Thats an interesting story about the Marilyn version of Taxi jbscar I'll have to keep my eye out next time I see one - never played it yet it's got a good rating 8.2 ?,
whats with that 'spin out' skill shot I read about on the IPD? any tricks to get it?
I wonder how many pins were exported out of the U.S. in general 40% maybe higher?
now and then you come across large shipments for sale back to the States.
I was told the best re-imports were the ones from Germany ,
my Super Soccer was from Germany and is in fantastic shape I guess they did good maintenance on pins.

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Does anyone know if this person on pinside anymore or the person that bought this pin a pinside member? Also I trying to find this traffic light mod as seen on utube.

I remember this guy used to post on the future pinball website. I believe he created that mod himself and bought the lights off ebay. If thats the same guy.

I believe these are the lights

ebay.com link: MINI LED Traffic Light Car Interior Lighting Kit LNL 17

I would really love to own a Taxi machine. I never knew how much I loved it until I started playing it in Pinball Arcade. The fact that it is both straightforward, and yet challenging makes it awesome. I do have a question regarding the aforementioned Spinout skill shot.

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Maybe this is a glitch with the video game version that isn't apparent in the actual machine, although the Pinball Arcade people are pretty solid at not letting little details slide.

Why would one ever go for anything other than the 100,000 point skill shot? Pull the plunger back all they way and let go. 100k on ball one, 200k on ball two and 300k on ball three, plus any time you lock a ball in the right side chute, you get to launch again for the same points.

I have read some posts that say if you pull too hard on the plunger, the skill shot reverts all the way back to the 1k mark, but that's not true on the digital version of the machine. I have also read other posts where people are trying for other numbers on purpose like the 25k which includes spot a passenger. Why? 25k + a 20k tip for Gorbie or Pinbot is still only 45k.

Insight? Ideas? I am very curious about this. I have played the real machine, but not for many, many years.

Thanks.

Way to bump up a thread from 6 years ago. Probably should have just started a new one.

If you plunge to hard it starts back at 1k and starts climbing again.

Yeah, that's it. If you pull too hard, it's *supposed* to go back to 1K, but most are so poorly maintained, they can barely get to 100k, so you always put it on max blast and hope it gets up there. Going *over* can happen in the real game. If it doesn't in the digital version, that's an error.

Plunging is one of the worst physics applications in the Pinball Arcade - some light plunges can rocket the ball, and some full ones do barely anything at all. I would not rely on Pinball Arcade to represent a real machine when it comes to nuances.

Also, some may want to go for 25,000 plus Pick Up Passenger - it usually awards you PinBot. Lock the ball, hit 25,000 again, pick up another passenger. You're then well on your way to the jackpot. Why settle for 100,000?

I play The digital Pinball Arcade Taxi very often and it always reverts to $1k if you pull the plunger too hard, not sure why it's not doing the same for you. I use the IOS (iPad) version.

On a well set up physical game, it's very easy to go not only past 100,000 and back to 1,000; you can go all the way around several times on a full plunge.
And yes, picking up a passenger can be a good choice in working toward a jackpot. Big points right away is not always the best choice.

I just played around with it this morning (digital version) and noticed something. If you pull the shooter rod all the way back and just simply let it go, then it sometimes will not pass 100k. However, if you pull the shooter rod back 1/2 or 3/4 way hold it there, and just before releasing it, pull it back just slightly and let go. You'll find by doing that it's actually hard to not blow past the 100k mark. If necessary I'll be happy to shoot a video for you, but give it a try first. This is an amazing game on the pinball arcade (actually has me back in the market to purchase the real thing for the 2nd time) and it's a shame to not have the control you want for such an important "skill shot."

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for all of the awesome responses. My version of it is for the PC, and I can just pull back all the way and it always, 100% of the time, gets me the 100k, but I see the argument for pickup passenger -- especially Pinbot who is tough to get. Damn robot. If he wants a ride, he should stand somewhere that a cabbie can see him.

Like Multiball1 said -- the PB Arcade version makes me want to own the real one too.

** Another issue the PB arcade has, and this is true of every machine -- it has no ability to account for a ball that lifts slightly off the playfield. Like when a ball hits something hard and actually pops up. This changes the dynamics entirely. Pinball Arcade only handles the physics of a ball rolling on the surface.

PS - You're welcome that I rebooted a thread from six years ago. It seems to have worked and why not keep all like information on one thread? Why have 100 threads scattered all over with one particular grouping of information. That makes no sense to me, unless you get kicks out of making it harder to find information.