Stern Pinball today announced their new ‘cornerstone’ game title, Avengers: Infinity Quest, designed by Keith Elwin with artwork by Jeremy Packer a.k.a. Zombie Yeti.
A ‘cornerstone’ game is an in-house design which comes in the familiar three variants; Pro, Premium and Limited Edition. In this case the Limited Edition is limited to 500 machines.
This isn’t the first Avengers game from Stern. The George Gomez design was produced at the end of 2012 with the usual Pro/Premium/LE full-size variants – with the LEs available in two versions – followed by a The Pin home model in 2013.
As with Batman, Jurassic Park and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stern Pinball have returned to a previous theme for their new game title’s inspiration.
This new Avengers: Infinity Quest game is an all-new design, based on the Marvel comic book series rather than any of the popular movies. It is a six-ball, three-flipper game with the third flipper half-way up on the left side of the playfield.
The translite image for the Pro model
The Pro model
The Pro model
The Pro model
The playfield from the Pro model
There are quite a few design differences between the Pro and the Premium/LE playfields. The major ones are the addition of an extra ramp on the more expensive variants, along with the ability for the spinning disc to rise up to expose an under-playfield ball lock, and an upkicker on the right which replaces the standup target found in the Pro.
The translite in the Premium model
The premium comes with the same black-wrinkle powdercoat on the side rails and the lock bar, but has the full-feature playfield from the Limited Edition.
The Premium model
The Premium model
The Premium model
The Limited Edition come with Infinity Yellow powdercoated metalwork as well as all the usual goodies found on LEs, such as a shaker motor, a mirrired backglass, upgraded speakers and anti-reflective playfield glass.
The backglass artwork from the Limited Edition
The Limited Edition model
The Limited Edition model
The Limited Edition model
Here’s a view of the Pro and Premium/LE playfields side-by-side:
The Pro playfield vs the Limited Edition playfield
On the playfield, all three variants include the Avengers tower, which grabs the ball and builds
