Iron Man
Stern, 2010
Star Trek (Pro)
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Quoted from RobT:The original wasn't clearcoated?
Of course it was...but from the first few VE reports, it seems like the playfields/clearcoat is improved. When I had IM, the playfield had that slightly 'wood ribbed' look to it that Sterns used to have sometimes. I bought an extra extra-cleared playfield - and it still had that ribbed look. If these new playfields are all glassy smooth, that would be great!
Quoted from Hazoff:Strange, I see it as a different kind of fun, but more fun? IM is great and after you get the wizard mode a few dozen times what's left. STLE is fast and furious and has 18 modes whether or not you like them ST is much deeper, I need to have both is all I'm saying but if I had to choose it would be ST.
This was the debate when IM came out. Everyone initially said "argh, it's so shallow, there are no modes, Stern sucks. blarghghghghghh!!!!"
...but then people realized that uber-mode based games aren't the be all end all, especially if that's ALL you were used to - Iron Man was a breath of fresh air. So - if the mode thing hasn't gotten old for you yet, ST is awesome...cuz it's got a ton of modes and structured like a classic mode based game - but with different routes to choose which makes it unique. Iron Man on the other hand, is just pure adrenaline rush of a game that fights you ever step of the way, which is super fun and a unique break from the traditional mode based games.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Iron Man IS shallow.
The only way to score big is to get 2X scoring and Do or Die combined. And there's only one way to do it.
Fun is fun. 
Quoted from Pimp77:I think you got a bum playfield...mine isn't "ribbed". The pics on the clear on IMVE do look sweet though. Wait til the dimples show and that glass look will be gone though.
The recent Stern dimpling - I'm convinced it's an issue of letting the clear have enough time to dry. I had a "glassy smooth" WOF & BDK and I swear, they didn't get dimples at all...or if they did, they were super minor. My STLE got a bunch when I first got it - but it never got worse than those first few....however I saw a STLE that was opened a few weeks before mine - that one was like a wavy piece of cheese. So - I wonder how long these IMVE playfields have cured. I might just keep mine in the box for a few more weeks after it arrives!
Quoted from Pimp77:I think they all dimple the same, but some show worse than others. Solid colors really show them...my FGY especially does because of the lighter solid cartoony colors. .
Yeah, we can only speculate, I guess...but for instance my FGY got dimples when I first got it...but they never got worse...at some point it just stopped dimpling. Same with my STLE....but my friend's STLE looked like it had eczema after a few weeks. Maybe SOME dimpling is always inevitable ...but I think the level of dimpling has some dependency on cure time.
Quoted from hank527:That's what I heard. Cure time and there's someone on here that buys a NIB and waits 6 months to play it and swears by this.
I do not have the patience or ability to let a NIB pin sit for more than a day - if even that long.
Yeah, same here...but - I've owned Iron Man before...so it's not like it's NEW new new....I might be able to wait a week or two...maybe...hehe
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I would just like to volunteer that FGY is the worst pinball abbreviation in history.
We started with FG, but all the Flash Gordon fans got confused.
Quoted from Pimp77:Hmmm, I was under the impression that they evened out over time and couldn't tell any more after years and years?
Maybe on route - but HUO? Not sure if it gets enough play to "even out". The "first few months" dimples on my FGY are still there...they haven't evened out. I have a HUO NGG with a couple dimples...they're still there.
Quoted from RobT:It's really hard to know if cure time has much to do with dimpling. There are people that I respect who say that it does, but I'm not convinced based on personal experience.
I had a sweet HUO NGG that had very few plays on it. I could see some dimples on it when I bought it. After a week of playing it, the number of noticeable dimples had increased a lot. The clear coat on that pin had cured for nearly two decades!
Well f*ck....*throws hands up* it's just a crapshoot!
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