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Halloween (Blood Sucker Edition)
Spooky Pinball, 2021-
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Spooky Pinball, 2021
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Halloween (Standard Edition)
Spooky Pinball, 2021
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I think I may have ordered it twice. Or not at all. I got a "Your order has been received. Thank you for your business! (ID: 252)" once at 10:10am, then the site crashed again. I checked my orders at 10:15 and it said I don't have any orders associated with my account. So, I ordered again at 10:19, and went through the same process. The spooky website is horrible...like 15 years ago myspace. Hard to take a company seriously when this is how they run a launch.
Now, when I try to check my account, the message reads "This store is closed. Please try again later." If I didn't get one, I will take it as a sign for the better. I mean, they couldn't even make a gameplay video before launch, and there is probably a reason why.
Quoted from bseverin73:I ordered myself a standard. I'll join you guys in a couple years!
Let the other guys do the beta testing!
Quoted from Capn12:It isn't a limited run, from Spooky, it is the volume they can successfully produce, in an 18 month window. They are maximizing everything they can, to make those 1750 units total. No artificial 'limit' there, at all.
Why is there an 18 month window? Is that as long as the license allows them to manufacture them? If so, sounds like a bad deal. Why wouldn't you want to sell more if the demand is there? If you are always running out of supply, that's not good business. Maybe I'm missing something. Any idea what the turnaround time is for the different models?
Ordered a Halloween CE through pinballstar as soon as email came, PayPal receipt 7:01…I’ve bought a couple CGC from them and had great experience. Can’t wait for this to come….wasn’t on my radar so will have to make room.
Guess I just Joined the Halloween collectors club at 9:06am today. Received the confirmation email with an order # so I’m good to go!
easy order
Quoted from TheGunnett:It’s amazing the delay between different servers, my work email received the email 3 minutes before my gmail did
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Tell Dave Zychowski I say hi.
Quoted from J_Striker:Man, I just went to the store to order a hoodie.... was this the wrong time to order that?
lol
Tried for 35 minutes on Spooky’s website, shipping method kept tying it up and wouldn’t go through. Jumped on PinballSTAR and ordered no problem, my guess is they’ll just keep taking orders through infinity and sort it later, lots of people going to think they got one… 
Quoted from pinballmike150:I think I may have ordered it twice. Or not at all. I got a "Your order has been received. Thank you for your business! (ID: 252)" once at 10:10am, then the site crashed again. I checked my orders at 10:15 and it said I don't have any orders associated with my account. So, I ordered again at 10:19, and went through the same process. The spooky website is horrible...like 15 years ago myspace. Hard to take a company seriously when this is how they run a launch.
Now, when I try to check my account, the message reads "This store is closed. Please try again later." If I didn't get one, I will take it as a sign for the better. I mean, they couldn't even make a gameplay video before launch, and there is probably a reason why.
Taking all this into account... why in the hell are you dropping $7-9k on this pin?!?
Serious question
Snagged one via Pinball Star at 9:03am, would have been sooner but the order link email went to spam DOH.
They have top notch distributors...why aren't people using them when the website is obviously struggling?
Quoted from Ty-Arnold:It said 252 on mine too. Doesn't look like it worked. I called and they just said sorry keep trying. Lol. This is horrible. I'm thinking fuck it and forget about this.
Well I finally got in, but after this long I'll be too far down the list and the wait will be too long. So I guess we'll start seeing some Slots for sale in the market soon 
Quoted from Jediturtle:They have top notch distributors...why aren't people using them when the website is obviously struggling?
Because you get locked into it man. It's right there just one click away! 
Quoted from timmmmyboy:I'm getting this but I don't trust it, item still in cart and account history doesn't show it was purchased, nor did I get any confirmation email. Hmmm
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Same here and I also don't see any activity on the CC I used.
LOL. This is just crazy.
Well, I'm in for the CE Ultraman. Good luck to all you Halloween buyers, I hope you are all buying BS and Standards so I get my game quicker. 
FYI if you get the 252 message.. You didn't get one yet.. Keep trying.
Finally in and email confirmation
Quoted from shavenyak:Why is there an 18 month window? Is that as long as the license allows them to manufacture them? If so, sounds like a bad deal. Why wouldn't you want to sell more if the demand is there? If you are always running out of supply, that's not good business. Maybe I'm missing something. Any idea what the turnaround time is for the different models?
Because they don't want to be making Halloween/Ultraman for beyond that time period, any pinball manufacturer would want to be on to the next game, after that long. And Spooky is a small company, they can't just flex up to 50 games a week, like Stern. It takes 18 months to build that many machines.
Quoted from Lopa:Reminded me of buying concert tickets
What popped in my head is the stories of companies appearing on Shark Tank, and when their episode airs their websites crash. Happens every time.
Quoted from J_Striker:Man, I just went to the store to order a hoodie.... was this the wrong time to order that?
That's funny. Several years ago I was in line for a TV on Black Friday. I was talking to the guy behind me who was from India. I asked what he was there to purchase and he said that he was just there to look around. The crowds on Black Friday reminded him of home.
Quoted from Lopa:Reminded me of buying concert tickets
Yeah, sporting tickets for me. The sites crash always crash once the tickets I want go on sale.
Quoted from SDVmnt:FYI if you get the 252 message.. You didn't get one yet.. Keep trying.
Thank you for this. What a shit show! LOL.
Quoted from joetechbob:Halloween CE via Joe. Smooth as usual!
Joe is the man!
Quoted from Jediturtle:They have top notch distributors...why aren't people using them when the website is obviously struggling?
$60 paypal fee and eliminating the middle man.
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