Got an IMVE a little while ago (and forgot to join this club)

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Added tb's dmd apron and awaiting "the rest"

very nice!

I now have questions

1. how did you get the arc ractor in there?
2. did you make those light up insert covers yourself?

Mikonos, are these available anywhere? I’ve seen you post these before in other places (ie the gnr ones) but have never figured out if your selling them or giving them away free or just doing it for yourself.

That’s a ve so it doesn’t have a physical knocker just the audio one right?

Double check that q24 is NOT set to knocker (which means it’s expecting a physical knocker. Like the redshift addon).
https://redshiftled.com.au/Installing-a-knocker.php

Has any one made an ac/dc music version of the rom's?

I don't own an ac/dc so saying 'just go play that' doesn't help me.
I've googled it and id found people talking about it years ago but nothing recent.

"no free play cards" um ... there was a link below your first question.

There are also these https://zonaarcade.forumcommunity.net/?t=60966441
mikanos has a thread here for his artwork - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/restored-and-customized-pinball-artworks-showroom-thread-by-mikonos

Are they not held on both sides?

Just looking at that design it looks like they can still lean atleast one direction.

I've had my tron and ironman 3d printed ones on for a year now and they're still good.

I had bounce back on both my ramps.

I put a little foam further up the ramp so it slows the ball before it gets to the bottom. I do this on all pins that have high speed ramps.

The ball gets to your flipper significantly faster.

The ball very lightly touches the foam so slows down enough to go directly down the hole without any bounce back.

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“Buy buy buy!” $5699
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Only issue I really have is the blue insert.

There is no way to make for an end user to fix this. How can they make it like the others?
Add a comet matrix light splitter and add 1x green and 1x red led to it?
Then block the others so these colors don't bleed thru?

That feels like a bit of a long bow you'd concluding regarding theme integration.

The blue is definitely wacky and so far out of theme its jarring.

Why blue? Why not red or yellow seeing that's the suits main color themes.
So I re-read the change note line to see if there is any other clue.

"Added a half-way bonus for the MARK SUITS. The bonus is lit after the third MARK SUIT and awarded at the SPINNER."

I do agree however on re-reading this that it might be a way to make a "blatantly obvious visual marker" to the player about the new half way bonus.
Aesthetically it looks nuts and seems like a really silly choice to bake it into the hardware.

So perhaps as they don't have color changing led's this was what they thought was their only on playfield way to highlight "bonus is lit" or that there is something to get to when its not lit.

A unique blinking pattern would have been easier, works on all machine revisions and would still draw the players attention when available.

I thought the same thing when I got mine but there really isn't a ton of mods that people have done. Most are just the toys + led's inside them.

Good opportunity for someone with new ideas.

There are arc reactor pop caps that look quite good but you'll have to find second hand ones as they arent made anymore.
Also an arc reactor topper.
Iron monger decal is nice. Also sold out but you can always ask the maker via pm.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops?gameid=2386&query=Iron+Man+%28Pro+Vault+Edition%29&page=2 (try and ignore all the normal 'fits every machine' crap listed here)

whoah! Replacing/referbing the playfield?

"mach 1" going the speed of sound?

My back hurts just imagining that!

Long one could be an outlane. It goes down the inside of a clear post.

Really like what you've added, always thought IM looked a little bare in that department.

Wouldn't el wire look better for the whips? (cause its thin) The discrete led's in the strips would be visible along the rope unless you're hiding it inside something to diffuse it or are you looking to use addressable ones and add something a bit more crazy to it?

wow!

ps: it just clicked for me who you are! *slaps forehead* I should have known it would look fantastic!

wow ... well there is a good 10 years and an entire franchise of ironman related movies to watch then!

"bulling", I'm not sure what that word is ment to be, could you describe it in a different way?

Did you mean bulging/protruding/swelling or stretched decals?

God damn those whips! Not willing to separate?

ahh. crinkled or creased perhaps.

Seems to happen when the bolt twists when it is tightened and there isn't a cutout around them.

This other thread talks about it in the context of near the legs so should be similar for the bolts too : https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wrinkling-decals-suggestions-to-repair

I had a tz with similar issues and all I did was remove the bolt, Gentle heat and smoothed it out. Pressed flat again and reinstalled bolts and was careful to not twist them again. IM has those gold reflective decals so im not 100% sure what any heat would do to them. You could try without any heat first and see if that helps.

For some coils if they aren't tight and/or flush with the stop they can buzz. I've had this on a few machines. If it is annoying enough then loosening and retightening can rid of it. Its a cheap zero cost fix in some cases.

Stern still had some in stock a few months ago as I got a replacement for a damaged one.