Flashback : 1988Evil Salesman pulls off a lug."You see those spider cracks, there ? See, eventually they will creep past the lugs and the shell is worthless. You might as well just sell us the whole kit now and cut your losses .."
Yikes!
My Vistalite snare has a crack that has been fixed (as noted in earlier post), my two double-headed toms both seem to have not-so-perfectly-clear interiors that look almost "frosted" for lack of a better word (years of poor storage?), my bass drum is a bit scuffed due to the tom holder not always strongly keeping the rack toms from scratching the top. And I used a hoop from my old 6-lug budget snare drum for the reso end of my 14x10 tom.
But I'm happy with the overall vibe and don't mind a bit of "road wear" look.