VOLKSWAGEN BELLMANN CONSTRUCTION SET
Apr 14, 2020
4 minutes
By BoB Gilmore
Model and toy manufacturers have always produced scale versions of automobiles since they were invented. When the Volkswagen, called the KdF Wagen, was introduced back in the late 1930s, it did not take long for the toy manufacturers to produce the People’s car as toys. As many as a dozen or so German toy companies tooled up, went into production, and joined in on the popularity of the new KdF Wagen. These toys were usually made of tin or diecast metal. They had detailed lithograph designs and interiors or just painted a solid color. It was hard designing the heavy metal dies to
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