Lillard has been Shaggy in the cartoons since Kasem retired in 2009. Kate Micucci has been Velma since 2015.

Welker is the all time GOAT.

…but will Scooby call me a piece of shit if I miss the ramps?

Halloween is mainstream. Rick & Morty is mainstream. Scooby is mainstream.

They were just off the radar of the people picking themes at other companies.

It’s pretty much never ended production since the 60s. There have been a constant flow of TV series, direct to video movies, theatrical movies, video games, etc.

This isn't the 90's. Addams was mostly in locations. There was barely a home market. Now it's almost entirely a home market with big spenders and collectors. LE/CE is offered up front, because "get it or its gone" is easy money. The other "lesser" versions are just gravy, if the game is still in demand. If there's no LE/CE at launch...the usual suspects who ONLY buy that type of game are going to sit and wait it out...and people who buy Premiums/Pros will also wait to play first...why would they order a game when there's no FOMO? FOMO sells games and has kept these companies in business during this weird era of home-buyer pinball.

I was just giving an example about why all companies do CE/LE editions. All Spooky games are limited. That’s their biz model. Nothing to worry about if limitedness is important to you.

Look at TNA, R&M, and UM. Same thing. They’re milky frosted because every insert has an RGB LED.

Gorgeous.

It’s interesting, Bond & Scoob are both 60s licenses, but Bond looks like an old 90s Sega pin while Scoob looks new and fresh.

In a way I’m kind of glad it took until this moment in time, so Spooky could use the artists they wanted on it & have it look so good. I feel like if this was done in the 80’s or 90’s, you’d have that “stiff airbrushed VHS cover/cereal box” style art.

My hot take: Spooky is doing the “up to 1969” to help ease the FOMO. That’s a higher number than any game they’ve done - but, they don’t HAVE to do that many unless that demand is there. It’s still a limit, but the limit is flexible (until #1969 in any case). No one has to rush. Scooby maniacs will buy early. We’ll see gameplay or be able to play while they’re still in production, and if you like it - you can order one later and still get one. Win for all, IMO.

The only bugs I’ve noticed are some sloppy screen transitions and one instance of text being cut off. Haven’t noticed any bugs that affect gameplay on the current code. I wouldn’t count that as “buggy as hell” but rather “needs polish”.

1969 isn’t that limited. There are non-limited pins that don’t even get to that number.

A lot changes in a few years. Keep in mind:

Rick & Morty: Killer theme (adult humor is always desired in pinball), Scott Danesi coming off his hotness of TNA, only 750 units.

After that, the hype was on Spooky. FOMO & Flippers were salivating. We were in that weird Covid time where pinball demand was through the roof. People gobbled up HW/UM thinking they were getting the next R&M. It didn’t pan out that way for some and there was a lot of negativity and money walked away from.

So - going into Scooby…Spooky hype is lower. The market is a bit softer. Buyers aren’t gobbling up anything & everything. Based on this context - I don’t see the game selling out right away.

Prediction: It sells a decent amount to people who love Scooby & always wanted a Scoob pin. People impressed by the package will bite as well. I could see somewhere between 500-800 selling by this weekend. Then it’s up to the game to prove itself. Word of mouth has to chip away at the negative narrative of HW/UM. (For the record, I think my UM is awesome…but there’s a lot of vocal negative noise out there). If there’s a consistent stream of praise…about the quality, gameplay, code, fun factor etc. - that will sell the rest of the units. If there are similar complains like HW/UM…people will pass & go for whatever comes next from Stern or the others.

Now that you’re bros, bring him back for Megatron & Soundwave when you do Transformers G1

TLDR: Bobaleebobo