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Nissan Axxes; matchbox prairie 1990
Topic Started: Feb 1 2012, 08:51 PM (1,472 Views)
W_Body_Geek
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Nissan Axxes or Prairie as it was called overseas. I remember these being quite popular when I was little, then they all dissappeared. I thought they were always the predecessor to the Quest, or maybe it's smaller?

On a side note, I really love the Matchboxes from about 1980 or so up till the Tyco Error.
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NoirGuru
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I too like this casting.

Not sure what they are calling it here, but they are still seen locally.

I agree with the casting styles too!
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W_Body_Geek
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and yes I know mine is dusty :(
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

I've seen them listed as Praries. I have one on the way from an online sale with 8 dots.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
I've got a few versions of this casting- its a winner! :thumbup:
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Billy Kingsley
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I have a copy of this one. It's missing some paint, but I got it new.
I don't have many Nissans, I can think of less than 10 in my whole collection.

I do like vans, but at the time I got it, I don't really think my likes and dislikes had been set in stone yet- back then, I just got stuff randomly, whereas nowadays I get NASCAR and Factory Stock American almost exclusivly.


EDIT to add: I don't remember mine having a blue interior. I want to say it has a tan interior, but I have not seen it since 2008 when I photographed my street car collection so I could be wrong.

EDIT, part II: Obviously, my memory is not that great. Blue it is.

Anybody know what model year it represents?

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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
It's a 1990.
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Billy Kingsley
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The Mad Documenter!
Thanks Sean!
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
You're welcome! :)
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On a side note, I really love the Matchboxes from about 1980 or so up till the Tyco Error.


Me too. I grew up with them but the ones I used to play with when I was little were either lost or broken, but they've now all been replaced.
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W_Body_Geek
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Same here.
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Sak
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I have two-one in dark hunter green, with Nissan in gold tampoed on the side, and another in two tone blue. I'm only sorry it didn't come with left hand drive-would've made a perfect dio minivan. The selection and availability of minivans for dioramas is somewhat...er...limited.

Body Geek, I LOVE the dust. The wipe away on the backlight looks like one from the rear wiper after a summer rain!
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I remember the first time I saw a picture of the Prairie / Axxess. It was in a Sears advertisement that was in the newspaper, around 1992 or so. There was a picture, advertising the Sears holiday catalog, and it showed a Sears catalog with various Matchbox (and maybe Hot Wheels, too?) parked around it, like it was the Sears store. The advertisement was something to the effect of: shop anytime with the Sears catalog. The vehicle which stood out the most to me, was the Nissan minivan in blue over silver (which at the time, I didn't know what it was, but I knew I had to have it). I wish I could find a picture of that ad, but everytime I have tried to search for it online, it doesn't turn up.

Here's the version I saw, all those years ago.
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The silver seems to be the most common. It was the first one I found as a youth.
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Red was an exclusive re-color in the Sam's Club 30-pack gift set.
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The dark green is the most attractive, I think. It was an ROW release from 1997, at a time when the KayBee toy stores in the U.S. were stocking the ROW line.
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W_Body_Geek
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The green one definitely looks the best :)
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
I can't stand the "Nissan" tampo on the sides though. So I put my vote for best variation to the two-tone blue & silver.
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JustDavid
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The two tone silver-blue is gorgeous. Thanks for the great pics Dean.
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I had the silver one as a kid. Wait, I still have it!

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...yeeeeeeeeah, it was a victim of that "phase"...
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jedimario
Feb 4 2012, 08:16 PM
I had the silver one as a kid. Wait, I still have it!

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...yeeeeeeeeah, it was a victim of that "phase"...
WOAH!
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W_Body_Geek
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scissors + pliers I'm guessing?
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
W_Body_Geek
Feb 4 2012, 11:43 PM
scissors + pliers I'm guessing?
Went under a semi on the freeway. Driver survived, front passenger did not...
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