Well I think that looks incredible - I'm a huge fan of the original movie and that theming looks just about perfect to me.

Can't wait to see it in action properly, this may very well be my first Spooky purchase - if so I'd be in on a CE all day, wow that topper alone sells it to me.

Also loving their method of ordering ie, not immediately limited numbers of anything. Gives us mere mortals a better chance of owning the blinged version.

I'm so hyped for this! MASSIVE fan of the original movie and this game looks unreal. Stayed up past my bedtime here in Oz to secure a CE. With this and Ghostbusters, I just need an Alien and a BTTF (someone please make a new one of these) to complete my dream theme movie collection!

Invoice #11548 and build #379 for my Halloween CE. It's coming all the way to Sydney - I can't wait woo hoo!!!

Wow I thought this looked amazing! It seemed refreshingly different to other games out there at the moment - I kind of liked the way the ball is hidden away/obscured so much. They were hitting shots and most of the time you are left going... ummmm so where is it? Then it just appears somewhere else with a flashing light to signal. Not everyone's going to like that but I damn sure do, it goes great with the theme. Music was fab, layout looked great, shots seemed satisfying, and it looked pretty solid. We just need the obvious polishing to be done on the sounds/animations and rules/code and this is a winner for me.

I've mentioned before, but personally I'd much rather see more focus on animations than more movie clips. The clips should really bookend modes etc - little rewards for starting and completing things, but the moment to moment play needs great/varied animations and callouts. Couple of examples (using Avengers IQ, which I own and love but the animations are not the best). Look at the original open play screen for Avengers IQ (basically a static empty trophy room), it was terrible there was absolutely nothing going on as you were playing, and it made the game feel so empty. Compare any combo shot in Avengers IQ to something like the Ninjapocalypse shot in Deadpool, it's worlds apart.

Would be great to see similar things here - making a combo during open play (or a certain/specific combo) makes a bloody knife slash across the screen or I dunno, just something to give you some really satisfying feedback to shots.

Also - I actually love the way they've made the animations match the incredible artwork - so I really hope they continue to build on this. That's something I've wanted them to do with all the latest Sterns - to see some Zombie Yeti artwork animated on the LCD would be incredible.

EDIT: also wanted to mention that Hedge Multiball insert thing. It's minor, but once you notice it, it's hard to unsee - that should definitely be corrected.

I'm still so hyped for this game! Thanks to all who have given us poor folk further down in the queue a sneak peek by uploading vids and impressions. With me being in Australia it's going to be some time before I see mine but I cannot wait.

There is one thing I am curious about that I haven't seen mentioned. For those that have their machines what's the audio quality like? Have to say my last couple of machines (not Spooky) were a little disappointing in the sound department so I had to upgrade with pinwoofers, new speakers etc. Just wondered what the owners thought of the audio quality?

Keep up the excellent work Spooky - this pin looks incredible!

That ominous 80's Carpenter synth is so damn iconic. As soon as you hear it, you know its one of his (awesome) movies.

I'm still hyped as hell! Game already looks incredible to me - from the very first trailer till now, it hasn't disappointed. Code doesn't concern me one bit - even looks pretty decent to me as it is now, but we all know it's early and will be continuously polished over the coming months. As massive fan of the movie I think they've done a brilliant job so far - this will be my first Spooky pin, but I'm loving the fresh layout, the art, the shots, everything - keep it up guys!

Absolutely 100% agree with this. No denying the new Sterns are incredible - great rules, great shooters, incredible art and sound - but if you own or play 2-3 of them they begin to feel a little samey. I think its mainly because Elwin's been the designer for most of the recent batch, and designers always imbue games with their signature feel. I'm not bashing them by any means, I own 2 (IM, AIQ) and I love them they are works of absolute genius. BUT they do feel very similar to play. I also had JP2 for a month and again, just the feel of it is very similar. I really wanted something vastly different this time. Honestly, I think most people will be blown away by Godzilla, and perhaps if I didn't have 2 of Elwin's games already I might have been interested too, but no it's not for me.

Halloween on the other hand looks soooo different, it grabbed me right away. It really is like nothing else out there, and already seems to be brilliantly themed to me - as a fan of the movie it's exactly what I would have hoped for. I for one am glad there's someone out there taking chances and building awesome machines like this - just means more variety for us pinheads, and that's a very good thing.

SpookyLuke absolutely, just keep doing what you are doing, the machine looks fantastic! Can't wait to see how the rules and code mature to take advantage of that awesome layout, hopefully you guys are having fun coming up with new ideas.

Also no-one is really thinking the code is anywhere near complete after Oct 1st right!? OMG it's got a looooong way to go yet...

New code looks great! Not just the rules and modes (which do look cool), but the little touches like extra animations on the main screen - the leaves blowing across and the blood splatters etc, really loving those smaller details. Great job!

Surely this is a joke right? Anyone who criticises this game based on that (amazing) artwork is just unconditionally wrong.

Yep totally agree with this - there are some pretty iconic scenes not yet being used and they could make for some really cool modes. Watching the last code update was super encouraging, so I'm assuming they are working hard on this and we still have a lot to see. Come on Spooky, you've made an awesome, unique layout and a killer theme - now let's have the most awesome code to match it!

Awesome thanks for this! It's been so great watching the code/gameplay come along.

I completely understand the impatience when it comes to getting games - because the wait can be pretty excruciating. However, I'd much rather this happens, and the builds get throttled back in favor of better quality even if it means an extra couple of months added to the wait time.