I've spent some time looking at various pictures of the game, and I think the playfield design and tie in with the band is great. The similarities between T2 and this game look to be more than a coincidence. T2 is a great player, and so will this pinball. I would have preferred drop targets instead of spot targets. But that's only s minor change - I think it is great as it is - and well done to the design team.
The art team have failed this machine. I cannot look past the "Angus" in the center of the playfield. A couple of AC / DC fans I know commented that they agreed with me - it looks like it was drawn by a child - really poorly ! In fact, one made the comment that interested me - "There is no way the band would authorize such rubbish".
Looking at other band pinballs - KISS, Dolly Parton, Rolling Stones (Bally, not the Stern), Nugent and Gunners - the artwork is SO much better. So in 30 years, Stern can't even equal Bally's art packages of the 70's ?
I would have to say the AC/DC fans you have been talking to obviously dont know what there talking about ,the Angus head was drawn back in 1979 under the art direction of Bob Defrin and is on the cover of the Highway to Hell album which I think is pretty fitting for the pinball as this was Bon Scotts last recorded album with the band
You mean this one ?
That was the one that was thrust in front of me with the comments "does this look the same to you ?". Cap is the wrong color, horns are the wrong color, hair is the wrong color !
Makes no difference to me, but most fans of the band that I've shown pictures to don't like it. A couple of fans would have liked to have seen a reference to Bon Scott "somewhere" on the machine. It just looks "out of place".
