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.

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.

That would be *sick*. So many one-liners. Best pinball theme idea I've heard in ages.

Shit. I'm not much of a horror guy, I mean, I like it in general, but it's not an instant-buy situation at all for me. But a well done Zombieland pin... that could be real trouble for my pocketbook.

Nitro out of Vancouver area for me.

EDIT> But shipping direct from Spooky would be way cheaper based on your location I suppose. Direct from Spooky is fine too, done it both ways in the past.

I'm with you, I think that a game based on the messed up Old Testament stories could be amazing (and enlightening to some). Terrible branding though, needs to be something like "Wrath of the Vengeful"

So there is an upper playfield, and a lower playfield, but no "playfield" playfield? Am-i-right??

So, you're saying there is a chance...

Interesting...

With Ben's New Boards (tm) being used in the new game, I'm seriously hoping that Spooky can move away from the individual LED boards on every friggin' insert and go to lightboards like most other manufacturers. I would consider R&M barely manufacturable with all those friggin LED wires running all over the place, blocking access to everything under the PF.

My game even shipped missing one led altogether, I can't say I blame the guys on the line, it's a nightmare (QA is fired, though!).

It's the only Halloween movie with a plot, for one thing.

I don't get the appeal of a pinball machine based on Halloween, or Friday the 13th. In both cases the antagonist doesn't talk, so save a bundle on the callout budget there, and there's only one mode "Halloween Massacre" / "Summer Camp Massacre".

...very little, as it turns out.

Haha. Who gives a sh*t what Kaneda thinks it is. I'm calling BULLSHIT.

Uh oh...

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So it's a stone archway/doorway of some kind, with a banner under it, presumably with the name of the game written on it.

Now we're getting somewhere!

Right, that is an homage to the one in Addam's.

Kaneda also predicted Halloween was it. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Oh he's an insider alright, inside his own b*tthole! I'm talking ALL the way up...

Rush has a couple albums that cracked the top 10 charts in European countries, and a bunch more in the top 30.

Plus Canada, eh!

You should sue Kaneda for your club fees + emotional hardship! He must have predicted Scooby somewhere along the way...

Actually, I thought they said it would be July or August. ?

It's Scooby Doo. It's always been Scooby Doo...

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Buy DP anyway, great game and you'll have at least 6 months to wait for the new Spooky game anyway, plenty of time to play DP and then decide what game to sell when your Scooby Doobie game is ready.

Well it would last a lot longer if it wasn't your only pin...

August.

Ben, will the Pinotaur board-set use 50v to power the FL-11629 coils, like the Pinball Gods intended??

Really?

Definitely an aspirational statement at best.

Kind of risky marketing move for Spooky to tease popular themes that people would want, and get excited for, and then take them away and offer... ? instead.

The ? better be really good (and somehow better than the themes they teased), or there are going to be bottles thrown.

You must be new here. lol.

It's all heading to the same landfill...

Don't forget Spooky also has to commission their new building/line, probably some hiring involved, etc.

I am thinking they might even have 50 ready to ship to when they announce...

I recently picked up an AfMR LE and immediately noticed how much more engaging the large dots screen is vs my other new games with LCD displays. There's basically one thing to look at one time, you don't have to trap up to stop and try to find the information you need on the screen, if it's on the screen you see it at a quick glance. Plus the screen is really part of the game, impossible to ignore whereas I rarely look at or even notice my Stern LCD games while actually playing.
JJP is somewhat excepted as their larger screens are easier to glance at, but they tend to stuff them with a million small bits of info anyway.

I kind of feel like the larger sea-of-dots displays are a better answer for pinball.

It sounds like Spooky has been listening, these changes sound like a solid step in the right direction.

Also very impressed that Bug let's his old man hang around his pinball company, very nice of him.

How many micro controllers if there are no flippers at all? It's a pinball machine - focus on the flippers.

It will be interesting to see what they can do with it, not an obvious slam-dunk for a pinball theme IMHO. Maybe you play as Mike M. and hunt the innocents?

Basically a fan layout on the main PF. Nice.

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.

From what I've seen and heard, Bug is a very impressive young man - the Emery's should be very proud of *all* their accomplishments.
And judging by the quick sales today it's obvious that the pinball community has faith that "Team Spooky" will produce a fantastic game.

Congrats!

You have to hedge your investment by buying AMZN stock.

Have you seen the underside of a R&M machine?! It doesn't get any more "spooky" than that!