Spooky Pinball

"I'm still upset that Spooky's doing 80 show games for Beetlejuice. Like that is the biggest garbage move ever. Bug and Luke, no, I hate it. It was so garbage to do that."

Strongly criticizes Spooky Pinball for making 80 extra Beetlejuice show games

"And again, I think their culture right now is seemingly the greatest company culture in all of pinball. And they've done it right. And they've grown from a tiny little company to a company that's now making a thousand games a year and everybody is very happy with them."

Spooky has the best company culture in pinball

"You got to remember like a few years ago Spooky Pinball was making stuff that made Stern look two to three times better. Now the reverse has happened. Beetlejuice looks two to three times nicer than what Stern is putting in a box."

Spooky Pinball's Beetlejuice looks 2-3 times better than current Stern games, complete role reversal

"We went from a company that had hot glue gun technology all the way to being the first pinball company ever to have Spooky Speak, this voice activated way to interact with your machine. From glue guns to that."

Spooky has dramatically improved from hot glue gun technology to innovative features like voice activation

"spooky for the next three years is the bell of the ball. Who's going to knock them out of our favorite? They're our favorite right now"

Spooky Pinball is now the favorite with Goonies and Gremlins forming foundation of new collections

"Luke said in a live chat with our fan base here that they are going to raise the price. I think the next game is going to probably be 11.5. And you know what? They're going to get it! They're going to get it!"

Spooky Pinball pricing and business strategy

"the fact that Luke said he's no longer doing show games in the future leads me to believe that he knows 100%. It was a little bit of a weird move... all the rationale for it was bogus guys"

Spooky show games decision was bad and dilutes collectibility

"Show games are going to become the new joke of 2026 because it's like, yeah, how many you make it? Well, we're making a, you know, we're making 600. Yeah, but how many show games? That's going to become the new thing."

Show games will become a joke in the industry

"I would start a new sort of Fang Club that's not tiptoeing the reality of what they got I would charge $1,000 for a guarantee to buy the next three games I would do $1,000 to buy the next three games and you have first dibs now that $1,000 is non-refundable and that $1,000 does not apply to your deposit it is simply $1,000 to be a VIP"

Spooky should charge $1000 for a VIP membership guaranteeing access to next three games

"This is a moment in which passion over profit is gonna prevail...it's going to catapult them into the next three years of tremendous success...this game is gonna sell out faster than anything we've seen sell out in a long, long time"

Beetlejuice will sell out in minutes and catapult Spooky Pinball to tremendous success

"they get what we want as grown men That want to have fun we want personality in these games. We want fun mechs We want to laugh. We want to be offended a little bit like they just get it"

Spooky Pinball gets what grown men want - personality, fun mechs, humor, and some offense

"If I were spooky pinball, what I would do is I would get people under NDA. I would film their responses and reactions to showing them Beetlejuice and make that the first teaser video. No one's ever done this. Nobody thinks creatively anymore."

Spooky should film people's reactions to Beetlejuice as marketing, not show the game

"I mean this I know I said that about Star Wars but I changed my mind this time I mean it there are gonna be way more than a thousand people who want one and there's gonna be and there's gonna be like a feeding frenzy to get one it's gonna be really fun to watch."

Opinion reversal on Spooky Beetlejuice pricing/demand prediction: was "Didn't think it would have extreme pricing/demand like Star Wars", now "Will sell out instantly at $10k and resell for $15-18k with feeding frenzy de..."

"But the only company with FOMO right now is Spooky Pinball. Nobody else. Nobody else."

Spooky Pinball is the only company with FOMO right now

"I think spooky has way better mechs than both companies right now"

Spooky Pinball has better mechanisms than Stern and Jersey Jack

"The second most beautiful pinball platform and the second most beautiful game in all the pinball."

Spooky Pinball is now the second most beautiful pinball platform after Jersey Jack

"the vibes are good over at Spooky. They make you feel good about buying from them... Spooky pinball has really figured out the one simple thing that all the other companies have not figured out when you buy something for a lot of money and it's part of your collection. The one thing you don't want is for that company to just keep making more"

Spooky Pinball has the best vibes and business model - limited runs protect collectors

"The competition has caught up to them and even surpassed them. Spooky Pinball is making nicer games nicer looking games with more mechs in it than what Stern is selling us right now."

Spooky Pinball is making nicer games with more mechs than Stern

"everyone needs to just follow what spooky does when it comes to community management. I mean it. Just follow their pattern. They're out there. They're authentic. They're real. They own up when they make mistakes, but they're part of the community."

Spooky Pinball does community management perfectly - authentic, real, owns mistakes

"the company that is doing that the best is Spooky Pinball. They are in it with everybody. They are transparent. They are the ones that make people feel the best. The product has not always been the best, but they make you feel the best"

Spooky Pinball makes customers feel the best despite product issues

"I think the last frontier for Spooky is just quality. If they can get the quality up a notch where it needs to be, they're going to be so damn successful for so many years"

Spooky needs to improve quality to be truly successful

"they've got the only FOMO going right now... there's no FOMO to get a Harry Potter everywhere anyone wants an even hammer what trim do you want you can have it... the only game with FOMO is spooky's next game"

Spooky Pinball has created the only FOMO in pinball right now

"spooky's next game with all the accessories around 13 grand. It's going to be an $18,000 game instantly"

Spooky's next Beetlejuice game will cost $18k with accessories

"out of all the pinball companies this company only needs to make one good game a year to keep it all going and they've secured four to five really great licenses"

Spooky Pinball is in the best position of all manufacturers

"You want to talk about how a company should handle Kaneda. Take a look over at Spooky Pinball people. I'm not even chilling their product. They made a great game. You don't have to shield for Spooky. They're just in the driver's seat, man. They're running circles around some other company we're going to talk about."

Spooky Pinball is running circles around other companies and handling Kaneda well

"only one company has carved out I think the best time a year to launch a pinball machine and that's December and that's what spooky pinball does"

Spooky Pinball has best launch timing by owning December

"I do think that spooky pinball is out of all the companies is the one that's going to bed the happiest and waking up in the best mood and I really have been very impressed by the ascension and the maturity of this company and the growth and innovation and the Direction this company has gone in since Chuck handed it over to To bug in Luke"

Spooky Pinball is the happiest and most successful pinball company

"Name me another pinball company that looks like they're having as much fun as spooky... It is so authentic. And I think other companies are more guarded. They're more serious. They're more obnoxious. They're more scared. They're more anxious."

Spooky Pinball has the best company culture and authentic vibes in the industry

"Spooky's now got the most impressive looking Pinball machine out of all the manufacturers. Did you ever think we were going to say that 10 years ago?... The only company that's like, innovated and advanced is Spooky Pinball."

Spooky Pinball has surpassed other manufacturers in innovation and quality

"I'd much rather be spooky only needing to sell a thousand of each title and keep that train on the tracks every year. Then needing to be stern pinball and sell 25,000 games a year to keep that train on the tracks."

Spooky Pinball is in the driver's seat and has less pressure than Stern

"I don't need to fly to Benton Wisconsin to feel like I'm part of the spooky family because they let everybody in. And so this is my thing is like you you can't run your company in this secret vacuum and then expect this all to just wake up wake up and like want to be a part of like your thing your tribe"

Spooky Pinball creates transparency and community connection that others should emulate

"Once they get a little bit more mainstream with the theme, this company is going to be in the driver's seat for the next three to four years."

Spooky Pinball is now punching in heavyweight division and will dominate when they go mainstream

"there's no denying the fact, if you're like Jersey Jack and you're Stern Pinball, and you're looking at where the lines are forming, where is their enthusiasm in the community around a new game, and you walk over to Spooky Pinball, a company that 10 years ago made games as atrocious as America's most haunted, and you walk over to Spooky Pinball today, and you see what they're bringing to market, you have to be so impressed by this company's ascension"

Spooky Pinball has shown remarkable improvement and now creates fully-featured games that rival bigger manufacturers

"I think Spooky Pinball is one mainstream theme away from really knocking it out of the park. They really are. They're going to put it all together. They've got everything they need right now. Now they just need a theme that more of us really really want and I know they're going to get there."

Spooky Pinball needs a mainstream theme to succeed

"I think spooky pinball now is the number two nicest looking machine in all the pinball it's still Jersey Jack at the top [...] and Spookys number two"

Spooky now has the second best looking pinball machines after JJP

"You know what's crazy about Spooky when you see him in a lineup? Their light shows are 10 times better than Stern. They've got maybe the best light shows going in Pinball right now."

Spooky has much better light shows than Stern, maybe the best in pinball

"I wish it was goonies, goonies is coming. They know it's coming. Watch how quiet they get right now when I say goonies is next with a big pirate ship. They know it's next bug is not going to say anything. A bug, a spooky Luke, all you guys on here right now, just in the chat, deny that it's goonies next. All right, you're not going to see them deny it. They're not going to be able to write anything."

Goonies is Spooky's next pinball game with a big pirate ship

"this company just really cares a lot, has grown in the right way. And I think continues to do what all of us really want is they continue to be both a part of the community, but also a manufacturer. They continue to listen to feedback in real time and respond to people... they just seem like they're having fun, right?... they've got dogs in their photos. I mean, to me, like, that's it. Like they have dogs like inside the company walls. Like that to me is what every pinball company should have."

Spooky Pinball is the coolest company - cares about community, listens to feedback, has dogs in office

"They've built a brand because they've put the people forward, they've connected with the community. You all know the brand of spooky pinball."

Spooky Pinball has built the best brand in pinball

"how do you not root for a company like this? Like they listen to all their customers. They freaking make you parts in real time. You can't even get half these companies on the horn."

Spooky Pinball provides exceptional customer service and deserves support

"If you can make me a theme that indicates I've had sexual relations with a woman and know that theme is not Evil Dead, it's not Looney Tunes, it's not Halloween, give me something that says, hey, this is a cool dude. He grew up normally."

Spooky needs mainstream themes to attract normal customers

"I don't think any company makes people feel more personally connected to them than spooky pinball... when you buy from them, you almost can feel the thankfulness of your purchase"

Spooky Pinball creates the strongest personal connection with customers

"I predict it right now. When spooky pinball releases the goonies for $10,000, the market value on those games will be 13 to $15,000. You won't be able to get one."

Prediction: When Spooky Pinball releases Goonies for $10,000, the market value will be $13,000-$15,000 and they will sell out immediately.

"I think this company continues to impress me and everybody else with how they approach us and how they treat us with respect. I mean that. I can't say enough good things about these individuals."

Spooky Pinball treats customers with respect and transparency

"Spooky Pinball is winning. I mean, for all the obvious reasons, Spooky Pinball, as I've said, I think they've done everything a boutique company should do. I think they are good human beings and I think they care and I think they, they just make you feel good about buying from them."

Spooky Pinball is winning and doing everything a boutique company should do

"It just feels like the kind of company where if you were to open the door and walk in there, you would be greeted with hugs. They would want to take you out for beer and brisket. And you just want to be a part of a company and support a company that has that kind of mojo and those kind of vibes."

Spooky Pinball has better company culture and vibes than other manufacturers

"It doesn't feel like the love is there. It feels like they're answering assignments. It feels like they're under a crunch. It feels like they're under pressure. I don't get that when I see this game. I see a family run business that is making something that they would make for free."

Spooky Pinball makes games with passion while others feel like they're doing assignments

"I think the thing I don't like the most about this game is that it's Evil Dead. I wish this much effort went into big trouble in Little China. I wish this much effort went into gremlins or goonies."

Evil Dead theme lacks mainstream appeal and was wrong choice for Spooky

"I just do, I think that this company is now number two in Pinball. I don't mean by volume, right? I don't mean by volume. I just mean they've made like 10 games now or more. They're integrating the themes in the right way."

Spooky Pinball is now the #2 pinball manufacturer

"I feel like Spooky Pinball is now the second best company in all of Pinball when it comes to launching games, when it comes to theme integration, when it comes to executing a reveal properly"

Spooky Pinball is now the second best company in pinball