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Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 View Post
based on the second and third incidents from this video (apparently from the same game), it seems to be laminated, at least in some venues, so that it doesn't send shards of plastic everywhere when it does shatter.
it was also in the same period...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4f3q...eature=related

must have been on a hot streak.

as for why, lexan costs a lot more than plexiglass... and glass and perhaps even plexiglass is much more scratch resistant... lexan is a softer material and is more scratch prone. given the amount of contact the panels see, it wouldn't take long for dust scratches to ruin the panels...
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