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 that is way cooool  Erich I seriously wanna "hurt" you for both of the VW vans jk  have a friend who collects VWs maybe we should start a VW/Porche/Audi & whatever VW owns thread
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 4:59:05 PM
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Something to go with the halftrack in the junkyard...
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 6:58:03 PM
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 7:13:09 PM
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| no stick eh hehe get a pic of VW bus I can drive a stick
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 9:47:46 PM
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Here Microbus! Your very own 1964 VW, 23 window bus... This sealing wax red & beige gray beauty would satisfy the most particular VW lover there is..... It even has the jail bars around the rear inside glass ! It's a little out of scale for our train sets though....
But I just HAD to post it for Ben!!!!!!
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 9:57:48 PM
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23 window VWs are BIG money!! $$$$ I want to see the bus MM 1498 saw The pics
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 10:17:38 PM
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| This one sold on Ebay last year. It is from SanFrancisco and sold at $58,000.00 It's one of the best correct restored there is today.
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 10:19:18 PM
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Is anyone else here, like me, an avid fan of the TV show "Lost"?
At the moment, they're driving around in these rockin' VW buses...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/MM 1498/dharma van 1.JPG
Here's a neat clip where they get one running after it has sat on it's side for 30+ years: (in the story, I doubt that thing sat around at all  )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRzF0cBAMJY
Oh, and if I had one of these, I would learn to drive a manual transmission. There's no doubt about that!
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Posted - March 30 2009 : 11:10:04 PM
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| MM 1489 get a pic of the van you want
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 04:16:46 AM
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Sorry guys!
I never like to drive a VW bus. or a bug. exept they have a porsche engine!
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 09:52:11 AM
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well  Ferdinand(sp) Porche did invent the VW in 1938
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quote:MM 1489 get a pic of the van you want
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It's gone! :O
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| oh well if ya see another let me know can be the Vanagons from 1980-1983 those had air cooled engines
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Hey, I love the Norscott, hotwheels, and matchbox truck/construction models at target and walmart, especially since they're so cheap compared to other ones! I just went to Target and picked up some of the new matchbox trucks, which by the way are GREAT! They are super detailed and are under 5 dollars. I also picked up some of the construction models, but the store wasn't well stocked and was out of a lot of the models. The construction models are great too but could use a new paint job (the scraper is sky blue!?) I will post some pics as soon as I can get some decent shots (i hate my camera)
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 10:57:58 PM
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Corgi
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great, now i'll have to go to bed with "who lives in a pineapple under the sea???? SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS" yelling in my head. LOL
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 11:20:32 PM
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| Mike, The red & white VW bus is cool... What scale is it and what company manufactured it?
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 11:39:26 PM
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Hello Walt, the red and white VW was from the '60s by Corgi Toys, made in Great Britain.
Sponge Bob, my fav...
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Posted - March 31 2009 : 11:55:27 PM
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| yeah I likes SpongeBob too fav episodes are when he goes to Rock Bottom has the Suds & the bubble blowing one THAT one makes me LMAO when he & Patrick are trying to hide from Squidword for blowing bubbles & SpongeBob puts up a CLOSED sign on the stand
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Posted - April 01 2009 : 02:16:32 AM
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Back in the late 80s I had a few VWs....
My first...
and second:
Both pictures have been taken somewhere in southern Italy.
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Posted - April 01 2009 : 10:22:38 AM
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| ok ok back to HO scale trucks & buses now
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Man, I had to bust out the STC archive box for this thread. Most of these have been stashed since the first STC (then primarily affiliated with the Santa Fe) was dismantled after high school. And some are true survivors!
These are all Road Champs from about 1991. They had all kinds of modern paint schemes, and excellent tooling from Yatming / Zylmex ("Zee"). Perfect for the HO kid on a budget, they were $1.50. The Bulldozer on the flatbed is a Matchbox I added later (IIRC that particular truck did not include a load). I haven't looked at these in years! They would be very easy to detail and spiff up.
A Majorette flabed and another Road Champs box trailer. The Majorette originally hauled a matching Powerboat (long destroyed in chidlhood). The box trailer was a stupid Pennzoil scheme, so I painted it white. Originally I hand-drew a decal for NextDay carriers, a small LCF hauler a block from my high school. When my little brother destroyed my layout, his use of a super soaker (among other things) ruined the marker I'd used on that decal. So I later devised "Interco Freight & Transfer" as my own company and made a logo in Windows 3.1 Paint... in 1993.
Long among the best HO diescasts by anyone, is the classic 80's Matchbox Peterbilt! Which has moonlighted in many roles, including tankers not shown here. If you drill out the rivet, you can remove the interior and paint the driver. The "Humpin' to Please" was a favorite trailer of mine as a kid. From a distance, I always thought it was a scary octopus (the "66" looked like eyes, and the legs were tentacles... I was like 5 at the time!) When I got older, the trailers were rare as Campbell 66 Express had long been out of business by then, but I finally realized it was a camel (and appreciated the "Humpin' " joke, huh huh huh, heh heh m heh). The model is a Con-Cor and was VERY hard to find! I thought the guy I bought it from was gonna cry when I found it at the bottom of a junk box at a train show, LOL.
These are pretty new. Almost too new, but nicely done. Johnny Lightning circa 2000. The dollies on the beverage trucks are a nice touch.
THIS is one of the first and oldest surviving of all the hotwheels I orginally had as a kid. I think they came out the year I was born, 1977. There was a big wheel sticking out the back of the trailer, and you could steer the cab with it. Cool, but easily broken... when I got older I covered up what was left of the original graphics (hot wheels race team?) with some logos cut from a memo pad. At that time, the paper had not yellowed with age and the effect was much more convincing. As for the lousy paint on the cab, yeah. You gotta start somewhere. But there are trucks that filthy all over Chicago.
More train show finds... all were only 50 cents each! The Winnie is by Tomica, and is awesome, even before I added some paint detail. The 7-up is a Yatming from the 70's. The CF, I forget who made it. They had a huge transfer facility in Bedford Park IL, near my house.
Finally... this one isn't diecast, but a custom model of one of my favorite trucks from real life. I sure miss seeing these at random during my travels in 1999. Would be funny to get in an accident with one ("I got hit by God!"), heh heh. Or an opportunity for reflection on the road. Sadly, the real company didn't last long. I used A-Line decals on an undecorated Athearn trailer. I almost lost this truck in the move and was quite upset until I found it.
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Posted - April 01 2009 : 11:33:24 PM
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did it resemble these?
both are steerable ones only got one steering wheel but reason it gets lost easily is its not hard to remove
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| Yeah, just like those! I forgot there was a tanker version.
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Posted - April 02 2009 : 12:02:14 AM
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there is a tanker version but I put those Exxon labels on it with tape CF doesn't exist anymore =(
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Posted - April 02 2009 : 3:33:51 PM
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All righty, here's my Matchbox trucks. They are reproductions made in Thailand, 1992.
Dump truck:
Tow truck:
Cement mixer:
My Fresh Cherries pick-ups: (and Malibu VW bus )
I would love to buy another micro bus and paint it up like those on Lost...trouble is, I can't find anymore!
And this Hot Wheels truck, which I'm going to paint and take off that silly stake bed:
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Posted - April 02 2009 : 6:20:36 PM
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| was just watching a episode of Lost where the VW Bus crashed into a house(?) & they was pulling it out & I was like WTF?? its a mid to late 70s model with the 60s taillights in it!
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Posted - April 02 2009 : 6:44:49 PM
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quote:was just watching a episode of Lost where the VW Bus crashed into a house(?) & they was pulling it out & I was like WTF?? its a mid to late 70s model with the 60s taillights in it!
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I'm pretty sure they used ones from the late 60's.
'68, '69, I'm not too sure what the exact year is. I'm leaning towards 1968.
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Posted - April 02 2009 : 9:05:41 PM
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| it do look like MM 1498's pic yes but later on the same style VW upgrade the tail lights with amber/red/white lights that COULD be what I saw with the older straight red tail lights
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Growing up and still to this day my dad ran a trucking company, most of that time with the Canadian trucking giant Trimac, so trucks have always been in my life. This is a small portion of my collection
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Posted - April 03 2009 : 4:54:00 PM
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I really like that BN one...I spy a couple of Tyco's as well.
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Posted - April 03 2009 : 6:54:17 PM
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which BN truck? I see 1 BN truck & 5 BN trailers
neat collection Jeremy
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Posted - April 03 2009 : 7:35:50 PM
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Posted - April 03 2009 : 8:25:51 PM
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| ok I wants that Sears truck
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Posted - April 10 2009 : 4:45:53 PM
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Trucks? Take this!
Tempo Hanseat made in Germany!
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Posted - April 10 2009 : 4:57:37 PM
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| that works too Erich this form do include the Lorries/trucks from EU too
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Posted - April 10 2009 : 5:12:37 PM
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No truck, but also a three wheeler!
"Messerschmidt Kabinenroller" made in Western Germany (what else).
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Posted - April 11 2009 : 12:26:17 AM
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| kool has the German Postal logo on the side I seen that car in one of the Addam's Family movies & Cousin It was driving it
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Posted - April 11 2009 : 10:26:49 AM
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Check out the steering wheel...
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Man those Road Champs are perfect for me! (since I'm an HO scale kid on a budget!) I love big rigs. Do you know if they still manufacture them Goingincirclez? If so, is the company name Road Champs or is there a different company name? Also, do you know the manufacturers of any of those trucks in your collection Jeremy? Thanks in advance
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Posted - April 11 2009 : 6:56:40 PM
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| sorry Road Champ trucks no longer being made but they on eBay alot
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Darn! Thanks anyway. I did find some sites that have some awesome trucks and constuction equipment that are relatively cheap (most of them) and highly detailed. There is a standard shipping rate of 7 dollars for this website: 3000toys.com They have a HUGE selection of pretty cheap HO scale vehicles. Another website is: modelenium.co.uk/models. This website charges different rates of shipping based on what you buy. Usually it isn't too bad. Hope this is of use to someone.
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Hey Droptrain,
The trucks are a mix of Malibu International, Herpa, Athearn and a vareity of others. The trailers are mostly Athearn and Herpa
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Posted - April 14 2009 : 5:21:23 PM
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Darn. all expensive (except for the malibu, but I already have those) Thanks anyway.
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quote:sorry Road Champ trucks no longer being made but they on eBay alot
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mb:
I think they are still being made. Take a look at the "Fast Lane" line of die-cast trucks and trailers at Toys 'R' Us. I'm pretty sure they're the same tooling.
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| hmm ok next time I in Ft Collins I'll look as that the closest one thanks for the info
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Posted - April 16 2009 : 8:38:33 PM
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Well--i can't believe no one has posted one of the most famous trucks of the late 70's early 80's. So here it is. Produced by Yatming. The only one i don't have that is just as famous is Smokey and the Bear.
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| Ahh, had them when I was a kid. Also probably my favorite TV show @ the age 4. Being from Alabama and family being huge Crimson Tide fans probably has a little to do with that too. (Bear the monkey was named for Paul "Bear" Bryant) I was in heaven when that show came on, trucks and Crimson Tide references.
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| say I has a few Yatming trucks except they the older Ford cabovers from the 70s
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Posted - April 18 2009 : 09:55:31 AM
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oooh- I'll check out the toys r us when i get a chance. Thanks for the tip autobus prime.
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