St Louis, MO
Quoted from IdahoRealtor:Hard to say. Good odds Met you buy today will have a playfield dated last Summer or prior, not that that's a bad thing. Has anyone seen insert ghosting on a Met or clear coat chipping on a Met?
I was fortunate to pick up 3 new Sterns last year. ST Pro, TWD Prem and SMVE. SMVE is the only one ghosting.
Definitely put Cliffy's carbon fiber magnet ring protectors on both magnets on your new Met. That will take care of those areas. I also recommend his protectors for the shooter lane and mystery scoop.
My NIB LED MET PRO was delivered late July with a stamped April 01 2016 playfield. Backbox dated June 15th 2016. I have clear chipping at around shooter lane and also at outhole. 548 Balls played and 178 total plays. I am waiting to hear back from Stern.... I am also working through Stern on Grave Marker in-line drop targets not resetting properly.
At the very least do not play one game without all the cliffy protectors applied, as I kept putting it on the back burner due to being out of town.
My HULK has zero protection, tons more games, and zero issues, so I think 2016 is a bad year to buy NIB. I dumped my GBLE and GBPREM, thinking I would avoid any issues by going MET, well that didn't work.
