Quoted from jalpert:Which is it? Are early builds shit, or all builds shit if they are still getting screwed?
Thereās a post in another thread with bad pooling and early chipping on two posts by the AXL lanes from a Nov 21 build after 120 plays. Mine arrived NIB with slight pooling around two posts, Feb 22 build and 0 games.
With early builds, some playfields are fine, some arenāt. With new builds, some playfields are fine, some arenāt.
So the playfield lottery is still in effect. The upshot is:
- If you donāt care about art chipping, then thereās still nothing to worry about
- If you do care about it, then follow the suggestions outlined in previous posts in this thread
I placed PinMonkās Mylar rings around exposed posts and took FooFlighterās suggestion to install 3/4ā PETG washers around every high-risk post, including replacing the black washers with PETG when they fit. Then I used the spare black washers (minus the metal washer) under posts that couldnāt fit a 3/4ā washer.
It took a few hours, frankly was a bit easier than work Iāve had to on my two other NIBs, like dialing in Mando. Either way, this is an easy problem to ignore if you donāt care or easy to proactively fix if you do.
Edit: I shouldāve mentioned also replace any overly tight rubber rings with ones that are a size larger. The tension from a few of the stock rings have been known to cause posts to lean and dig into the playfield.