# Back Alley Creations Launches New Line of Mods for Spooky Pinball Scooby-Doo

**Source:** Knapp Arcade  
**Type:** article  
**Published:** 2023-03-20  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.knapparcade.org/back-alley-creations-launches-new-line-of-mods-for-spooky-pinball-scooby-doo

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## Analysis

Back Alley Creations has launched a new line of aftermarket mods for Spooky Pinball's Scooby-Doo game, including a Shannon mine cart toy, a Gold City Mine Rock Trail playfield detail piece, and color-matched cabinet slime mods. The company plans to release additional mods over multiple days.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Back Alley Creations spent many long hours designing the mods for Spooky Pinball's Scooby-Doo — _Official statement from Back Alley Creations quoted in article_
- [HIGH] Back Alley Creations plans to release new mods for Scooby-Doo over 2 days in a row — _Official Back Alley Creations announcement: 'we decided to bring you 2 days in a row of new mod releases'_
- [HIGH] The Shannon mine cart toy attaches to wire forms via EZ Clips, same as existing Scooby and Miner toys — _Back Alley Creations product description_
- [HIGH] Back Alley Creations has previously created sculpted slime mods for multiple pinball titles — _Back Alley Creations statement: 'We have created sculped speaker and coin door slime for many titles in the past'_

### Notable Quotes

> "We have had so much fun making things for this game that we decided to bring you 2 days in a row of new mod releases for this title."
> — **Back Alley Creations**
> _Indicates sustained enthusiasm for Scooby-Doo and signals continuation of mod releases beyond initial launch_

> "These mods that we are releasing today blend naturally with everything in the game and look right at home!"
> — **Back Alley Creations**
> _Company positioning mods as authentic aesthetic extensions of the base game design_

> "Shannon is the twin brother of one of our favorite lead characters in Scooby Doo!"
> — **Back Alley Creations**
> _Shows character-level knowledge and enthusiasm for the Scooby-Doo IP integration into mod design_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Back Alley Creations | company | Long-time manufacturer of aftermarket pinball mods and parts; known for cabinet and playfield enhancements |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer; released Scooby-Doo pinball machine |
| Scooby-Doo | game | Recently released Spooky Pinball title; subject of new Back Alley Creations mod line |
| Knapp Arcade | organization | Source publication covering pinball industry news |
| Sega X-Files | game | Classic pinball machine for which Back Alley Creations sold replacement cabinet parts |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Aftermarket mods and customization, Spooky Pinball Scooby-Doo game, Back Alley Creations business activity
- **Secondary:** Playfield enhancement and detailing, Cabinet cosmetic mods

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — Article and company statement express enthusiasm for the product line and game; positive retrospective on Back Alley Creations' history; no critical comments or concerns raised

### Signals

- **[product_strategy]** Back Alley Creations launching multiple playfield and cabinet mod lines for recently released Spooky Pinball Scooby-Doo, indicating strong aftermarket customization ecosystem around new releases (confidence: high) — Official announcement of Shannon mine cart, Gold City Mine Rock Trail, and slime mods with multi-day release schedule planned
- **[technology_signal]** Continued innovation in aftermarket mod manufacturing techniques (hand-sculpted playfield details, integrated attachment systems) enhancing base game design (confidence: medium) — Description of hand-sculpted Rock Trail detail and EZ Clip attachment system as design features

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## Transcript

I've purchased a number of items from Back Alley Creations, the long-time manufacturer of awesome mods and parts for pinball machines, over the years. My history with them goes back a number of years to when I bought the unobtainable replacement file cabinet for Sega's X-Files pinball from them to replace my bashed up one.

Back Alley Productions recently announced a new line of aftermarket addons for Spooky Pinball's newest game, Scooby-Doo. The new mods include a Shannon in a mine cart to ride on the game's wire forms next to Scooby, the Gold City Mine Rock Trail to add additional detail to that section of the game and a color-matched version of the good old cabinet slime mod. Check them out in the pictures below:

https://backalleycreations.com/collections/scooby-doo-pinball-mods

"Here at Back Alley Creations we spent many long hours designing the sculpts and toys to be manufactured in the recently released Scooby Doo pinball brought to you by our good friends at Spooky Pinball! Because of this reason, it only made good sense for us to design some new mods for it. These mods that we are releasing today blend naturally with everything in the game and look right at home! We have had so much fun making things for this game that we decided to bring you 2 days in a row of new mod releases for this title. Today we are going to bring you 3 new items. We hope you enjoy them and please stay tuned for more upcoming releases!

• "Shannon" in mine cart: Shannon is the twin brother of one of our favorite lead characters in Scooby Doo! In this sculpt he is sitting in the mine cart and ready ride the rails alongside Scooby and the Miner in mine cart sculpts already in the game. He comes attached to one of our EZ Clips in the same fashion that Scooby and the Miner are both attached for easy installation on the wire form as shown in the pictures below.

• Gold City Mine Rock Trail: In the upper right section of the game you will fine the Gold City Mine. We have taken what is shown in that area on decals and created a hand sculpted Rock Trail to give you more depth and realism to the the Scooby Doo world that is under the glass of your pinball machine. The Rock Trail can be seen in the pics below.

• Here at BAC we have created sculped speaker and coin door slime for many titles in the past and did not want to leave our beloved Scooby Doo pin out on this mod. Sculpted and painted in a style to match the beautiful artwork, we are offering two versions of coin door slime as well as the full width speaker panel slime sculpt in two fading color choices, purple to blue or blue to purple.

Please visit our website to see these and all of the other mods offered for this title by Back Alley Creations"

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