Quoted from turbo2nr:I had a great experience with 8 Mirco playfields, and a pile of Radcal decals.
Jersey Jack just uses posts with smaller diameter than holes thru playfileds.
This puts all lateral forces to the surface of playfield vs/ the wood in the hole.
Williams/Bally/others use posts that touch the side walls of thru-playfield holes.
The issue with JJP playfields is not Mirco's fault, but rather JJP
Mirco told me JJP is fixing this in the next title by using holes and posts of the same diameter.
No more tilting over of posts, and posts moving around messing up the clear.
Scott

Quoted from turbo2nr:

Mine had no issues. We beat on it for a couple years and I recently sold it.
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Some people suck at doing playfield swaps?
Some people don't maintain correctly and don't check posts after a few hundred plays?

Quoted from turbo2nr:

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Quoted from ForceFlow:

In terms of results, silkscreening is still superior in several ways, but the major downside is it's much more time consuming (both in preparation and during printing), and alignment between screen colors can sometimes be difficult. With silkscreening, there's also a few interesting things you can do with layering effects (like the red rug pattern leading up to the the left ramp on TAF) that are difficult to replicate with direct print. You also can't really do custom inks (or florescent inks), such as the green saucers on AFM (you're mostly stuck with CYMK colors with most ink or UV cure printers).
I think buthamburg and the guy doing small batches of EM playfields may be the last ones still doing silkscreening.

Quoted from pinzone:

Biggest question is , why does Pinside still allow him to sell in the marketplace?? Am I missing some details,, if so my apologies in advance.

Quoted from robin:

There's no secret here. Mirco runs a Pinside shop, and pays a commission over his sales. He gets no special treatment, and the mere fact that all these threads are allowed to exist (rather than being removed for monetary reasons) should be enough evidence that I'm always on the side of the Pinside community. I hope you realize this.
I have been asked numerous times why I allow Mirco to keep selling playfields via a Pinside shop, in light of the complaints and issues people have been posting about. The simple truth is this: the number of orders/sales Mirco gets via Pinside do not match the number of complaints I see on Pinside. Far from it. That tells me that the issues are still an anomaly and not the norm.
That's not to say there are no issues! There are plenty of documented cases here on Pinside (some posted by respected Pinsiders) that tell a different story. And especially in the customer service department, Mirco's reputation on Pinside isn't exactly immaculate.
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It is my hope that by allowing constructive discussion, manufacturers can learn and improve their products and, maybe even more important, their customer service and QA. On the other hand, mob mentality can sometimes over-amplify rare issues which is also undesirable.
To level the playing field (pun intended) for manufacturers and Pinsiders alike, I have been considering adding the option for product reviews to Pinside Shops. It will help establish a sense of which products are good or, uhm, not so good. It will award good customer service. It will disclose bad business ethics. And by only allowing actual customers to post reviews, you can be sure the review is legit. The system could also show when people send stuff back or if they got a refund, i.e. full transparency.
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In closing, and for no particular reason other than to look cool, I'll end with a great quote from Warren Buffet: "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."