Quoted from reffob:

Sculpts are nice but I'll take shots/interactive mechs all day every day over sculpts. Luke's post in the other thread about "how many sculpts can you fit into one game" worries me a little. I don't buy games for sculpts. There are so many artistic geniuses in the pinball community that have our backs on sculpts if we want them, it's up to Spooky to deliver on shots.
Don't get me wrong my Scooby senses are telling me they WILL deliver on shots/mechs but we'll see soon (hopefully). I do love Scooby Doo as a theme, silly and fun.

Quoted from cooked71:

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Quoted from Jjlp:

I Hope to have a beautifull machine loaded with beautifull parts as Alice Cooper castle.
Maybe we Can Hope for a mystery mansion
I have an Alice and a rick and Scooby IS my Dream machine, i think and Hope that it will be based on original 70's. That's what suggest the pinball name "scooby-doo, where are you"

Quoted from pinmister:

I was forced to buy the fake fang club pass to purchase my CE Halloween-still can't get the taste of piss out of my mouth. Sorry but I do not agree with mandatory club membership to buy games. Have things changed since then?

Quoted from JakePG:

So what you're saying is:
8995
9495
9995

Quoted from mbrave77:$1 Bob

Quoted from cooked71:

This just gets better and better…..
https://www.partymonsterstore.com/pages/count-d

Quoted from mbrave77:

SpookyLuke do you have a list online of your ditributors like stern does? I dont think its on your site. My 3 go tos here in NJ arent Spooky Distribs!

Quoted from mbrave77:

Do we know what the differences in the editions are? Is the topper only for Ce?

Quoted from onemilemore:

I mostly want to make sure all the shots and playfield features are there on the SE. SpookyLuke can you confirm on that? The SE price sheet didn't have much intel. Thanks!

Quoted from Zukram:

The video seemed to suggest the direct print cabinet was included ? Or is that still an upgrade option ?

Quoted from bobukcat:

That makes sense, B/W bottom cab is just under 25" wide. Spooky would have to confirm if they used the same dimensions but one would hope they did just so glass is readily available for it if nothing else.

Quoted from BKPitmaster:

Has anyone bought from PinballSTAR or can someone from Spooky confirm they’re an authorized distributor? Just trying to avoid scams. Also would be great if Spooky could partner with a distro in Arizona for future releases. I normally buy through Gameroom Goodies.

Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

Someone needs to take the knocker, move it to the top of the machine and hook it up to a small catapult that launches a scooby snack when the player gets a free game.

Quoted from bobukcat:

If it's any consolation to those that don't like the milky white inserts it indicates that it's made by Bader (I've never sen anyone else use them or Bader use jeweled ones) and should be well made with no issues likely to occur with clearcoat, etc.

Quoted from Wariodolby:

I speak for everyone here!! Ruh Roh!!
We’ll trade the live game stream tomorrow for a pic of under playfield?!

Quoted from ECanup122:

I was 75% in on purchasing this pin when I was thinking we would see gameplay on Thursday. Not a fan of having no live gameplay before asking to submit a nonrefundable deposit. I jumped at Halloween with no gameplay due to the theme. Not sure if I will do it this time around, sadly.

Quoted from PinMonk:

You get the gameplay in the trailer, which is fine, plus you get a long live stream very shortly thereafter.
Stern isn't asking for a large, non-refundable deposit.
Stern isn't making 1900 LEs. The vast majority of these flex assembles will be CEs, so of the 1969, there will be a LOT of CEs. Spooky is asking customers to jump in blindly again when a lot of the issues that led to the Halloween/Ultraman debacle are present again and the "murder" of programmers Spooky has still hasn't delivered a great H/U experience. Could the outcome be different this time? Maybe. But no one knows, and the inexperienced team, lack of gameplay (in an edited trailer or live), and cagey avoidance of confirming what board set this is using are three pretty big red flags.

Quoted from chuckwurt:

Doesn’t look clunky at all. Great sign!

Quoted from beltking:

Does the book shelf flipper have a rubber? Doesn’t look like it. If not may need a backup.

Quoted from KING-HENRY:

Hey Guys, Can we get a ballpark on when these will be shipping to customers? Specifically the CE's...And I mean 'ballpark' and not exact sillyness...I was hearing rumors that the these machines won't be shipping for about a YEAR to a Year 1/2, but I hope this is VERY WRONG! This will help on my decision tomorrow morning

Quoted from TreyBo69:

I noticed the center drop making a clutch save. Is this user controlled or was it the game recognizing a ball not making it all the way up the center, and providing a ball save?
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Quoted from BKPitmaster:

I tried to reverse engineer the preorder URL. Seems spooky was wise enough to not just hide a staged URL and made it so it wasn’t live yet. Sorry for letting all the early adopters down

Quoted from PunkPin:

SpookyLuke can we get a pic under the playfield now? Curious to see your new boards and wiring setup

Quoted from Damonator:

Distribs were given an allotment - they can sell them before tomorrow.

Quoted from RikeIsland:

I really hope waiting to buy it directly from Spooky doesn’t come back into bite me.

Quoted from Zablon:

but..it's not priced above? might just be a hoax ad.

Quoted from insight75:

SHipping issue again. Good lord spooky

Quoted from Morgoth00:

Why is shipping even a thing right now??? Initially it had "shipping calculated later". Now this
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Quoted from MarklarD:

Hi Spooky people. Just a heads up that it appears if I have my Fang membership to NOT auto renew, that it does not consider me a fang member and I am not able to checkout with the machine. The same thing happened with TNA.

Quoted from P1nhead:

Noooooo

Quoted from P1nhead:

I like my auto renew for I am forgetful

Quoted from jgeiger:

Did not get an email notification but do see it in My Account with a receipt and see a pending transaction on my CC. My order was at 10:03 central time. Should be cool right? Order number 13504.

Quoted from JohnTTwo:

Curious what distros are sold out at this point? With them having more people on their list then they have games, at least one has to be sold out.
May help buyers knowing who is sold out.

Quoted from Soundkillr:

Well... I'm in. And I know a few dealers who ran out. Fortunately they got a few more. Sounds like the game is selling really well.

Quoted from matt68061:

Curious… if that will effect the 50 in house, 50 to distributor out the door model you have used in the past?
Certainly not meant to come off as a complaint in any way…genuinely curious.
I have been extremely impressed with everything the whole Spooky team has done since the teaser! I love the enthusiasm, openness and willing to actually LISTEN to what your customers are saying.
Hope the day finishes strong and the ramp up to manufacturing goes smooth!

Quoted from Multiballmaniac1:

Sold out yet? Wouldn’t surprise me by tomorrow.

Quoted from monitorpop:

Not sure how changing this after the fact makes it more fair. The 50/50 rule is the reason I (and I assume others) stuck with the painful direct site experience for so long… to have better odds of an earlier build.
The site issues didn’t even seem as bad for as long as the HWN release so I don’t see that as a new factor.

Quoted from Mdanielb:

Just my guess: within 2 weeks. I agree with another poster that 1,500 ish likely sold today.

Quoted from Paseb:

Does spooky have a distro in canada?

Quoted from Mad_Dog_Coin_Op:

That was one of the main reasons why I hit the pause button. Seems like Spooky is changing things up with every release. The game looks great but, the new tech and ever changing team of coders has me concerned.

Quoted from beltking:

Figured I would get my ce build number today (distributor)… nope. Hopefully tomorrow. Tna I had in like 12 hrs. Going to go pickup a Williams Indy tomorrow. Long road trip.

Quoted from OriginalFresh:

Just seen the TPN First Impressions video and Joel brought up a good point that the posts are sitting directly on the playfield art. Hope this gets adjusted for production games. No one wants a bubbly or chipping playfield.
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Quoted from monitorpop:

It means they listen and engage directly with their consumers, then make changes based on feedback… even if that feedback is dumb and makes zero difference like an insert stopping at a hedge graphic instead of the full word.
It means they go out of their way to make things right when things go wrong for their consumers. While JJP was blaming consumers for shitty playfield issues after having repeat issues on multiple titles, Spooky was sending out replacements for shitty powder coat rails… and made sure not to repeat history this time.
It means supply chain issues with a key part f up their production timelines… They start making their own part.
It means, realizing that getting ahead of the game on code was critical, they made hiring multiple coders a priority. Unfortunately, it seems it hasn’t work out well for all of them and a new coder appears to be fixing the previous guys mess on HWN… but Spooky is transparent (without finger pointing and airing dirty laundry) and is committed to the cost of a full time developer for a year to make it right.
It means manufacturing pinball machines is complex so everyone doing it has issues but Spooky always tries to do what they say and the individual stores of them going out of their way to take care of their consumers are numerous. I personally have been shocked by them sending expensive parts at their own expense for out of warranty pin that I didn’t even buy from them or one of their distributors.
It means they continue to improve their gameplay with each pin while still trying new/unique things. I personally prefer their unique game play and appreciate obvious enthusiasm for pinball… others want tournament flow that I don’t care about.
I appreciate that others have different priorities and see the equation differently… but I currently only buy Spooky pins based on my first hand experience. For me, Spooky is simply the kind of people I want to support.

Quoted from stumblor:

Well kiss my grits... that's a bit of an accolade isn't it!! Got you both down, but you *know* that you both get a set for free. The laws of mod making dictate it!
Sorry for the thread jack everyone. Proto parts are now on order so as soon as I've got a working version I'll kickoff my own thread and stop polluting this one.

Quoted from The-Hum:

Since it will be way too long before I get to play the game...I put myself through a bit of CAD retraining to draw up the space kook ship.
Rendering on bottom
I'm thinking it would make sense to either be on top of the far right (airfield) ball guide or on top of the large plastic in the rear.
I'm not a mod maker by any account... I'm just planning to paint it.
But i imagine someone could make some design modifications to have one that lights up and
is interactive... That would be cool
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Quoted from Green-Machine:

Hi! Any updates, Spooky? It’s been rather quiet.
Thanks

Quoted from PinballGalore:

PLUS a photo from the scooby line in the factory?

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Quoted from Billygrippo:

It’d be a better time to announce the gameplay video. Pretty please…

Quoted from Zablon:

I thought they had said all the voice acting was already done? Maybe misunderstood.

Quoted from PanzerKraken:

They need to show the gameplay off before these ship. This is kind of crazy

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

Fuckin' A fellas!! Looking strong!

Quoted from iceman44:

Toppers look good.

Quoted from PappaDubz:

Can’t wait to play this
I might have to sell my AFM to get this
Good job Spooky
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Quoted from insight75:

Looking awesome. Still waiting on side armor or putting that on last?

Quoted from yfz450:

I agree with you, prices are ridiculous, but isn't this game $9769.00 plus tax and shipping?

Quoted from scruffypinball:I’ve purchased 2 spooky games and had a deposit on a third. I won’t buy another spooky game until their QC and coding is up to industry standard (a standard that isn’t even that great). Second hand spooky games for me going forward as it currently sits, if I ever get another spooky machine again.

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

I swear, I saw documentation somewhere that the backglass was indeed glass. However, looking back over the feature matrix, I don't see it listed. Does the CE have an actual glass backglass? Either way, still an awesome package for the price!

Quoted from hawkeyexx:

Any chance serial 1031 is in that box ?

Quoted from BallyKISS1978:

When will shipping start? And thank you for the update and pics!

Quoted from dboeren:

I just hope we’re still on track for a real gameplay video in January. 8 days to go…

Quoted from Coindork:

SpookyLuke So, I see the Scooby in a barrel figurine is two pieces.
Any chance that's a mech, where Scooby gets scared and hides in the barrel?

Quoted from CoolCatPinball:

Spooky, drop us some good news (scooby snacks if you will), it's a red alert! The hype is at near critically low levels
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Quoted from Mro-Tek:

You will likely get your wish of simple unfinished code and if Halloween and Ultraman are any indication it will probably stay that way. Buyers beware.

Quoted from Aurich:

Blackwater 100
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Quoted from P1nhead:

Flintstones counts, right?

Quoted from reffob:

In a Spooky post from a few days ago, either on here or Facebook can't remember, they said they were still on track for a January stream. So hopefully nothing has changed. It does kinda feel like they're doing a lot of last minute cramming for a big test
They seem to really want to deliver on this code, I feel good about it but we'll see hopefully soon.

Quoted from GoldenBeard:

I see a lot of pins in the background…. #89 is right around the corner!!

Quoted from MattElder:

Right behind ya! Started to type almost the same thing and then set my phone down while you posted.

Quoted from Pincrazy:

Now I wish I got in earlier! Spooky, this is the best early game review I’ve ever seen! Looks like a close to complete code? Congratulations on how a reveal should look and sound! So excited to get ours this summer!

Quoted from PinballGalore:

SpookyLuke Are there any cool callouts in attract mode? Can you share any info regarding attract mode music? Maybe the theme can randomly go off once in a blue moon just so it doesn’t get annoying on a regular basis? It’s about a minute long, that would be neat in my book.

Quoted from BKPitmaster:

SpookyLuke it looked like the ball got caught up and almost stuck on the upper playfield above the upper right flipper. Did you notice that in the stream? Hoping that if balls get stuck there you can proactively look at it now. I could be wrong but wanted to point it out, thanks.

Quoted from JohnTTwo:

Are the flipper offset to the right of center? Thanks

Quoted from Wildbill327:

Hey Spooky just wanted to check and see if you guys have a ETA on your next Stream with Scooby Doo. Sorry to bug you guys(especially since you are probably swamped at the moment)but I’m just super excited to see some HD gameplay…plus my doctor recommended this to help with my pinball addiction

Quoted from Breger1:

I'm pretty sure the next stream is going to be Jack Danger?

Quoted from jetspeedb:

I got all the stream I need ladies and gents. Now roll those beautiful machines off the line like we know you are.

Quoted from JustJared:

Will there be any untimed accomplishments in this pin? Are the character modes/completions going to be untimed?

Quoted from matt68061:

It’s 5:02. Where are the pictures?
That said…. I guess you guys work 10 hour days!

Quoted from matt68061:

Hopefully you heard the sarcasm in my keystrokes! As a soon to be 1st time Spooky owner…I appreciate everyone’s efforts up there.
Thanks for the pics! So excited for this pin.

Quoted from Coindork:

You don’t happen to have an ACNC topper for sale by chance?

Quoted from Marty_Graw77:

Hey SpookyLuke or SpookyBug , I haven’t seen an answer anywhere that I can find soooo, do the non-CE versions have anything in place of the sculpts? All I’ve been able to find since the announcement is that the CE will have sculpts and the non-CE versions will have “no sculpts”. Is this a stern-style downgrade where we’ll get flat plastics with graphics where the sculpts were, or simply just “no sculpts”? Since there are no pics of the non-CE versions available it would be nice to have this clarified. Please and thank you.

Quoted from Deez:

Did you have a left ramp? I had emailed you guys a few weeks ago looking for one and was told it was being checked on but never heard back.