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KÖRA KdF WAGEN VW V3

KÖRA, actually known as Kölle & Raab, registered in 1923 as a toy exporting and distributing company in Germany. Barbara Kölle, Alfred Kölle and Konrad Raab were the owners. KÖRA represented the smaller "unknown" German toy companies in Fürth. One of those “unknown” toy companies made&...
Published in: KÖRA

KÖRA US ZONE SPLIT VW V4

KÖRA, actually known as Kölle & Raab, registered in 1923 as a toy exporting and distributing company in Germany. Barbara Kölle, Alfred Kölle and Konrad Raab were the owners. KÖRA represented the smaller "unknown" German toy companies in Fürth. One of those “unknown” toy companies made&...
Published in: KÖRA

KOSUGE OVAL VW

In 1945, Matsuzou Kosuge, used a left over empty tin can to manufacture a U.S. army jeep. He then received permission from U.S. authorities to manufacture toy cars for the U.S. market, so that the former Japanese wartime factories could be used for something civilian.  This ...
Published in: KOSUGE

LEGO VW BUS V1

The Lego Group was founded in 1916 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark when he bought an already existing woodwork shop. During the years of economic depression in the late 1920’s, Ole Kirk began producing miniature versions of his products as design aids. This inspired him t...
Published in: LEGO BS

LEMY POLIUMEX VW BUS

The Mexican toy company POLIUMEX S.A. was founded by Jorge Enrique Abud Chami, together with his brother and some friends in the mid 1950s. POLIUMEX had different divisions that produced hydraulic products as well as toys. In the 1960s, POLIUMEX acquired the metal dies of the German ...
Published in: LEMY POLIUMEX

LUCKY TOY VW BUS

Plastic body of a VW Pickup Bus with cut out windows and a black plastic window insert. Very good details of front and rear section, door seams and side panels. Bumpers, headlights, taillights and front VW emblem molded into the body. Black plastic chassis with friction motor attached to the body. &...
Published in: LUCKY TOY

MAK'S VW BUS

The manufacturer is Mak’s Industrial Co. Ltd, founded in 1960 in Hong Kong. Renamed into Maksco Toy Ltd. Their expertise covers plastic toys, currently specialized on toy guns. A model depicting a 1952 VW Van made of plastic with a friction motor. It has no rear bumper. Very nice detailed doors. Th...
Published in: MAK'S

MARX 3303 LOWLIGHT KARMANN GHIA VW

Louis Marx and his brother David founded the company in 1919. During the height of the Great Depression in the 1930’s, when most people saw only financial despair, MARX's revenues grew during the depression. MARX opened factories in Erie and Girard, PA, along with their largest facili...
Published in: MARX

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...

MEREHALL - MH TOYS VW CARAVAN CAMPER BUS

This item listing on the site is very unusual in that we have only photos of the rare, 1950s era, original shipping box for the MEREHALL - MH TOYS Volkswagen Caravan Camper Bus. The VW Bus toy that was inside this box is the same as the VW Busses from CRAGSTAN and TELSALDA, also listed in this site....

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