Scooby-Doo

"See this is the thing now, did you see Scooby-Doo Collectors Editions with a butter cabinet are now selling for $7,500. That game a year ago if you ordered it like that and you had to pay tax and shipping on that game you're looking at a $5,000 loss"

Scooby-Doo has lost $5000 in value in one year, proving wait and see strategy

"I'm telling you as a marketer nobody cares that means nothing it's actually working against you with scooby-doo I guarantee it is because a now there's too many of them too many than the demand even wants"

Prediction: The production number marketing strategy is working against the game, creating oversupply beyond demand.

"I'm starting to see more and more people realize and say this, that this is the last time I will ever give a non-refundable deposit on a game. Especially a game that's never going to be hard to get."

Non-refundable deposits are a bad deal for customers

"But there's no way around the fact that this game is pretty easy... I think you're nervous that this game might get a little boring, especially if you have a collection with a lot of machines."

Scooby-Doo is too easy and getting boring for experienced players

"I think we're gonna see a lot more Scooby-Doo spots open up for sale for less than people bought them for."

Scooby-Doo will have availability issues and price drops

"Scooby-Doo is the best spooky machine to date. It is very easy. It is easy for casual players to play the game. But considering so many of the spooky games have had questionable layouts and have been brick-fests, this is by far their best offering to date."

Scooby-Doo is Spooky Pinball's best machine to date

"Scooby-Doo is out there breaking down on location left and right like people forgot about spooky quality like it was all of a sudden going to change over night"

Scooby-Doo has quality issues and is breaking down on location

"I've been looking at these production photos of Scooby-Doo, and the game looks good, people. I love the colors. I just love the way the game looks."

Spooky Pinball's Scooby-Doo looks visually excellent with bright, colorful, welcoming theme

"I mean that's what's really embarrassing is that Stern thinks that James Bond machine is worth twice as much as this Scooby-Doo. This Scooby-Doo, I will say this, after watching this stream, it's made all of the streams of James Bond seem like a snooze fest."

Scooby-Doo offers much better value than James Bond at half the price

"I think Scooby-Doo just wins in spades much more so than Toy Story 4. I don't think Toy Story 4 is the most family-friendly game. I know the theme is, but I still walk up to Toy Story and it's really confusing figuring out what's going on in that game."

Scooby-Doo is the most family-friendly pinball machine, better than Toy Story 4

"Can the rookie coder pull this off? Because this is the biggest mystery surrounding this entire game. We are going to have someone who's never coded a pinball machine before coding Scooby-Doo."

Scooby-Doo's biggest challenge is the rookie coder DJ who has never coded a pinball machine before

"if you simply wait and you don't fall for the sales hype FOMO that we're going to talk about next, if you don't fall for these distributor sales pitches right now"

Consumers should wait to buy Scooby-Doo instead of falling for FOMO sales tactics

"This is the nicest looking machine Spooky pinball has ever made. The real question is this. Can the rookie coder pull this off?"

Scooby-Doo is the nicest looking machine Spooky Pinball has ever made with excellent theme choice

"Mark my words because it's over $11,000. You're going to have people who commit to spots. And then when they get asked to pay for the remaining balance, you're going to have people who walk away from their deposits."

Prediction: Over 1500 Scooby-Doo collector's edition games will be easy to get because at over $11,000, people will walk away from their deposits when asked to pay the remaining balance.

"I think a lot of these people who ran to buy a Scooby-Doo last week, I think they're waking up and realizing the game's not sold out. So look, we knew there was going to be some FOMO, but there was no way Spooky pinball in one day was going to sell out of 1,969 Scooby-Doo."

Spooky Pinball Scooby-Doo early buyers made a mistake - should wait and see instead of rushing to pre-order

"I think wait and see is the most common sensical thing anyone can do right now, for us to wait and see if the games are any good you're gonna need some initial buyers, you're gonna need some early adopters"

Wait and see approach is most sensible for Scooby-Doo due to unknowns and non-refundable deposits

"Here's the truth, I don't think this game is going to sell out today. I think this game is going to sell through today and what I mean by that is this, they are not gonna find 1969 people to give non-refundable deposits today."

Scooby-Doo won't sell out in one hour but will sell through distributors over time

"this collectors edition that comes loaded with a lot of fun stuff is 50% cheaper than Jersey Jack Pinball's collectors edition of Toy Story and I would argue if you're a Scooby-Doo fan and you're looking down at this game you're very happy, it's gonna put a smile on your face, if you're a Toy Story fanatic like I am you look down at Toy Story and you're not happy, you're confused"

Scooby-Doo Collector's Edition is 50% cheaper than Toy Story CE and offers better value

"this game looks like it's gonna be at least an enjoyable game to flip because the shots are not gonna be a brick fest. Look and coming off of Halloween in Ultraman, we all said that like spooky pinball needed to come out with something that reversed the criminal designs that happened on those two games"

Scooby-Doo looks like a fun layout with good shots, big improvement over Spooky's previous games

"This is easily Spooky Pinball's greatest effort to date. I think it will be the greatest received machine they ever put out into the market."

Scooby-Doo is Spooky Pinball's greatest effort to date and will be their best-received machine

"the majority of the Pinball buying public is between the ages of 40 and 60. So while we all grew up with Scooby-Doo, it's still not a take my money now for most grown men"

Scooby-Doo is not a 'take my money now' theme for most grown men in the 40-60 demographic

"I think this is a perfect theme for Spooky Pinball... here's why I love this theme, because it's colorful, because it's funny, because it's campy"

Scooby-Doo is a perfect theme for Spooky Pinball - colorful, funny, campy theme that will make players smile

"Here's my prediction. I think they're going to announce that they are making 1,250 Scooby-Doo's. But I also think Spooky pinball is not going to say this is it forever."

Prediction: Spooky will announce they are making 1,250 Scooby-Doo machines but won't say this is it forever.

"And I guarantee you right now, I put my entire shows reputation and credibility on the line. I guarantee you it will not be hard to get one of these games. You will be able to get one when it's in a box and it's sitting at a distributor."

Prediction: It will not be hard to get Scooby-Doo games and you will be able to get one when it's in a box sitting at a distributor.

"I still think Scooby-Doo would be an incredible license even just hearing that theme song the colorful world of Scooby-Doo the mystery vans"

Scooby-Doo would be an incredible license for Spooky Pinball but rumor now says it won't be Scooby-Doo

"Let's get back to loaded games where the value is there. Scooby-Doo is half the price. Galactic tank force is going to be half the price."

Scooby-Doo and Galactic Tank Force offer better value at half the price

"You're going to see spooky pinballs Scooby-Doo Reveal to the world this Thursday December 8th"

Spooky Pinball's Scooby-Doo machine announcement