Syngefinger
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A friend/operator has a Taxi Pinball that he's interested in selling. I've been after him for a couple weeks to have him take me to his storage garage and take a look. Finally got a chance to look at it tonight. It was late and he'd just got off a 12 hour shift so I didn't get a chance to fire it up, but he assures me it plays well. I'll be going back this Sunday to play it and see how functional it is.
He'd thought it was a Marilyn version, but it turns out it's a Lola. Not a big deal to me, but it would of been nice to find a rarer Marilyn. It's pretty dirty as you can tell by the attached pictures. The rubbers are filthy and will definately need to be replaced. Also the bottom right slingshot has a broken plastic piece (roughly a inch broken off the one end). The playfield itself looks to be in fairly decent shape. A few minor wear spots, nothing major.
The backglass looks nice, but as you can see by the picture, the digital display for the jackpot has come loose and has fallen almost out of the display window. Not sure what would be involved in fixing that. Easy? Difficult? Anyone run into a similar situation?
The cabinet itself is a bit beat up, with the worst part the small chunk taken out of the front, shown in the last picture. Also noticed that near the top of the main cabinet, where the head sits in the upright position, the wood itself looks kinda punky and loose.
Overall it's surely not a collector piece, but assuming it fires up and plays well, I'll probably make him an offer. What would a fair offer be? I see on the site that tracks e-bay sales over the past couple years, that Taxi sells for an average of $900.00. I assume that the price represents a game that's been shopped and is fully functional. Any suggestions on what the offer should be?
He'd thought it was a Marilyn version, but it turns out it's a Lola. Not a big deal to me, but it would of been nice to find a rarer Marilyn. It's pretty dirty as you can tell by the attached pictures. The rubbers are filthy and will definately need to be replaced. Also the bottom right slingshot has a broken plastic piece (roughly a inch broken off the one end). The playfield itself looks to be in fairly decent shape. A few minor wear spots, nothing major.
The backglass looks nice, but as you can see by the picture, the digital display for the jackpot has come loose and has fallen almost out of the display window. Not sure what would be involved in fixing that. Easy? Difficult? Anyone run into a similar situation?
The cabinet itself is a bit beat up, with the worst part the small chunk taken out of the front, shown in the last picture. Also noticed that near the top of the main cabinet, where the head sits in the upright position, the wood itself looks kinda punky and loose.
Overall it's surely not a collector piece, but assuming it fires up and plays well, I'll probably make him an offer. What would a fair offer be? I see on the site that tracks e-bay sales over the past couple years, that Taxi sells for an average of $900.00. I assume that the price represents a game that's been shopped and is fully functional. Any suggestions on what the offer should be?
