WOZ I had when I removed a star post in the slings to add lights for GI the entire star post pulled the ink off to bare wood when i removed it, the ink/clear was so thick and soft it was ridiculous. Hobbit was and is there only game that has good playfields universally that ive seen from JJP but Ive never owned a DI so cant say much on that game.

This post shows otherwise and only at 40 games played. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-jjp-gnr-thread/page/218#post-6323718

The magical disappearing ball, man keep up lol! Like the new dead colors by the way...

I think GOT LE/PRE is the worst offender of the magical disappearing ball in modern pinball.

WW if you cant see the ball you must be on the shorter height range since I can see the ball fine at 6ft tall or your just looking to bitch about something! WW is slower compared to my Sterns but its not WOZ slow.

My WW definitly fades after about 20 minutes or even less sometimes. The right ramp gets harder and harder to line up because the shot position off the flipper keeps changing. I never noticed it on my other JJPs they were just underpowered feeling and if you cranked up the power more then say 2 points made the geometry of the shots feel off.

To keep on topic my Feb 2020 supposedly after pooling issue fixed Wonka has the smallest amount of pooling on the top posts of each sling but i put mylar washers on so hope it never changes. Hasnt gotten worse since I got the game so crossing my fingers the mylar helps.

Ball guides is not bad playfields its bad manufacturing of the assembly line. My Mando might be the best playfield in modern pinball that ive seen with my SW coming in close 2nd but time will tell. Mando doesnt even dimple on my game, zero dimples, no planking, nothing. The clear looks thinner and like they took a machine over it that ive never seen before on any Sterns.

My GOT was dimpled pretty heavy and ghosted some. My SW does have some of that planky look thats barely noticeable but almost zero dimples and has held up really well compared to other games. Worst planking ive seen on any recent games was Hot Wheels.

All games get old fast for me if im not absolutely in love with the code and layout.

Sold both AIQ and GnR pretty quickly myself. One because of code other because of guess what...code. Neither clicked code wise. I dont think its a fair comparison between the two though market wise since Stern probably made as many AIQs in 1 week as JJP has made total of GnR.

Yeah no mechs on either game besides subway on AIQ which i did like. AIQ shot better though with sweet combo action ill give it that but GnR was a touch more fun overall.

Yeah I dont think they do either i was just sorta trying to make a point and im glad you get what i was saying. I love my Wonka(and Hobbit but dont own one anymore but wish i did) so Im not hating on JJP at all but to compare the used market between them is foolish.

No worrys my friend from down under! Code wise on GnR it just felt like it had no purpose besides jackpot score. No journey and more a light show. I actually enjoyed all the multiballs in it. AIQ wise the code is just flat feeling with no life to it. I never fully figured out the computer thing on the left and the callouts and what animations it does have werent good. Best part of code on AIQ for me was when Id push start and Thanos would talk with my subwoofer, lol!

To stay on topic my Wonka has pooling that i stuck mylar washers on. The one stayed in place but the other has peeled loose from the ball hitting the post. The pooling hasnt gotten worse at all though so I dont really mind it much but those mylar washers are worthless i think.

My buddy got a end of may early june build GnR with all the fixings and has held up great so I think moving forward as long as they come from the factory with all the fixes you should be good to go right out of the box but dont remove the washers cause no saying what could be happening under them. Be interesting when guys start removing the fixes for cleaning and see if there is any pooling or chipping of the ink.

I think its in relation to koss and how he is going to handle his GnR with JJP

With Stern usually it is a stock issue. Ive had parts show up out of the blue many months after asking for them and they say something along the lines of restocked item covered under warranty on the invoices even on games i bought used and they have never made me pay for any parts ever.