Aerosmith playfields really feel like a bait and switch to me now. Look, we resolved our playfield problems! And then it looks like they went right back to the processes that had problems, but now with a disclaimer that it's normal.

I had assumed (my bad) that Stern would continue making playfields like they did in AS and that they would put this issue behind them finally. Now, even if they do switch to the better playfields again, the damage to their reputation is permanent. People will always have to wonder if the NIB game they are buying will be the one switched to the less expensive process or not. We all joke about the "Stern playfield lottery", but that's where we are now.

It stinks that nobody can answer that. Even distributors can't answer it. He might get the same great playfield, he might get "acceptable" ghosting. Schrödinger's playfield. Can't know until you open the box.