These are a couple of the MANY original songs in the game. The game has a very healthy mix of modern covers and originals from Matt "Count D" Montgomery.

From the video I like that you can have a 3 ball or 5 ball multiball from the mystery machine. Neat. Maybe there is a 4 ball too....

I am a VERY happy owner of a Rick and Morty (which we had to buy AFTER market because we didn't order on launch day). I pulled the trigger on day one for Ultraman ordering a BSE version and it showed up about a month ago. We are beyond happy with UM and R&M and while initially, based strictly on theme, I wasn't very interested in Scooby, I placed my order for a CE with our distro (KingPin) and can't wait to grow our little collection of mostly Spooky games.

Those complaining should stick to Stern, or JJP IMHO and let us Spooky fans enjoy the hype train.

Regardless of all the noise from some of the folks. I have to hand it to spooky for being engaged in these forums. They listen and try to do as much good as possible. Personally, I think I would struggle with some of these A hole comments but spooky handles it very well!

The play looks great! Thanks for posting the video!

You are on pinside every day right? So it doesn't seem like any harm done. Someday you will refresh and it will be the final release vieos. Today simply is not that day. You got an early bite and can see most of the game. Sometimes contracts suck and IP owners can be ego and want control of everything about their IP. Who knows. They have to pick the IP's they want and do business how they want. They wanted to livestream today. It's not on them.

Only during work hours

I mean, seems simple to me - don't have approval? Don't announce. I would just like it explained to me why it's *always* last minute scramble. Perhaps I am missing some facts or understanding.

RIP JJP

People complaining about marketing/release IP have clearly never dealt with Legal.

All aspects need to be approved, music, callouts, art, if it's WIP still, then that means they can't have full approval yet. So they either keep delaying announcing till everything if feature approved. So this means it's not complete at this point.

Why launch? Because they likely need the capital flow, speaking from a manufacturer's perspective, these big project do need to wind up and you need a cash flow ready to go to push the production, and with them depending on one machine sale to the next, they have to get orders going, unlike a bigger company like Stern which has multiple ongoing product launches and lines going at all time producing non stop cash flow.

Smaller companies with a single product focused line have this problem often as you are having to always get a product moving along to keep your factory running and paying everyone while also being able to upfront handle the development and production of your next product in your queue. Larger companies have a cushion to work with due to multiple revenue streams

You shouldn't announce until you can stream!
Signed, James Bond Pinball by Stern

Announced: 9/22/22
Streamed: 10/18/22

TS4 is overpriced but really fun and well built. Hopefully SD pricing starts a trend towards more sane pricing.

The bond launch was really messy by stern standards…I think the Queen’s death had some impact, but the code also seems to be developing very slowly.

Yes, spooky games routinely being sold for $10K + is a clear sign that pricing is “coming back to earth.”

I was reminded today how awesome Spooky service has been for me.

I was planning to sit out on Scooby, but after getting a quick positive email reply from AJ (minutes after sending) and then taking a closer look at Scooby play video…we’re in! (Or will at least try to be ‘in’). This is a company I want to continue supporting (and enjoying their work!).

i agree but ts4 will be my last JJP until they have a price correction. i will watch for spooky and CGC releases until then.

Shots looks fun and you're not in the upper playfield excessively, which I see as a big plus. Really curious what the variety of mode objectives will yield.

Price correction happens in secondary market Look at how many IPOs come out in stock market overpriced since the previous similar company left money on the table. Price drops after initial offer. The market always decides whats fair.

I think it’s probably less getting approval to release assets and more approval for deviating from Warner Brothers marketing plan.

I’m positive that with a license as iconic as Scooby that WB is exercising a ton of control on how they want things to go from a marketing perspective (among others). Good news is I feel like Spooky HQ is working behind the scenes to get us as much info as WB will allow.

Props again to the Spooky team for engaging as much as they do here. Your posts are clear you guys are stoked on this game and it’s contagious.

Why even offer a different tier other than collectors? The others look so blah comparatively.

I suspect anyone who can afford it will get the CE and it will be the bulk of the sales.

But it's nice for those who are already stretching to afford a $7k pin to have the option. It's a lot of money. I like the model Spooky does.

But, they had gameplay feature videos on reveal day with audio and LCD assets shown. To be fair, Stern has announced and streamed games same day many times in the past.

I play the machine. And while art is nice, if I can save $2k and get roughly the same experience I'm probably gonna do that.

I'm interested in the standard. It's $2,000 cheaper. The cabinet art is a downgrade, but it's fine. Then you're mostly just losing powder coating, a bunch of sculpts, some other little cosmetics, and then the knocker (whatever) and shaker. I can buy the shaker for cheap.

The value is in the standard edition, not the collectors.

Sure would be nice to see a photo of it though. I wonder how it looks without the sculpts and colorful wireforms.

$2K is nothing to sneeze at. That being said, I bet at least 1200 of the 1969 total sold will be CE models.

Blood sucker here. I don’t want a topper.

Thanks for posting the video! Just reaffirms how great this game will be in my basement next year! Great job Spooky Doo!

I thought the colored wire forms were in the Blood Sucker edition too?

I tend to like ass-kicking games. Leaning towards ordering, but not sure if I saw an outlane drain in that vid. I know it was a short vid, but hope it's not a marathon type setup.?

What? They announced the game and didn't even show us the playfield for weeks. It required online leaks for folks to even see the machine for the first time even after they announced the game on their social media and via email

I think only on CE

There is a difference between a teaser video announcement and a reveal. Two separate events. Spooky also followed the same approach.

Also lack of colored plastics, and no decals on the targets is a big oof frankly. Have you seen what the playfield on the standard Halloween looks like compared to the CE? It's pretty huge difference visually. Gameplay is identical but it really loses alot of oomph

If anyone is looking at getting me an early Christmas gift, I wear size BSE Scooby Doo.

Not any of the last 4:

Godzilla
Announced: 9/14/21
Stream Reveal: 9/18/21

Mandalorian
Announced: 5/11/21
Stream Reveal: 5/21/21

Rush
Announced: 1/4/22
Stream Reveal: 1/8/22

James Bond
Debacle

Only CE for certain. Confirmed by Spooky.

Again, teaser video isn't a reveal.

No one is apprehensive about the timing of a reveal and a stream. They are apprehensive about locking into a deposit before they see lots of gameplay.

I should preface this comment with I am a poor judge of pins based solely on video.

But when most of the shots to aim at are in the upper part of the pin it's a pretty big turn off to me. Upper playfield doesn't seem terribly exciting either. Not something I am eager to play but maybe playing it will change my opinion.

Thats my point. Thanks for making it Eric.

So who did what art? I'm guessing Matt did the CE cabinet. Did Jeff do the rest?

My dates weren't the teasers. But since that has been mentioned now...

Mandalorian
Teased: 5/4/21
Announced: 5/11/21
Stream Reveal: 5/21/21

Godzilla
Teased: 9/10/21
Announced: 9/14/21
Stream Reveal: 9/18/21

Rush
Teased: 12/28/21
Announced: 1/4/22
Stream Reveal: 1/8/22

James Bond
Teased: 9/6/22
Announced: 9/22/22
Stream Reveal: 10/18/22

Doesn't really matter what Stern did or does. We at least now have a 3 minute video showing some pretty nice flowy quick game play. We know there are 4000+ callouts from at least some known actors. Sure, we havnt seen any video assets, but what do you suppose that will be? Is bet if you watch the old scooby doo shows, you'll find out. I've seen enough to know I'm in on day 1.

And I get that. Just saying, the stream/reveal time frame difference isn't anything new.

I'l glad you feel comfortable spending $10K based on what you see, thats great. Thats the decision many of us are facing right now.

Me too - BSE all the way. Not a fan of the green trim and can live without the topper (sorry ZMeny ). While I do like the art package of the CE, the game will be between other games, so I'm good with the BSE art. The rest is cosmetic that can be added in later.

Wondering if there is anything under the plastic on the right of the shooter lane. Is this just meant to take up some real estate since its a wide body?

I don't think we need a "stream" even. Just some better gameplay video with all the assets. The one Spooky posted doesn't even capture the whole playfield well.

The point everyone is trying to drive home is Stern distributors do not require non refundable deposits on launch day. I've given deposits on several Sterns and all were refundable, every time. You could plop down a deposit on reveal/launch day and get it back after the stream, if you weren't impressed. Spooky's is non refundable.

It lights up in the video. Sorta like JJP hot rails, but different.