Bending the guide in towards the bumper works a treat and keeps the factory look.

I’ve been screwing around with Pinball Browser and exploring the videos and callouts. The callouts are 95% Thanos and Dr Strange. And they are really boring. There are so many great quotes from the, what 20 movies. I’ve made a few simple replacements and it makes a big difference in my opinion...

Adding in the Repulser SFX to Ironman multiball make a HUGE difference totally changes the mode with that recognisable SFX, also Led Zep for Thor multiball is another game changer!

If your not comfortable cranking on your ball guide grab a pinball edu protector from Mezel mods!!

Yes. Amped up Thor MB with LZ and videos from the opening Ragnarok battle scene. I know its obvious but makes a huge difference.

These are pinball hang up gold. Stick one to the back of the guide rail.

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I played 2 games on this and yeah that seems spot on. It also sounds like one voice dude tried to do all the voices aside from Black Widow. There's not enough to differentiate (except Hulk).

This shoots way way different from anything I've played. I've heard it's an "easy shooter" but to me, it felt like it'd take a while to dial in shots because the layout is so unconventional.

Add Jarvis/Vision to the drops brings that character into play a lot more.

Also curious if we will see Adam Warlock in a mode, having him so present on the playfield but nowhere in the code of the game seems odd at present.

What does everyone use for their upper flipper? I swapped out the bottom flipper rubbers for Titan silicone. I have the same on the upper flipper but it’s clearly not going to last long. Would love an option other than the factory black rubber. Cheers!

Installed a Deluxe Speaker Light Kit on my AIQ Premium. First machine I've tried this on... I like it!

Trying a few different settings out.

I implemented the plexi glass solution to my captain marvel ramp. I used a new razor blade to cut a piece to 1” x 2.33" and double sided tape to sucure to the ramp. The top of the "lexan" is braced by the inside of the inside wire form. I have about 1k games played on my premium and would guess that I make about 30% of what I feel are solid shots at the ramp. I decided to trial this fix for the next few weeks. If you interested in my initial impression check out my short stream on twitch. http://www.twitch.tv/citizen_marz_iv/v/885641429?sr=a&t=47s

Each machine is certainly a bit different. I've been thinking about trying this solution as well, but I went a simpler option and cleaned and waxed my table. Hitting notably more CM ramp shots even since...

Thor multiball needs that Led Zeppelin song from Thor Ragnorak. Needs energy. And iron man multiball needs his theme song. This game is a music and callout bore.

I’d love to give this a whirl. Gimme gimme.

IM and Thor multiball are not fun. In fact, it really pisses me off if I start either one on it’s own before being able to start a gem quest. I’ve been known, out of frustration to start over at that point.

My thoughts exactly...although I now use the MBs to practice hitting shots under fire...still irks me no end though.

Anyone know if there is a way to reset the topper to get back to no gems earned? I got mine from someone who had already earned 4 of the 6.
Thanks!

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The most fun way would probably be to collect the 2 remaining gems and play the multi-ball, then it will reset to zero.

After blowing through 2 titan rings on the upper flipper, I replaced it with a super band. So far so good; the stickiness of the super band is not an issue for the upper flipper.

I haven't seen those - you mind pointing me toward where I can pick one up! Thanks!

Win the other two gems?

https://cointaker.com/products/super-band-standard-flipper-ring

I'm curious whether my subway fingers act the same as everyone else's, or whether mine need some work.

When a ball is resting on the 1st or 3rd finger and the finger mech fires, the balls move smoothly through the subway. However, when a ball is resting on the 2nd finger and the mech fires, the ball goes jumping in the air. It usually still ends up where it's supposed to, but occasionally it will jump back up to the 1st finger.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Ended up just leaving the factory rules on the card-

THAT IS COOL!!!

Thanks! I have made them available if anyone is interested.....
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1289-youbentmywookie/04775-avengers-infinity-quest-lenticular-apron-cards

The 3D side is actually cooler than the Flip Side (in my opinion), but is not able to be captured accurately via camera.
Here is a simulation of what you see(movement is made to show the layers)-
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Have a down payment in for a premium but debating switching to a pro. The only thing I think I will miss is the vertical ramp. Any chance Stern will have the subway / disc / ramp fix in place when the premiums go back on the line? (although the ramp isn't really acknowledged is it?)

I would assume that, since Stern is sending out replacement parts for the subway and the disk, that they will apply those at the factory - why wouldn't they? I don't think the CM ramp is that bad - and as others have noted, it's remarkably better once you spray some Novus 1 and clean the playfield area which takes only a couple of minutes every so often. I couldn't imagine playing this game without the portal (and associated light show, although I don't know how they do the portal lock/gem quest with the Pro), and the CM ramp is such a rush. I also really like the Ant-Man VUK to the flipper.

Vertical ramp is awesome and the subway puts the ball out on the right ramp vs just hit the mystery and rolling out to the playfield. Those two things are big in my opinion. I might sell my le to make room for lz le but in the summer I’ll get a premium aiq again once on the line

Just had a great game (well at least for me). Collected 3 gems and the soul gem. Did not get the soul gem awarded although it said at the end of the game soul gem champ with 55 flips left.

What I would like that when you select what gem to play the topper shows with flashing what are you selecting.

Love this game!

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As did I on my pro

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O dang

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I bought a pro to do mods for, but if I was keeping one, I'd DEFINITELY want the Premium for Avengers.

Anyone having issues with their Auto Launch assembly getting weak during a game? I have maybe 750 games on my pro. When I get a couple of games in and I hit a multi ball it can only shoot the balls to the bottom of the ramp by Cap. Wondering if I need to replace the Diode already? Seems pretty early to have something like this wear out so quickly.

Mine is funny - seems to come and go in terms of ability to make the whole loop...

They aren’t from the previous machine they are on your machine when you put the topper on. You have to get the last two and it will reset.

Mine is hit and miss as well, I usually try to manually plunge whenever I can.

Just reporting back on my quick and easy proof of concept credit card solution. I actually used a spare plastic luggage tag cut to size, super easy with a small loop of duct tape...hasn't made a noticeable difference as mine still rejects more than it doesn't (it seems initially anyway), but I'll give it more time to see how it trends. I think adjusting the pitch from 6.8 to 6.6 made more of an overall difference and managed to get 3 gems and black order mb for the first time today...

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Here is a simple custom mod I did; I think it turned out pretty good!

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As a data point my (LE) auto launcher makes it 99% of the time...and that was out of the box. Manually it struggles and it came with the orange spring installed...

yeah, my manual plunger is weaker than the auto for sure.

You get what you put into it.
Im not surprised that that "loop of duct tape" isnt making a difference for you.

Fwiw my auto plunge in only about 50% on a good day. Still something i plan to look into. Ive noticed most videos ive watched also suffer from the weak or misaligned autoplunge to the pops.
This gets really annoying when you are banking on it serving to your right flipper. For me its most irritating during a Soul gem drain.

What! It's a piece of plastic and it hasn't moved in 50-60 games so the duct tape loop is doing fine thanks. As others have observed it still takes a good shot...there is no hole to fall out of (as I said, the POC is solid).

Take a slow motion video and ill wager that the movement a loop of tape would give the plastic would also absorb some of the ball's momentum and possibly even still hit the left wireform. Something more rigid would probably do a better job imo.

What changes if you set the game to pass through? I just unbolted the subway and didn't change anything in the settings, all works fine and it is way faster, you can even skip the animation. Subway locks are launched when starting a mode like they should. Soul Gem isn't started with 2 balls anymore after ball search because of the balls not detected in the subway. Way better, I'll put it back if I'll sell it one day.

Most of the issue with all new Sterns is the shooter rod length. If you look down where the ball rests against the auto launcher, the plunger most of the the time is up to 1/4" behind the auto plunger. Ideally it should be just a hair behind it so that the ball rests against the auto launcher. This gives you more control over your plunges. With it being so far back, the shooter rod now has to go beyond its normal resting place quite a bit to strike the ball. This makes your manual plunge very weak sometimes. I have installed aftermarket shafts on my sterns, if they are a bit long it is easier to space them back and get the distance correct.

I decided to try the Captain Marvel ramp improvement mod. Bought some double sided tape and red reflectors from Lowe’s. I used some garage scissors to rough cut the reflector. I had to cut the sides and a bit of the lower back edge to get it to fit right. I sanded off the rough edges a bit. I could have done a cleaner job but this looks good enough when not under scrutiny. For symmetry, I cut a piece for the other side (it doesn’t do anything) and from the front it looks like captain marvel red laser-speed end-trails.

I haven’t put enough plays on it yet since to say for sure, but no-kidding my first few games I am getting way less, almost no, ball rejects from the ramp!? I don’t know what magic this is.

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