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11-04-2009, 11:13 AM
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Matchbox Prius
I did a search, and couldn't find anything, so I figured I'd post. You guys are aware that Matchbox has a 2nd gen Prius out, right? The card pack shows it as a 2008 Prius, the bottom of the car lists it as a "Toyota Prius-2009".
I was strolling through Walmart and saw a few of these on the hanger in the toy section. They had three total, two in the beige color, and one in the aquamarine color. I bought one of each color, just because I've never seen a small Toyota in Matchbox before. I looked for a Corolla, but didn't see one.
Here's a page with photos of it:
http://matchbox.zsebehazy.com/mb700/mb774.html

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11-04-2009, 04:15 PM
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 nice find, gonna go look for one today
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11-07-2009, 06:44 PM
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<sigh> what happened to Matchbox? they used to make good toy cars. Now their quality is rather appalling.
I'll stick to my Tomy/Tomica Prius.
http://www.winternet.com/~mr_n64/prius/pages/tomica.htm
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11-09-2009, 12:37 PM
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I thought it was quite good, compared to the Matchbox cars I had as a kid in the '80s. These even have "realistic" looking 6-spoke wheels, just like the 15" alloys on the 2nd gen Prius, rather than the generic wheels that all the cars get (like the Tomica ones).
The Matchbox ones have a "PRIUS" rear license plate (in the correct logo font) and small "Toyota" and "Prius" and "HSD" logos painted on the back. It's even got the roofline antenna bump.
For a paltry 99 cents, the Matchbox models are very good if you've seen them in person.
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11-10-2009, 12:08 AM
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I dunno but my '90s Matchbox ones are a lot better (But then again they also cost more than 99¢). I just bought two Matchbox cars the other day for Cdn$1.19 (JDM Civic Type R and Lotus Evora). I don't really like the way the lights are painted.
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