Stern isn't dumb, they probably realize it's hard to sell pins to route guys who still have great looking money making pins on route from 20 years ago. If they start making machines that fall apart faster ops will be forced to buy their new pins. I hope this is not the case here but who knows?

Im the owner of the Ghostbusters premium at the arcade expo in portland. October 4th was the build date on my machine, i had a friend from portland pinball repair pick it up from Specialty Coin on the 11th of october and install the full playfield protector from Germany/shaker motor/mirror blades and he updated the code before a single play. It went from there to the portland retro gaming expo and after the first day we noticed the ghosting on the inserts/the dimples in the playfield and of course the ball eject damage. I still have not unloaded the pinball due to knee surgery but as soon as it's out I will post pictures and have the total number of plays

Ok so i finally unloaded my Ghostbusters premium from the portland retro gaming expo, my playfield has had a stamp of September 22 2016 and my machines Back box sticker is Oct 4 2016, again it had 0 plays before having a full playfield protector from Germany installed,shaker motor,and mirror blades and code update. It then went directly to the gaming expo where it was played on free play Friday night Saturday and Sunday. We noticed ghosting Friday night and by Saturday it was a lot worse. At the expo with the glass on it looked as if the air balls had dimpled the playfield through the protector but today I took the glass off and used novus 2 and the playfield along with the protector look brand new. I did a pretty detailed inspection and found 0 dimples at all. So i would highly recommend the playfield protector. As far as the ghosting goes, it's bad.. as you can see in my pictures provided. I ordered the cliffy shooter protector but sadly it did take a little longer to get here than i had hoped so I do have damage to my shooter lane. But honestly I expected it. Other than that the plastic on the top of the shooter lane broke off completely early Saturday morning again Its in the pictures. Not sure if everyone caught the side bu side comparison someone did on to machines using the same camera etc.. I can confirm that i have one of the less brilliant playfields mine looks washed out compared to the non ghosting playfields. At this point I honestly believe the number of plays has nothing to do with the ghosting issues Im guessing heat/humidity and cheap glue is the problem.. But this is just my opinion . Anyway hopefully this information has helped. I know a few people may still question this but i honestly have no reason to make things up I am being 100% honest and open about every issue i have had. If anyone needs or would loke more pictures please let me know.

Side note do not trust the position of the little rubber stoppers on the head to line up with your side rails.... you have been warned

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I did not count the number of total inserts that have ghosted, I'll check and get back to you. And I actually had portland pinball repair unbox it and intall the playfield protector etc.. so i actually never saw it till Friday night at the expo. Normally I would have picked it up myself but I just had major knee surgery so I'm not getting around well right now.

The playfield protector definitely has done its job though! I did a very close inspection of the playfield this Morning and did not find a single dimple im the playfield

As of this morning I have 7 ghosting inserts.
Proton pack
Super jackpot
Extra ball
Add a ball
Tobins spirit guide
Storage facility
Pke "triangle insert"

All of the above noticeably have ghosting, some more than others.

Anyone else have the arcade machine?

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Playfield protector from Germany would prevent it from further damage

Have you installed one? Have you seen how far down they cover? They completely cover that area. So I'm not sure how you can say No? Unless you just like to post to post....

Seriously? I was talking about the chiping of the lower playfield. Not the ghosting. Obviously the ghosting is an issue as I already stated from my previous post. Possibly some Miscommunication on what post went with what comments...

He was talking about the chipping of the lower playfield, as was I . I'm sorry but maybe someone missed a post or 2 somewhere and things got mixed up?

Honestly I was pretty upset when my premium ghost busters started ghosting, I contacted stern sent pictures and let them know what happend and several months later I got a prepaid box in the mail I sent them my old playfield they sent me a new me. It was extremely easy and they 100% made it right. And in the mean time I played the hell out of the playfield I sent back. Has anyone ever not been taken care of by stern? Not what if's and something you have heard happening, but have any of you actually been screwed by stern? Bottom line is I ordered a LE Star Wars and if it's messed up when I get it or even develops some issue I'm 100% confident Stern will make the right as the have done in the past.