Hittade något intressant ang. Diamond Plate och hållbarhet. Tror att uttalandet gjorts av någon som jobbat för SEGA.
"I've seen other games with down-to-the-wood wear, in particular a
diamondplate Funhouse that makes an annual appearance at the NC State
Fair. Certainly it's more likely to happen with damaged balls, and the
AFM scoop certainly seems to be a common area for heavy wear. I've seen
similar wear spots on the kickout "spot" from the dino saucer on Jurassic.
My personal opinion is that while diamondplate is great for general
playfield protection that it is no substitute for spot mylar in crucial
wear areas. Those wear areas used to be ramp returns, slings, pops, and
kickouts. Full factory mylar did have its place in certain games - IMO we
used full factory playfield mylar in addition to hardcoat to great
advantage on Apollo 13 (8 balls hitting the PF at once) and Frankenstein
(creature ball throw). It might not be an issue for home use.
In any case I think the factory hardcoat should be sufficient to keep well
maintained home use games working for as long as the replacement parts for
the boards etc are still avaiable.
Of course there's also the old discussion "did playfield hardcoat kill the
industry because games never wear out like they used to." I'm on the
fence in regard to that issue."
