Collectible Model of the MAXIMA/I30/CEFIRO
06-14-2001, 06:57 AM
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OKay, so I have been looking for a while now, and NO ONE out of the decent manufacturers of diecast model cars makes a maxima or i30 or cefiro model! It has ben driving me NUTS! I want to remmeber my car forever even after the car is gone...plus I collect diecast cars anyway! Sooooo...I just wrote Nissan a little email asking if they would ever consider commissioning some Maxima models, and I said there would be a large maxima fan base interested in buying them. If anyone else agrees, respond here, and maybe we can send them a petition or something. It would be sweet to have an evo line...like...1st-5th gen! (porsche does this)
06-14-2001, 07:23 AM
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minimum Maxima
Howdy Lime
you might try
http://ewa1.com/
maybe no Maxima, but if you collect scale models this is a helluva place.
Some pretty expensive, some reasonable.
Kits, magazines and other stuff too.
If you can't find one on the site email them
they might be able to locate one or just not have put it up.
you might try
http://ewa1.com/
maybe no Maxima, but if you collect scale models this is a helluva place.
Some pretty expensive, some reasonable.
Kits, magazines and other stuff too.
If you can't find one on the site email them
they might be able to locate one or just not have put it up.
06-14-2001, 07:39 AM
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Lime, if you could get me a diecast of a maxima or cefiro I would be forever greatful! I also collect diecast & build models. I have been looking for these as well for awhile now. I did however find a sylvia & skyline online (but I forgot the site 
)
Just let me know what needs to be done to help out in getting one of these!!
)Just let me know what needs to be done to help out in getting one of these!!
06-14-2001, 12:22 PM
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Originally posted by fast97maxse
ne1 ever try putting a full size Maxima in a large microwave?
That could shink it down
and it would have amazing detail...
Guess the cost of one of those minimum Maximas would be pretty high though.
ne1 ever try putting a full size Maxima in a large microwave?
That could shink it down
and it would have amazing detail...
Guess the cost of one of those minimum Maximas would be pretty high though.
06-14-2001, 12:45 PM
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Originally posted by Sarah99GXE
a joke.
put car in microwave.
microwave shrinks car.
result: a "scale model" of the car.
since the car is "real", the detail would be accurate
- right down to the bug-bits on the windshield.
But it would cost whatever the price of a full size car would be.
Guess if it needs explaining it isn't that funny...
06-14-2001, 12:49 PM
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Originally posted by fast97maxse
Sorry Sarah.
a joke.
put car in microwave.
microwave shrinks car.
result: a "scale model" of the car.
since the car is "real", the detail would be accurate
- right down to the bug-bits on the windshield.
But it would cost whatever the price of a full size car would be.
Guess if it needs explaining it isn't that funny...
Sorry Sarah.
a joke.
put car in microwave.
microwave shrinks car.
result: a "scale model" of the car.
since the car is "real", the detail would be accurate
- right down to the bug-bits on the windshield.
But it would cost whatever the price of a full size car would be.
Guess if it needs explaining it isn't that funny...
I understood exactly what you were saying, I just didn't find it funny. Sorry. Then again, someone else might have...
06-14-2001, 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by Sarah99GXE
I understood exactly what you were saying, I just didn't find it funny. Sorry. Then again, someone else might have...
I understood exactly what you were saying, I just didn't find it funny. Sorry. Then again, someone else might have...
Here I am slaving over a hot keyboard,
just trying to make all ayall's day that much better,
a little levity to lighten the load,
and all you can do is slam me.
Fine. Be that way.
I won't post ever again.
If anybody wants me, I'll be crying by my computer.
06-14-2001, 01:32 PM
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LOL shrinky-dink maximas!
hehehe
OKay well I emailed Nissan. If they don't get back to me, we can create a big pettition poll thingy, and call them and make them look at it!! Yeah! I don't think it's going to be an Exoto, but it should be GOOD, and, IMO, preferably 1:18 scale.
hehehe
OKay well I emailed Nissan. If they don't get back to me, we can create a big pettition poll thingy, and call them and make them look at it!! Yeah! I don't think it's going to be an Exoto, but it should be GOOD, and, IMO, preferably 1:18 scale.
06-14-2001, 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by fast97maxse
Golly, you are so mean.
Here I am slaving over a hot keyboard,
just trying to make all ayall's day that much better,
a little levity to lighten the load,
and all you can do is slam me.
Fine. Be that way.
I won't post ever again.
If anybody wants me, I'll be crying by my computer.
Golly, you are so mean.
Here I am slaving over a hot keyboard,
just trying to make all ayall's day that much better,
a little levity to lighten the load,
and all you can do is slam me.
Fine. Be that way.
I won't post ever again.
If anybody wants me, I'll be crying by my computer.
hahahaha
06-14-2001, 01:50 PM
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Originally posted by Lime
LOL shrinky-dink maximas!
hehehe
OKay well I emailed Nissan. If they don't get back to me, we can create a big pettition poll thingy, and call them and make them look at it!! Yeah! I don't think it's going to be an Exoto, but it should be GOOD, and, IMO, preferably 1:18 scale.
LOL shrinky-dink maximas!
hehehe
OKay well I emailed Nissan. If they don't get back to me, we can create a big pettition poll thingy, and call them and make them look at it!! Yeah! I don't think it's going to be an Exoto, but it should be GOOD, and, IMO, preferably 1:18 scale.
I feel a little better now.
I would love a die cast 1/43rd scale model of a 4th Gen.
Put me down on the petition/poll thingy.
Sprintmax -
http://ewa1.com/ has Tamiya plastic kits 1/25th scale.
Can't find a Maxima, but they have Skylines for around $20.
Then you could use that body and find some place that can vacuum form the plastic they use for RC bodies around the model.
I figure the 25K cost is mostly for the original model.
But then, maybe you can get a Skyline body anyway...
I think Tamiya makes RC cars too.
06-14-2001, 04:12 PM
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Originally posted by SprintMax
I spoke to a company about doing one for an RC car.. they wanted $25,000 to make it.. for that money i could have bought me a brand new full size maxima.. i passed on that dealh
I spoke to a company about doing one for an RC car.. they wanted $25,000 to make it.. for that money i could have bought me a brand new full size maxima.. i passed on that dealh
Originally posted by theblue
you could get little mods for it like clear corners and billet grills and 20s
you could get little mods for it like clear corners and billet grills and 20s
06-14-2001, 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by 1997 Maxima SE
look what I got 2 of.... I opened and built them both thoe I posted on here when they had the second one up on ebay but no one wanted it... cept me paid 30 total for the first and like 25 total for second
look what I got 2 of.... I opened and built them both thoe I posted on here when they had the second one up on ebay but no one wanted it... cept me paid 30 total for the first and like 25 total for second
06-14-2001, 04:50 PM
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Originally posted by 1997 Maxima SE
look what I got 2 of.... I opened and built them both thoe I posted on here when they had the second one up on ebay but no one wanted it... cept me paid 30 total for the first and like 25 total for second
look what I got 2 of.... I opened and built them both thoe I posted on here when they had the second one up on ebay but no one wanted it... cept me paid 30 total for the first and like 25 total for second
that one has been released in Japan for a long time. It comes with a fully detailed 2.5 engine.
It seems to me that the Cefiro sedan is so unpopular in Japan that none of the Japanese model manufacturers cares to make a kit.
I can find all kinds of Silvias and Skylines at the local hobby shop. Sedans, not too many though. Heck! They even have Toyota Trueno!
it!!
06-15-2001, 05:32 AM
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wahhhh the wagon? what about the sedan? this is why I wrote to Nissan in the USA. The Maxima is VERY popular in THIS country, so perhaps they'd be willing to sell them through dealerships or whatever. Still waiting though. The Japanese folks either like TINY compact cars or crazy sports cars it seems...oh well.
Maybe I'll start a poll.
Maybe I'll start a poll.
06-15-2001, 06:25 AM
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Originally posted by SprintMax
I spoke to a company about doing one for an RC car.. they wanted $25,000 to make it.. for that money i could have bought me a brand new full size maxima.. i passed on that dealh
I spoke to a company about doing one for an RC car.. they wanted $25,000 to make it.. for that money i could have bought me a brand new full size maxima.. i passed on that dealh
06-15-2001, 08:36 AM
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Originally posted by focker2889
Heck! They even have Toyota Trueno!
Heck! They even have Toyota Trueno!
they got truenos cuz the popular cartoon intial d... i watch it... the trueno is the main car they drift around and junk...
they got real cefiros like the one with the rb26det in it dont look like a i30 or a maxima but it has the name cefiro
and my kit did not come with an engine, fujmi kits dont come with engines... revell is the only one that has engines to my knowledge
06-15-2001, 09:34 AM
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Originally posted by 1997 Maxima SE
they got real cefiros like the one with the rb26det in it dont look like a i30 or a maxima but it has the name cefiro
and my kit did not come with an engine, fujmi kits dont come with engines... revell is the only one that has engines to my knowledge
they got real cefiros like the one with the rb26det in it dont look like a i30 or a maxima but it has the name cefiro
and my kit did not come with an engine, fujmi kits dont come with engines... revell is the only one that has engines to my knowledge
No engine? That's why I have only one Fujimi kit since I know how to put those pieces together. So, looks like it has only an undertray.
Try Tamiya. I don't think they have any Cefiro though. However, Tamiya has the best 1/24 car kits. Most of my model cars are Tamiya's.
For warplanes I recommend Hasegawa. Tanks/soldiers -> Tamiya again.
Gundam/Macross/..... -> Bandai.
Revell/Monogram is good for its metal car kit.
Ertl -> Star trek! Beam me up Scotty!
06-15-2001, 10:54 AM
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Tamiya kits are the BOMB.
I have two 1:24 Revell Porsches and they're okay, but I still haven't finished them, bleh...so time-consuming. I won't finish until winter, when I stop doing real car stuff so much!
How do we make polls? I see the checkmark, but how do we format the message text? :} Yes, I am a dork. I wanna make a poll about yes/no/gen preferences on the model!
I have two 1:24 Revell Porsches and they're okay, but I still haven't finished them, bleh...so time-consuming. I won't finish until winter, when I stop doing real car stuff so much!
How do we make polls? I see the checkmark, but how do we format the message text? :} Yes, I am a dork. I wanna make a poll about yes/no/gen preferences on the model!
06-15-2001, 11:10 AM
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Guys...i saw one
Back when i was younger i was really into the 3000gt. I looked everywhere and finally found one in some small store in Minnesota. They had this special order form where they could get u any model, proly shipped over from JApan...
I'm gunna call my grandma back in minn and see if that store still exists... Or have someone go over to Japan and bring back a ton and sell them and have a monopoly on maxima models?
I'm gunna call my grandma back in minn and see if that store still exists... Or have someone go over to Japan and bring back a ton and sell them and have a monopoly on maxima models?
06-15-2001, 11:35 AM
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Re: Guys...i saw one
Originally posted by MaximaMan
Back when i was younger i was really into the 3000gt. I looked everywhere and finally found one in some small store in Minnesota. They had this special order form where they could get u any model, proly shipped over from JApan...
I'm gunna call my grandma back in minn and see if that store still exists... Or have someone go over to Japan and bring back a ton and sell them and have a monopoly on maxima models?
Back when i was younger i was really into the 3000gt. I looked everywhere and finally found one in some small store in Minnesota. They had this special order form where they could get u any model, proly shipped over from JApan...
I'm gunna call my grandma back in minn and see if that store still exists... Or have someone go over to Japan and bring back a ton and sell them and have a monopoly on maxima models?
cool
let us know when your grandma can hook us all up!
06-15-2001, 02:45 PM
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If you guys want the cefiro wagon, you can get on from www.hlj.com, it's about 1500 yen, less than $15... even after shipping via UPS from japan,it's less than $20.
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06-17-2001, 09:00 AM
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Originally posted by Shingles
If you guys want the cefiro wagon, you can get on from www.hlj.com, it's about 1500 yen, less than $15... even after shipping via UPS from japan,it's less than $20.
If you guys want the cefiro wagon, you can get on from www.hlj.com, it's about 1500 yen, less than $15... even after shipping via UPS from japan,it's less than $20.
I'd get one for the hell of it!!! Not like I ever finish my kits...I need to get my compressor back upstairs somehow if I wanna do that...mmmm airbrush.
06-21-2001, 07:06 AM
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06-21-2001, 07:22 AM
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Originally posted by Mr Super Baller
Here is a Cefiro that closely resembles the 3rd gen Max, you can get it at www.hlj.com
Here is a Cefiro that closely resembles the 3rd gen Max, you can get it at www.hlj.com
06-21-2001, 11:25 AM
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Would love a model of my 2k MAX
I did a prior post (search toys)on this topic and somebody said they could get bronze keychain sized model. But nothing worked out it seems. If anybody finds a toy version of the max please let me know.