I did one more custom Avatar LE project while I still had my machine in the lab from previously adding the Scorpion Gunship mod.

This time I added a servo to move the Banshee head and a spot light for lighting effects. I’m using a custom designed PIC microcontroller interface to monitor the Banshee ramp switch as an interrupt to do various servo and/or light effects coded in firmware. The servo mount is a custom 3D printed design just for this project. I also detect when the game is idle and have various lighting only effects happen during attract mode. It it seamlessly integrated into the machine and has a factory look and feel.

Here’s a couple quick videos of one motion with lighting effect and one attract mode effect.

Animated Banshee when Banshee ramp switch enabled

Animated Banshee 1 of 3 different attract mode effects when game is idle.

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Thought so - thank you very much.

Here's my story...

I love Avatar... have vinyl banners, 3D cinema items, a lot of the figures...

So 8 years back:
I preowned an LE... sold it and missed it...
Bought a pro again...
Upgraded again to an LE as it was closeby and price was ok.
My favorite machine next to metallica, walking dead, game of thrones.
Had to sell it 2 years ago due to a divorce (actually sold all my pinball machines except the EM's, gambling and arcade machines) yes needing funds to buy the house...

A dead period of 2 years without a modern game..
Last week bought myself a really perfect Pro HUO Avatar again... so happy to have my favorite title back. Adding the correct figures, stern leds, led odc as we speak...

And with the Avatar 2 releasing in a month, I will even more enjoy the machine.

Some saved stuff from way back that I still have on my pc..

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I just picked up a pro, and the amp suit is broken on one of the legs.

Does anyone have a source/link to where one might be?

Thanks
Mike

Hey, they nearly all have broken legs. Try to find the Amp Suit Modell from Mattel, not sure the mc farlane version fits.
The mattel version does...

We don't have mcfarlane in europe.

Here the link :

ebay.com link: itm

Still the toy needs to be slightly modified to fit in the pinball machine :

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/amp-suit-assembly-on-avatar-pro#post-7001567

Good luck !

Also keep in mind that the pro has the stone-gray Amp Suit and the LE has the Blue Gray Amp Suit. I replaced one of my legs a few posts back (post 1785)...which leg on yours is broken? I used the Left leg off the Amp suit I found on EBay so I still have the right leg...it is the stone-gray version. If you decide to look on EBay, keep in mind that with the new movie there is a newer version that may not match what we have on our pinball machines. Best bet is to stick with the original 2009 version.

Sounds like you blew a fuse on the power supply board, if indeed no coils are working. Do they work in test mode?

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb167.pdf

If you’re playing the game, the one on the right (closest to wall) is broken. However, it looks like the one on the left is starting to give too. It’s in queue to get shopped.... I have a new Mattel figure to repair it with once we tear into it, thanks to the suggestions/direction here.

This game begs for a color dmd, so I’ll be getting that as well once it’s torn apart. It already has inner art blades.

Excited to get it going! I mean it’s playable but it definitely needs a little love.

Mike

Since all fuses are now good and lights are on, have you confirmed that all the coils are firing in test? If all coils are now firing in test, I’d focus on switch test mode and see if anything looks wrong. See if anything looks open when if should be closed, like balls in the trough, or anything that is closed that should be open causing some sort of confused state for the machine to not start. Just throwing out guesses at this point.

Here's a pic of my matrix in test. I have an LE and will have a couple differences, but it should be close. Mine has switch 18,19,20,21,39,46,47,58 and D10 and D12 dedicated L and R flipper EOS switches closed. Maybe post a pic of your matrix for us to decipher.

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So it never gave you the 50/20V disabled message on the display when you were trying to start a game?

I saw the movie a second time tonight. First time in 2D (work invitation), tonight in 3D laser ultra and wauw 3D is the only way to go.
The people that were with me that mostly suffer from sickness because of the 3D had now zero troubles
I loved it too and will watch it a third time I think in cinema.

I just bought an Avatar, so I'm a new owner. I have to say, I really love this game! I also saw Avatar 2 in 3D, and agree - my whole family loved it. Watching my kids try to grab at the fish in the remarkable underwater scenes was really fun.

I have a crack in my plastic piece right in front of the amp suit over the targets you shoot and it's driving me insane. Does anyone know where I can get one, or does anyone have the means to have one made?

https://www.pinball.center/en/shop/pinball-parts-by-game/avatar/?p=1

I think these guys sell individual replacement plastics. Check it out.

Has anyone tried their Avatar plastics, by chance? I know of plenty of horror stories about some of their plastics being poorly done, but others seem alright.

These are poor replacement scans... it is what it is..

Just discovered another bug...

Start seeds and when it was last to qualify final battle... if you complete seeds during final battle, you get out of final battle with seeds (as the only one) already qualified (blinking). Most probably will happen with banshee and valkyrie too.

That and the link multiball bug when you fail to shoot the timed superjackpot you end up in the unearned victory lap phase.. you get stuck in that multiball without ability to earn the superjackpot again.

Just joined the club this weekend!! Bought my friends Avatar LE S/N 133 with only 296 lifetime plays! He bought it new in the box, and since he has a rather large collection it never really got played. My wife went over to it, powered up and fell in love with the theme and game. Happy Valentines day to her!

He had already added his choice of LEDs and mirror blades. Love it. Just ordered neon plastic protectors and a Pinwoofer kit for it as well since I've been impressed with their product in other games I've had. Looking forward to enjoying this cool pin and seeing what upgrades I could do.

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Anyone have a scan on an LE Certificate
Mine is missing and just wanted to know what it looked like

Thanks

Mine is still in the cabinet. I can take a picture of it tomorrow and post it if you'd like. Or I can scan it at work and email it to you.

Jason

Sent you a pdf and picture of it.

I too just joined the club and wanted to know if there are any must have mods. I did some Google searching and Avatar does not appear to have many options when it comes to mods. I ordered the shaker, led premium kit from cointaker and the side blade art. Anything else I should consider. I will eventually do pinwoofer and pinstadiums.

Mine has this bigger banshee. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I think it looks much better than the factory one. Doesn’t block the veiw of any shots.

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Where can I get that?

Might be hard to get now with the new movie release. This was on my game when I got it but I had seen them on eBay. Most banshee figures are now from The Way of Water.

leonopteryx mattel

But it doesn't match the mode on the game... The leonopteryx is not a banshee

How to I go about ordering these?? I was thinking of adding them to my Avatar, Godzilla, LOTR, STTNG, and Space Shuttle if possible. I did not see them in the Market place store.

Thank you,

Same here, how does one order these.

On a side note, I am surprised by Avatar. I am enjoying the rule set and there is some flow to the game that I respect, however It's not easy at least not for me. Need to dial in my shots.i do love the stacking ability with this one too.

Read some of his other posts, you have to message him to order.

My Avatar LE is arriving tomorrow

Anything I should check out or any service bulletins

Super Stoked

Only service bulletin I see noteworthy is to update the code to the latest to prevent odd startup issues.
https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb177.pdf

Current code should be 1.20 in your game.

If they haven’t been done already, highly recommend upgrading the speakers. Lots of cool sounds missed by the stock speakers. My friend has flipper fidelity speakers. I have pinwoofers set. Both are a great upgrades to help immerse you in the game.