WIKING was founded by Friedrich Karl Peltzer in 1932. WIKING's beginnings were in producing ship models in 1:1,250 scale. Before and during World War II these models, made of lead…
Very detailed plastic body, for its size, with solid windows. No chassis and the bumpers are part of the plastic body. Found with or without plastic wheels on metal axles…
Very nice! If it would be nearer to Amsterdam, I'd really like to visit it.
Maybe the museum could take a look onto our site as some descriptions of toys/ manufacturers are wrong,
:-)
Hi there,
the number of daily visitors to the site is big, so it seems to be interesting to collectors of really vintage VW toys.
Unfortunately only a few are willing to communicate online...
I have almost given up trying to convince collectors to share their thoughts on the site. As said, we have many visitors, but little contributions...
This sometimes feels disappointing as we spend many hours in expanding the site and also quite some $$$.
I hope to see more contributions,
best regards
Jozsi
