Quoted from toyotaboy:I think this is absolutely the issue. Stern moved to thicker clearcoat because that's what people want (old playfields used to wear), now they're dealing with all the issues that rushing a thick clearcoat comes with (ghosting, cracked clear).
Spooky I believe is up to maybe 2 games/day, Stern is around 50-60 per day.
All of this is a moot point though because every manufacturer (even spooky, unless they have a different method) should be ordering cleared playfields 2 weeks before production starts so that they fully cure, and playfields should be continued to order ahead of time. The playfield is the most crucial part seeing how it has the most labor.
I know that i had wait 14days or so for a AMH playfield to cure before spooky would ship it. So there doing it right and if you do have problem they all ways make it right.
I'm def buying this game the sound sold it for me and i forgot how fun alot of the 80's pins were before all the ramps/toys.