I'm sure the playfields will have completely different art. Think Family Guy and Shrek.

Haven't gotten mine yet. Not freaking out yet...they posted a couple times that there may be some delays in the mass emails going out. I'm sure all will be fine.

First only.

My honest opinion...we all need to give Bug the benefit of the doubt. Dude literally grew up with a love of both pinball and horror. His genuine passion for both has been publicly displayed for years. He's not going to F this up. Bowen watching his back just gives that much more confidence. Let's see what he can do before we assume the worst (I know...impossible to do around here... ).

IN BUG WE TRUST!

I'm not sure why people are having such a hard time with this. You are not being forced to buy into the Fang Club to purchase. A perk of the Fang Club is the ability to order 2 weeks before it is officially for sale to the public. You are not being forced to buy without seeing gameplay footage as the game is not yet available for sale to the public. I am fairly confident (and if I'm wrong, I'm wrong) that there will be gameplay footage available by the official public on sale date.

Now realistically, yes, Spooky has grown popular enough that there is a very real chance that they will sell out to the Fang Club members ahead of the public sale date. That is a risk you need to decide whether or not to take. That really isn't Spooky's fault...it's "ours". This was a nice thing Spooky decided to do for our benefit to give us enthusiasts a better shot at getting one as opposed to those nasty muggles. Those that are scrambling in just the last couple days to get a membership really aren't using the perk as intended. You shouldn't be trying to buy yourself a shot...you should be a fan of the company enjoying an extra perk. They probably should have shut down membership purchases about a month ago to avoid this, but imagine the complaining if they would have done that!

Spooky, and really all of the manufacturers, are just always in a no-win situation, aren't they. There is just no making everyone happy.

Best of luck to everyone buying today (for the right reasons, F you to the scalpers hoping for a quick flip).

I get what you are saying, but how do they turn that back around? It's an awesome perk of the club to have early access. Do they take that away now and have no "loyalty program" available? Is it better to be F5'ing (yeah that's a verb now, LOL) against everyone rather than just other club members? I honestly don't know. I'm just bummed to see so many people assuming there is some sort of malicious intent or shady marketing behind how they are doing this. Anyone who knows them at all knows that is far from the truth.

I'd love to see it too. My guess, and it's purely a guess, is they can't for some license related reason. Thinking about it logically, I'm sure they want to show it to us and would if they could, but they can't right now for whatever reason. Legal stuff is messy, and I'm sure timing and dealing licensing rights is a pain in the butt to do.

Spooky isn't the type of company that is going to purposely hide gameplay because it sucks. There's a reason, I'm sure. But part of the early access ordering is a level of risk. Those in the fang club would theoretically be fans enough of the company to believe in them and give them the benefit of the doubt.

Seriously for those on the fence, just wait. They are making a high enough number of machines that they will be available down the road. I don't think there is enough justification here for the level of FOMO we are seeing. Ultraman I can kind of see being way less units. HW is a very healthy run...more than many Stern titles.

Glad I went through my favorite distributor. Not sure everyone else's hesitation to do the same when the site is obviously struggling. I'm getting too old for that kind of stress, LOL.

Again, I am 100% sure that IF Spooky could show us gameplay right now, they would. There is something, licensing or whatever, that is stopping them. I'm sure they want us to see it as bad as we want to see it. We as customers/enthusiasts/hobbiests have no idea what all these companies go through in the background. It's easy for us to say "well just do it". It is rarely that simple.

Fantastic movie with an unfortunate name. Obviously it seemed like a good idea at the time to do the anthology thing with Halloween, but they already shot themselves in the foot by having 2 be about Michael (not complaining....that was a great movie too). Had H3 been named Silver Shamrock or heck even Death Mask, I think it would be looked at differently today. Instead both the main title of Halloween and the subtitle of Season of the Witch make people scratch their heads.

If Spooky can someday make a Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm St, I am 100% in on CEs for both to line up with my Halloween! Would LOVE to see that set!

1000% in on The Fog!!! Custom call-outs by Adrienne Barbeau. Oh man...I'm tingly just thinking about it!

Mine too. Just watched it last night actually. The Thing isn't one of my favorites (not sure why), but I do still enjoy it. Watched that a few weeks back when the 4K came out. Awesome restoration. Just caught Prince of Darkness for the first time in a few decades the other night. Peacock is streaming it. Man I forgot how good that one was. Going to have to pick up the 4K one of these days. That would have some pretty awesome pinball possibilities in it too. Having some sort of swirling devil goo toy would be awesome. And they already have a good relationship with Alice Cooper, so it's meant to be!

Phantasm has insane amounts of potential for pinball. Not sure if it has the following for a good sized run, but maybe. I will personally be holding my breath for a shiny new Nightmare on Elm St and Friday the 13th machine to snuggle up next to my Halloween. I am a guaranteed buyer for both CEs! Make it happen Spooky Family!

I must be the only person in the world that loves Evil Dead better than 2 and much better than AoD. There is just something about that super low-budget, "indy movie that could" that makes it great.

But I still want a Nightmare on Elm St above all else. And then Friday the 13th.

Having both heads on the playfield like Roadshow would be hilarious. Hit them in the face and get "OW! Knock it off, butthole!" It would be a great theme. Tons of possibilities.

Jason X confirmed!!