Theme and gameplay are king. Playfield chips are like... what? Who cares, a steel ball is smashing this shit all day long.

Although there's a faction of pinball fans who want their machines not played and more like trophies so, maybe they get upset about that. Looks like about 40% of pinside types do anyways.

For me no. A few chips don't affect the game at all. I play beat up EM's and SS's all the time where half the art is missing but the game is fun as heck. Would I complain if half my art was missing on a NIB? Yes... But a few chips on a post? Something I literally can't see with the glass on? Tiny imperfections? I personally don't care one lick.

For me no. A few chips don't affect the game at all. I play beat up EM's and SS's all the time where half the art is missing but the game is fun as heck. Would I complain if a NIB was missing half its art? Yes... But a few chips on a post? Something I literally can't see with the glass on? Tiny imperfections? I personally don't care one lick.

My DI had some chips. No biggie.

My WOZ isn't glass smooth and has dimples. No biggie.

My Hobbit had some pf issues. Didn't care at all.

And the people who can't understand the other side of the opinion here are hilarious. It's like, there are multiple perspectives in the world and yours isn't the only one. Dog pile on the minority opinion all you want if that makes you feel better.

It's funny you bring up the auto clearcoat cause I was gonna mention people like that. I have literally seen a person with a $90,000 car give no shits about the paintjob not being perfect.

The echo chamber has spoken repeatedly about this so if the echo chamber has any true power JJP should be out of business in a few weeks.

For what its worth, if I had a broken mech that impacted gameplay and they treated me like doodoo I would be livid and ranting in threads like this constantly. When I have had issues they fixed them but that was 2016-2018 JJP not current JJP.

I do think the actual solution that most people want is a plug-n-play populated playfield. That seems like it just isn't possible for JJP for many reasons, even if it would be the best answer for those with these issues.

The second best issue is just sending out new PFs, but obviously that isn't ideal for most people either.

So it's a lose-lose situation for JJP and the folks who got burnt by bad product. You are all entitled to being pissed off and never buying from them again.