Opening up my new Hobbit today and first thing I'm greeted with.
Why are they not screening the backs? The one we got a month ago was screened.

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well, some very light pulling and it would be right off easily - with no residue or anything.
Maybe I'll screen the back with a Williams/Bally screen.

And for the record, mine didn't come with a Jersey Jack signature. Just the date written in marker.

yeah - at least the side art isn't falling off yet like WWE/WWELE. It's not a huge deal and I assume they'll just send me another one, but it is kinda of a buzzkill when you open that expensive of a box that you've waited 41 months for.

2 of my beast pop ups quit coming up after 3 plays and registered an error. I'll take a stab at fixing those myself.

The underside of the playfield just blows my mind. NOT looking forward to a routed/filthy one coming thru the shop in the future.

damn damonator. that made a H U G E difference in color quality.
have to order some of that pronto!

I hooked up my 10" polk sub under my hobbit just because I had an extra and while it balances out the sound it's not a huge difference.
With ONE exception. When Smaug talks. It reverberates the whole basement and sounds like the damn dragon is in the room with you.
So IMHO I think a polk external is great. We just hooked our leads to the sub in the cabinet and ran them out the back.

loaded 1.21
Smaug still chews bubble gum on ball 1 lock. need to play more to see what's new.