2016-01-15

'96 Nissan 180 SX Type X

'96 Nissan 180 SX Type X 
Mainline 2015-205

This is one of the nice surprises of 2015. I like the relatively clean and unfussed lines and the half-recessed headlights. I was reading somewhere that Mattel usually releases new castings, especially real castings, with very simple decorations -- no wild tampo art -- and that these ones were more popular with some collectors. I do agree. For the most part, the busy tampo art can detract from the forms of the car itself, like the car is trying to take on another identity somehow.