Quoted from ExtremePinball:You should easily be able to support this statement by showing dimpling on the inserts.
On the 34 or so pins I still own, I've yet to see a dimpled insert. Therefore I would be in agreement with CaptainNeo, until other such evidence is presented.
If I still had the game, I'm sure I could.
But interesting theory. All I can say is that the playfield before it was cleared was so "compacted" from 25 years of dimples, it was impossible to dimple again. I had played it for 5 years before having it cleared and not one new dimple.
As soon as I got it cleared severe dimples everywhere. Visually, it was obviously in the clear (fairly thick clear) and not in the wood. How can you explain that? The wood suddenly got softer because of the clear process?
I have other Stern games with very thin clear, like TWD, that you can clearly see the dimples are in the wood.
My guess is the plastic insert absorbs the impact differently, or disperses the impact so it doesn't crater the clear.