That blows. Unacceptable for $6k.

I tell you what, if my Premium I'm getting on Friday looks like that, I'm going to fight like hell to have them ship out a fully populated playfield to swap out, and they can have that crap sent back to them.

It's all about the change in client demographics. They now cater more towards home buyers than ever, so they better get used to us nitpicking stuff like this. Those sorts of playfield issues wouldn't be any concern to an op back in the day.

Speechless. I'm pretty worried about mine.

Is yours also from this same run?

Oh boy. I'm sure Stern will resolve this satisfactorily for everyone, but it sure is irritating. I wonder if there are ANY from this run that don't have spots?

Where are those spots? Are they in the clear? If so, I'm guessing they are all over the playfield, just less noticeable.

It almost looks like there is some protective film left on one side of the window.

Yep, that's all I've seen/heard as well. I'm not too worried about any issues I might have because of this. It's just a shame that they don't check these things closer before shipping (or maybe they do, and they consider them minor). Probably much cheaper to deal with the relatively few people that will actually consider these to be issues on a case by case basis.

So the clearcoat bubbles turn into cracks? Geez.

I got my Premium today, and it looks great. There is one really small mark on the window, but it might rub off; I've been too busy playing to check. Oh, a couple of the legs did come out of the box, and have some small chips on them, I'll probably contact Stern/JJ and see if I can get replacements. I also had to adjust the right ramp, but that took maybe five seconds.

Overall, I'm very happy, and it's a blast to play.

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Grr, just noticed that one of my horns has some cracking in it, not sure if I was just blind before, or if an airball or something caused it. Also just noticed a black mark next to the dithered grey/black area to the right of the right horn.

Going to contact Stern about these issues and I'll see what they say. Not sure what they'll do, because I don't expect them to replace the playfield for issues this minor, but they sure do bug me and are pretty noticeable now that I've seen them.

My cannon started getting stuck against the ramp too. Tried adjusting it, but there didn't seem to be enough play to fix it.

Yeah, I've already tried pulling on it. That worked at first, because the front of the cannon was hitting the ramp (now it slides under it a little), but the back of the cannon is hitting the ramp. I really don't like the idea of having to cut into the ramp at all.

That's great to hear. Hopefully they will look over your playfield a bit better before they send it out.

Sent Pat an email about my issues, still waiting to hear back. If nothing by next week, I'll see if JJ can help out.