I am wondering if there is a data base of all the machines that came with a diamond plate playfield and their numbers?
I am wondering if there is a data base of all the machines that came with a diamond plate playfield and their numbers?
Quoted from Vabeachrunner4:I had a FishTales that had a Diamond Plate pf
All FT are DP'ed.
I had a Dr. Dude and a Riverboat Gambler with a factory Diamond Plate playfield. Most of the run did not.
Quoted from crujones4life:Gottlieb ever do clear coats?
No. All Gottlieb playfields from the late 1970s to their end in 1996 were made by ESC. All had a lacquered coating.
Quoted from schudel5:All games T2 and after have a clearcoat. Before that, some SYS11 and WPC games from Banzai Run onward had selected playfields clearcoated.
All games from Giligans onward had some sort of clearcoat.
Here's some info, based on interviews with people that worked at these companies:
https://www.flippers.be/pinball_playfields.html
For data East their first “stealth coat”. Was on the 1990 Batman game. All DE games after that has this stealthcoat. It did get better with time.
Stealth coat was good, but not as good as the diamondplate from Williams.
I have what I think is the one and only Taxi diamondplate.
I seem to recall Kryptonite coat also as a name for Data East
Taken from a 1996 RGP post.
As did, I thought, several later-model Data East games. A couple
DE games were advertised with their new "Kryptonite-Kote" ... or
something like that.
I heard that all playfields get coated at the same place, so all
manufacturers should be using similar, if not identical, hardcoats
on their playfields.
I believe banzai run was the first with the experimential xr7 clearcoat which eventually became diamond coat .
Quoted from crujones4life:So essentially every DMD pin made by Bally, Data East, Williams has a clearcoat?
Yes.
Quoted from athens95:For data East their first “stealth coat”. Was on the 1990 Batman game. All DE games after that has this stealthcoat. It did get better with time.
Stealth coat was good, but not as good as the diamondplate from Williams.
I have what I think is the one and only Taxi diamondplate.
Quoted from chad:I seem to recall Kryptonite coat also as a name for Data East
Taken from a 1996 RGP post.
As did, I thought, several later-model Data East games. A couple
DE games were advertised with their new "Kryptonite-Kote" ... or
something like that.
I heard that all playfields get coated at the same place, so all
manufacturers should be using similar, if not identical, hardcoats
on their playfields.
For what it's worth, here's the earliest I've seen it referenced (from the PotO flyer).
"...harder than a diamond..." Oh, Gary:
1777f2[1] (resized).jpgQuoted from humanoid:For what it's worth, here's the earliest I've seen it referenced (from the PotO flyer).
"...harder than a diamond..." Oh, Gary:[quoted image]
Flippers so strong they can crack nuts .
Quoted from chad:Flippers so strong they can crack nuts .
And cause steel pinballs to dimple Kryptonite™ playfields that are harder than diamonds...
Quoted from athens95:I have what I think is the one and only Taxi diamondplate.
No, I have one. And Chris Bucci has one. I think there may be as few as five of them though, that were at expo 88’
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I know this post is a year old... but... are there more details to share on how to determine what is an original FH playfield with Diamond Plate and what would be a repro that says Diamond Plate? Something written or stamped on it that tells you what it is? Underneath maybe? Thx.
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