Hi there, Kaneda!

I've owned three Spooky machines NIB: TNA, ACNC and Rick & Morty.

Spooky is a lovely company with the best people on the planet but the machines are definitely "boutique". They really need to be tweaked to play correctly and I never did iron out some of the mechanical issues with ACNC in my time with it. I'm not a fan of their shot geometry, with perhaps the exception of TNA.

I've sold 2 of my Spookies (keeping R&M) and I'm definitely more into Sterns as I evolve as a player and inch towards mediocrity in my skill level. They have the odd adjustment to mechs that need to be done, but overall I find Sterns shoot much better (better polish), have better flipper power, are more balanced as far as rules, scoring, multi ball, etc. The rules and thought behind the games seem to make more sense and are better planned and thought out.

Peeps always complain about the price of Sterns, but how much does planning/design, engineering and coding cost? Stern employs entire departments for these 3 aspects. Spooky...not so much. This is part of the price for what you're getting.

I've got to be honest. When Halloween and UM were announced, as a previous owner of 3 Spooky NIB pins and having had to fight with the shot geometry klunk and mechanical issues...I wasn't remotely interested. I was shocked that they sold out so quickly.

I've recently acquired Elwin JP and AIQ and couldn't be happier with those 2.

I'm in on a Godzilla Premium.