So just wanted to point this out. Doing a playfield swap on an early WoZ Emerald City LE right now and noticed this, unfortunately too late. The first picture is the original playfield. Not sure who made it as it doesn't have any identifiable marks that I can see. Yes the original had bad wear, but this game was routed for 9 years so I would expect that.
The second picture is of the new playfield and you can clearly see the Mirco marking.
Anyways, started to reassemble the underside components on the Mirco and the first screw tip popped through the artwork on the other side! WTF!
So I broke out the calipers and look at the difference! Both are 9 ply plywood, but the difference is almost 1/16" difference! While that may not seem like a lot, it's more than enough missing to make the original screws bust through the other side.
The biggest issues were the black plastic holders for the switches in the in/outlanes and loops. Basically anything like stand-ups with thin metal. Flipper bases, magnet mounts, etc were fine.
Now another issue with a thinner playfield is all the magnet cores had to be adjusted back down. No big issue as they have adjustment. The roll-over buttons were a different matter. Thru right outlane TOTO buttons and 3 in the center of the playfield were up way too high. So had to put washer shims between the playfield and plastic housing to drop them down a bit.
I guess the point is look at to replacing the original screws with shorter screws or be very careful not to over tighten anything. But whatever, be CAREFUL.
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