I just cut off the right side of the pin defender, sanded it and used double side tape to hold it in place. No need to unscrew everything and it has held in place really nicely for me.

^this^
That’s what I did for my Scooby and Halloween but I used a glue dot.

Did you order on the 3rd of January? Thanks for the information.

I actually already have this topper and I will probably keep it . Just curious though , my lighting
Is so dim that I can barely see the characters on the topper . Is this normal ? Anyway I can brighten the lights or add more ?

I have noticed this also but it’s on the bottom of the “Bug” list (for me) that unfortunately is slowly growing. Hopefully it gets stomped out soon along with the others. On a side note I think that the Black Knight mode could’ve made a cool multiball mode.

Are you running the latest code?

Most likely issue: Have you peeled ALL the protective film from all the topper pieces? Hope this helps.

Yep, definitely a long delay that shouldn't be. Long enough that it always has me looking at the playfield to ensure I didn't miss a shot somewhere. Irritating but not the end of the world. The random GI darkness during a mode is more annoying at this point. Luckily that only happens in rare cases.

The trap multiplier for Black Knight is his lane on the Upper Playfield, I rarely go for that and I've certainly never hit it three times before timing out.

With the difficulty of that shot, I don't see that as being possible. Even when making that shot, it usually takes a bit to loop around. Making it 3 times and cashing out at Mystery Machine would take pefect execution... even then, I am not so sure.

I don't remember the specifics but on one of the earlier S.D. streams the Spooky crew did SpookyLuke hit the shot in a way that it counted twice, probably half way up and then back across the switch again. I remember this because Bug called it out as the best way to hit that shot. Getting it into that loop is so difficult I don't see me perfecting a half shot to it.

So the major noise is gone but I am left with hold flipper wine. now what to do to remove that?
John

90% of the time I'm hitting that shot it's from a "fling" using the left side of the upper left flipper. This does sometimes count as a double to the Black Knight. It's also just fun to do.

Take Obi-Wan's advice: "Let go!"

I also thought the lighting was too dim, I added an LED channel so that the LED strip lights shine on the back of the topper plastics vs. pointed at the ceiling. The lighting effect is now much more pronounced. See the post linked below.....

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/scooby-doo-where-are-you-club-scooby-snacks-for-all/page/191#post-7953245

Looks great. May I ask where you got your mystery machine you added beside the topper?

Hey gang. How come I see different perks here when I play my new Scoob? I get a Ruh-Roh perk instead.

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Hello, I am wondering how long should the “reverse flippers phase” last? Is it true that there are only a few flipper actions?

…the video shows an older code version, probably v2023.10.26.15

It's been changed in new code.

RM

Below is a link to the van. I created a base, added a microcontroller and motor for the movement and lighting. It's triggered by a motion sensor when someone walks in front of the game.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087WY22ZS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

I’ve literally never seen anything but big or little points and “open trap door”. What does that do and why?

I’m also curious about how long reverse flippers lasts

Same...I have never gotten reverse flippers and I'm actually looking forward to it. I have my odds increased in the menu but still haven't gotten it

I have gotten this option twice on the mystery award (now set to LOW chances) and in both cases it lasted until I drained that ball.

I’ve had it a few times (also now on LOW). I’d estimate reversed flippers lasts about 30 seconds. I was surprised when they went back to normal. On the P3 when these changes happen it usually gives you. 2-3 sec ball save to adapt. Didn’t notice on SD if that happens. I’d say it’s important at least for when it ends as it’s a surprise. When reverse flippers start you are expecting it.

Yeah, I should have put a disclaimer here that said something like: it's entirely possible (likely even) that I just SUCK at using reversed flippers and, so I just drained before it turned off.

Next time cross your arms on reverse flipper play. You will pick it up very quickly.

It's the only way I can do reverse flippers, always a nice kick in the nuts when it switches back.

I'm pretty used to it from playing Houdini and WOZ so much but it's still difficult even with your arms crossed. I've had it happen once on SD so far.

Any game I've ever played that has reverse flippers gives you a short ball save when they go back to normal, definitely needs to be there if it's not.

I just received a tracking number for my topper.

In case it helps anyone figure out a timeline for their order, I ordered around noon PST on the first day. The order was placed with my distro - Nitro Pinball.

It lasts until you end a villain mode or a mystery machine multiball or you drain the ball.

Thanks for the update. Hopefully more start getting theirs. I ordered direct. Would be nice to get some updates from Spooky on why these are trickling out. I placed my order directly from spooky on January 3rd at 3:12 Arizona time.

Speaking of Reverse flippers I scored it during Mystery award, just before I started the Wizard mode the first time. I literally just needed to hit the mystery machine and it got there via the secret passage after I received the "Wonderful" reverse flippers... Needless to say I DID NOT complete any of the wizard mode...

Went for a quick game and wound up beating the wiz mode...and cracked a bill!

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New warden board and coil and scooby is back up and running. I also installed a new launch assembly to see if I can get my launch issue resolved. I played a few games to test the new board and coil and the ball launch worked ok but I wont be confident its fixed for quite a few games.
Thanks to AJ and Morgan for getting my parts shipped the same day I first contacted them with an issue. Great customer service from team Spooky!

Played fine last night, this morning on about the fifth ball in a 2 player game we instantly had the same issue...ball just rattles in the shooter lane reducing its momentum.
New fork assembly installed last night didnt change anything.
Very frustrating as the game is currently unplayable...again
Going to try to tweak it into submission

Have you tried putting a shooter lane protector in? I only suggest this because I have had one in my Scooby from day one and by simply raising the ball up an eighth of an inch it seems to help with successful launches.

I second this. I started with just the shooter plate and while it was better it didn’t fully solve my issue as it would inevitably unseat itself (I tried the 2 3D printed ones).

I then installed the lane protector with the plate and I’ve had no issues since. The lane protector raises the ball just enough to make contact more centrally with the plate, so that the plate doesn’t unseat itself anymore and the it hits the ball with more force. I suspect the lane protector also guides the ball slightly better.

Lane protector is stupid easy to install; I decided to not tie it under the right lane wall (too many things to unscrew). Instead, I just cut off and sanded the piece that’s supposed to go under the right shooter lane wall so it fits in my shooter lane and I used double sided tape to hold it in place. It hasn’t moved in 300-400+ ball launches.

Thanks guys, I'll give that a shot.
Im more frustrated than I would normally be, only because when Scooby is playable its just about the funnest machine I've ever owned.

Anyone having the gate at the top of the ramp getting stuck? I thought I fixed mine but it keeps getting stuck.

Just starting to have an issue where you are playing and it just launches a 2nd, 3rd ball - and gets confused, ball ends. Anyone having this problem? I'm running the latest build. Game is essentially unplayable at this point.

I had this issue a lot but my PF angle was only about a 6.1. Adjusted to a 6.5 and haven’t had it happen once since the increased pitch.

Yes, last time it happened to me was at the end of a villain mode when the ball fell into the left VUK at the same time. Game stopped, nothing happened, ball wasn‘t registred sitting in the VUK assembly.
Then suddenly the game started a ball search, kicked out the ball and the ball drained immediately (I wasn‘t standing in front of the machine anymore). After that it started throwing balls into play and got completely confused…
Still a long way to go to eliminate all these bugs…

Another time in a two player game the game ended after ball one / player two. No second ball for player one in the shooter lane, display frozen. when pressing both flipper buttons Scooby asked for shooting the white shots - just as if the game continued.
Disappointing.

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Did you check your balls for magnetism?

I have been having random weirdness going on since updating code, flippers just stopping and ending ball; audio sounds like a skipped record. loses track of balls. sometimes plays correctly and sometimes acts crazy????????

Thanks. I’ll check that

I had the GI go out during Miner 49er mode last night, sent the logs of the game to Spooky so hopefully they can find this bug.

My GI goes out randomly since updating

Regarding the GI going out, are y’all running the latest code, 03.17.10.?
I’ve made it to the wizard mode several times, and beat it twice so far, and I’ve not had a single lighting issue at all in any of the modes.