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month: OPDB 1 IPDB 8 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
gameplay_feature: IPDB Skill Shot used IPDB Standup Targets used IPDB 3-Bank Drop Targets ×2 used IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme: IPDB Transportation IPDB Automobiles used Flipcommons Catalog Transportation used Flipcommons Catalog Cars used
credit: IPDB Ed Boon — Software IPDB Chris Granner — Sound IPDB Chris Granner — Music IPDB Mark Kim — Mechanics IPDB Tony Kraemer — Mechanics IPDB Craig Fitpold — Mechanics IPDB Python Anghelo — Art IPDB Mark Ritchie — Design Flipcommons Catalog Chris Granner — Sound used Flipcommons Catalog Ed Boon — Software used Flipcommons Catalog Chris Granner — Music used Flipcommons Catalog Tony Kraemer — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Mark Kim — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Craig Fitpold — Mechanics used Flipcommons Catalog Mark Ritchie — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Python Anghelo — Art used

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display_type: alphanumeric OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation: solid-state OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count: 4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year: 1988 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id: GrN90-MJrnj OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name: Taxi OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
system: williams-system-11b IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity: 7300 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id: 2505 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (13 fields)

abbreviation: OPDB TXI used
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ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name: IPDB Williams used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name: IPDB Williams Electronics Games, Incorporated, a subsidiary of WMS Ind., Incorporated used
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ipdb.model_number: IPDB 553 used
ipdb.marketing_slogans: IPDB "The one taxi Marilyn, Gorbie, Santa, Dracula... and Operators Everywhere are Hailing!" "The one taxi Lola, Gorbie, Santa, Dracula... and Operators Everywhere are Hailing!" "Get ready for the taxi everyone's going to be lining up for!" used
ipdb.notes: IPDB First Williams game to display four-player scores using only two alpha-numeric 16-character displays. 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. We asked Roger Sharpe about the reason for this change. He replies:Suffice it to say that we did have some limited run of machines featuring a 'blonde Marilyn' � and I don�t know if these were for international only. However, we were informed that there were rights that needed to be secured in order to use Marilyn and the decision was made to just alter the artwork so that the female character was renamed �Lola� for the main production run. If memory serves, and I can�t say with certainty�there might be games that were manufactured with a brunette Lola and then a redheaded Lola. The changes needed to introduce 'Lola' include backglass art, playfield art, game software, and instruction card. According to Mark Ritchie, as explained in the book The Pinball Compendium 1982 to Present, at least 200 sample games were in the process of being shipped with 'Marilyn' before the change had to be made. He also explained the name 'Lola' was taken from a 1970s song about a transvestite, chosen to befit her muscular arms as depicted on the backglass. Marilyn's face appears twice on the playfield: directly below the center drop target bank and also as an illuminating insert further down. We have seen one instance of the Lola playfield where she was still blonde near the drop targets but was a brunette in the insert. We don't know how many playfields were made this way. Production Run Records for Taxi: Production Start Date: Aug-31-1988 Production End Date: Dec-14-1988 Production Run Quantity: 7300 First ship date: Aug-31-1988 Last ship date: Feb-13-1989 used
ipdb.notable_features: IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), 3-bank drop targets (2), Standup target (1). A left-side catapult propels the ball airborne into a habitrail. A plunger lane skill shot shoots the ball into the "Spin-Out" whirlpool to score up to 100,000 points. Actual measured weight: 245 lbs (includes legs). used
ipdb_rating: IPDB 8 used
corporate_entity: Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronics-games-incorporated-a-subsidiary-of-wms-industries-incorporated used
title: Flipcommons Catalog taxi used
slug: Flipcommons Catalog taxi used