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New Beetlejuice Callouts Today or Tomorrow; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Production & Topper Update; Analysis of Time to Complete Code

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We're in the eye of the storm for pinball news this week, with nothing big happening before the new game reveals from Jersey Jack Pinball and Pinball...

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Highlights

  • Beetlejuice code update with character callouts, Head Shrink mode, and speaker light show enhancements coming today or early tomorrow (June 4-5, 2026)
  • Spooky has boxed approximately 400 of the 999 Beetlejuice games planned
  • Beetlejuice production is slowed by concurrent Scooby-Doo and Texas Chainsaw Massacre manufacturing, with Spooky maintaining 10-15 units in inventory for each title
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland topper PCB delivery from original supplier has been postponed, with small batch expected mid-June and remainder in mid-August 2026
  • Melvin Williams plans to complete Alice's Adventures in Wonderland code update in 6-8 weeks (targeting early July 2026)
  • Dutch Pinball has 12 Alice units boxed for US shipment in latter half of June 2026 and 12 units for EU customers
  • Melvin Williams has left Dutch Pinball and joined American Pinball
  • New Alice games are shipping with toppers; existing customers without toppers will have them provided by Melvin Williams and Lior

Notable quotes

“The new code also includes a new 'Head Shrink' mode and a 'boatload' of new speaker-kit light shows.”
Knapp Arcade (reporting from Bug's Scream N' Stream)
“Spooky would like to give owners the ability to individually select which of the four callout types are active.”
Knapp Arcade (reporting from Spooky Pinball)
“Production has been slowed a little by the fact that Spooky keeps having to build Scooby-Doo and Texas Chainsaw Massacre games. Those two machines keep selling, and Spooky likes to keep an inventory of 10 to 15 in boxes for potential sales.”
Knapp Arcade (reporting from Spooky Pinball)
“Melvin is busy working on new projects for American, but he does plan on finishing the Alice code. He hopes to have a code update for the game in six to eight weeks.”
Knapp Arcade (reporting from Pinside updates)

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Dutch Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Bug's Scream N' Stream· event
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland· game
  • Beetlejuice· game
  • Scooby-Doo· game
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre· game
  • Knapp Arcade· organization
  • Bug· person
  • Joe· person
  • Lior· person
  • Melvin Williams· person
  • Serge· person
  • Fun Spot· venue

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