Once upon a time in 1876, there was a locksmith named Andreas Brandstätter. Mr. Brandstätter planted a magical seed that would eventually blossom into PLAYMOBIL® by founding an eponymous lock and metal fitting company in Fürth, Germany. His son, Georg Brandstätter, took over the company in 1908, changed its name to Metallwarenfabrik Georg Brandstätter. And in 1921, moved the headquarters to Zirndorf, Germany, where it remains to the present day. By the 1930s, the company had again been redefined, manufacturing telephones, cash registers, and various items for toy shops using sheet metal, and going through another name change, to GEOBRA (short for Georg Brandstätter). At the beginning of the 1950s, Horst Brandstätter, the company's current owner, came on board and started a new era in the company history. He updated products, searched out new markets and sales opportunities, and focused production on his favorite material, plastic.
A large scale, vacuum molded VW Kombi Bus in either a BUNDESPOST or Shell Oil Company themes. Both logos are largely visible at the sides. Details include closed windows, door seam lines, handles, air louvers and molded bumpers. The Bus toy is known with white or black wheels and tin hubcaps with the VW logo.
