Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? We got some work to do now. So spooky pinball's rumored title of Scooby Doo turned out to be Scooby Scooby Doo. So we are going to get a Scooby Doo pinball machine from spooky pinball and I want to tell you right now, I think this is a perfect name for spooky pinball. I know there are some people out there that are saying, Kaneda when was the last time you watched a Scooby Doo show? I don't care. I'm going to tell you right now. I grew up watching Scooby-Doo. Me and my twin brother probably watched thousands and thousands of episodes of Scooby-Doo as children. And you just don't fall out of love with Scooby. It's Scooby Scooby-Doo. I mean, look, I want to talk to you on this episode of Kenaida's Pinball Podcast why I think this is a home run theme for spooky pinball. I also want to tell you why I think every single person in the pinball community I'm going to get a Scooby Doo. I think anyone who wants a Scoobydoo is going to be able to get a Scoobydoo. Ruh roh if you go in with the preorder. Okay so here's the thing. On theme alone, from a company called Spooky Pinball, Scoobydoo. I understand the connection. It makes total sense. This comic that came out or this animated cartoon series came out in the 1960s. I didn't even realize Scooby Doo is that old. It sort of came out like around the same time period as Batman 66. You know when all these creatives were doing a lot of drugs and they cooked up really weird stuff like the mystery machine and the van and Scoobydoo and ScoobySnacks and these weird kids solving mysteries and pulling off people's masks at the end of each episode. So here's why I love this theme because it's colorful because it's funny because it's campy sometimes I think people in this hobby have forgotten what a pinball machine is supposed to make you do it is supposed to make you smile from ear to ear you are supposed to see a theme that invites you that draws you in and I fully expect this game to be a world under glass I fully expect because they're already I'm boasting about the amount of scopes in this game, but I think they're gonna have like a mansion underneath the glass. I think they're gonna have the mystery machine van. I think they're gonna have all of the Scooby-Doo elements that people are familiar with. And it almost lends itself to becoming like spooky pinballs version of Elvira's like latest game that Stern put out, right? With the big mansion and everything in it. And we know that spooky can make some really nice scopes like Alice Cooper's nightmare castle looked a lot like He-Man Castle. I think on theme alone, you've got this colorful campy theme. Then they're working with like Frank Welker and the other people who did the voices for Scooby Doo. Like Frank did the voice for Fred all of these years. And I think we're going to get some of the greatest custom callouts in the history of pinball. Now say what you will about Spooky and their hot glue gun madness. What they do do really well besides making the best playfields in all of pinball is they know how to create amazing callouts that connect you to the theme itself. Like we saw in Rick and Morty, the best callouts in all of pinball. I think we're going to see a lot of amazing callouts from the world of Scooby-Doo that's going to connect you to the pinball experience. You know, when it comes to callouts, I think callouts are one of the greatest ways a company Can really connect you and create a really immersive experience with pinball and the property itself. You know, and we saw it with like Rick and Morty. So here's what I think. I think Scooby Doo is going to be like Rick and Morty, but actually shoot better than Rick and Morty. So I think we're going to get like all of these great callouts. I think we're going to get like a lot of cool sculpts in the game. I don't know what the mechs will be. I want to talk about that right now. If there's one thing that Spooky Pinball has never done in the history of Spooky Pinball, they've never designed a great mech or toy. And they've been at this now for almost a decade. And so this is the big question mark I have. Are they going to be able to actually design an interactive toy that is actually creative, that is interesting and is fun? I think they're going to have the Mystery Machine van that like the doors open and maybe you lock balls inside the van. But I don't know, right? We haven't even seen Spooky do that. Like we haven't even seen them create like a toy that locks balls in an interesting way. Will they even be able to do that? Like I'll take the damn van with the doors opening up. Like that's progress for spooky pinball. I don't think we're going to see something like a Godzilla building. I don't think we're going to see something like a Batman 66 crane. I don't think we're going to see something as good as the house in Elvira. But I do think this game lends itself to allowing spooky pinball to show us how they matured when it comes to engineering a mech or toy in a game. Now look, I'm going to say it right now. Coming off of Toy Story, right? A game that had absolutely no toys in it. This is Spooky's moment to show us what they can do. And I know they're really passionate about this theme. And that's the other thing I want to say is like spooky pinball is a company that has a lot of passion. Now I said it over the years The only thing I think they don have to go alongside their passion is tremendous amounts of talent And I mean that I don think they have the talent to make games as good as Stern or JJP or Chicago Gaming Company Now look they are somewhat getting better with each game I think the last two games though Halloween and Ultraman were terrible shooting games I don like what they did with those games I don like the layout of those games I don like the upper playfields I don like the left side of those games where the ball keeps going into those scoops and then it feeds into the inlanes with that like rising mechanism I don like any of that I think those games are poorly designed So the big question mark I have with Scooby-Doo, are they gonna go in some radical new design direction? I hope they make it somewhat of a fan layout. I mean it. I don't think Spooky Pinball has the talent yet to really take bold design decisions and execute them properly. Every time they try to do it, every time they add a third flipper or try to have like an orbit shot, it's always clunky. It never really works out. Their ramps go from being too tight to too wide in Halloween, right? That Halloween ramp is ridiculous. You could sit there all day long blindfolded and hit that ramp. So I hope the layout and the design is somewhat more of a traditional fan layout approach. And here's why. Because I just want this game to be fun to shoot. I am tired of always having either a brick fest or shots that are just not rewarding. Like we need to find that middle ground spooky and maybe just start with what works. And what works is a decent fan layout. So we will see what the design is. We will see what the geometry is. And it's going to be interesting, right? Alright, because they haven't really put a brand new team on the field here. This is the same design team that worked on Halloween and Ultraman. But I heard from people who saw this game that this is going to be a big improvement over those games. Now look, you could argue the bar is really low, so a big improvement is necessary to just get to a good shooting game. But we don't know what it looks like yet. And that's the other part. Like yesterday was kind of interesting. Like they revealed that the title was Scooby-Doo. I think everybody and their mother was rumoring it to be Scooby-Doo. I've been talking about it being Scooby-Doo for over a year now. So it's not a surprise. The surprise is going to be this. What does the game look like? How much is the game going to cost? I think this game is going to cost as much, not more than Halloween and Ultraman. Spooky has read the room, people. They know people are not happy with these high prices. They know TNAs did not sell out when they charged like $9,000 for it. So I don't think you're going to see a price increase on this game. They know they're making enough money. Spooky Pinball Machines cannot really be much more than $9,000 or $10,000. Now how many are they going to make? Here's my prediction. I think they're going to announce that they are making 1,250 Scooby Doos, but I also think Spooky Pinball is not going to say this is it forever. I don't think you're really going to ever hear that from them again saying we're never going to make any more ever. I think they might keep the window open on this game and they're probably going to do the same approach. If you're a fan club member, you get early access to the game. You get to preorder the game before everybody else. But here's the main thing, people. If you want a Scooby Doo pinball machine, if you're excited about this theme, because I'm excited about it. I'm not getting one. I'm going to tell you right now. I'm not getting one. My pinball money is already tied up in some things happening in 2023. More to come on that, but I'm not getting I got burned by Ultraman. I'm not doing it again. Here's my advice for each and every one of you. If you want this game, I would not pre-order this game with a non-refundable deposit. Here's why. I don't think you're ever going to have a hard time getting one of these machines. This is not Rick and Morty contemporary popular. Yes, there are diehard Scooby-Doo fans, but 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. I sort of put Scoobydoo in the same category as Ninja Turtles. Like most of us grew up and grew past this kind of stuff. It doesn't mean we don't like it, but it's definitely not a take my money now theme for most people. I think there might be like two or three hundred people where maybe it's a take my money now kind of theme. I'm going to be doing a little bit of a spin-off of this game. But for the most part, I don't think you're going to see this thing like sell out day one. And the other reason why I don't think you're going to see it sell out day one is because of what happened with the other two games. The thing we're going to have to see with this game is you're going to have to make sure you like it, that you want it, and we're going to have to see people play it. And we need Spooky Pinball to prove to us that this is not another bait and switch scenario like it was with Ultraman and Halloween in which they take all your money, they don't Come to our game life at this 사건 suggestion Well guys that is your team 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. I think each and every one of us should use this as a great moment in pinball history to stop chasing with pre-order money and simply let the distributors buy these games. Let the distributors take the risk. Don't you take the risk. We all took the risk on Ultraman and Halloween and we all lost thousands of dollars. And I'm saying that. They need to start taking more risks. The distros need to start taking the risks They should be populating their warehouses with inventory and when they have a Scooby new in box then go buy one when you can have it the next week and you know by then if the game is any good or not You be able to play the game by then So I just implore each and every one of you don forget what happened with history History has shown us there only been one game with spooky pinball If you didn get in right away you ended up paying more money And that was Rick and Morty And I don think this is going to be another Rick and Morty situation just because they going to make much more of these like there going to be a lot more of these If they actually turn every single line over at spooky into Scooby Doo Remember they made 1750 games over the last 18 months They done with TNA production by the time this thing hits the line So They might make 1500 Scooby Doos. Now while there's demand for Scooby Doo, is there demand for 1500? And also Spooky doesn't play the three tier model really properly. They'll make as many collector's editions as people want. So the one with all the butter and all the bells and whistles is not going to be hard to get. But I'm rooting for Spooky on this one I am and they've taken a lot of arrows in the back and I think their last two games were really mediocre. But I'm rooting for them. And I think this is It's their moment. I've been saying it. They are at a crossroads. They lost all of the goodwill with the last two games. They need to prove themselves with this game. They're very passionate about Scooby Doo, and I think this is their moment. It would be silly for me to tell you right now that they're not going to make a great game, that they're not going to make a masterpiece. I have to wait and see. I'm not going to prematurely call it a spade because look, anything can happen in pinball. You're only as good as your last game. Like who thought Pat Lawler would come I'm going to go this week to Jack Bar to play James Bond. He has it at Jack Bar. I'm going to take one of my like 18 PTO days I got to use between now and the end of the year and I'm going to spend an afternoon at Jack Bar. So look out for that people. I'm probably going to go on Facebook Live and share my opinions about James Bond, maybe on Facebook Live. But you know me, I like giving my Patreon subscribers a first crack at what's going on inside my head. Now, speaking of something that I didn't give you a first crack at, but you might have seen it on my Facebook page today. This morning, I sat down with my wife, Brenda, and we were talking about life in general. We were talking about where we're going, what we're excited about. And one of the things we started talking about was the award shows and was I going to go to Texas Pinball Festival for the Twippies. And I want each and every one of you to know a few things. First and foremost, I am so thankful that each and every one of you subscribes to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. This is the most successful thing that has ever happened in the pinball podcasting space. Nobody has ever achieved this level of success. And by that I mean over 500 subscribers every single month are paying a little bit of money to tune in to what I believe is the most entertaining pinball podcast ever created. Nobody else would ever even attempt this. Nobody else would even come close to these numbers of success. So I want you to pat all of yourselves on the back. For the last five years, I've been voted the world's favorite pinball podcast. I never cheated, I never bought votes, I never did anything other than make my show every single week, week in and week out for over the past like six years. And so I want to thank each and every one of you and some of you have been tuning in since episode one. We are almost over 750 episodes. I've done more than 750. I've taken down some drunken rants and some of them are not labeled like episode numbers. They're special edition shows. So I want to thank each and every one of you for being on the journey. Some of you are brand new to the show. I'm happy to have you. And I'm going to tell you this right now. I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to stop making Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. I know there's a lot of haters out there that want me to go away, that want to accuse me of being a horrible person, that want to say like I cheated in the award shows. No, I didn't do any of that and I'm not a bad person. And you know it and they know it. So here's the thing though. Every year I usually get really excited for the Twippy Awards. I get excited for the chance for all of us to show who we think is our favorite in the pinball world. It is supposed to be a celebration of what we love about pinball. It's supposed to be a moment in which the pinball fans each get a vote to say, this is my favorite game, this is my favorite designer, this is my favorite podcaster, and so on and so on. And over the last couple years, the award shows have sort of gone down in quality. They just have. There's always that undercurrent of negativity I noticed by the other content creators, I'm not going to tell you not to vote for me. We still could possibly win it. But what I'm going to tell you right now is I'm no longer going to actively participate in the Twippies. I'm no longer going to ask for votes. I am not going to Texas. I'm not going to TPF. This is not an indictment of that show. I'm a fan of the show. I just don't want to go through it again. For a few reasons. I don't want to support these award shows anymore. I think both award shows that are happening in pinball right now are just not fun. I think the Twippies, a lot of the fun is gone from the show. I think the Twippies have really gone downhill since Greg and Zach stopped being the hosts of the show. It just has. It hasn't been as much fun and it was absolutely painful sitting through that show last year. And even though I wish Todd and Emoto the best this next year coming up, I just don't want I'm going to be a part of it. And I don't like that it turns into this like fractured award show now where we have two award shows. The other award show to me is also pretty ridiculous because it's just a handful of people who think their votes matter more than your vote and my vote. And I don't understand that either. And it's also weird. Like you've got people who create an award show and they're handing themselves their own awards. It became a participation award I mean think about it I was best pinball podcast five years in a row when the people got the vote And then when that committee that supposed to be experts voted I only got an honorable mention once Okay some experts they are No And I just want to say this I just walking away from this very satisfied Not in a million years did I think my show would become this successful Not in a million years that I think we would go behind the paywall and get this level of support Not in a million years that I think for five years in a row when the pinball community I was asked to say who's your favorite podcaster and even though there's a lot of haters saying I'm toxic and negative, we won it five years in a row. And I say we because it's all of us. This community and my fans are the greatest fan base in all of pinball. I have the greatest fans. I mean it. The amount of camaraderie and community and I've met some of my best friends and amazing human beings through pinball and it's not about a $5 trophy anymore for me. I won't lie to you. A lot of years it did mean a lot because I took a lot of arrows like people forgot this people tried to dox me they tried to get me fired I even had to shut my show down for months because people tried to get me fired I mean they emailed people at my company trying to get me to lose my job okay so there were years where I took it very personal I wanted to win to show all the haters that you can't shut up Kaneda that we need a pinball podcaster that looks at this hobby more objectively that you just You just can't chill everything. That there is a separation between church and state. You can't sell a product and then review it. I mean, nobody else does that. Anywhere else in the media landscape. That's one hundred percent unethical. Yet in pinball, it doesn't really matter. Like, I don't care. Like, I'm happy with the amount of content we have. And I want to say this right now because I really do just have two major competitors. I want to say right now, I think Mr. Franchi makes probably the greatest pinball interviews of all time. I think the production value of his show is impeccable. The amount of work he does to get that show off the ground, you don't even want to know the tens and tens of hours he has to do to make his guests sound good. And you have no idea how much work it takes. And I had a great conversation with Mr. Franchi yesterday and we actually bonded in a really positive way. And this is another reason why I want to step aside. You know, he's really wanted a Twippy for all these years, so let's see if he gets it. And when you think about the top three pinball podcast has always been Zack and Dennis and the pinball show. And I just want to say to those two, I'm really happy you guys are in pinball. I am really happy that you make shows every single Monday or Tuesday that goes over the pinball industry and the pinball community. I think you're as fair as you can be knowing all things considered. And I appreciate your take and your point of view on pinball. We might not always see eye to eye, but I think there's always been, and there will always be A mutual respect between me, Zack and Mr. Franchi. We might be frenemies at times, but let me tell you, you take those three shows off the air and think about how stale pinball podcasting becomes and I mean it. And to all the other shows out there, this is not an indictment of shows like Loser Kid and Poor Man's Pinball Podcast and Backbox Pinball Podcast and Slam Tilt and Silver Ball Chronicles and the list goes on and on and on. I can't mention all of them. It is a very thankless endeavor. I'm a fan of the pinball industry and I mean this. There's so much work that goes into doing this triple drain pinball podcast. You guys know who you are. You basically sit in front of a mic and you try to talk about a hobby in which there rarely is any news. And then you also want to be somewhat critical and objective on a hobby in which the designers are your friends, in which you just did a tour of the Stern factory and now you want to come out and tell people that James Bond is overpriced. It's hard to do. It is really hard to do. And I've always been a little bit of a black I'm a black sheep. I've always been outside of the industry, outside of the circle of Trust. I've been banned from shows, banned from forms, banned from all these things. And I'll tell you this, I wake up every day and there's no one I'd rather be than just me. And I'm really happy that you believe in me. I'm really happy you support me. And again, if you want to vote for me, that's cool. It would be funny if we win and I'm not there and they just have to play the Kaneda intro music and then there's just silence. Maybe that might be the ultimate way to say goodbye. I'm going to say goodbye Kaneda at the award shows is to win number six and not even ask for votes. Everybody have a great weekend and I mean this when I say it. The most important thing to me if you want to show your support is just keep showing up here and take care of yourselves. I mean that to your health, to your happiness, to your family's health and happiness. That means the most to me. These are just toys. These are just boxes with lights that were supposed to play and have fun. The award shows aren't fun anymore. All the fun is happening I'm right here and all the fun is happening on my Facebook live and you're part of that army and I love the Kaneda army. I love it when people try to say it's a toxic thing. The coolest people in pinball are part of the Kaneda army. Everybody will talk to you soon. Kaneda out. So the winner is... So the winner for the 2017 Twippies Award for best pinball podcast is... He took my job. 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