Flipper bats were purchased locally from TPF. They were about $7.00 each (from memory). Bit more expensive than the standard bats, but worth it IMO.
Whilst reassembling I've discovered that a wireform guide was missing completely. Was not lost during de-construction but seems to be missing from the game. No idea why, but at a whopping cost of $1.00 I manufactured a new one this morning. Easy fix!