I don't think that's as much as a factor as him putting protectors on the game. I guarantee you both of the scoop holes would be completely blown out without protectors. Have you ever seen an IJ4 on location? Those scoops blow out very quickly. Not only does it look like hell, but the captive ball often has trouble seating when the hole starts deforming. I get tired of people slapping protectors on every (home) game they own, but in this case, the protectors saved the game.

I use protectors on some, but not all of my location games. Did this IJ4 break any protectors along the way? I've had 2 scoop protectors break on location. You know your game is getting a lot of plays when metal protectors are breaking.

The pictures are complimentary. Yet another reason why you shouldn't buy a pin long distance based only on pics. If he would've told us it was HUO, it would be hard to disprove based on the pics he posted. But if you took a closeup pic of that playfield with natural light at just the right angle (or looked at it with your own two eyes), you would see way way too many dimples to count. Pics and videos never do a game proper justice. Not dissing the poster in the least. Good for him and good for those 100k players.