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Post by PICTUP on Oct 17, 2014 14:05:40 GMT -8
Here is a recent acquisition, from Japan, but in Police livery from the Netherlands. It has a friction motor(air cooled ), a siren, and a Dutch license plate.
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 1, 2016 13:26:52 GMT -8
I have been looking for a while for more Bandai Beetles, but only if I can find them at a GOOD price. Japanese tin toys have been going up steadily, including these so it is a challenge to find them on ebay at prices I feel I can afford(I can't really afford them, but VW toys are a bit of an obsession). I have a strange idea of wanting to replicate my family history in toys, lol!! This Bandai is the latest find. Completely mislabelled on eBay, I found it along with a certain red Tonka from the same seller. I guess it was meant to be. Even though this one is one step away from an Oval, it is as close as I will come in Bandai to my parents' Beetle's colour scheme. It was VERY dirty when it came in the mail, but a little over an hour of careful cleaning resulted in a toy that I am very happy with. The hubcaps are the worst point on the car, but there is nothing I can do about them…and they aren't that terrible. After all this toy is from the late 50's/early 60's, so what can one expect….we all show our age in some way… The interior came up nice The steering wheel came upside down from the factory. Dash is nicely printed Judging from the detail of the pressings of the bodies and the details (later ones not capturing as much detail), this is quite an early model. Note the VW symbol in the chrome in front of the windshield This is from another car, but this is what the interior looked like when I started. In fact this looks a bit better…
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 1, 2016 18:11:21 GMT -8
Here the dirty and clean ones are together
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Post by Volktales on Jan 1, 2016 20:51:49 GMT -8
Very nice examples, Don. Love the colours on those two examples. My avatar is a later version of those Bandai's painted in my favourite Strato Silver...
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 1, 2016 22:01:12 GMT -8
This particular Strato Silver Bandai got into a bit of an accident . Maybe some day it'll be a donor
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Post by Volktales on Jan 1, 2016 22:48:51 GMT -8
Wonder how that happened???
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Post by PICTUP on Jan 1, 2016 22:50:30 GMT -8
It wasn't me!
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 15, 2018 21:50:39 GMT -8
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Post by Volktales on Dec 16, 2018 10:37:43 GMT -8
Those are nice. I would take a real one in both those colours. Once I win the lottery...
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Post by Brenticon on Dec 16, 2018 12:09:34 GMT -8
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Post by magikbus on Dec 16, 2018 15:06:40 GMT -8
OK, so I'm at a complete loss as to what these toy cars are or how much they cost or how big they are. From your pics it's impossible to tell. How about a bit of a history/description of them and how they came to be along with some stats/sizes etc.? Stan
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Post by PICTUP on Dec 17, 2018 19:45:37 GMT -8
Nice example, but I don't think that is a Bandai. Japanese for sure, I think Nomura(?). Pricey. I'd rather get one of Hacksaw BoB's examples: www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2229466 OK, so I'm at a complete loss as to what these toy cars are or how much they cost or how big they are. From your pics it's impossible to tell. How about a bit of a history/description of them and how they came to be along with some stats/sizes etc.? Stan These Beetles are stamped from steel, have friction driven, or battery motor(newer), and were made in Japan from the 50's thru the late 60's as far as I know. Their cost ranges from low ($12USD for the most recent to stupidly high(have seen $700USD from Japan) for some examples. I wouldn't say they are worth that, but just as in real vehicles the seller can ask whatever they want, whether they get it is up to the buyer. They actually came in a range of sizes. The ones here are about 8"long, 3"high, and 3"wide(use a converter if you grew up later than me ). Their bigger cousins are apparently 13 or so inches long, but since I do not have one of those in my collection, I cannot get a proper set of measurements in imperial nor metric.
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Post by magikbus on Dec 17, 2018 20:25:11 GMT -8
Thanks for the info Don. I've seen these, somewhere, but now that I know about them I'll keep my eye out for one. Maybe I'll find a $700 one for $10 ;-) Stan
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Post by bandairookie on Feb 15, 2022 3:21:40 GMT -8
Hello I'm Arno from the Netherlands. Just "found" an old Beetle and saw here it's a Bandai. Now I see some differances in my model. For instance loose parts for indicators, doorhandles an rear-lights. Is this than an early model (more time for details for same labourcost) or later model (more detail as years go by)
Thanks for answer
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Post by PICTUP on Feb 16, 2022 0:25:14 GMT -8
Hello I'm Arno from the Netherlands. Just "found" an old Beetle and saw here it's a Bandai. Now I see some differances in my model. For instance loose parts for indicators, doorhandles an rear-lights. Is this than an early model (more time for details for same labourcost) or later model (more detail as years go by) Thanks for answer Hi Arno, Glad to have you here checking out Bandai VWs . I am certainly no expert, but my guess is that yours would be a later model. As the real VW moved along the years in production, turn signals and taillights became progressively larger. I thing Bandai was trying to reflect these changes by making them bigger and as separate add-ons on your Beetle. Plus they look to have once been chrome(toy grade ) which would have added to the "bling" of the model. What looks to be a chrome trim and white walls on the tires I think would have also added to the model to attract more buyers. The absence of the stamped VW symbol on the hood trim also points to a later model. It would be interesting to see the bottom of the model and the crispness of the stamped lettering. It would be interesting to know the dates or timelines of model production and how closely it followed the actual VW production. I think by the time these tin toys were being made, cool new(then probably actually novel) plastic models and toys were being pumped out elsewhere too. Back then we had yet to move to a "throw-away" society and the quality and materials of these tin toys still appealed to many because they were still looked at as something you could keep for a long time. But that didn't stop consumers from wanting the representation of the newest model. Greetings from Canada's West Coast. Cheers, Don
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