This addition to the Stern collection celebrates the Avengers, the ultimate team of Marvel superheroes, as popularised by the recent blockbuster movie. The Avengers join Stern’s revolutionary line-up of comic inspired machines including Spiderman, Iron Man and Black Widow.
Since the first appearance of the Avengers as an assembled team in 1963, the characters in the Stan Lee series have resonated with millions of comic lovers. Now Avengers fans can experience the adventure first hand with a first of its kind pinball display. In this game, players can assemble the Avengers team to battle and defeat Loki.
Stern Avengers Pro Key Features:
Stern Pinball Custom-Molded, Fully Decorated Hulk
“Raging Hulk” Animated Target with Magnet and Ball Interaction
“Spinning Tesseract” Cube Target featuring C-O-S-M-I-C spellout awards
Stainless Steel Launch Ramp Featuring Back-lit Laser-Cut Avengers-Logo
“Black Widow” Ramp with Spinning Target and Diverter
“Hawkeye” Ramp
Drop Targets spellout H-U-L-K and Stand-up Targets spellout T-H-O-R
Standup Targets : 3 “Tesseract,” “Hulk Smash” and 3 S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents
“Loki” Multiball Featuring Physical 3-ball Lock on Right Ramp
“Gamma Ray” Ball Eject
One Electronically-Controlled Gate to Control Orbit Shots
4 Balls
Traditional Red LED Dot Matrix Display
Incandescent lighting
Traditional Backbox
“Latch” Lockdown Bar
Black ABS Plastic Bottom Arch
Black Powdercoated Front Molding, Legs, Side Armor and Matching Hinges
Traditional Coin Door
Stern Avengers Pro Measurements:
Dimensions
Height:
75 1/2″
Width:
27″
Length:
55″
Weight:
250lbs
Please ensure you fully check that a pinball of this size will fit into your intended location.
About Stern Pinball:
Stern Pinball, Inc. (“SPI”) designs and manufactures arcade-quality pinball games. It is the only maker of arcade-quality pinball games in the world and is located just outside Chicago, Illinois.
The company traces its lineage to Philadelphia in the 1930’s when Sam Stern got into the business of operating pinball games. These new games were all the rage in bars and restaurants, and game operators were making a very good living. Sam became so successful as an operator that he soon became a game distributor as well.
In 1947, Sam visited Williams Manufacturing Company in Chicago where, according to pinball industry folklore, he brazenly put his feet up on Harry Williams’ desk and asked, “Why don’t you sell me your company?” Because of Sam’s success as an operator and distributor, it took Harry only three hours to decide to sell half of the company to Sam.
Sam moved to Chicago and became President of Williams. Through the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, he and Harry worked tirelessly to build Williams into one of the leaders in the burgeoning pinball industry.
Sam passed his passion for pinball on to his son, Gary, who as a child played in empty game boxes on the factory floor at Williams. Gary was only 16 years old in the 1960’s when he started working for his father in the stock room at Williams.
The late ‘70’s and early ‘80s saw the emergence of coin-operated video games. As the coin-op market evolved, other companies acquired many of the existing pinball companies. In 1986, after the death of his father, Gary founded Data East Pinball, which was purchased by Sega in 1994 and became Sega Pinball. In 1999, Gary bought the business back from Sega and renamed it Stern Pinball, Inc. Less than a month later, Williams announced plans to cease pinball production in o
