We should have the same build date as I am 3 before you. (11544)

Lets analyze the numbers. First 50 games go to special Spooky friends etc, 50 to distributors, 50 to direct sales, then every 50 after that roates direct sales/distributors.

By my calculations, My game should be #666. SCORE!

I mean if Spooky attained the rights to Lions "Love is a Lie" I'd just about have a heart attack and die on the machine, lol!

Friday the 13th or evil dead would make the most sense for the next title. There is a reason why your company name is spooky, you love horror and horror sells

Yes! 100% on board! Personally I'd prefer F13th over ED, but much rather have them stay Spooky.

I agree.

Let Stern do Scooby-Doo. Heck, they can re-purpose the van on TMNT into the mystery machine.

Running away and hiding from ghosts, running between doors, and caring more about food and scooby snacks than a storyline... Not MY cup of tea.

Keep Spooky.. SPOOKY!

I very much would like to see Friday the 13th as well. I'm not sure we will be able to see this until Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham get their much drag out lawsuit settled.

Not to mention how annoying all their voices are. Scooby sounds like a mangled Sloth via The Goonies crawling out of a garbage disposal. Shaggy...dont get me started, lol.

There were 8 spots left when I clicked 'buy'. There were zero spots left when my payment tried to complete. Oh well.

Spooky will do whatever interests him (*subject to licensing acquisitions) - that's the perks of being the BOSS.

Ultraman, Dominos, Jetsons, R&M, TNA were not "spooky" titles at all.

Keep Spooky....quirky. His passion is the magic X factor - no matter what the next title is.

“Keep Spooky Spooky” = R&M ?, very unspooky. Pigeon holing into ONE genre (horror) would not be the move. The right move would be campy, cult, non-traditional themes that are more off the beaten path.

I hope you get 667....

I agree. Anything adult themed makes sense even if not in the horror genre. But....having said this.....if you can sell 5K Scooby's vs 1K F13s......well....hard not to go Scooby if you are crunching numbers.

My vote goes F13 and Scooby if you want a bigger seller. I never heard of Evil Dead to be honest. Not pretending to be a full on horror guy though....

Has anyone gotten an order # from a distro? I ordered then purchased my Fang Club membership, which is 11851.

Not worried about #'s, just excited to get on this train and ride it!

Not yet, squirrel just sent out an email saying that we should get our game number very soon.

Well, that just makes me happier that I got in on this current release since I have zero interest in Scooby Doo as a theme.

::pout::

Looks like my Spooky game purchase streak will come to an end. Wow...NO interest in Scooby what-so-ever. I have to think the Scooby love was coming from a vocal minority.

I dunno....there's a Scooby and Courage the Cowardly Dog crossover thing happening. Technically, that WOULD be horror, when you consider the Courage side of the equation, lol. It actually looked pretty funny, animated in the Courage style.

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I would love to see a SD pin, but theme doesn't really hold much weight with me. I had no interest in Ultraman prior to this week (never even heard of it), and I am now more excited for that than Halloween.

My prediction: Scooby Doo -OR- Evil Dead would outsell Halloween -AND- Ultraman.

Isn't that a given if Spooky increases their production capacity?

Unit sales are currently limited by Spooky's output, not by demand.

Yeah, I almost qualified my statement. I think regardless of production capabilities either theme would outsell Halloween and Ultraman. I think it would be a mistake to put either of those as a duel release, unless the second theme was something very-very niche.

Their niche is horror/sci fi. Take a look at all of their games and you will see that. Dominos and Jetsons were contract games, not Spooky brand games.

I saw an interview with Crispin where he blamed that dance on a different song being played during production than what was put in the final film. But I'm pretty sure no normal human being ever danced like that to *any* song. The movie wouldn't have been the same without him. "Where's the corkscrew!?!?"
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I'm just watching a video on the Halloween pinball machine and the guy points out the orange plastic protectors , and I had a brainwave , why not make the plastics out of the same plastic , as the protectors , then you don't need the plastic protectors .

Haha poor dead fuck Crispin. FYI the song played on set was AC/DCs “Back in Black”. But you’re correct no human can dance like that ever…besides George McFly.

The protectors are larger than the plastics that have the artwork on them. This protects the art plastics as the ball hits the protectors, not the OG plastics.

First you wanna kill me.

Now you wanna kiss me.

Blow.

I still say Scooby Doo / Mike Tyson Mysteries would be a perfect dual release, and right up Spooky's alley!

I'm just not sure what the MTM equivalent of collecting Scooby Snacks would be, though...
perhaps picking up Pigeon's empty beer cans?

Sucks MTM got the axe, although four seasons is plenty of material.

No shit chuck , but you never see plastic protectors break but the plastic's that break .
I've always thought , why not make plastics out of flexible plastic , like Tupperware you see , which could take a million hits and would never break .

AOD

I see. Yeah that would be good.

I have always thought plastic protectors are overkill. Especially the way they are installed. To be most effective the plastic protector should be installed under the metal post that secures the plastic star post. Kind of how you are supposed to install fender washers under sling posts. Stern still does this wrong on every game and if you don't change them soonish, the metal washer ends up stuck to the sling plastic and will remove art if you try to remedy it. I firmly believe some sort of protection should be employed and I use clear fender washers in my games and I place them in places where a plastic is prone to break like slings or BSD target bank or Taxi target bank plastic for instance.

The protectors ARE made of the same material. The reason you don't see them break is putting them on makes the thickness double thus harder to crack. So, really the solution would just be thicker plastics from teh get go, but in doing that you make them much less flexible in hard to reach places (so even more prone to breakage when putting in or taking out.

Depends on what you are trying to prevent. The art scraping off the bottom is a different issue than what protectors are actually meant for. If you put them below, you might save the art, but now the tops of them are prone to scratching - so you would STILL have to do something about the actual plastics.

The only true solution is to not play your game.

I just like how the outline in orange looks on these protectors.

I think it was half protection and half people liking the way they look lit up.

Yeah some of the colored ones look cool when combined with the lighting.

I haven't been on this thread in several days. I'm getting a Halloween CE.

Has Spooky talked about the assets they have in the game? Will there be scenes from the movie with lines from the major characters? Do they have rights to the full soundtrack?

yes, yes, and yes. I'm in on a rather early order# on a CE so I'm excited as hell. You can expect callouts from PJ Soles, animated movie sequences as well as clips and soundbites from the original film. They did find a Loomis soundalike (which is a very minor concern at this point - the game looks badass) but I'm hoping to hear a lot from Donny (RIP).

I’ve totally had plastic protectors break. They saved the day. That’s what they are there for.

Why don't they build the whole airplane out of the same stuff as the black box...

They do. It's called a locomotive

I'm guessing PinballSTAR Joe is going to be VERY busy for a couple of weeks, before we have any idea of the order numbers for his distro, etc.

Give this super Awesome Pinball Show a listen and all your questions and more will be answered.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-awesome-pinball-show-ep-27-halloween-ultraman/id1491095159?i=1000527914039

Oh I'm sure it happens, but it is rare.

Because the airplane has to remain airborne..?

Are pinball machines designed to fly now? That'd be an interesting feature, but I worry about excessive tilt warnings.

I figure it may stay pending for a day or two. I will reach out Monday if its not posted by then.