| Elektra / IPD No. 778 / December, 1981 / 4 Players | [ Submit Changes ] |
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The lower level is accessed by accummulating "Elektra Units" on the main playfield, and then draining the current ball in play. The lower level contains a 4th, separate ball.
The common version of backglass mat
Collector Bill Kurtz stated in an online auction:
After this painting was completed, Bally executives felt that the expression on the girl's face was too stern and they weren't happy that the outlines of her nipples were visible in the artwork. So the Elektra Girl was redrawn and superimposed in the center of this painting, creating the more familiar ELEKTRA back
Included in this listing is the original artwork for the original Elektra Girl.
Also included here are pictures of a game located in the USA that has a dual coin door to accommodate a bill validator. The photographer found no serial number stamped anywhere on the outside cabinet, including in the usual and expected place, but did not look at the circuits boards for serial number stickers there. Under the playfield was a stapled tag with a serial number that might read 000344. For more information on these dual coin doors, see Bally's 1982 'Vector'.
Collector Christian Jacobs in Germany contacted us in 2014 stating he noticed on a few Vector cabinets that they appeared to be Elektra cabinet artwork overpainted with the Vector artwork. He recalled one such Vector game had serial number EVE 2405. We note that Vector was the next game produced after Elektra. Claude Fernandez (designer of Elektra) told us that if Bally had any leftover cabinets from the Elektra production they would have repainted them to be used for Vector instead of throwing them out. Greg Kmiec (designer of Vector) told us that perhaps Bally cut the production run of Elektra in order to push Vector into the market.
, page 222The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981
, page 198Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Arcade Treasures
, page 119(click to zoom)
