yup that looks pretty shitty

Yep this seems to be going around now...throw back to the shitty days

Yup I just unboxed mine today, having same issue with mine. Less than impressed with the color saturation on the play field. Flipper mech issue had to be readjusted since it kept going out of alignment. Curious to see how common this is. If it is with all of them then I can accept this as standard, but if it’s a bad run than why did they not qc this when they received the batch of play fields.

Looks like watching the Turtles on my old Quasar tv set - all the pixelated goodness.

At normal viewing distance, say where you play from, this isn't hugely noticeable. That said, I can see why some people are upset. Don't let it deter you from enjoying a fun game

Yup, this has happened on a lot of recent pros. My machine has the same grainy printing as well. It's been covered a lot in this thread. It starts pages before this, but from this page on there are a lot of people confirming that they got the grainy playfields, as this is when everyone started getting their pros delivered - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-club2020-cowabunga-its-pizza-time/page/44

Just my two cents... this is unacceptable!! If I just dropped close to 6k I want 6k worth of quality. I'd return back to distributor & no a PF swap isn't a viable option. Someone that spent this much money shouldn't have to swap PF & a lot of us don't even feel comfortable doing so. This is why I'll never do NIB again because of piss poor QC!

Looks fine stop complaining and get ready to buy the next nib game this fall.

that really wouldn't bother me that much. it actually looks kind of cool, like the texture of a comic book print. it was originally a comic, so just convince yourself it's authentic. but seriously, i'd keep it as is.

+1

I think it looks like dog shit. If someone wanted a comic book they would of gotten a comic lol a comic is smaller in order to really see the dots you'd need a loop. This print screams shit quality

I think it looks pretty bad also! Spending that much money on a new pin and get that quality is unacceptable! Just can’t believe how much of a big seller this one is at that quality. Instead of putting out numerous games a year they should just put out quality ones with finished codes. “Or all most finished “ JMO

That would drive me crazy. Sorry to see it.

did you HAVE to downvote me to disagree with my opinion? remind me to never get into a discussion about pinball with you in person.. you'd probably kick me in the nuts!

Thats how downvoting works... welcome to the internet I guess?

The feature exists for a reason.

thanks for having me. it's been wonderful.

Here are 2 machines, within 2 digits of serial number, built on the same day. These images were taken yesterday with the same phone in the same spot with the same lighting. Clearly there is different qualities of print out there...hope you guys have a good distributor if you get the grainy one with vertical striations.

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Ha that's what their there for.
In person you'd say that and I'd say "yeah I don't like it, looks washed out..." and then we'd move on Nothing aggressive at all.

thanks for the advice!

edit: i originally accompanied this comment with a downvote of yours. after further reflection i decided to lead by example.

Unfortunately, I feel if Stern has sent this many out that look like this they are not replacing them. I very much hope I am wrong.

Yikes!

No way stern will replace all those playfields. But people should still complain.

... buy not buying?

No. By buying and then complaining of course. We wouldn't want to put the biggest pusher of our pinball addiction out of business. Let's not get crazy here.

The kick in the nuts is that they touted the ZY artwork as a feature!

I have one of the grainy ones and it's damn annoying. You can totally notice it if you're just staring at the art from normal distance. But I also don't have a lick of pooling. The ones where people have pooling seem to have the good quality printing. So, basically pick your poison...? I personally would rather have my PF with crappy art than the clear pooling, but obviously we shouldn't have to choose.

My Pro dated August 6th has a good printed playfield (art under the star posts) with no pooling. It's probably just the minority posting issues, why would someone post if they don't have any issues with it? I suppose with this "cancel culture" of today, nothing is acceptable, no matter how small. Hopefully Stern takes care of you but it seems like a pretty small issue. I have noticed smaller dimples with the thinner clearcoating, my AFMr has craters compared to any of my Sterns.

As long as we're "probablying" here, I bet 50% are probably like this. Nice working cancel culture into your post. The entire playfield art is shit. That's not "small" at all.

You seem to have won the playfield lottery, but this has nothing to do with "cancel culture". That's a buzzword that's applicable in many areas in current events, but this isn't one of them. People just want their ZY-featured $6K art to look correct and not bubble up. As I mentioned, I'd rather have the grainy art instead of pooling, which ended up being my case, but I still shouldn't have to pick the lesser of 2 evils.

WOW the one on the right makes me feel like I'm at the eye doctors lol

Sorry nothing personal. I just felt that your analogy didn't fit

Thanks, but it's all guessing. Considering there's been about 10 photos of grainy machines, it's probably not widespread.

Hopefully Stern takes care of you but it's not really noticeable from playable distances as seen in photos. Fortunately you don't have to pick and there's a 3rd option that's the majority. I'd say exchange them if possible or return it.

one thing to note is that the playfields are all made and the stored then put into games when the cabinets are ready or there is space for them. The date of manufacture is added then. So the playfields could have been made days or event weeks apart.

Doesn't Stern use 2 different companies to produce playfields? Is there a way to tell which company made it?

The dimples will even it out don't worry.

Here's mine (right side) and a friends (left side). Serial numbers only a few apart, same build/ship day. More grainy than lines. Unless I look closer and have my glasses on, its not really in your face noticeable (thank goodness).

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But ...but ...but... I thought Stern was IMPROVING their quality while jacking up prices?

I remember hitting on this in the Stern blacklisted thread. Anyone who refuted my claim care to chime in?

#inkjetgate

Have we seen any close ups of the premiums yet?