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PLASTY VW BUS

PLASTY, began operation in late 1948 and produced mainly plastic playthings. Their slogan, at the time, was "toys at reasonable prices." The founders of the firm, Hellmut Fiedler (1909-1973) and Friedrich Podey (1907-1984), had been friends since their apprenticeship at the Rheinischen Gummi-und Cel...

Published in: PLASTY

PMC LOWLIGHT KARMANN GHIA VW

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, PMCs main rivals in promotional vehicle models were Banthrico, National Products, AMT, SMP, and Jo-Han. PMC's vehicle products were called "Tru Miniatures". PMC introduced its first models about 1947, around the same time as Ideal Models, which later changed its na...

Published in: PMC Product Miniature Company

PREMIER PRODUCTS PLASTIC VW MODEL KIT

This ready to assemble all plastic model kit was produced by PREMIER PRODUCTS CO. Brooklyn 21, New York, USA. The colorful artwork on the box cover depicted a Volkswagen Convertible and perhaps was inspired from a 1960 Reutter’s VW drawing. From looking at the colorful box artwork, it is presumed th...

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PRF VW BUS

Two piece plastic body of a VW Panel Bus with cut out door windows and windshield. The top section has a large lip seam where it attached to the lower body. Details of the door seams and side air louvers. Metal headlights and the metal bumpers have PRF license plates. Metal chassis with a friction m...

Published in: PRF

PROCESSED PLASTIC VW BUS

PROCESSED PLASTIC was founded in Aurora, USA, in 1948 by Ross Bergman, Richard Simms, and Roy Raymond. Their first toy was a plastic dump truck. Over the years, the product line was expanded to larger trucks, racing cars, tanks, and rockets sold primarily to Woolworth and Kresges (K-Mart). In 1964, ...

Published in: PROCESSED PLASTIC

PROXIMA PLASTIK VW BUS

This yellow plastic VW Pickup Bus was produced in Austria by the Company PROXIMA PLASTIK. Details include cut out windows, door seam lines and side bed doors have molded indentations. There is no chassis and the black plastic wheels with metal axles attach to the body with raised pillars. There is a...

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REINDORF OVAL VW

Rudolf Schwarz and his son Karl Rudolf Schwarz established in 1928 in Vienna, Austria, the company REINDORF Kaffeemittelfabrik. They produced coffee surrogates and coffee extracts. The company ceased to exist in 1969 and was incorporated in the Mikado Coffee and Tea importers company. They included ...

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RELIABLE CABRIO VW PEDAL CAR

The company that became the Reliable Toy Company was founded in 1920, with the original name of the Canadian Statuary and Novelty Company. In the beginning, they made plush toys, dolls and small novelties in Toronto, Ontario. The original partnership was dissolved in 1922, establishing a new company...

Published in: CABRIO VW PEDAL & CAROUSEL CARS

RENNER VW BUS

A plastic body in the shape of a T2 VW Panel Bus. It was produced to be used as a postal letter scale. It was a promotional model by VW and was produced by order of the German firm of RENNER. It was meant to shorten the wait for the 1/40 T2a Modell by CURSOR. The letter scale was issued to VW in Sep...

Published in: RENNER

REVELL VW BUS V1

The REVELL Company, located in Venice, California, was founded by Lewis Glaser in 1943 as a plastics molding firm called PRECISION SPECIALTIES, eventually branching into plastic toys. The name REVELL came from the French word “reveille,” meaning “new beginning.” In the early 1950s, REVELL offered it...

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