No, from the start the neon would flash on and off.
BuzzrTV ran a show with the Shure mics last night. I listened, turned up the volume, and the audio was definitely cleaner, with no neon interference. We heard less of the projectors. They were there but you heard less of them. But Bobby was dug in on his idea of those short shotgun mics.
The puzzle board should have been hard artwork from the beginning.