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FLP LEIRIA SPLIT VW

Mr. Falaceu Álvaro Pires founded the company Leirisense Plástico (FLP Fábrica Leiriense de Plásticos) in 1955 and manufactured utensils, toys and sleeves for agriculture. Despite not knowing a single word of English and hardly speaking French, he travelled regularly around Europe to look for ne...
Published in: FLP LEIRIA

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

GAY TOYS VW BUS V1

GAY TOYS Inc. was founded in 1962 in Walled Lake, Michigan, USA. They produced cheap toys for Dime Stores. In 1987 they changed their name into American Plastic Toys Inc. In the 1960’s GAY TOYS produced 2 versions of a VW T1 Bus. V1 is either a blue Camper or a red Ambulance. Details incl...
Published in: GAY TOYS

GAY TOYS VW BUS V2

GAY TOYS Inc. was founded in 1962 in Walled Lake, Michigan, USA. They produced cheap toys for Dime Stores. In 1987 they changed their name into American Plastic Toys Inc. In the 1960’s GAY TOYS produced 2 versions of a VW T1 Bus. V1 is a red Ambulance or a Blue Camper. V2 is a cheaper version ...
Published in: GAY TOYS

GIFHORN GLASHÜTTENWERKE KdF WAGEN VW

The company "Glashüttenwerke W. Limberg und Co. was founded in 1873 in the town Gifhorn,  Germany, by Mr. Wilhem Limberg and manufactured glass bottles for perfumes like Eau de Cologne 4711, Pelikan ink bottles, but also glass for pharmaceutical purposes. In 1960, the company was closed down. ...

GOEBEL SPLIT VW V1

The porcelain factory F. & W. Goebel  was founded in 1871 in Oeslau-Wilhelmsfeld by mr. Franz Detleff Goebel and his son William Goebel.  The company is famous for their Hummel figurines; for many years Goebel has been known as the “Hummelwerk“. They produced many different...
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GÖSO Götz und Söhne VW BUS V1

In 1876, Christian Götz founded the Company Christian Götz. In 1906 the Company was taken over by his son Konrad Götz and the Company was renamed GÖSO: Christian Götz & Sohn GmbH. They produced doll houses and toys to play with in the sand, but also military tin toys. After WW2, they produced ti...

HIHRA OY VW BUS

In the early 1950's it was not allowed in Finland to import non-essential goods from abroad and spend valuable foreign currency on it to pay for it. Therefore many foreign toys were produced in Finland by Finnish companies using moulds from foreign toy brands. Unclear is whether it was with the cons...
Published in: HIHRA OY

JNF NEUHIERL KdF WAGEN VW IN-35

JNF was founded in 1920 by Joseph Neuhierl in Fürth, Germany. The Company name, JNF, is formed out of the first letters of his name and the town of Fürth. In WWII, the company had to produce for warfare, like many other toy companies. In 1945, the US Army therefore confiscated all production facilit...

JNF NEUHIERL KdF WAGEN VW IN-35 PROTOTYPE

JNF was founded in 1920 by Joseph Neuhierl in Fürth, Germany. The Company name, JNF, is formed out of the first letters of his name and the town of Fürth. In WWII, the Company had to produce for warfare, like many other toy Companies. In 1945, the US Army therefore confiscated all production facilit...

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