I don’t know that Spooky has to collect sales tax from out of state customers any different than distributors do. How it was explained to me was a distributor can sell “x” dollars worth to customers in any given State and once that is exceeded they have to collect it. That’s not something i made up, just passing along that tidbit of info i was told.

Now i don’t work for the IRS, nor am i an accountant. Nor do i give a shit what anyone does. but i think it’s worthwhile to mention that sales tax on new pins is always payable. Its a matter of if the seller collects and remits on your behalf or if you have to self declare and pay the taxes to your own State when you do your taxes. The latter of course being at your own discretion.

My guess is whatever the next title is - i’m in.

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I’ve been looking for one for a long time. Never seem to find one a reasonable distance away. A couple in the marketplace for a good price but i dont wanna drive that far. And i’m too stubborn to ship a game.

Haha touché. I’m good for about 8hrs each way. Though last summer i drove all the way to wisconsin for a MM. i’m not above road trips by any means!

Thanks everyone! I’ve been known to cave to peer pressure when its something i want to do anyway what kind of Completist would i be if i didn’t finish at least one collection??

Fwiw i think Spooky is going to knock the next one out of the park, regardless of theme. I mean you can’t just throw “more better” around haphazardly right?

I think those look like sections of a centipede.

This movie was a little fuked up.

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I hope Spooky goes back to the single release model. Its not a poor concept. But as a someone who to this point owns all the Spooky titles i feel that i am missing games unless i buy both. I am in for Halloween but not for UM. What kind of Spooky collector will i be then. A failed one that’s who.

I was gonna say i cant have two identical layouts but then i’m like - what a hypocrite, MM and AFM are sitting next to each other lmao…. And before anyone chimes in and reminds me of Dominos or Jetsons they don’t count as Spooky releases despite them building them. My house my rules!

It is a full sized pin. The length and width are standard for the cabinet and the head. Where it differs is in the depth (or height) at the rear of the cabinet. It is shallower and results in the overall height being about 5-6” lower. It was designed to replicate an early 80’s pin, with a single layer playfield that doesnt need the extra depth for things like ramps, upper playfields or the like.

No change to the cabinet, aside from using the newer generation backbox with the flip down display…

Not here to pump or police the TNA 2.0 pricing, but i can say that in 2018 you had to add all your options on top of the base game. So i def wasn’t 6K out the door. In fact i looked up my invoice and got reminded that if you wanted the shaker and knocker you actually ordered them separately from PBL and had them shipped to Spooky. Powder wasn’t an option back then, nor were the lit drop targets. Now convert all that into 2022 dollars (via normal inflation not pinflation) and then do the comparison.

I took this 250 as bridging them to their next release (6 months? Think i read that timeline in a thread somewhere) while they also finished developing code for HWN/UM. Not so much in creating FOMO. I’m partially inferring this from the “not transferable to the title” policy which perhaps might be announced before they are all built.

Fwiw i own an original release and i find 9k hard to swallow so if i was on the other side of the fence i’d be upset too. No, this doesn’t make me as an owner happy for the favourable affect it may have on the value of my game. Im a collector not an investor.

I do remember reading threads about how many felt the distributors or manufacturers should be the ones benefiting from this market and not flippers. Basically what they did right? Has to be aggravating for all manufacturers to see people who contributed nothing making bank each time. Solved the flipper problem this time maybe. The majority of those commenting in the last 24hrs i feel are collectors too who actually wanted to own one at a different price point. So i feel for ya. No pitty for the lost opportunity flippers tho

When you get the “gathering parts” email you don’t pay anything. They ask for your options and to confirm shipping address. That is all. You dont get the final invoice until your game is getting close to shipping and its pretty quick from there. You could say in that time (between final payment and shipping notification) your game was assembled but its not like you are waiting long. We’re talking a couple weeks.

On behalf of current TNA owners everywhere - we don’t care! I own TNA because it is awesome. Never contemplated selling it when the market on these apparently skyrocketed. Wasn’t even paying attention. Market value means very little to people who do not intend on selling their games. Which, after 5 years, these games have likely settled into the hands of people who actually want to own it.

People who don’t want an OG TNA because of the 2.0 will also not want a 2.0. It is the same game. Sure there is some bling that many of us did ourselves already or could if we wanted to.

I hope anyone who wants to have one in their collection can have one. For 9k or 6k, get the best deal you can. Only crocodile tears for the flippers. Can’t sell your 2k pre-order spot for 3k this time - life is so unfair isn’t it.

I think 9k is too high for TNA. I do no think mine is worth 9k. Of course i don’t think any of them are… there are better ways to “invest” your money.

Certainly not my intent to be patronizing. I left out the next sentence where i said i dont think a GZ Premium is worth 9k either. Decided to delete because not trying to start a stern vs spooky thread. Despite that i am on a GZ waitlist lol.

For what its worth i would of ordered a 9k TNA 2.0 if i didn’t already have one. However you see the pitfall of an owner saying that - next are the accusations that i’m a spooky fanboy, price pumping my games blah blah. Which is why i left my previous comment. And the market on my TNA dropped by a grand when i first owned it and noone seemed to care about that! There was once upon a time when you took a bit of a bath on any NIB game. And you knew that when you bought it.

Congrats on getting a TNA! You’ll forget about the price when you hear the sweet beats pumping out if it

1 extra upvote for the lunatic comment. Cracked me up.