Quoted from iceman44:I'm guessing Stern wouldn't hire him or he wouldn't work for him?....
How could they afford one of his designs? I find him to be pretty uncompromising with his vision, and he loves to put TONS of stuff into his machines. That doesn't fit with the way Stern is currently making machines, with their focus on minimizing cost after being confronted with rising material costs.
A JPop Stern Machine would cost $9k, and he would refuse to make a 'LE' playfield. I think thats awesome.