# Spooky Pinball Fang Club Teaser

**Source:** Spooky Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-04-12  
**Duration:** 9m 8s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Tau2uOmSo

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## Analysis

Bug (Charlie Emery) announces the launch of Spooky Pinball's Fan Club video series with exclusive behind-the-scenes content. The video serves as a teaser during COVID-19 lockdown, showcasing Spooky's new headquarters and convention presence at Days of the Dead Atlanta. Fan Club members get immediate access to videos; non-members must wait 90 days.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Spooky Pinball is in the process of relocating to a new building after 5-6 years at their previous location — _Bug explains the move was in progress when lockdown halted operations_
- [HIGH] Rick and Morty Pinball is Spooky's current game in development — _Bug mentions wanting to 'get back to work on Rick and Morty Pinball'_
- [HIGH] Spooky attends horror conventions like Days of the Dead to expand market reach beyond traditional pinball collectors — _Bug explains strategy of bringing themed machines (Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie's Spookshow) to horror convention audiences_
- [HIGH] Sid Haig provided voice work for Rob Zombie's Spookshow Pinball and has since passed away — _Bug references 'we miss him greatly' and notes his voice work on the machine_
- [HIGH] Spooky Pinball shut down operations due to COVID-19 lockdown as a non-essential business — _Bug describes closure and notes 'we are not essential. We just make really expensive toys'_

### Notable Quotes

> "We are not essential. We just make really expensive toys for people."
> — **Bug (Charlie Emery)**, mid-video
> _Reflects Spooky's perspective on their business classification during COVID-19 lockdown_

> "Why would we not want to take a Rob Zombie's Spookshow or an Alice Cooper there? Because there is always that diehard fan that didn't know about the game before because they may not be into pinball so much."
> — **Bug (Charlie Emery)**, mid-video
> _Explains Spooky's market expansion strategy into horror fan communities_

> "The community at horror conventions is always just absolutely amazing to be around. Everybody there is just as weird as you are."
> — **Bug (Charlie Emery)**, late-video
> _Reveals Bug's personal connection to horror community and motivation for convention presence_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Bug | person | Co-owner and creative director of Spooky Pinball; host of Spooky Pinball Podcast and Movie Podcast |
| Charlie Emery | person | Co-owner and creative director of Spooky Pinball (identified as Bug in video) |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Boutique pinball manufacturer based in Wisconsin; currently developing Rick and Morty Pinball |
| Rick and Morty Pinball | game | Current pinball machine in development by Spooky Pinball |
| Rob Zombie's Spookshow | game | Spooky Pinball-themed machine featuring Rob Zombie IP; includes voice work by Sid Haig |
| Alice Cooper Pinball | game | Spooky Pinball-themed machine marketed at horror conventions |
| Monster Bash | game | Chicago Gaming Company rerun of classic monster-themed game brought to Days of the Dead convention |
| Chicago Gaming Company | company | Pinball manufacturer; produced Monster Bash rerun |
| Days of the Dead Atlanta | event | Horror convention where Spooky Pinball exhibited machines; features celebrity guests and special effects artists |
| Days of the Dead | event | Horror convention series with shows in Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Las Vegas |
| Sid Haig | person | Voice actor for Rob Zombie's Spookshow Pinball; referenced as having passed away |
| Tyler Maine | person | Actor who played Michael Myers in Rob Zombie Halloween movies; appeared at Days of the Dead Atlanta |
| Spooky Pinball Fan Club | organization | Membership program providing exclusive access to video content; members see videos immediately, non-members wait 90 days |
| Spooky Pinball Podcast | organization | Free podcast hosted by Bug covering pinball topics |
| Spooky Pinball Movie Podcast | organization | Free podcast hosted by Bug covering horror movies |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Spooky Pinball Fan Club launch and content strategy, Rick and Morty Pinball development status, COVID-19 impact on pinball manufacturing, Horror convention market expansion strategy
- **Secondary:** Spooky Pinball facility relocation, Themed pinball marketing to niche audiences

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.75) — Bug expresses enthusiasm about the Fan Club launch, horror conventions, and community engagement. Tone is optimistic despite COVID-19 shutdown context. References to Sid Haig's passing introduce brief somber note but overall sentiment remains upbeat.

### Signals

- **[business_signal]** COVID-19 lockdown halted Spooky Pinball operations and facility relocation; only two employees present in facility, unable to progress without full staff (confidence: high) — Bug explains 'Me and Dad are doing what we can, but really there's nothing we can do without having employees here'
- **[business_signal]** Spooky Pinball relocating to new headquarters; move in progress before COVID-19 shutdown halted operations (confidence: high) — Bug states they 'were in a building across the street for about five to six years and we were in the process of moving to the building I'm currently standing in'
- **[community_signal]** Spooky Pinball launching Fan Club video series with exclusive behind-the-scenes content, tutorials, interviews, and convention footage (confidence: high) — Bug announces multi-format content strategy including 'behind the scenes footage,' 'tutorial videos,' 'interviews, convention shenanigans, and some other things'
- **[market_signal]** Spooky Pinball expanding market reach beyond traditional pinball collector base by exhibiting at horror conventions to reach dedicated IP fan communities (confidence: high) — Bug explains strategy: 'we think that it would be a good idea for us to expand our market' and notes 'diehard fans' at conventions who may not be pinball enthusiasts but love the IP
- **[product_strategy]** Rick and Morty Pinball is active development focus; team eager to resume work post-shutdown (confidence: high) — Bug states 'we really really want to get back to work on Rick and Morty Pinball and get it out to everybody'

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## Transcript

Hey everybody, welcome to the Spooky Fan Club video series. I'm your host, Bug. You may know me from the Spooky Pinball Podcast, the Spooky Movie Podcast, or you may have seen me at pinball conventions before. I'm Charlie Sun, who's the CEO of Spooky Pinball, and I'm going to be your host for this video series. And now, first and foremost, I'd like to talk about this is not an official episode. This is not the official setup of how things will be done for the episode. What this is is a bit of a sneak peek look into what you can expect to see from this video series. So the reason you're seeing this today is because right now everybody's locked down. Everybody's stuck at home. We thought we'd give everybody a little bit of an exclusive look to what's going to go on with the series, what's going on with Spooky right now. So, in the future, to see these videos, you need to be a fan club member. What that means is you have to join the Spooky Pinball Fan Club. That way you can actually see these videos on YouTube. Otherwise, if you're not a fan club member, you will not have access to these videos until 90 days after those who do have access have seen it. So you'll be very late to all the videos. So be sure to sign up for the fan club so you can get an exclusive look at all the videos. So what can you expect to see from the Spooky Fan Club video series? Well, you're going to see a lot of behind the scenes footage. You can see tutorial videos from previous games, from our current game, Rick and Morty. There's going to be some fun videos where we're just hanging out doing stupid stuff. And there's going to be interviews, convention shenanigans, and some other things I actually can't announce yet for you guys. So let's talk about the elephant in the room. Everything's shut down right now, obviously. You've all heard it a thousand times. We hope everybody's safe and doing well. For Spooky, that means we are shut down too. We are not essential. We just make really expensive toys for people. So we're shut down. So right now I'm sitting here in the shop by myself. And what I'm going to do is I want to give you guys a little bit of an inside look as to what we were up to right before we were shut down. Now if you may not know, we are in the process of moving buildings. So we were in a building across the street for about five to six years and we were in the process of moving to the building I currently standing in. Obviously the shutdown put a halt to that but we got quite a bit done in the two weeks time we were moving. So I'm going to give you guys an exclusive look as to our new shop, what's the Spooky Headquarters look like and how things are going down. All right so I thought I would show a little bit of footage from Days of the Dead Atlanta. Now, if you may not know, Days of the Dead is a horror convention, but it's not just in Atlanta. They have shows in Chicago. They have shows in Indianapolis. They have shows in Las Vegas. This is from Atlanta. This was my first time going there. This is the whole family's first time going there. And you may be wondering why exactly would a pinball company go to a horror convention? Well, one, obviously we love horror. We love everything spooky and scary. So we go for just pure enjoyment as one part of it. But also, we think that it would be a good idea for us to expand our market. So what I'm talking about is pinball fans obviously are the number one buyers of pinball machines. That's how we sell hundreds and thousands of games. But when we have such particular tastes of scary, spooky themes, so Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, both spooky-related themes, why would we not take it to a horror convention where there are extremely dedicated fans who are willing to drop down that money for a game? I mean, if you've ever seen Kiss fans, their collection videos, a lot of them own just Kiss pinball machines. They don't own any other games. They own just the Kiss ones. So why would we not want to take a Rob Zombie or an Alice Cooper there? Because there is always that diehard fan that didn't know about the game before because they may be not into pinball so much. So you take it there and these diehard fans are like, oh my gosh, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie pinball, that would be amazing to have. And they call the wife and you know, they end up getting a game, which is great. And as you can see there, we also have Monster Bash, Chicago Gaming's rerun of those games. We brought that because obviously it's the classic monster theme. People are very into such things at these conventions obviously, as you can see. And one of my favorite things about these conventions is the community is amazing. So outside of pinball, I'm an absolute horror fanatic. It's my favorite thing in the world is to watch horror movies and study them and hopefully someday do projects on them. So the community at horror conventions is always just absolutely amazing to be around. Everybody there is just as weird as you are. They all into the same thing. They all want to talk about the stuff that they don't get to talk about. I mean, I don't get to talk about the movie pieces anywhere besides at horror conventions, where all of a sudden there's 200 people who also think it's just a freaking fun, awesome movie. So that's always been one of my favorite things, is the community is great. And at these conventions they always get the guests actors special effects guys directors whatever from the movies so at this show like Tyler Maine was there who played Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie Halloween movies so it's always amazing to see that and obviously we've worked with Sid Haig a lot he did voice work in the pinball machine Rob Zombie and we miss him greatly so Days of the Dead Atlanta it was an absolutely great time I cannot wait to do another horror convention in general. Maybe it'll be Monsterpalooza, Texas Frightmare. I would love to go to all of those if we could. So we just thought we would share a little bit of this fun shenanigans from Days of the Dead Atlanta. So that was just a little bit of an inside look to what the new spooky location looks like. It's obviously not finished. We got shut down before we could finish. Me and Dad are doing what we can, but really there's nothing we can do without having employees here. So we hope everybody's staying safe and staying home so we can kick this thing in the butt and get back to work because we really really want to get back to work on Rick and Morty and get it out to everybody. So I wanted to thank everybody for checking out the Spooky Fan Club series hopefully if you're not already a Spooky Fan Club member you decide to sign up and join so you can get all the video access and a bunch of the other goodies that comes along with this. You can check more of that out at the SpookyPinball.com website. We also have a store that you can see there you can check out our podcasts which are free for everybody: Spooky Pinball Podcast and the Spooky Movie Podcast. And we have Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. We're pretty much everywhere. You can find us anywhere. We hope everybody's being safe and we hope everybody's staying at home. So thank you for joining us and we will see you next time.

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