Greetings all,

I am not sure how to post a vote poll here on the .org yet, so I will do the poll this way. Here's the deal:

As the recent new owner of a 2000 Maxima GLE and and avid diecast toy collector, I have been surprised by the lack of a Maxima diescast casting of any generation by any toy manufacturer. What I am looking to gauge interest in is this --

If there were to be a casting of one or several generation Maximas, would you buy them?

Here's the scoop -- My name is Gustavo Tanahara; on the .org I go by the screen name 2000MaxGLE. My brother is the Vice-President of Product Development at JadaToys, a diecast toy manufacturer in Los Angeles. If you are unfamiliar with Jada Toys, here is their website: www.jadatoys.com

They already produce several Nissan castings, as seen in the various photos at these links:

http://www.jadatoys.com/products.php...acer&scale=all

http://www.jadatoys.com/products.php...Import%20Racer

This link shows a photo my brother's Chrysler 300C:

http://www.tanaharadesign.com/

Anyway, how you all play a part in this is that if I can provide enough interest in a Maxima casting, I can ask my brother to design some castings that hopefully would eventually be mass produced. This isn't a guarantee that it will happen, but it would certainly be a good focus group opportunity for them and for us .orgers to get a scale size car to customize to look like our 1/1 scale cars. I will keep you all posted as to the progress, but again, this would take some time between design and production phase if it became a reality. This is not a joke; I would like to see these become a reality.

Thanks to all of you!!

Gustavo Tanahara
aka 2000MaxGLE

 

I'd buy multiple! So would A LOT of the people I know... friends here in SL.

 

Interesting I would buy a 4th gen most likely.

 

don't toy with my emotions, sir...

simply put: this topic has been brought up several times in the past...suffice to say, you have potentially thousands of paying customers on this site who would gladly buy AT LEAST one such car, if not more (for collectors/hoarders like myself).

u have my blessing...please proceed.

 

i would buy a 4th gen 95-96 and a 5th gen 2k-2k1.

 

I would buy 2 in a 6th Gen (2004 - 2008?) white. Preferring 1:24 or 1:18 size.

 

I'm down... for evey yr model....

 

I would buy multiple 3rd gen ones, even though it's highly doubtful that would ever happen. I would also be down for a nice looking 5th gen model.

My one suggestion would be to have the cars made to look stock or pretty close to stock. Most model collectors don't find much appreciation for cars covered with graphics, wings, huge wheels, etc. Look to the past at the cars that are sought after today.

 

5.5 gen in white, lowered with rims (non chrome), no stickers.

 

Yeah I've been dying to find these!! I definetly get one in every Gen. Hopefully matching the colors of Max's I owned.

 

abso*******lutely

id buy multiple ones. stock, aftermarket, whatever at this point, since there is nothing out there. i have a lot of jadatoys models, and they can make some clean lookin stuff, and some ricey stuff. if it looks anything like the GS400 and the 350Z have, id love it. maybe even a limited edition production run, so they can charge a little more but knowing most of us would pay it.

more than likely, it would be a 4th and/or 5th gen, id assume.

 

^^^^^^What he said!

 

He'd probably need to make 1000+ count in order to make any money at all, am I right?

 

im an avid model collector as well and I'd definately be interested in a 5th gen, preferably an AE, grey lustre too.....or is that too much to ask? But anyway, its an awesome idea. Modified or stock, any 1:18 model would be good.

edit: not too ricey though: 20's, big wings and graphics not necessary

 

I would buy 3rd, 4th, 5th, 5.5th, as long as all had a stock look, not riced out.

 

Will it get better gas mileage than my real maxima? If so, I'm in!

 

make that 2 please!

 

I would buy a few... 4th gen and 5th gen

 

maybe its becasue of the way you drive the max man. maybe it has like a hole in the gas tank and when you go auto-crossing the gas sloshes side to side and spills out of that hole.lol

 

if anything actually comes out of this, i will buy!

 

Same here, I'd buy at least three of each....

 

Id buy a 4th and 5th gen for sure, you can use pics of my car to make the prototype 4th gen

 

id def buy a 4th gen and a 6th gen....

 

In for a 4th genner.

 

i would like it to be sort of like eurospec (AC schnitzer M3) without the the bling wheels and with a lip kit.

 

Not ricey 5th gen please

Preferebly Sterling Mist

 

Please do not get greedy and state how you would specifically like the diecast model to look like right now. They maybe may want our opinions later on the appearance if it does happen. Yes most would want a model that isnt riced out and would match ones tastes but for now they need to know if they can provide enough interest for this car. We all should be happy that there actually may be a possibility of a Maxima diecast car.

 

i'd buy a 4th gen

 

I would love a 5.5th Gen Grey Lustre!! Id get like 3, one white one grey lustre and a majestic blue one! Hope this really happens!

 

I'll take a 4th gen, 5th, and 6th gen. All stock. High quality ofcourse. Willing to pay upto $60 for each.

1:18 ONLY

 

5th gen (2K/2K1) Sterling Mist. Can do a AE? If not, no problem.

 

ill take a 4th and a 5th gen thank you sir!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Since we have over 50,000 members and there are a lot of Maximas on the road, I would like to see and buy one for each gen. They don't have to be modded out.

Warren

 

The same goes for me.

 

ummmm basically what everyone said!!!!!
id take a 4th and 5th gen......Stock looking with possibilities of modding like how the XMODS have it

 

I just wanted to add a little thing for the 4th gen. if you are going to do it (I will buy it of course)

But do the 4th gen (99 SE-L) that can make things easier for you guys...
I'm sure most will agree that even though I want my 95 maxima it would be too much work to do all details form the 4th gens, or any for that matter. and the SE-L is a very desireble version of the 4th gens...

yeah I'm Sure you are going for the stock looking ones... no sensce in making it everyones taste work... (everyone used to have a stock maxima when they first bought it.)

 

4th gen with stillen kit pleeeze. I remember my first thread was trying to get a petition signed for a maxima model, but it looks like you actually have the connections sir!!

 

To the ire of my best friend, a dodge SRT-4 owner, I would buy plenty of models and make sure that he got one of them too! If you can actually get this done, count me in as a buyer!

 

id buy one...you can use my car to model it after

 

yup add me to the list and you could think about making parts that you could add if you wanted like a stillen lip or colored rims? Who knows