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ESTRELA VW BUS

ESTRELA was founded in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1937, by German immigrant Siegfried Adler. He acquired the remains of a bankrupt toy factory which produced rag dolls and wooden toys cars. This production initially was continued, but later, in the early 1950’s they started producing plastic and tinplate...
Published in: ESTRELA BS

FOV-600 VW BUS

A tin plate VW Deluxe Bus with a very colorful lithograph design made by an unknown producer. The design is tri-colored with a yellow top, orange middle section and lower body in a blue color.  Details include closed sun roof with eight small windows on the top. Middle section has passengers se...
Published in: FOV-600

FUN HO! OVAL VW

Underwood Engineering Co. Ltd., New Zealand, first began producing scale model cars in 1939 under the trademark of FUN HO! (Note that the trademark always had an exclamation point, though the baseplates on the toys often did not!) The cars were similar to DINKY models of the era, being cast in heavy...
Published in: FUN HO!

FUN HO! VW BUS

Underwood Engineering Co. Ltd., New Zealand, first began producing scale model cars in 1939 under the trademark of FUN HO! (Note that the trademark always had an exclamation point, though the baseplates on the toys often did not!) The cars were similar to DINKY models of the era, being cast in heavy...
Published in: FUN HO! BS

GAKKEN TOY VW BUS

GAKKEN TOY Company, Ltd. , Kabushiki-gaisha Gakush? Kenky? Sha is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka which also produces educational toys. The city of Gakush? Kenky? makes up the name GAKKEN. GAKKEN TOY produced toys mainly for the Japanese market. GAKKEN TOY produced a...
Published in: GAKKEN TOY

GAMA US ZONE SPLIT VW V1

In 1881 the GAMA company was founded by Georg Adam Mangold in Fürth, Germany. GAMA was one of the first companies after the war to be allowed to produce toys again. They set up production in an old military barracks. Tin plate body with some or all the windows painted silver. Silver painted ai...
Published in: GAMA SW

GAMA US ZONE SPLIT VW V2

In 1881 the GAMA Company was founded by Georg Adam Mangold in Fürth, Germany. GAMA was one of the first companies after the war to be allowed to produce toys again. They set up production in an old military barracks. Tin plate body with silver painted windshield, split window, louvers, headlights a...
Published in: GAMA SW

GAMA VW BUS

In 1881 the GAMA Company was founded by Georg Adam Mangold in Fürth, Germany. GAMA was one of the first companies after the war to be allowed to produce toys again. They set up production in an old military barracks. A diecast metal body with cutout windows and painted in various colors and themes....
Published in: GAMA BS

GARTHE OVAL VW

The company GARTHE, Milsep, Germany produced the cast aluminum VW body with solid windows and poor details of front hood and rear oval window. Underneath is hollow and a magnet glued inside. This VW along with some other vehicles was included in a German driving school instruction set in wooden...
Published in: GARTHE

GEOBRA KdF WAGEN VW ERA SPARDOSE With Coins

This GEOBRA KdF Savers Bank was bought in 2006 from a private estate sale in Potsdam, Germany (former East German town near Berlin). The bank (spardose or sparkasse) was heavy with coins when purchased and a spring hook was used to pick the lock on the front door to open the bank. Amazingl...

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