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Artist - 20 Apr 2004 07:22 GMT

I'm looking for large VW Beetle (the classic one, not the new one)
toys and scale models. I want one bigger than 1/18 scale. Anyone know
what are the biggest ones ever made? Did they ever make a 1/6 one for
Barbie dolls? Was there ever a 1/8 scale model kit?

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The Old Timer - 20 Apr 2004 13:04 GMT

>I'm looking for large VW Beetle (the classic one, not the new one)
>toys and scale models. I want one bigger than 1/18 scale. Anyone know
>what are the biggest ones ever made? Did they ever make a 1/6 one for
>Barbie dolls? Was there ever a 1/8 scale model kit?

I seem to remember a VW bus and possibly a Beetle convertable for Barbie, but
not the beetle itself. I think that there was a Beetle toy from Louis Marx in
soft(er) plastic with an interior that was reasonably detailed in a larger
scale, maybe 1:12. It was a "sand box" toy, but could work as the basis for a
model. I ~do~ know of someone that built up one of their "Things" in about 1:20
scale, IIRC, and made it into a respectable model.

-- John
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Jon - 21 Apr 2004 18:54 GMT

> I'm looking for large VW Beetle (the classic one, not the new one)
> toys and scale models. I want one bigger than 1/18 scale. Anyone know
> what are the biggest ones ever made? Did they ever make a 1/6 one for
> Barbie dolls? Was there ever a 1/8 scale model kit?

I think Tamiya makes a model at 1/10 or 1/12 scale. I thinks its a '66.

I know they make an R/C model at 1/10... modeled after about the same year.

When I was a kid, I had a red plastic toy beetle with a yellow base, white
engine in back. Sort-of "Hot-Rod" looking...big tires in back, smaller tires
in front. Not sure who made it. It was probably around 1/12 scale. I have
seen them a couple times since at VW swapmeets & such.

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Herbert Ackermans - 24 Apr 2004 23:25 GMT

> > I'm looking for large VW Beetle (the classic one, not the new one)
> > toys and scale models. I want one bigger than 1/18 scale. Anyone know
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> I know they make an R/C model at 1/10... modeled after about the same year.

That's correct, but the static version is 1:24 scale.

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Large Volkswagen Beetle?