Thanks CoolCatPinball for the invite to the official owners thread.
I posted this in the old hype thread but thought I'd make it official here

Prepping for my LE delivery by better understanding the backstory to this game.

I can heartily recommend the Kindle version of the Infinity Gauntlet written by Jim Starlin ($3.99 Kindle DL)
I was able to read all 6 editions in just a few hours and all at one sitting
If this was the story that the game derives much of its structure, then it's no surprise that it strikes a more "serious" and sometimes dire tone. The comic certainly did
Heck, it was a story about the end of the universe and with little hope of stopping it.

Also, when reading the comics, I was able to understand the large presence of Dr. Strange in the game - this is because of his large role in the Gauntlet story

Great story and read!

Also bought a Gauntlet for display next to the game. Signed by Jim Starlin
Yes, it's right handed but it's still cool and comic appropriate

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Lovin' what you're hearin'!

What bass amp are you using?

100% agree on Pinwoofer products over all others.
I did a review on them recently ...

https://thepinballloft.com/2020/04/24/woofers-dinosuars/

#332 has arrived! What a day yesterday was. AIQ arrives on the same day as my BBH Reloaded Mini!
Got them both setup last night
AIQ would not power up, discovered the fuse holder was not locked in on the mains line
Got that sorted pretty quickly.
Only other issue I'm having is that I'm getting frequent issues after drains where the ball trough is not recognizing the ball

Drop me a PM if you are having similar issues and have resolved

Loving the gameplay - the shots are so unique and on different places on the flipper ... and game is fast and fun!
I think it could use a little more lighting and, as others have mentioned, a mirror or something so you can see into the subway

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Got my T-Molding installed. Have done this on about 6 games so far
If you need help, I just finished a tutorial on my blog
Note that for my machine, the head panels on AIQ are thinner than earlier machines so ... the 3/4" T-Molding now sticks out about 1/2mm on each side
Still looks fantastic if you care for that sort of thing!

UPDATE:
See post below from RPZ where he mentions using 11/16" T-molding instead of 3/4"
You most certainly can order that size and it's exactly a 1/16" narrower than 3/4" and will likely fit with less or no overhang
YMMV

https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/10/molding-heroes/
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Half done image
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You have no choice at T-molding.com (20 feet)

Dirt cheap anyway!

Did not bother me after install - looks great (you have to be close to see - and I can't believe anyone would say it does not look good)

Killer mod - great work sir

I'm betting that would be a more perfect fit.
Great call out/idea and I'll amend my tutorial accordingly
Don't think you'd be dissatisfied with the 3/4" but removing that 16th will make it fit better

Funny you (and sounds like others) mention that - I had not read anything about that sentiment BUT I "felt" the same thing. If I was to share one "feeling" I get while playing, it would be that at times it "feels" like you/Avengers are flying. Pretty good achievement for a Pinball machine. I would attribute it to the vertical movement the ball can achieve in this game ... also, not sure but this game looks "deeper" in the cabinet due having to fit the ramps and tower?

Yes ... happened an hour a go.
I spent 15 minutes looking because I was positive a ball went up there but I could not find it - convinced myself I was seeing things
Gave up, power cycled machine - still showing missing ball
Finally found it to resume play

Avengers Assemble!
AIQ LE Game review
https://thepinballloft.com/2020/10/13/laying-down-the-gauntlet/

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Thx! iPhone, patience, a little training and bit of post-processing and boom!

This is my post on the subject about 2 pages back in this thread. Check the link to my blog where all the details are. I would try the 11/16” size on AIQ. I installed 3/4” and it looks great but does hang over a tiny bit.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/23#post-5900669

$12 from Amazon. Bit of fun, might even mount it in the game ... for sure not wearing it - OK, just around the house

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Looks fantastic!

Anyone else having this issue?
Ball traverses the subway, gets past the LAST set of fingers and just sits there. Seems like there is a bit of a”dip” in the subway in that spot just before it dumps the ball to the VUK, have to nudge machine every time to get it to drop to VUK or it will go into ball search

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Might try that - thx

Thanks ... I've got some board work to do on another machine today but when I'm done with it I'm going to take a closer look
Either that plastic subway has a slight dimple there, or that short 1" section is heat formed with a slight uphill bend

EDIT - Distributor has me confused with an Elvira topper buyer, below info not correct!

INCORRECT Just got notified that toppers are in
$1,000 each. I’m out.
Holy Cow INCORRECT

Got another message back from my distributor.
Bad info. This was for Elvira topper. My distributor had me confused with another buyer. I corrected the original post
Sorry team

Absolutely loving the code update!
More call outs
Killer lightshow on Ironman ball lock
Noticed an incredible RGB lightshow at the moment I got the Avengers assembled - somebody confirm that was new 'cause I cant believe I missed it on earlier code

Wow ... continue to be impressed!

Happens to me almost every game
See my post here
Since taking the pics, I’ve noticed “why” that ball sits just at the edge of the subway before the VUK ... it’s because the subway is allowing two balls next to each other past the last set of fingers, one is free to drop in the VUK, while the second just sits there as it’s past the fingers and has no momentum to move

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/31#post-5914310

Yup, driving me crazy

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/36#post-5924308

Someone show me a different answer but I've experienced this since day one and here is what I see:
- never happens with a single ball moving thru the subway
- ALWAYS happens when 2 or more balls moving thru subway
- the ball sits just to the right of the last set of fingers and can only be nudged into dropping into the VUK (takes quite a jolt to move it)

I watched it happen twice during gameplay and here's what I see

- 2 balls in subway, and they are moving via the fingers toward the VUK
- First ball drops to the VUK and THE SECOND BALL is being guided toward the VUK by the code as if the first ball is not even already sitting in the VUK
- The fingers continue to guide that second ball PAST the last set of fingers, where normally, they would hold the ball at the second to last set of fingers so as to provide enough of a a rolling start to allow that second ball to drop into the VUK when the fingers lift.
- With the second ball moved PAST the last set of fingers, there is no rolling momentum created because that second ball is sitting (touching actually) the first ball while its still sitting there in the VUK waiting for ejection onto the rail.

So ...
- That second ball parks itself at the end of the subway
- The first ball then pops out of the VUK and the second ball languishes there, until you drain the ball that exited the VUK
- Then, we all know what happens, the game goes into ball search

Seems like this is an easy code fix?
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Pic is where the second ball "sits" AFTER the first ball has exited the VUK

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Same Q! Looks amazing ^^^^^^

FWIW, that’s Very rare for that to happen on my game. Assuming you are level ...

I’ll bet it doesn’t happen as a percent of center drains even 10% of the time

Same

Thanks for that link and the idea. Works like a charm.
I was also having issues with the ball getting wedged above the top left pop bumper
Every 4 to 5 games or so - annoying
I took one of you nubs, cut about 20% off one side and dropped it in there ... so far so good!

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Interesting how different some of these issues are. Mine is 100% software/code related
Starts the same as your issue, ball already in subway, then drop another in the portal
My issue is the last ball that drops in the portal is given one too many "stops" and instead of stopping to the left of the last set of fingers, it is delivered very purposefully toward the VUK, which (of course) it cant enter because there is already a ball there

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/40#post-5928522

Finally cracked 200mil on my 149th game

Like most games, getting 2x deeper than you've ever been allows you to see so much more that the game offers
Was a blast!

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48.72456% more

Added Doug’s speaker light kit. Just awesome looking! I’ve installed over a dozen various speaker light kits but this one looks the best. It illuminates just the 5.25” speaker area, makes the yellow spacer just glow and lights up the cone of the Kenwood speakers as well. I’ve tried lots of colors and animations but settled on simple - just plain old static yellow! Shot a short video to show what they “can” do if you want them animated ... endless choices. I shot a few close ups because when photographed at a distance, they appear washed out. I can assure you they are brilliant, saturated yellow in person!

Oh, super easy install too

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Easy fix, I had the same issue and fixed thanks to another Pinsider

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/44#post-5934918

I am, was anyway - until the entire mech broke.
Was hoping I had a good mech but appears not

Even after .93, it was still not right and was still behaving like my previous posts. I still believe my issue could be fixed with code

Calling Stern for replacement subway mech

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Hate to say it but betting you will. No worries though ... sounds like Stern has created a more robust replacement

Yes, subway finger portion of the mech. One of the welds is known to be weak and Stern had a new part manufactured to replace it should it break
We both have early production games thus the reason for my comment

I'm about 200 plays in

New part is already on it's way - cant beat that service

This link does a great job showing what broke - mine is exactly the same

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/13#post-5881776
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Subway mech went this weekend, now tonight the post falls off. At least the post is a quick fix with some blue loctite to avoid any future problems - 192 plays

Found the nut down under left sling
Found the post up in the pops
Found the topside washer in the bottom of the cabinet
Found the screw when I lifted the PF and it dropped out of the subway

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And ... Stern will send you this!
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