Price check Taxi

$500-$600 would be a very reasonable "getting in" price for a Taxi - in good condition as you said. Taxis were played hard and usually have some real wear on them - hope yours is mylared, which helps. Typical problems include busted left ramp due to kickout force (repros available), cracked plastics, and the ever-so-common-and-much-maligned system 11 MPU battery leakage. A thorough (meaning, it ALL gets torn down/scrubbed/polished) shopping really improves the action. Market will fetch up to $1k in very nice shape. Good luck!

Chris
 
It has been shopped whatever that means. The exterior shots of the cabinet look really good. The plastics are all original but no damage. The playfield is original and has wear but it looks very minor at least from the pics sent. He said the board was reflowed. Is that a common thing?
 
Once when I came home drunk from a brewers game, I paid $15. The rubbers didn't seem new, and needed more air if you ask me. And it stunk...those cab drivers should shower more. :001_sbiggrin:
 
What version of Taxi is it?

The first games in production were made with a blonde 'Marilyn' taxi passenger, a likeness of Marilyn Monroe. This was changed during production to be a darker-haired 'Lola', ostensibly a likeness of no one famous.
 
I played this on Williams HAll of Fame on the PS3 the other night...

Is it me, or is Pinbot THE MOST ANNOYING BASTARD TO EVER HAIL A CAB??

"PINBOT STRANDED!!"

"PINBOT STRANDED!!"

"PINBOT STR....SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!"

:|
 
Its the Lola version but I think im probably not getting this pinball. He emailed me today saying that he had a couple interested buyers at his listed price of 1250. Ill just keep my eye out
 
That is is a good price for a Taxi pin. This is Texas, I'm surprised it's not listed for more than that.
 
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From the condition you described, that's an $800-$1000 game all day long. Lola version or not doesn't matter as it doesn't add extra value to it anyway.

If I wanted the game, I'd personally have zero issues shelling out a grand for it.
 
Its the Lola version but I think im probably not getting this pinball. He emailed me today saying that he had a couple interested buyers at his listed price of 1250. Ill just keep my eye out

I thought some of the original estimates sounded pretty low... I bought my Taxi for 900. It was a little dirty, with a cracked ramp (common) and missing the topper, but has factory Mylar and worked 100%. There is a little wear in the area of the outlane switches. I've put a couple hundred in it to make it right (f'ing ramp alone is $120), but love the game.

I think it makes great use of a very simple layout by doubling up function depending on circumstance. Nearly every target is used for more than one thing (Santa/Joyride, Gorbie/Jackpot, Dracula/Extra ball etc...). Kind of hinted at more depth and modes to come.

Mine is a Marilyn playfield, but with a Lola translite. When I started doing research on getting a Marilyn translite, I found lots of people got their machines that way. An old Williams employee said some went out like that, so I basically just let it go.

I never tell anyone who plays it about the bell. I should start filming it, because it scares the shit out of everyone the first time it rings. So funny.
 
I about whizzed myseld the first time the bell went off in my space shuttle. I had soldered the power back to it but had no clue what would cause it to fire aside from matching, so when it kicked in the middle of a game.....instant heart attack.
 
From what I've heard this Taxi isn't in that great of a condition. Not the "fully shopped out" condition it claims. Unless you count a partial shopping about 2 years ago.

CL prices are all over the map. I'm the person that probably sells the most expensive pins in Austin on CL, but all my machines all have the playfield fully stripped down and are painstakingly restored to the best condition possible (including new pinballs, leg levelers, leg bolts even). It's not cheap in time or materials so I price and sell them accordingly including a warranty. Obviously my market is not to the KLOVer, as any serious KLOVer has no fear of doing much of that work themselves.

I see many others think just because I am able to sell machines at that price, that their unshopped barely maintained half working machines are worth just as much.
 
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