A Marne Taxi! (1 Viewer)

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Dear Geppetto aka Andy

I would like to commence what is often referred to as a self fulfilling prophecy.

I think we will see a Marne taxi soon. The figures are available. It is a great story. I want three of them...please.

Jack
 
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Great thread Jack. I think you're right. We will see one soon.
 
You should hire the services of Wayne WA as a lobbyist.

No surprise that I agree with the Marne taxi suggestion.:wink2:

Brett
 
For appeal, the Marne Taxi is unsurpassed - compact and 'cute' - I see a base model with driver at around the fiat price with add-on passenger soldiers and a choice of variable add-on luggage. This would enable multiple vehicles with differing appearance. I would like around ten of these but would not like them to be identical overall. And then, of course, one would need a lot more marching French Soldiers...would be a stunner of a display, and worthy of the 'miracle' story.
 
Fitzgibbon said:
For appeal, the Marne Taxi is unsurpassed - compact and 'cute' - I see a base model with driver at around the fiat price with add-on passenger soldiers and a choice of variable add-on luggage. This would enable multiple vehicles with differing appearance. I would like around ten of these but would not like them to be identical overall. And then, of course, one would need a lot more marching French Soldiers...would be a stunner of a display, and worthy of the 'miracle' story.
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Great! That leaves me competing for the second best Marne Taxi display in Brisbane!

Seriously though - I'l take three, so that accounts for a few of them already. It would have to be a big seller in France and given its historical and mythical status, I would assume most WW1 collectors are of a like mind.

Seems a done deal then. I wonder when they will be released?
 
Jack said:
Dear Geppetto aka Andy

I would like to commence what is often referred to as a self fulfilling prophecy.

I think we will see a Marne taxi soon. The figures are available. It is a great story. I want three of them...please.

Jack
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I support Jack and Bob in their desire for a Marne taxi but would add my desire for a London double decker bus used in the Great War, it's British......::smile2:
Wayne.
 

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I support Jack and Bob in their desire for a Marne taxi but would add my desire for a London double decker bus used in the Great War, it's British......::smile2:
Wayne.
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Before I tell you to get lost and start your own thread, I remember as a child being the proud owner of an Airfix catalogue. This would have to have been no later than about 1978. It had the double decker bus in a civilian and miltary version. I cannot remember the scale, but it looked magnificent.

Now get lost and go start your own thread or post a dio...it has been 20 minutes since your last one{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
 
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Jack said:
Before I tell you to get lost and start your own thread, I remember as a child being the proud owner of an Airfix catalogue. This would have to have been no later than about 1978. It had the double decker bus in a civilian and miltary version. I cannot remember the scale, but it looked magnificent.

Now get lost and go start your own thread or post a dio...it has been 20 minutes since your last one{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
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{eek3}:tongue::wink2::rolleyes2:
Wayne.
 
Jack said:
Great! That leaves me competing for the second best Marne Taxi display in Brisbane!

Seriously though - I'l take three, so that accounts for a few of them already. It would have to be a big seller in France and given its historical and mythical status, I would assume most WW1 collectors are of a like mind.

Seems a done deal then. I wonder when they will be released?
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Now Doc, miracle and legend are not the same thing as Myth - king Arthur is a myth and Dragons are mythical creatures - but the Marne Taxis were
(f)actually Parisian Taxis that were pressed into service to take soldiers to the Marne to block the German advance --- and the rest is history. But what a story; what lateral thinking; what a miracle - and it seems a miracle they have not been released already; stranger still, given my luck, that they havn't been and gone long ago. I'm sure they must be due out tomorrow...and no competition; we'll just all get together and give Black and White a run for its money...{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
 
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Now Doc, miracle and legend are not the same thing as Myth - king Arthur is a myth and Dragons are mythical creatures - but the Marne Taxis were
(f)actually Parisian Taxis that were pressed into service to take soldiers to the Marne to block the German advance --- and the rest is history. But what a story; what lateral thinking; what a miracle - and it seems a miracle they have not been released already; stranger still, given my luck, that they havn't been and gone long ago. I'm sure they must be due out tomorrow...and no competition; we'll just all get together and give Black and White a run for its money...{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
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I have, it seems, used the term somewhat carelessly. I used it with the intent of emphasising the Miracle of the Marne's standing as 'legendary story..or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact'. I acknowledge that it is, of course, a factual event. In my enthusiasm I sought to highlight its rapid journey from military necessity to the realm of legend.

I hope I have not given offence to any French Treefroggers. We are lucky in Australia that we are not given to mythologising our military history. Well...not much...well, to be fair...we do it a bit...Ok..yes, we do it a lot.
Its not our fault...try building a national myth on the Eureka Stockade!

Marne Taxi or Bust!
 
Jack said:
I have, it seems, used the term somewhat carelessly. I used it with the intent of emphasising the Miracle of the Marne's standing as 'legendary story..or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact'. I acknowledge that it is, of course, a factual event. In my enthusiasm I sought to highlight its rapid journey from military necessity to the realm of legend.

I hope I have not given offence to any French Treefroggers. We are lucky in Australia that we are not given to mythologising our military history. Well...not much...well, to be fair...we do it a bit...Ok..yes, we do it a lot.
Its not our fault...try building a national myth on the Eureka Stockade!

Marne Taxi or Bust!
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Worse still...try building a nation on a myth like Eureka Stockade...or...mateship (that's where you have TWO Dragon Boats and you share...now that's a myth!)
 
Great thread. I'll take 3 Marne taxis and a Double Decker. The vehicle that is, not the chocolate bar. Thanks in advance Andy......
 
The Taxis of the Marne are a must. And I'm all in on more French soldiers for any such display, whether forming up or marching. I would also like to see French civilians that can be used as crowds sending their soldiers off to do battle. I am trying to put together just such a dio and the taxis and crowds are sorely needed. Once again, I also plead for French artillery and cavalry of the 1914 era. -- Al
 
I saw a surviving Marne Taxi, which was at the Musee Militaire, when I first when to Paris. No explanations needed when I walked into the room where it was kept. Just one of those iconic items which you instantly recognize when you see it. Kind of like seeing the Eagle of the 45th at Edinburgh Castle. Done right, a Marne Taxi set would make a dramatic & welcome addition to anyone's collection.
 
I think that should account for about 20 sets plus the associated purchase of more French troops. It is a license to print money...
 
Marco, that is a superb dio; where do these pieces come from and what scale?
 
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Marco, that is a superb dio; where do these pieces come from and what scale?
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Totally agree, excellent dio and collection Marco and im interested in what brand and scale these sets are even though im a WWII person.

Tom
 
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