to dual wound coils.

And looking at Spike 2 won't tell them much about changing their implementation. The system is different than the P-ROC that Spooky has cast their lot in with. Maybe that's why they're going with Ben Heck's board next? He also keeps saying his new pinball board design is DIRT CHEAP, so maybe those cost savings will allow them to splurge on dual wound coils again.

Hahaha, yeah I understand they can’t just pop dual wounds in RAM...and wasn’t thinking about the difference between proc and spike 2. I’m fairly confident they will address the issue on the next game. They really seem to want to get it right, I’m sure they’ll smack it out of the park soon enough. Hopefully with ARMY OF DARKNESS!!!!

Stern wandered through the Whitestar and SAM wilderness for almost 20 years before they got single wound flipper coil management more under control on Spike. It's not easy. I expect Spooky has more time to iterate before they get it right, but hoping for some Ben Heck flipper coil management magic on the cheap (have you heard? His new board design is DIRT CHEAP to license).

I don’t know what all the complaining is about on RM flippers.

I’ve had mine since November and it plays fine. I own DP and yes those flippers feel and play better but it’s not like RM is that big of a difference to say I’d think about selling it. All I did was install a couple small zip tie ends to my right flipper when I first got it to improve the contact of that goofy plastic lever that gets pushed by the right flipper button. (I posted my fix and it’s one of the key posts) I’ve got around 1k plays on my RM and I’m able to make every shot and I’ve never noticed any loss of power either.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just lucky on my machine? Either way it’s an amazing game and I’d probably sell DP and or my GNR before I had to get rid of RM. And, that’s even with how RM kicks my ass most of the time! It’s such a blast to play. Yeah, I might be crazy! Fortunately I don’t have to sell any pins and can keep all of them. At least until my two sons start college....

I’m in on the next Spooky pin, especially if it’s Scooby! Or at least I’m in for TNA 2.0

Love Spooky pinball and what they do and how they do it.

You are just lucky. There are plenty of other issues people have reported that others haven't seen (myself included). The flipper issues are common enough though. They aren't just something people are over reacting about. They are flaky and finicky by varying degrees on many games.

I myself haven't noticed much power loss for example - until this latest update, but it mostly seems to depend on the timing settings in my case - but I definitely can't get knockdowns to stop regardless of the settings. I'm also noticing now as I try to get them perfect that it really doesn't matter what setting it is on, it doesn't seem to be the 'same' going back to previous settings. I

I will tell you for as much as I love the game, nothing is more infuriating than a game being ruined by the flipper drops that send the ball right down the drain. The part that makes this even more frustrating is my flippers performed amazingly on the last update after I had them set. I have not as of yet went back in yet again and tried to screw with the EoS - which...frankly shouldn't be needed since I know it worked fine previously as they are.

We are being told it's a coding issue. Maybe it is, but even if the code was perfect, it really sounds like you have to fine tooth comb the flippers themselves before everyone would see consistent results. I'm considering going back to the old code, and trying to set them the same as they were before. Validating the knockdowns are not happening. I don't know what happens to the settings when you update though. They clearly didn't work right after the update(for me) and setting them to original - with the previous settings - doesn't work either. EP said the code should have been the same, but I think there's enough evidence saying that something did change.

This isn't to dog Spooky, it's just the reality of the situation.

Stacked and loaded
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It's gonna be like, more better scoob.

Post 666

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Pamela Anderson pinball

Barb Wire remake with CGC?

Go watch some porn and get it out of your system lol.

Go big or go home...

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this follows into stacked and loaded!

I keep telling you let's make a Naked Gun Pinball!

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STACKED (from warner bros shop)

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The guys kept mentioning "MORE..." in the teaser video.

Isn't Beetlejuice the "Ghost with the most"?

More Beetle more better

I hope it’s Beetlejuice. With spooky’s sense of humor it’s a perfect fit.

2021 is an expensive year in pinball for us all... so many great themes with even better shots/flow/game code - I hope this industry continues to flourish.

Sorry, even more better.

Must be this then

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Just a thought was this mentioned yet !? ...perhaps one of the best fits for Spooky....

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I can't wait for "Showtime!" multiball

Either one of these and June is gonna be an expensive month for me.

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I have a Spooky Fang club question...

So the last game according to their website was all sold out through fang club members.

They are charging for new fang club memberships which enable you to:

“2 Week Early Buy In On Our Next Game Launch! (Coming Soon!)
Fang Club Exclusive Access to Blood Sucker Editions of New Game Launches”

My question is are you guaranteed the new game by signing up as a fang club member ? What if they have 1000 games and 1001 fang club members that want to purchase the game. Are they overselling this membership just to sell you promotional items not guaranteeing you a spot since allocation will be beyond that of the total fang club members?

Im only interested in joining fang club if I’m guaranteed a spot to order a game.

No guarantees if you join.

Pretty gosh darn confident that you won’t get one if you don’t join though.

One of us. One of us. One of us.

Even if there are 1001 Fang Club members.... I’m sure most will buy but not every member will. Regardless, it’s only $45 bucks and I you get some decent stuff for that membership fee. I think it’s worth it either way. Also, if you have enough money to buy a pinball machine, with current prices, I think you afford to throw away $45 bucks.

Stern offers something similar now;

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I’m not really worried about the $45 as I’m more concerned about securing a title and not paying 2nd market flipper price on pinside marketplace or other platforms. Sure $45 isn’t that much money but let’s say they have 2000 fang club members that’s $90,000. (Less whatever the promo items cost which is far below that) Oh and you may or may not get the game by being a member assuming they oversold memberships in relation to the say “blood sucker editions” they make.

You can’t buy games direct from Stern can you? Must go through a distributor so not sure why anyone would do that unless they are changing policy altogether.

Again all I’m saying is I would love to join a membership knowing what’s advertised is guaranteed not you have a chance. Would love to see Charlie SpookyCharlie comment on this Fang Club membership enrollment. Are you guaranteed a “blood sucker” or whatever the highest tier game spot that’s released by joining “Fang Club”?!

Yeah they make money on the membership, of course. And, of course they also put more into it then just the cost of the merch (planning it, sorting it and shipping it out to customers). Well the Fang club gives you a better chance at securing a title, that’s all.

Yeah Stern doesn’t sell direct but the point was they have the same and it only gets your early access info and merch too. Theses days even if you have a regular distributor and purchase games regularly you’re not really guaranteed a spot. Especially with them trying to cash in on hot titles now and selling for more than MSRP.

Stern offered the insider program before the Fang Club. But the Stern program doesn’t give early purchase rights.

It’s been covered before during Rick and Morty. Bullet point #4 below will be particularly helpful

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rick-amp-morty-pinball-from-spooky/page/36#post-5347633

Honestly this fang-club approach just instinctively rubs me the wrong way.

I can see that from Spooky's perspective it gives them way to transition from their earlier policy of giving previous customers first dibs on new releases, which isn't really sustainable in the long term, to a model where they can insert an element of first-come-first serve/luck of the draw to the process and thus insulate themselves somewhat from the inevitable disappointed when games sell-out leaving potential buyers with no game.

But, to me it just feels like extortion. Give us money for some stuff you'll probably just throw away if you want a *chance* to buy our game.

Anyway, it's a free market they can do what they want. I joined last year to get a crack a R&M. Not planning on renewing. I have no room for posters etc. anyway. Maybe a t-shirt or hoodie option would make sense for folks who have no use for collectibles.

Completely disagree only because you DO receive items for your 45 dollars other than just the chance at the new game. And while you may say it is throw away I completely disagree. It’s spooky swag and a bellalegosi stand up for 45 dollars. Compare that with the cost of other shit in the pinball world and it’s worth it alone.

Not a fan of spooky pinball? Then don’t join the club

I'm a huge fan of Spooky Pinball - bought 2 of their games sight unseen. Just not a fan of the Fang Club format. And again, the collectables aren't useful to me, a hoody or t-shirt with cool "collectible" art would be more useful to me.

I’ll give you that I’d like a hoodie or t shirt as well.

Were buyers from distributors even required to be Fang Club members? If so, how did that work?

Yes you have to be a fang club member to order thru a distributor during the fang club only window. They check.

Oh, okay, I never got that far with the distributor I tried, he wanted to still take care of previous customers first, so we never got to that question, and I went to the website after that, I wasn't about to chance waiting two days!

Although in hindsight, since it turned out he had some left after all, I should have bought two!

Some people had claimed on here that they purchased R&M through a distro and were able to enroll at the time of purchase to skate around pre-enrollment in the fang club. Hopefully, it's enforced a little better than that this time around, otherwise it's a waste of time, money, and plastic.