I'll admit, after seeing pictures on here of ya'll's playfields (Gold status) and now, just getting mine, I am *extremly8 curious about CPRs grading.
Being on the backup list, I got a silver. Mine arrived today, and I immediately unboxed it. I expected the white keylines, maybe uneven clear, maybe a couple keylines around inserts were off, showing wood (like my Whirlwind)..
But holy sh!t, if mine is a silver, I can NOT tell why, except for two issues that.. really aren't issues. First, some clear driopped down onto the bottom of the playfield. Whop-de-do. Then, I have two, millimeter-size white dots in the artwork - one under a ramp (pictured) the other in the loop around the back (also under ramps). Noone will EVER see these when installed in a machine.
Granted, I don't have another PF to compare against, but I am extremely curious why mine wasn't 'gold'. There is not ANY white underprint around my mansion inserts. There isn't any registration errors. (That I can see..)
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The white dot on the last pic is the one in the dark blue. The OTHER dot is reflection of my camera's focus feature. It's not in the artwork.
Anyways, I'm also curious why this playfield did NOT have the PPS licensed sticker (like the Whirlwind one did)?