Nice looking Elektra, appears to be in exceptional shape and with the red clear mini flippers!
Good score, enjoy!

Love Elektra's back glass and playfield art along with the cool and eerie ambience of the sci-fi audio.
[Be careful lifting and propping up the playfield, as it is possible to damage the back upper playfield plastics. Also, don't rest the playfield on the lower playfield kick out bracket.]

Nice work on your Elektra! The LED illumination under the shooter lane looks great. Where is it fastened to?

[I'd be working on my Elektra if it wasn't for finishing up other machines first.]

Excellent ideas guys!

I hope they happen and count me in when they do!

Thanks Apinjunkie!
I was lucky to find a TTR and am just having a field day enhancing that pin!

Yes, I'm itching to get at my Elektra but I want to do a playfield teardown to clean the bottom of the plexiglass and polish up the main playfield underneath. I'm thinking she just needs a good cleaning to come back as new but it's a big job none the less (this winter). The upper playfield needs major touchups and the lower playfield minor touchups. Once that's done I can get on to my favourite thing and start tinkering.

It would be great if they made playfield protectors for the upper and lower playfields. I don't want to mylar them but may have to. I really learned a lesson about unprotected touchups with my Bally Atlantis. If anyone hears of upper and lower playfield protectors or those clear red mini flippers please let me know.

BTW, besides being a triple playfield '81 Bally, a few other things compelled me to Elektra. The background sound effects and the playfield, cabinet and mirrored back glass crystal/Babe art work are both unique and well...Elektrafying! Sort of like the Star Trek episode "Wink of an Eye" with its cool background sound effects and that totally hot space Babe Deela played by Kathie Browne, wearing an equally hot crystal belted outfit!
Check it out!

Super Cool!

I get that lighting effects and mods take a lot of trial and error. Keep up the voltage!

Elektra is a great game! A few things to note:

- Always shut off game / unplug and make sure to remove the balls before lifting the hood, otherwise they risk falling on the power module = not good, especially if machine is still on). I use a magnet stick to easily remove the pinballs.

- Assess and fix up what's under the black electrical taped wires near the power module (and any other such hacks).

- Check all fuses / holders and continuity on the power module and elsewhere (I had good fuses but non conducting corroded holders).

Awesome news!

Elektra, Bally class of 1981! She doesn't deserve to look like trash!

She'll be a high class working girl soon with higher asking prices!

Just in time too! I need the upper and lower most playfields redone on mine and was about to put in some long hours with a paint brush. The problem was, what do I do after that? Mylar or clear coat my amateur paint job? Sounds scarey and no playfields or protectors are available.

Now I have options!

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I hear You snyper and thanks for the info.

It's just that, in particular, my upper most playfield has large 'paint wear craters' that trap the ball, seriously affecting gameplay. (The awful 'touchups' by a previous owner don't help either). Not sure really but Elektra seems to have extra thick playfield paint or something. What then?

I am going to touch up my lower most playfield anyways, still order the hardtops when available to keep all the options open and revisit this topic hoping a consensus emerges.

Mine has a plexi main playfield and everything I've read suggests they all were.

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**Heads Up**

Just ordered a new Elektra main playfield plastic cover from CPR. https://classicplayfields.com/shop/pinball-playfields/elektra-plexi/

Some of the bulbs are easier to remove from underneath the playfield. Just unfasten the socket from the board, change bulb...simple. Also, a bulb remover, really saves ratching your fingers.
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/77-BRT

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Elektra is awesome but crammed with playfield components and those pesky wedge sockets, so messing around with the underside of the playfield inevitably leads to accidently screwing something else up. One of the best things about the game is it can be quite intimidating and tedious to shop, restore or repair because things are so tight. Why do I say that?:

- It keeps Elektra prices and ratings down but for those pinballers who detail and 'press on' through the hindrances, they are rewarded with an amazing and affordable Bally class of '81 machine. For those reasons, I will speculate that in the future a restored Elektra will be a rare and highly appreciated pin.

So things can be tricky:

- No, the bulb grippers won't go down into the plexi holes for retrieval, so I won't put in flat top Leds as they are very difficult to get out. Regular (not wide top) led bulbs are best and are relatively easy to grip and pull out because they don't go deep into the plexi.

- Putting the bulbs in is more difficult, as you often end up pushing the socket down and askew. My solution to that has been to jam a small flat head screw driver (machine off of course) and using a bit of leverage, keep the socket from moving down while placing the bulb in (all from the top side of the playfield).

- I've darn near wore out my bulb gripper's rubber tips and am thinking of a way to recoat them.

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My Elektra came with nice apron cards when I bought it but I think you might find some here:

http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/inkochnitos-pinball-score-and-instruction-cards-website-update/page/5#post-7555773

Also, I downloaded these really cool cards (love the "Welcome to the Gamma Dimension" card) but can't remember where I got them from. i think You just print and they come out right sized?

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