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MORESTONE - BUDGIE VW BUS V2

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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MSB (MECHANISCHE SPIELWAREN BRANDENBURG VEB) VW BUS

In the former East German town of Brandenburg, the first toy producers started already in the 1880‘s. Until 1945 the town inhabited several toy companies, among which the Patentwerk Ernst Paul Lehmann, Lineol, Gundka, Oro, Ger-Ton and Brennabor. In 1948 the Lehmann Company and Lineol wer...

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NBN US ZONE SPLIT VW

The Nürnberger Blechspielwarenfabrik is de facto the successor of the pre WW2 company of Georg Levy (GELI). Georg Levy emigrated in 1934 because of the fact that he was prosecuted being a Jew. He appointed Mr. Karl Ochs as the new manager and Mr. Ochs subsequently bought the comp...

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OK VW BUS

KADER Industrial Company Limited, located in North Point, Hong Kong, was founded by Mr. Ting Hsiung-chao in 1948. Mr. H.C. Ting believed that success is built upon diligence and a dictum that nothing short of perfection was acceptable. KADER’s products carried the “OK” logo, a trademark devised by M...

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OKYASU E.O VW BUS

All models have details indicating a 1963 to 1967 production date VW Bus, but were probably produced for several years after that. All Buses are Kombi versions with cargo doors indicated on both sides or double door Kombi’s. Civil versions are much less common than the emergency vehicles theme...

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PLAYART VW BUS

PLAYART was a Hong Kong based company and first surfaced in the late 1960's and in 1969, contracted with Woolworth's to replace Husky as the in-store diecast brand. PLAYART also offered their toy cars through other department store chains like Sears, again in store packaging. In addition, PLAYART mo...

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PN - PHILIP NIEDERMEIER SPLIT VW

In 1935, Philip Niedermeier bought the Firm of Saalheimer & Strauß in Nürnberg, Germany, which produced penny toys and coin banks. He renamed the Company into Philipp Niedermeier and used as its trademark PN. The NIEDERMEIER production facilities were destroyed during WWII and only in 1949, the ...

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PN - PHILIP NIEDERMEIER VW BUS (?)

There has been a debate about this PN (Philip Neidermeier) bus toy for many years. People collect it as a VW Bus as it has the typical ‘nose’ look. None of these PN tin toys have a VW logo so like all of the little cheap penny toys – they were inspired by cars of the time, but they...

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PN - PHILIP NIEDERMEIER VW CONVERTIBLE

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PORSCHE V1 KdF Wagen

In 1935, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche had built the first prototype V1 vehicle which was to become the KdF Wagen or Volkswagen Beetle as we know it today. There were two V1 prototypes built known as V1 A model and V1 B model. Both similar but with minor body changes. Also in 1935, Erwin Komenda, a car-b...

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