I don’t own this game yet but played it a couple of times on location (which immediately made me want to buy it due to the amazing shot layout) and I’ve watched many hours of RayDay and IEpinball streams - I just don’t see how you could call this machine repetitive. The gems all have distinct “modes” to capture and distinct “powers” when you place them. They can all become multi balls with portal locks too. Add in the bingo grid, Iron Man and Thor multi balls, even little things like Hawkeye challenge and Gamma Ray spinner rips. So many fluid shots to combo. Collecting and leveling up the Avengers.

What other game has a 25 page rule sheet created by the manufacturer?

I just sold my JP Premium (now that is repetitive - all paddocks follow the same rinse and repeat rules) and am picking up AIQ Premium tomorrow - can’t wait!

I picked up a premium yesterday and I’ve noticed really strong shots often reject, and this looks like the best solution. It may be obvious once I get in there, but how did you attach this plexi? I assume it attaches to the left edge of the ramp entrance somehow, but there is an opto there not too far from the edge. Sorry if this is a stupid question.

I’m also getting a balls hung up on the lip at the edge of the long cutout in the trough - I’ll try filing in a bevel to the end to see if it helps. I also need to play with my playfield angle some - it is too steep now and I’m getting balls going SDTM from the tower if I don’t flip, and also balls coming from left orbit seem to hit the left sling.

This game is a BLAST though - had so much fun playing it for a couple of hours last night. Still learning the rules but got my first Soul Gem and I think my best was 3 Gems total. My wife wanted to play a second game, which is pretty rare.

I bought a sheet of Lexan and am going to make myself one of these this evening. I noticed that yours stops below the end of the short metal rail, and I've seen others that extend further up. Curious how that may affect this and if the length affects the performance at all.

I have enough Lexan that I might try both.

ABE_FLIPS That change in direction as the ball goes up the ramp is really odd. Does that happen always? Almost looks like it might be ball spin related. I assume you've checked the ramp to make sure it is uniform. I'll see if I can take some before/after videos of mine when I work on it this evening.

I used double sided Gorilla tape to attach mine. Bought it and the smallest piece of 0.93” thick Lexan I could find at Home Depot. I was able to score and snap the Lexan pretty easily with a box cutter. I went with 1” thick and 2.25” long, as I wanted the top to be just below the kinked metal rail.

It has made a HUGE difference on my CM ramp - especially on very hard hit shots, which tended to get rejected often. There are still rejects, but I’d say they are shots that aren’t clean and deserve to be rejected. Cannot recommend this mod enough.

I really can't see how this is making the ramp easier than intended, especially since the shots I was having rejected the most were the strongest shots in the center of the ramp - those are the ones that SHOULD make it and now DO. Name one other pinball ramp that has a cutout opening just past the ramp flap on purpose. I have to guess that this was done for manufacturing reasons.

In my opinion this is just like the JP Tower shot with those annoying rounded screw heads that scraped the ball. Do you think those were put in at Keith's request? I took those out and put down some mylar without a second thought, because they clearly were interfering with an already difficult shot.

Normal, unfortunately. I put Pinmonk fans on all my Sterns:

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-spike-system-plug-n-play-quiet-fan-kit.html

It is a simple mod that will fix the problem.

AND that’s what I get for not reading to the end of the thread. Answered multiple times already

Here is what I've noticed with the subway mech on my premium. I had the original version of the subway (the center slot did not extend all the way to the end) and the problem I had was with balls getting hung up on the lip at the edge of the slot. I tried filing the edge to remove the lip and that did help a bit, but not completely.

Then I got the replacement subway that has the center slot extending all the way to the end. When I installed it, I knew I was still going to have issues as the center slot narrows as it approaches the vuk. You don't see this before installing, but it happens when installed. There is nothing at the end of the slot to prevent the two halves from naturally pushing together.

I think that this narrowing is now causing the teeth to get stuck sometimes, and I'm still having issues.

I've thought about gluing a narrow piece of plexi on the bottom of the subway just before the VUK - this would keep the slot width constant all the way to the vuk, and hopefully give the teeth enough clearance to not get stuck.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense - I don't have any photos yet. If I try this mod and it works I'll take some pics and share them.

I just pulled my walking mech to look at the subway and pretty much came to a similar conclusion. I had a second washer and I ended up placing it in a different location - on the backside of tooth 11. The basic problem is that the tooth 11 needs to be held up by piece 8, but there is too much slop and 8 can push up without taking 11 with it. Adding a washer behind tooth 11 keeps it away from the edge and makes better contact with 8.

I'm still planning on doing something with my subway itself to keep the slot wide enough. There isn't much room at the end so that may be tricky.

Stern really needs to redesign the walking mech. It is clearly a poor design.

When I got my replacement subway (the one with the slot cut all the way to the end) I noticed that the two halves near the VUK were being pushed together after installing. This contributed to the teeth closest to the VUK getting stuck up when they should have been dropping. Yesterday I came up with a simple solution that seems to be working so far.

I cut a small piece of Lexan and epoxied it to the bottom of the subway to keep the slot at a constant width when installed, The Lexan is very narrow so as not to interfere with the metal cover that is installed over the subway. Here are some before and after pics.

This wasn't enough to completely solve my issue. I also had to add a washer behind one of the teeth in the mech (see my post above on how I did that - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/125#post-6205345)

I've only played a handful of games so far, but my subway FINALLY seems to be performing as intended. Fingers crossed that it stays that way.

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You can just make one yourself with a small piece of Lexan and some double sided tape. I don't know who originally came up with it but here is a good picture of it: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-avengers-infinity-quest-owners-thread-pinsiders-assemble/page/76#post-6027865

You can buy a 3D printed one from somebody here but I prefer the clear look. It takes 5 minutes to score/snap/tape.

Made a huge difference in rejects on my CM ramp.

This shot always keeps you on your toes. Mine is exactly the same. I’ve heard the Pro has a slightly different feed but I’m not sure how that could be. Think it was Raymond Davidson that said that.