In the last 2 years the " pinvesters" and " crypto bros " have become extremely unbearable to listen to. Everyone thinks they are financial geniuses. I can't count how many times I've seen someone post this :

" I never lose money on my games. I make money on every game I buy "

I'd rather hear about your fantasy football team to be honest. Nobody cares.

I always just look at it as " I had X hundred dollars worth of fun, I didn't lose anything "

Exactly. I figure an imaginary dollar a game. If I buy a game for $8k and sell for $7k after 1000 plays, that is breaking even in my head. But if that same game sold for $6k I still wouldn’t be upset because 1000 plays is a LOT of fun.

Put him on ignore...worked for me!

I have

Dude, you need to calm down re Spooky.

Game speaks for itself. You seem to be the #1 Spooky cheerleader which is fine.

You keep banging on how great HWN is. It’s a fun pin. We know.

Fact is, you don’t know jack shit about Scooby other than what we have seen so far.

People might have a different opinion.

Yeaaaa, I don’t have an opinion on Scooby yet. I’m just talking facts about what is physically in the game and expressing irritation with trolls who are just out to tear down whatever Spooky is doing.

Dam trolls

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This is same selling model that got people into the HW and UM mess, are you concerned for people who may fall into that same situation?

I finally got my order number for my Blood Sucker Edition. If I'm #1855, then they must be almost sold out. I tried ordering at 8am Pacific along with everyone else, but my order didn't go through until 10:30am. There's probably only a handful left.

It’s not your job brother.

Wasting your time

Why are you worried about what other people do with their money? Or, do you think Spooky is somehow being devious and tricking people into doing something that they shouldn’t…IMO Spooky has always been above and beyond honest and always for the good of the customer.

Uintah oo3

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I guess it's only cool to cheerlead for failed pinball startups. You still dust off those Deeproot pom poms from time to time?

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Fascinating that you and I both saw and heard the same thing before buying Halloween… Yet one of us is happy and came back for more. The other feels like they got into a mess / fell into a situation and seems to be on a mission to save everyone from themselves…

Halloween has its faults but I love it. Two times I needed support and replacement parts (minor stuff) they were sent out literally next day. Can't agree more their support has been really solid for me. Plus....their themes are my jam on these last two releases. I just paid for a DP premium the week before Scooby was announced and was like ugh...(opens wallet anyway). It’s just so damn pretty. Plus I like different and they do different. Nice mix in my B/W and Stern games.

Yes, why I love Spooky! You explained the good of Spooky perfectly and why I have so many of their pins!

I bought (and still own) HWN. I really don’t feel like I “fell” into a situation nor do I subscribe to that narrative. I bought a game I thought was cool and I still dig it. I have it on location and it’s mostly a tank minus a few small adjustments from time to time. I most definitely wish the code was cleaned up but that’s certainly not ruining it for me. I mostly just want the final wiz mode so I can beat it haha.

This is kind of where I am now. I have a big enough collection and I’m out of space (when this and 007 arrive) so now any new pin only happens if I sell one. Most LEs from Stern and smaller companies seem to be holding their value. JJ makes so many LE’s that there are always some left of new pins and these sell on the secondary market for less than new. I think that’s because they simply make too many LE’s. POTC still sells way above MSRP but they only made 1,000 total. Like Stern or hate them, they more than any other company have perfected their LE market making just enough to sell out fast on most releases. This makes those easy to sell for the same or higher value used.

I’m quite enjoying seeing people lose money on their pinvestments. The hobby will be much better off when most of these speculators turn their attention elsewhere. Good riddance.

How’s the sound on a spooky? Sufficient? Great? I’m guessing all three trims get the same sound hardware/ speaker etc.?

Good question. I've only heard TNA, Halloween, and Ultraman on location where it's hard to judge. I know TNA sounded pretty good because they had ot cranked up.

Haha. F off

How about contributing to Pinside to post your stupid drivel.

You have a very solid collection!

Not facts pal. And you don’t run Twitter either. Lol

I have a game coming. At least wait until they start landing to pump the shit out of it.

Let me know when they sell out so I can feel like a winner.

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Hook 'em . Arch Manning coming to save the day

Pinside…what a bunch of nastiness. robin sorry. I wish it was the old way.

I’d have to pull it out of your mouth.

Smh

It’s Friday. I bet some alcohol is flowin tonight!

Exactly, those couple of guys and others here are why I and many other don’t visit these Pinside forums much.

Understand completely…and this is one reason why I have so much respect for Spooky. They actively engage and listen to our desires, and deal with the nasties. Class act for sure…even if their pins aren’t your cup of tea…a true class act.

Can one of the Pinside mods add a dumpster behind the fire symbol in the forum tab? Haha

Wow, this brings the Scooby Doo hype thread to a whole new level.

We have some… passionate people on this thread.

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Egads. Words.

Quick. To the Fainting Couches!

Just order an Iron Maiden instead like I did and you don’t have to worry about it anymore….

I was wondering the same. I've heard TNA on location at a few places near me and they sounded amazing, same for Ricky and Morty. Spooky likes to but these custom speaker grills that look awesome but I worry they might distort the sound quality if they cover up too much of the speaker... I guess Ill find out once I get My table...

TNA has an enclosure for the sub, which makes for very nice and tight lows without distortion or much rattling. IMO, makes it the best sounding stock game I’ve heard.

I disconnected the sub in my R&M and hooked up an external sub to the stock amp and it made a huge difference for that game. The back box speakers are good, but could be better if you wanted wanted to swap them. I don’t know what kind of filtering they have for those speakers, but there’s one part of R&M that distorts the mids cause lows are to low on what I assume is a band pass filter.

The audio itself seems to be top notch on those titles, can speak for other spooky games as those are the only two I’ve owned.

I'm not so sure about that. My guess is there's a big gap in the middle for CE machines (which aren't sold yet). What is the highest CE number we've heard so far? Like 600-700? My guess is Spooky plans to build far fewer BSE and standard, and they are the last to be built, so start at a higher game number. All speculation and perhaps I'm wrong...

I'm honestly happy that the game is still available to sell - it gives some of the more cautious buyers a chance to see full gameplay in Jan *and* it keeps spot flipping to a minimum.

This game will sell out - my prediction on timing is at TPF in March when buyers can see and play in person.

Anyone gotten their pinballstar game numbers?

They posted we would get them Thursday afternoon or Friday.

Really wish Spooky knew how to have a website that work. Would have much rather ordered direct through them.

The stock audio components on my R&M are top notch, but needed plenty of dialing in (amp adjustments, ring to get the 10" woofer elevated, anti-rumble tape for the glass, etc.). The backbox speakers sound awesome...I don't notice any distortion, but I can't say I crank it that much. I can say that the overall sound on my R&M is very competitive with the PinWoofer system I have on most of my Sterns (which is saying a lot!).

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No but I suggest everyone in this thread who ordered from PinballStar calls Joe and demands to be given our numbers today at exactly 1:00pm. Emails demanding the same info should be sent at 12:45. We need to work together as a group!

Agree, was a time when I was able to buy both AFM LE and STLE months after release because the dealers had allotments left over.

It was nice having the time to play and see the game before committing.

There are usually 1-3 people on pinside who ruin it for the rest of us. Ignore and move on, sheesh.

I've had 3 Spooky pins at the co-op, all had GREAT sound. I needed to dial in the sound on two of them as they were delivered giving too much bass and therefore distorting the quality. But once that was fixed, yeah it's as good or better than any pin I've ever had.

Especially ACNC. That was the best sounding pin I've ever owned. The music was top notch quality and the sounds made it feel so 3d I thought people were doing things behind me. The number of times I turned around when I first owned the machine was comical.