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LONE STAR VW BUS

The origins of what later became DIE CASTING MACHINE TOOLS LTD., (otherwise known as D.C.M.T.) began in London, England, 1939. The founder, Aubrey Robert "Bob" Mills, apparently working alone in a lock-up garage, designed and built his first die casting machine which, it is believed, he sold for a p...

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M. CABICAR VW BUS

Not much is known of the producer of this toy. It is made in Poland, the name Cabicar is a family name and Wieliczka is a city near Krakow. A two-piece plastic VW Transporter Bus with cut out windows. The top section is not detailed nor is the lower section detailed either. There are no seam lines,...

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MÄRKLIN KdF WAGEN VW PICO 9

Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH (MÄRKLIN) was founded in 1859 by Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin and is based in Göppingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It originally specialized in doll house kitchen accessories, but after 1891 the sons of T.F.W. Märklin focused on tin toys...

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McGREGOR VW BUS

A Transporter VW Bus with cut out windows. Details include door seams, side air louvers, taillights and engine compartment lid. The front VW logo, headlights and bumpers are painted silver. Plastic chassis with plastic wheels on metal axles are glued to the body. The chassis is marked McGREGOR only ...

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MECLINE VW BUS

MECLINE was a brandname of Svein Stromberg in Akersgaten 39, Oslo, Norway. The company Svein Strømberg & Co. A/S was founded in 1941, began plastic production in 1946, and by the early 1950’s was a significant manufacturer of plastic household goods. Because of import restrictions after the...

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MERCURY OVAL VW

MERCURY was founded in 1932 by Attilo Clemente and Antonio Cravero in Turin, Italy. Between 1953 and 1962 they produced a line of 1/48 scale models, which became a huge success. Among them, the Mercury oval VW. Diecast metal body with cut out windows and good details of front and rear hoo...

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METTOY - HUSKY VW BUS

METTOY PLAYCRAFT Ltd., is the name of a range of toy manufacturers in England: METTOY (= METAL TOYS) Company was founded in 1933 by German émigré Philip Ullmann in Northampton, England, where he was later joined by South African-born German Arthur Katz who had previously worked for Ullmann at his To...

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MIRIM SPLIT VW

MIRIM was founded in 1950 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, by Daniel Scolnic as the leading manufacturer of model trains (initially), but also plastic toys, balls, household appliances and plastic flowers. The MIRIM name was in 1952 changed into ATMA PAULISTA S.A. They produced in the 1950’s the toys for ...

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MORESTONE - BUDGIE OVAL VW

In the 1940’s, MORRIS and STONE were a small Stoke Newington, London based wholesale toy company. They distributed toys for many small toy manufacturers. Later the company name was changed into MORESTONE and in the mid 1950’s they introduced a range called the “Esso Petrol Pump” series to compete wi...

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NFIC - NATIONAL VW BUS V2

NFIC, located in Hong Kong, was one of the many producers of plastic toys. They also offered cheap small-scale toys under the label of National Toys, which were mainly copies of Matchbox toys. There were 36 cars in the National Miniature Car Series, including the VW BUS "Camping Car," No. 3120. Har...

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