Should be joining the club in a few weeks with a premium and really looking forward to it. I saw that there was one alternate audio being worked on but there has not been an update on that thread for a while. Is there a alternate audio for the most recent version?

Had deadlip done a stream with the 1.0+ code? The last one I see is for the .93 code.

There was one being worked on but it doesn't look to have been updated
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/avengers-infinity-quest-spider-soundmod

The bookmarks for the items replaced in that mod are available in pinball browser for anyone to mess with

I'd be careful if it is a newer machine. Some of them appear to be coming with 1.02 which is not on the stern website for download yet. Might be the new node board firmware for a hardware change which you can't downgrade. Without the readme who knows though?

about to go up if the rumors are true lol. With the demand currently and the number of backorders there are not a lot of deals out there. Without a good relationship with a distributor I'd not expect more than 100 or 2 off msrp these days

I've played the pro a bunch and the game really didn't click with me. I understand the premise but the spinner felt wasted and the right side of the game felt barren. I originally didn't plan on purchasing any games this year as I was happy with my collection. Then I played a premium and an le of aiq and my issues with the games went away. The marvel ramp on both were dialed in and that shot was so satisfying. The Dr strange spinner rising up was awesome. The vuk made so much more sense. It just clicked. A guy had been asking if I would part of one of my machines and I made the decision to upgrade my guardians to the aiq premium as that would be the only version I'd want. The deal was made and now I've been waiting as it was supposed to have been here more than a month ago. Then I missed out on the build 2 weeks ago and now the machine is due maybe end of September. I can't pay an extra grand if that's what stern does in September from the rumors so looks like I may not end up with mine. Sucks

woohoo just heard my premium ships next week. So excited.

That sucks, hope they get it turned around quick for you

email [email protected]. He will want your serial number and a description of the problem. You can also start here https://sternpinball.com/support/contact-us/ which creates a ticket in their system I believe. Goes right to Pablo as well.

Most warranty items you can get directly from stern. Big issues or things like node boards they will want your distributor involved.

Finally officially in the club. Cleanest box I've ever had and the guys that delivered it were really cool. Looks like my lockdown bar is digging into the wood a bit though.

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I talked to my distributor about it. I don't think this was shipping damage. The tongues that clip into the cabinet from the lockdown bar were bent forward too much. I was able to bend them a bit to fix the clearance. Definitely a quality control issue. The damage is cosmetic. I can sand it down a bit and touchup with black paint but sucks to see that for something so easily fixed by QC. Will also send a note to Pablo at Stern about it. I think I saw some Mando's shipped in august with a similar issue just not as bad. Mine was build mid august as well and just getting it now.

I think I spoke too soon about the machine being fine. A lot of LED's are out. The entire drop target matrix set of leds, hulk spinner, marvel ramp, thor multiball, thor's entire glove, every led in the tunnel. Something has to be unplugged but it's all over the playfield.

I found a connector loose and it looks like it goes to an open spot on the drop target matrix board but can anyone verify that? It looks like that is the serial in connection but don't want to go plugging things in willy nilly

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Thank you kindly

Edit: that was it. All working now. Appreciate it

My guardians came like that. Asked the distributor and they said it sometimes happens and stern won't do anything about it. In my case you could see the ribs but not feel them. In my case it did not cause the sale price of a pro to be decreased but I can see how a premium buyer would be more judgemental about. Interested to hear what stern says

My game recently started getting massive airballs when hitting the sanctum target. Sometimes even hitting the flasher right above it or banging on the ramps. Looking thru the thread I see this happens quite a bit but I didn't see a long term solution to it. Has anyone found one? I have checked the disk is level. Thanks

Thanks, I'll double check the disk and the target. I've had it rebound so hard it hit the glass and ended up in the shooter lane. That was interesting to say the least. I might also be hitting it more intentionally now as I'm moving past the flailing to controlled gameplay as I learn the pin.

When they say level the disk are they talking about levelling the disk to the mount with the 4 screws? I'm not entirely sure what I am levelling. I have a pretty big lip on the outer ring thing that has the 4 screws going into it but I didn't think that moved?

EDIT: doh I found it and yeah I'm doing it wrong https://o.pinside.com/a/6e/95/a6e9501ad7ebf2b6df36240d756023483680a872.pdf

mine says 325-350 and I regularly see over 1000 rpm. 1480 or so is my highest so far on the premium with the stock setup. Seems to be working well so I've not touched it.

I don't have any trouble hitting the marvel ramp on my machine and I don't have the mod. I wonder what the cause is that makes some machines so much more likely to reject. The shot flow is just insane with the marvel ramp in the mix.

I'm the opposite where I just can't stand the pro but love the premium. The raising spinner and subway give me time to take a breath and wipe the sweat off my hands heh. Not generally enough time to take a drink though... I have a lot of 15+ minutes games on this one. Just so smooth to shoot.

I have about 300 plays on my premium I've twice had to go searching for screws to the plastic shield that goes in front of the capt marvel ramp. Seems like these are really prone to loosening up and falling out. It doesn't seem like being backed by the opto plastic housing is strong enough for the vibrations that part gets. Has anyone found a way to secure them better?

I'll take one to home Depot tomorrow and see what I can find. Thanks

Finally had a breakthrough game after being stuck in the 400-500 mil range for the last 2 months. Collected 4 of the 5 gems going into the final Thanos battle. Failed the first time but flew through it the second time. I know I left a ton of points all over the place. My multiballs were not good and I only got like 10 mil from the victory laps.

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ha, that's part of the reason. My 11 year old hates it. He also hates playing the machines for hours on end so his chance at taking my GC's are few and far between. He regularly beats me in competition though. Every tournament the two of us have been in together he's finished higher than me.

I've got about 400 games on my premium and I found what looked like a bit of clearcoat and some artwork on it floating around the playfield. After searching everywhere I finally found the chip behind the rail leading into the antman scoop. It's a pretty large loss of clear and artwork but it's all under the plastics at the moment. Gonna send stern an email about it and have sent Cliff an email looking to get the protector for that spot but wow. There is no sign of pooling anywhere on the playfield. It was perfect but for this

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I've emailed Cliff but I have not heard back. I've been watching that rail as I did read about it early on in the thread. Seems to have come out of nowhere as there was no sign an issue was about to occur.

Should be 6 in the trough. I believe they have a sticker under the lockbar saying how many balls to insert

I can't imagine making those mods. My game is setup stock and I don't find the outlanes hungry at all. It's a long player for me already. I've beaten it twice now and find the challenge in completing all the little modes like computer frenzy the challenge.

I went to home depot and found longer screws. If you go the thread lock route make sure to use the kind that is safe for plastic as the screws go into the plastic opto mounts. With longer screws I've had no issues since.

Looks awesome. Love the animated as it fits the art style better than the movie scenes.

There is the entry opto, which I believe is the woosh sound, then there is the switch on the ramp right before the ant man up kicker that is used to validate the marvel shot. Maybe that switch is flakey?

I was doing some routine cleaning and found some screws in the rear of the cab. I can't find anywhere these type of screws are used. I assume under the playfield since they are the flat head nuts but I'm at a loss. Any ideas? They do thread into some empty screw holes on the backboard. Just noticed them and really odd they would be mounted this way.

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I just recently upgraded to the latest software and suddenly my auto plunger is no longer making it all the way around. It's always been few and far between with the manual plunge to get all the way around but for over 500 games the auto plunger was reliable for it. I checked the power settings and it's set to full power. It even sounds like it's turned down as it's not a bang but a tiny thud now. My stranger things and munsters hit much harder. Anyone else notice this? Might try going back to 1.02 to see if the power comes back

well I can answer my own question here. I found the only spot I can see where these screws are used. It's the mounts for the backboard. I was down to 1 for 4 screws holding it on and it was loose too. I only found 2 of the 3 screws that were missing in the cab.

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Longer screws will fix that

I find Elwin and Eddy pins to be challenging to post pass on due to the sling positioning. Borg machines are much more post pass friendly. As mentioned I use the ramps to transfer the ball to the flipper I want.

post passes are possible just difficult. Difficult enough that I just rather us the ramps, plus that gives progress on the avenger. It's not something I would rely on for AIQ. I can do them on stranger things but same thing. Not reliable enough to make it a go to strategy. Munsters, turtles, guardians, rush I'll post pass all day on.

default, I don't think I've touched anything other than the trough eject power

Nice job. I think somewhere in the upper 60's is my best. Not an easy challenge. Going in with the mind gem can be a huge help.

My wife loves ours as well. Every machine I bring into the house spends some time upstairs and she has not gone and played one on her own until this one. She really loves it. She's not letting it go to the basement any time soon.
Enjoy it's a great game.

I feel like the game is more controllable due to several safe options which return the ball directly to the flippers. If I want it on the left I shoot black widow. If I want it on the right there are numerous options depending on where you are on the playfield. Definitely fits my style of play

With all of this talk about outlane drains I decided to see where mine are at after around 850 plays. Left drain and right drains were nearly the same in the mid 500's. Center drain is around 1300. Mine is setup as it came from the factory. I get most of my left drains from the right sling or from weak shots around the hawkeye loop that come back down oddly. Right drain seems to be mostly from computer shots but less so from the left sling. I didn't think I was experiencing a lot of outlane drains and the data backed that up. The game replaced a GOTG so maybe the family and I got pretty good at dealing with cheap drains

The really interesting thing to me was the right and left flipper stats. Both were within 15 hits of each other. Left was around 65040 and right 65054. This could be why I love the machine so much. The machine is really balanced with it's shots and code where you are not over using one flipper.

yeah the mind gem at level 1 can be a huge help as you get 3 hits of it. I usually use it on the first black panther shot and the drops (maybe hulk if I'm having trouble with that shot that day) Going in with mystery which will also spot a shot helps as does the flank attack. The best I've done so far was

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I then used the same strategy with the hard mode. Missed 2 shots but gave me a great score. Does the avenger bonus calculated before soul gem start have any bearing on the scoring of the mode? I'm pretty sure I only had black widow at level 1 as I had just drained right before this one started.

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nice, I have some work to do

Get the cliffy protector set and install that pym shot ball guide protector immediately.

I ended up using two hex standoffs. The screwed right into the existing mounts and the existing screws held the other side.

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I had a pair on hand but I think it's something like this

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Fascomp/FC4517-440-A?qs=T%252B5DAjFZ5JPnOJSpruDsqw%3D%3D

It's just over 31mm in length and the screws for that part are 4-40 according to the manual. honestly you could go shorter. 1 inch or even 3/4 inch spacer would also work depending on your height. I'm 6 foot and my first thought after putting them on was it could be a little shorter but this is what I had. The 3d print from above is 19.05 mm for comparison. 1 inch would probably be close to perfect.

https://passionforpinball.com/wip.htm

Look for avengers. The pym shot is also called the Ant-Man shot. The bottom rail on the way to the vuk can damage the playfield without something to lift the rail off the clear coat.

New players should never choose space or time gem as they are the hardest and arguably the hardest to use effectively. Reality, power are what new players should focus on. Once you get those down start going for mind gem first to get the shot completion perk. Makes soul gem a lot easier if you have it on an avenger at level 1.

The game sounds really complex but pick a gem and work on completing it. I think reality is the easiest, then power, then mind. Once you are good at completing them work on completing with Thor or iron man and your scores will start going up.

My game is completely stock and I've reached the final wizard modes a few times and get close regularly. I've actually been thinking about moving the outlane posts to make the game harder. With any game practice the modes and find your best way to complete them.

Might be the balls too. When I got mine the stock balls stuck every single time. I replaced them with POLARIS Pinball – Carbon Steel and I have one ball that refuses to stick. Makes me laugh when that one is the shot. Luckily I'm about at the point where I need to replace them again. This machine just eats balls with so many exposed metal guides.

Interesting, I must be lucky. My stranger things went 4k games before the pin pulled out on the plunger and I had to do the flipper rebuilds. My munsters has 3k games on it and no issues. I don't think I've touched those flippers at all. My guardians has over 5k games on it now and still on the original coil stops. Probably due for a flipper refresh but I sold it and it's in a bar now where I run the league so get to watch it close. Avengers has about 800 games on it and still going strong. I see a lot more brass in the cab on this one but the flippers are still good. I stocked up on coil stops when I bought my first pin expecting issues. Must be why I've not had the issue lol

I unintentionally back handed the marvel ramp yesterday as well.

I think Stern support is going down hill. My game came missing some parts and the playfield chipped badly by antman early on. Apparently they are completely unable to source a cash box clip and Stern said they would warranty the playfield and send me one. As I knew the game was in production I emailed them asking about the playfield a week or two ago. They just got back to me late Friday saying the game is not in production and they have no eta on the replacement playfield. Well it was in production when I requested the update. I was also told to no longer email Pablo directly. I'm worried the excellent support I've come to know from Stern may be on the down swing.

Check your coil stops as I bet the brass fitting has broken. Pull the playfield and see if the brass bit in the coil stop is moving at all. Weak flippers are the first sign. Then they start sticking. It seems like a dice roll who gets the bad stops and who gets the good ones. I've only ever seen it happen to location pins. Pinball Life sells the better ones.

I think I found a bug I have not seen mentioned. It happens you retrieve the mind gem, place it on an avenger at level 1, then start soul gem. While the screen is up showing the bonus calculation for avenger levels hitting the action button will complete shots in soul gem even though it's not started and you have not selected difficulty yet. I accidentally used up all three of my mind gem shots before the mode started and was really confused when hulk was the first shot to make.

I agree it's livable just was a shock the first time. Overall I find this code very very polished for all that it has. Kudos to the programmers.

How in the world did you get that soul gem score. Amazing

I have the pinball life perfect plays on mine currently and they feel great. No issues making any of the shots

Could also be the rear coil stop. Stern has had problems with them. Check to see if the brass insert is loose. At least it is easy to check

I hear people say this all the time but the game is pretty linear with the main quest. It comes down to spin the sling ring to spell strange to fight villans and advance the game. Sure there is tons of strategy with the gem placement and computer but those are side things to do meant for advanced players. You can literally ignore it and have a great time. Most casuals are not going to walk up and win more than one or two gems.

I've had no issues explaining to friends that come over and none of them play pinball. The card on the machine even has the #1 thing to do listed first. Most are successful in getting a mode started and a multiball. In fact just starting a multiball with 2 shots to Thor is a ton of fun for casuals. Most games are a lot harder to get a multiball started.

In fact, I can't think of one friend who actually started groot multiball on guardians while I owned it. That game scared off casuals real quick with that character selection.

So yeah, I don't see the problem. All the complex stuff is for the better players. At it's core it's pretty simple and it's a cool mech. Everyone loves watching the ball disappear in the portal. If anything, people hate playing with me on the machine because I usually have long play times on this game. That's the biggest turnoff to friends.

I've always enjoyed the thanos attack mode. It's pretty simple as it's always the same 3 shots to save the gem and they are safe shots. It's also got a very generous ball save. This is the first I've heard people complaining about it. Usually I hear people complaining about Soul Gem due to the "stress" of having limited flips. I love that mode too. If anything I wish both modes were harder by changing up shots needed to complete.

To this point that coop stuff seems to be limited to games Dwight Sullivan does. It is a lot of fun and the impossible mode evens out the difficulty for experienced players playing against newer ones. I'd love to see it brought to all games as well.

I did a flipper rebuild on my Stranger things machine after 4k plays. One of the flipper arms broke so I just did both at the same time. I inspect the flipper mechs on all my machines every month or two and clean them as best I can to keep them strong. Once they start feeling weak is when I usually do it. The rebuild generally does not include the coil.

I would recommend it. I made my own lexan version for $5 I think and have enough lexan left over to make probably 20 more. I really like that you can't even see the DIY lexan one. My capt marvel ramp from last August worked well out of the box but there were a few rejects due to that odd wireform so I just went ahead and made it.

I keep mine at 6.6-6.7 depending on where you check it. 6.6 at the flippers tho. Any steeper and I find the BW and gauntlet ramps get really hard the deeper in the game I go. They are pretty steep and you need strong flippers later in the game. I don't have the fans on this game yet.

Mine is strong enough to hold two balls during multiball. I'd take the glass off and qualify iron man and try to see how much it is pulling when you lock a ball. It should hold it for quite a bit there

At a minimum put the antman one on or remove and stick a washer under it. After less than 100 plays my playfield started chipping right there and took out a pretty big chunk. Stern is sending me a new playfield but that swap is gonna be difficult

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The ant man Cliffy just requires loosening the nut for the ball guide and the clear post, then sliding the bit under and tightening down. Putting a washer on would require completely removing the guide which would be a pain.

look at post #10485

Not really, it's a waste going into mind gem with a level 2 avenger. I'll actually go out of my way to rectify that and go in with a level 1 even draining to do so. Now I'm less penalized for having the level 2 avenger

I'd bet most of the people complaining about gems don't even know the mind gem offers shot completion. I always hear this complaint so just ignore the gem powers. I scored well over a billion and beat the game and had no clue what the gems did. Honestly, I still have no real strategy other than mind gem at 1 for soul gem and mind gem at 2 to complete reality gem. You can have a ton of fun ignoring the gem strategies. The gems are there for the people that care to figure it out.

I'd also add that you want to adjust the spin detection sensor so that it's not touching the metal from the disk. It can ruin the sensor if it is too close.

That is a great video. If you get all the gems then battle thanos is an immediate win when you get there worth 1bil I believe. There were a lot of points left on the table in that game though.

This game I flubbed and drained right after defeating the black order. Just needed to collect all the avengers one last time to defeat thanos with all the stones and increase that score to nearly 4 bil. I love this game but wow is it a long player.

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yes, I've gotten to the end quickly but that's not really the point of why I play. When I play I try to maximize the score as much as I can. Makes it more exciting to finish soul gem with more than 200 million+ points or collect that soul gem jackpot with 200 million+ points. Try to complete reality gem with a level 2 mind gem in one button press is also a fun challenge. One day I want to complete everything in one game.

The mod version I have is 1.03 which does support insider connected. Just not the most recent home team feature which was added in 1.05. I don't have insider connected on my machine but I do know of a guardians currently using the pre-home team build with insider connected no issues. I've also gone forwards and backwards with firmwares no issue. The only machine I'm aware of you can't is newer builds of guardians which have node boards with new components on them that require a minimum of a specific version of the software. You can still go back to that minimum version though. YMMV

I always go mind gem first. Get those free button completions which help greatly on soul gem with a level 1 or 2 avenger it's on (usually black widow early on). Lately soul gem is the second thing I have to do after getting it. I try to take at least 1 portal lock and a multiball and if I have a good one I collect all avengers before the quest/victory laps is over. Then going into soul gem I choose hard and use the button presses on black panther, thor, and the computer. Usually finish that with 200-250 mil.

my machine is stock settings and I have a premium. I like to start the game by dialing in the black widow -> capt Marvel ramp which usually gets me the first portal lock and also close to the level 1 black widow. It's the easiest shot in the game so focus on that and get it close to level 1 then start the mind gem mode. By the time you complete the mode black widow will be at or close to level 1 and place the gem on her. I will note that I have the movie code so I have to have the avenger the mind gem is on at level 1 for the strategy to work. The latest code treats a level 2 as 1 for soul gem and that is a nice change IMO.

The hometeam update included the following changes to the game. Some of them are worthwhile but I don't want to loose the movie version so sticking with the pre-hometeam update.

- Insider Connected - adding Insider Connected ability to start 'Gem Mania" if you are logged in
- Insider Connected - 'Gem Mania' award will take the place of 10M Points award in the computer grid
- Insider Connected - fixed the Disc RPM achievement thresholds to make it possible to achieve these awards
- Insider Connected - fixed an issue where some Achievement names were not matched with the names on server
- Insider Connected - fixed an issue where player names on the UI wouldn't always be correct
- Soul Gem Mode - entering the mode with Mind Gem powered up to Level 2 you will have your "Award All Shots" single Mind Gem use converted to 3 "Award Best Shot" uses
- Gamma Ray - score balancing increased base value from 50K to 100K, spin increment from 5K to 7K, start increment from 25K to 10K
- Thor Multiball - Mjolnir Attack (Letter Jackpot) is now awarded at 2X of what it used to award
- Thor Multiball - change Jackpot Value increase from 5K per disc spin to 24K per disc spin
- Extra Ball - consolation score when an Extra Ball cannot be awarded changed from 10M to 25M
- Game Over - fixed an issue with names displaying incorrectly
- Game Over - added the ability to use flipper to exit Game Over screen
- Attract - fixed a "Replay At" inconsistency with fonts and made compatible with up to 4 replay levels
- Attract - fixed an issue with long pricing string combinations

- Adjustment Changes:
- added "IC GEM MANIA CPU GRID AWARD" default is YES but competition install will override to NO
- changed "TARGET GAME TIME" default to 1:45
- removed "ATTRACT ADD PLAYERS" will always prompt for adding players

you can also follow this from Stern https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/36#post-5924517

I highly recommend you also adjust the sensor so there is a gap. If the sensor touches the shaft at all it will break the sensor.

You're not playing the modes optimally. My modes and multiballs are usually in the 50-100 million range. Always collect portal shots before starting modes and try to take multiballs into the modes. Thor doesn't score huge but my iron man multiballs are usually close to 100 mil. I always take mind gem first with the goal of using it on a level 1 avenger during soul gem on hard mode. That usually nets 200-250 mil right there. Completing reality gem with the level 2 soul gem using 1 button push will also get you over 100 mil if you have 2 portal locks and a level 2 soul gem. Soul gem jackpots can also be huge. My current record is 200 mil but I honestly don't remember when I got that jackpot. I also hear people timing out thanos attacks but that's also usually worth 100-130 mil for me. I can get well into a billion before black order or battle thanos.

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I love my stranger things as it's a completely different game from Avengers. There is far more to do in Sth than Avengers I think and each game can feel really different. One game I may go modes, another just demogorgons. There are so many different multiballs between the TK, Total Isolation, Demogorgon multiballs, the 2 mini wizard modes and then the final wizard mode. Things are balanced well so it doesn't feel like it's multiball all day. I love it but I realize I'm in the minority in a lot of threads. Only down side to the game is the difficulty of getting it setup right. Especially the premium with the TK lock. I don't think my Pro will ever be leaving and I still have not beaten it. Not because I couldn't but because I refuse to time out modes. I love playing the whole thing. Avengers, to me, is by far the easier game especially the premium.

AIQ over star wars all day especially if star wars is more

that is a top side screw most likely. I'd look at the screws for the ramps as there are 2 washers there.

Oddly, I don't feel much fade on my avengers even with several long games back to back. On my stranger things though it's horrible.

you can also spot locks from the computer for iron man. I'd check the switch test to see if the switches are responding first. The system diagnostics will help you here.

Don't worry about the exact pitch of the machine. They are just guidelines. Play the game and adjust it how it feels good to you. Every game is hand made and no two will play exactly the same so keep that in mind.

It sounds like you need to reduce the pitch. If the rear are all the way closed then open up the front to reduce the pitch. This game is pretty forgiving when it comes to left right adjustment so focus on pitch and find where you like it.

Moving a game can completely change how it plays with no change to the levellers as well. Variances in floors are a real thing.

I stopped using levels a while ago and adjust based on feel and how I like the games to play. I usually start with the front all the way closed and the rear open about 10 turns on each side. If the game feels floaty I increase the rear. If it feels too fast I decrease the rear. Not one of my games is the same level but they all play around the same speed as that's how I like them. When it comes to adjusting the front I rarely have to do it. Stranger things is the only game I have where the front has been adjusted to fix a feed. The rest are all closed.

Anyone have any luck finding plastic number 18 for a premium, the one that goes over top of the bottom pop bumper and has the protrusion that covers the sanctum target? Mine broke when a ball flew up after hitting the target and I can't find a plastic set in stock anywhere. Not that I need any of the plastics than that one.

I'm going to reach out today and see what they say. It's really a badly designed plastic with 3 tiny connection points to the main pop bumper plastic and it's right in the line of fire from the pinballs. Only a matter of time before it will break. Looks like the plastic is similar on the pro and premium but have different part numbers

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it's the bottom pop bumper plastic that covers the sanctum target. The protrusion is attached with only 3 tiny connection points making it prone to fail

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mine broke cleanly off and I have nothing covering the sanctum target now. It's not a big deal but from my height I see all the guts and wires behind and it just looks crappy. If stern can't replace it then I'll probably buy that sanctum mod and be done with it. Marco does show it so maybe one day

https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=510-7815-18

Still no word or even an acknowledgement from Stern on my inquiry. I'm hoping it's just because of the show this week. I'll submit another request on Monday if I don't hear anything

I just heard back from Stern and I have to order the part though a distributor.

I use these on all my games with magnets. Rule of thumb for me is when in doubt swap them out. Easy and cheap to do.
https://ballbaron.com/product/pinball-carbon/

I bought longer screws for the captain Marvel ramp plastic. Those kept falling out for me. Just needs longer screws to fix. Not sure about the other ones. The only screws I've had trouble with were the marvel ramp ones that go into the plastic

that's exactly what I did. I don't remember what size I ended up with but after replacement they have never loosened again. The screws stern sends only get part of 1 thread into the plastic.

I don't update unless I feel like I'll see new stuff. In fact I have taken updates that made things worse and had to drop back to previous versions. The latest update is a stability update with extremely minor changes to the avengers code. I'm not updating until something bigger comes out. It's the old adage if it ain't broke don't fix it. I'm a home user though so my policy is likely different from operators where stability is a major issue. My games are only on for an hour or two a day.

On the code downloads page there are readmes for each file. The only worthwhile thing in avengers to me is
- Gem Mania - when connected to IC, change Computer Grid award "GEM MANIA" to qualify Gem Mania to start on the next collected Gem from the Right Ramp

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AVENGERS_INFINITY_LE_1.07-README.txt

V1.07.0 - April 20th, 2023
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- Gem Mania - when connected to IC, change Computer Grid award "GEM MANIA" to qualify Gem Mania to start on the next collected Gem from the Right Ramp
- this corrects the previous behavior of starting Gem Mania when the Computer Grid Drop Target award is awarded
- Strange Motor - fixed diagnostic unreadable message when the motor fails to reach a switch
- Strange Motor - fixed technician alert message so it now shows the switch number as well as switch description
- Strange Motor - fixed technician alert message running off the screen

- System - Updated to V3.36.0 on OS: V2.7.0

- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.5.0

- Conagent 1.0.9

- Update selectable upper bound for Grand Champion, and HSTD 1-4 Awards. GC may be set up
to 5, HSTD #1 to 4, HSTD #2 to 3, HSTD #3 to 2, and HSTD #4 to 1. The default value for these has
not changed, just the ability to select a higher value.

- Adjust timing to address phantom broken trough sw tech alerts.

- Added game version number to lower left of attract mode Insider Connected screens.

- Updated Service Menu landing screen to graphics.

- Added Connectivity Icon (Ethernet or WiFi Signal Bars) to attract mode
Insider Connected screens. The Icon will be displayed in the upper
right corner with the number of credits/free play.

- Blink selected icon in Service Menu Dot Matrix menus

- Updated "Target Game Time" to guarantee the entire time for a single ball game.

I almost always start with mind to get the completions for an easier soul gem on hard mode for 200+ mil. Always take multiballs into the modes if you can. The portal locks are super key to that first billion. I also love taking a level 2 mind gem avenger into reality gem with 2 portal locks and a multiball ready. Thor is great cause after you spin that strange disk 1 hit of the action button clears the mode and all the thor shots. I love it when I can manage that.

Generic wording around the gems will be easier as the benefits change depending on avenger level. The level 1 mind gem "can" spot one shot the gem is on but level 2 it is charged 3 times for whatever the best collect is, and level 3 it collects all lit shots so I'd remove the "can" as well.

Graphics look nice.

Well, this was a pleasant surprise. I ordered the pop bumper plastic a few months ago through my distributor and it finally showed up. It also came with a stern protector kit for it. I have not been invoiced yet from my distributor but they originally told me 15 bucks I think.

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I have not installed it yet but these are from the instructions and shows how it is installed

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