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!).

got one. order 13494.

dang, Spooky is as bad at taking orders as CGC and Stern are at delivering them!

It seems that the first orders placed after the website comes back up will still be in the first 150 deliveries if they do (spooky 50 then distros 50 then spooky 50)

at 494, and pretty confident I'll get my Scooby before I get my CCr.

What is the abbreviation for Scooby? Can we really take SD away from Williams Satin Doll (what about all the SD club members!?!??!?).

Alright! I got my shipping notification from Morgan!!!!

…I’m assuming it’s my Scooby Doo, but conceivably could be the warranty part I requested.

Nah…I’m sure it’ll be Scooby Doo!!!!!!

Dagnabit, Let me enjoy the moment!

I watched a few minutes of the gameplay video, but then decided that I'd rather enjoy the surprise and figure things out for myself.
Did Spooky give any updates on when first games would be shipping? I thought they originally said they were hoping to start shipping in January (but I could be remembering wrong).

I was catching up on the past 30 posts in this Scooby Doo hype thread this morning, and by the time I got to this point I forgot which thread I was reading.

Scooby Doo! Scooby Doo! Are they beginning to ship this week?

Of course ROI matters. For the guy presenting the 100% depreciation argument, he’s simply suggesting ‘would you buy that pin if tomorrow its cash value was $0?’ I suspect the answer for most of us would be ‘no’ most of the time, and that is proof that residual value matters (most of the time).

We probably all have different thresholds. Maybe some of you feel the first 20% depreciation doesn’t matter at all and appreciation is ‘icing on the cake’ — this I could believe. Others want to make money on every purchase/resale or even “flip” pins. Either way: ROI matters to you.

I bought first pin in 2018 as gift for my wife who told me once she preferred pinball over video games (I had virtually 0% experience with pinball at that time). I had no idea at that point that these retained value, so I wasn’t thinking ROI at all. Now we have -30 pins…mostly because: 1) we love everything about the hobby, and 2) since 2018 they’ve held or increased in value. If bullet point 2 wasn’t true…we’d need to rethink and set an annual ‘spend allowance’ so we’re not throwing away $10k’s in pinball depreciation every year.

…and with all that said, we were day 1 purchasers of both HW and SD (sadly missed R&M). We’ve decided that Spooky is a company we’re willing to get behind even if the games depreciate a bit. Love their enthusiasm, love their innovation, love their community interaction (here and at shows), love their service support.