I believe Nova Games in Germany (one of B/W's biggest customers at the time - the 800 pound gorilla) gave it the thumbs down after they were told that the complexity of the design and cost to manufacture mentioned above would add another $1000 per unit to the price.
Larry DeMar told this story in one of the numerous pin vids that have been made - which one though I can't remember.
Forgot to add, there are 2 with the possibility of 3 in existence.
1 for Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas
1 for Neil Nicastro Director of WMS Games
1 rumored to be in private collection (possibly originally sent to Germany as a test machine for Nova)
And also to add, there are large number of significant parts from the machine in private hands (blank playfields, cabinet art, control panel overlay, mechanisms, the clown face and hands, elephant, custom cut back boards etc) but unfortunately not enough to make another complete machine.
