I don't. I've been playing it for 5 years already, my playfield window is still crystal clear, and my game has AC/DC's drummer on it. All good over here!

If it's one of Stern's soft wood games that crater and look like soft clay, no, they won't get flat at some point. Those games will look shitty forever. They're using different playfield manufacturers. You may get a Stern that "dimples normal"...those games look good and will look good in the future...but if you get a "clayfield", you're boned. You need to see one of these playfields in person before you declare they'll look good in the future. They're bumpy and wavy and lumpy...just terrible. Zero chance they'll smooth out.

I had IM original & now have IM Vault. I don't notice any difference in gameplay...but the metallic cabinet decals are phenomenal. I replaced the Stern repro figures w/ original Hasbro toys.

I had Spider-Man original and have played the Vault edition...felt exactly the same to me. I like the original more on that one as I love the movie implementation & hate the voices on the VE.

It really isn't horrible. The Premium and LE's always looked nice in person. The Angus face Pro got flack because it looked like a decal covering up a missing feature, and wasn't cohesive with the rest of the art package. The Premium, while Photoshop and not hand drawn, is still absolutely cohesive, absolutely represents the theme well, and I don't find it offensive to my eyes in any way. I find it far more pleasing than Ritchie's other truly horrible looking Photoshop games - WPT, Elvis, 24, GOT ...all visual stinkers.