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MARUSAN OVAL VW

Produced by Marusan Shoten Ltd. from Asakusa, Tokyo. Tin body with cut out windows and very nice details of front and rear hood, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Tin headlights, front hood and side strips, tin bumpers. Metal chassis with either a friction, key wound or electric moto...
Published in: MARUSAN

MASUDAYA - MODERN TOYS VW BUS V1

MASUDAYA, founded in 1928, Japan, was the manufacturer of this Volkswagen Bus toy. It was a better idea after the post war period to market the Japanese MASUDAYA toys in the USA under the trade mark name of MODERN TOYS. Tin lithographed VW Bus with either a Polizei or Ambulance theme. Battery opera...

MASUDAYA - MODERN TOYS VW BUS V2

MASUDAYA, founded in 1928, Japan, was the manufacturer of this Volkswagen Bus toy. It was a better idea after the post war period to market the Japanese MASUDAYA toys in the USA under the trade mark name of MODERN TOYS. Tin lithographed VW Bus with various airline themes such as LUFTHANSA, ALITALIA...

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...
Published in: MECLINE

MEIWA KOGYO - MKK VW BUS

MEIWA KOGYO Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Japan, is the manufacturer and used a diamond shaped logo with MKK in the center.  The MKK VW Bus is nicely detailed with a tin body made of four main panels. The sides and roof are all one piece, then a nose panel, rear panel and chassis. Other  par...

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...
Published in: MERCURY

METALMA VW BUS

METALMA was the toy Company name under the parent Company of Metallurgical Matarazzo (MM) South America.  MM specialized in the production of metal packaging, canning products and even beer cans, but METALMA produced a wide range of tin toys including Volkswagen models.  The METALMA Volks...
Published in: METALMA

METOSUL OVAL VW

Diecast metal body with cut out windows and good details of front and rear hood, door seams and rear oval window with air louvers. Plastic interior, metal chassis with axles and metal rims with rubber tires. No motor and chassis stamped METOSUL VOLKSWAGEN PORTUGAL. Solid colors for the civil version...
Published in: METOSUL

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...

MICRO MODELS OVAL VW

MICRO MODELS (diecast vehicles division) were originally produced by Goodwood Australia Pty in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 1952 and 1961. MICRO MODELS vehicles were also produced in New Zealand by Lincoln Industries of Auckland between 1956 and 1960. Production at both facilities was fina...

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