About three months actually

Truth be told, there's not a lot that is truly new in pinball. There has been various versions of what we've designed, used on pinball machines in the past. We've just taken modern materials, worked with what we thought would be the best and most achievable outcomes, made a couple of enhancements and brought it all together.

Yup - all production machines will have this playfield

I feel a new test coming up

Thanks to Cary for posting the review
I clarified a couple of points on the YouTube clip, so thought I would add them here as well:

Hi Cary - thanks for making the video - much appreciated

Just to clarify a couple of points:
1. Acrylic layer is 4.5mm (so a little under a 1/4 inch)
2. The plywood layer is 9mm, so I end up at a standard thickness playfield so standard mechs still fit
2. The test rig at the time I filmed that was at 504,000 passes (with a small double tap at the end of one pass, so that section probably double that) - it's now currently over 800,000 and there is no wear. That mark you can see is actually a dust line and cleans off with some IPA - I probably should have cleaned it first but I did literally take it off while filming. Interestingly, the ball spends the majority of it's time rolling up and down the middle, the vibrations sometimes shim it to one side, which of course it decided to do when I filmed it

Cheers,
Damian

Just one game currently: Celts

Will have some production games at TPF and at least one at MCG, so come along and have a flip if you're there. Production is currently to order, and we'll be firing up the line once we get back from the shows

Thanks and yes, and don't worry, I wont

Thanks all

@noob-a-tron new playfield, retiring undefeated is a good idea
@Dr-pin we are using a scratch resistant acrylic - comfortably stood up to a steel wool scratch test

Thanks for all the responses all

Some really good questions and points to be discussed. I'll shoot another video this weekend and we'll try to go through and respond to them all

Cheers,
Damian

Hi all - thanks for the commentary

I'm planning on making another video this weekend to respond to a lot of the questions that have been asked, as well as go a little more into the method of manufacture.

Cheers

Follow up vid

Hi Rensh,

To clarify, the three options are (from you post above):

1) classic wood-only playfield as we all now
2) wood + acryl with anti-scratch layer
3) wood + acryl + clearcoat.

So option 3 isn't using the scratch resistant coating, just standard acrylic with a clear coat. Option three was for those that didn't want to play on an acrylic top, but wanted to retain a clear coat feel/finish, without the worry of dimpling, etc..

The prototype we had a Chicago Expo (the video still you posted), was a traditional playfield, so has our faceted inserts installed. Both of the Hybrid options (HySR and HyCC) will also have the same inserts installed, just via a different mounting method.

Cheers,
Damian