I wonder how often this happens i.e. designers having table layouts sitting on the shelf and then using them for the next machine off the rank as opposed to actually designing a machine for the title/theme.
As someone mentioned somewhere, Stern was able to get this AC/DC up and running pretty quickly, seeing the rejected Avatar layout above explains why. Makes you wonder why more time and effort or research wasn't put into the artwork then if they already had the layout done. After so many people asked for a AC/DC machine, why not ask one more question of how would you guys like it to look???? I am sure no-one would have suggested what is on offer. A simple one question poll on the Stern website for a week or two would have sold alot more AC/DC machines for Stern.
Apologies for my negativity, I hope that I can look back and say I was very very wrong. This machine should have been the icing on the cake to pinball's resurrection.
