Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card
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TOPIC: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card
Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #16
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Here it is in a display cabinet with the Monte-Carlo Rover.
In fact, the Rover Lights really seem to be turned on.  |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #17
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BlauchenL331 wrote:
Hello Volks! Well, I am going to wait and see how the AUSTRALIAN version of the Repro-card is and if I'm not satisfied with the look after some studio pix, then I would say yes, then it's time for a BETTER project and I will pay someone to get it just right, the AUS cards were something like $9/$10 each, I bought two so I could give someone for their Birthday and then to check it out with my 441. Tom Tom, did you buy it at Blades Collectables (Brian) ? If so, I commisioned some special boxes for me and the are great quality   |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #18
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #19
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Corky wrote:
Here it is in a display cabinet with the Monte-Carlo Rover. In fact, the Rover Lights really seem to be turned on. Beautiful Collection Corky! Tom |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #20
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #21
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #22
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #23
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It's nice to see we have a few Volks here have an original one to refer to.....
 I have ordered like I said 2 of them from AUS in a package deal, (he told me I might be getting some postage back?) And then I'll see how good it looks in the collection and with custom lights etc. And if it doesn't fly then I'll plan another Repro?  As for the *original* stuff like that, I always hold out first for a high quality Repro, or well I have been after one of these for about 3 years, but still would NEVER pay a crazy price for it. My passionate collecting going into Tekno's and Marklin's and some Dinky Volkswagen's, I have a set price on what I think a box is worth, sometimes I find one under that max price, but most times I just sit back and watch the bidders go krazy over some printed cardboard, LOL!!!! Thanks again to everyone who has posted here helping me with the original photos and the Evilbay link to the AUS auction. Tom P.S. Now if someone just KNEW where I could find a 1980's *German* produced REPRODUCTION Tekno Herbie 819H display window box????? ~ The original is just too expensive. :/  |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #24
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #25
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #26
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #27
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Nobleco wrote:
I also have never seen this toy. Complete with 2 figures is nice and I bet it is quite the find and expensive. Box will be very hard to find if the toy is rare. Just for a note....I print my own Herbie decals for 1:18/1:16 scales as well as 1:43. They sell quite good for the last 2 years now. Do an eBay search for Herbie the love bud tranfers and you can probably find them Nobelco, It has 3 Three! figures inside, which makes it a bomb toy, yes they are rare unboxed in the $200 to $300 range. Boxed? Crazy Money $$$$ I'll post a Tekno Herbie thread here at the site in a short time, featuring my toy which is like Mint Minus condition. Speaking of DECALS I would like to make the Tekno Sunroof decals that's on Herbie, but without the racing stripe. ~ I'm making a *showroom* Herbie and a *empty* Racing Herbie out of (2) SUPER CLEAN 1969 era White Tekno 819's (see photo below) they look beige, but they are as close to the Herbie white as Tekno used.....  I just have to see if a sunroof can be made to look just like the Herbie sunroof modified without the stripes.....(see below) I just don't have measurement of the *new* TEKNO decals that are offered ONLINE........  Sorry I have GOTTEN off on the ORIGINAL SUBJECT here, sorry........ Thanks, Tom |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #28
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BlauchenL331 wrote:
Nobleco wrote: I also have never seen this toy. Complete with 2 figures is nice and I bet it is quite the find and expensive. Box will be very hard to find if the toy is rare. Just for a note....I print my own Herbie decals for 1:18/1:16 scales as well as 1:43. They sell quite good for the last 2 years now. Do an eBay search for Herbie the love bud tranfers and you can probably find them Nobelco, It has 3 Three! figures inside, which makes it a bomb toy, yes they are rare unboxed in the $200 to $300 range. Boxed? Crazy Money $$$$ I'll post a Tekno Herbie thread here at the site in a short time, featuring my toy which is like Mint Minus condition. Speaking of DECALS I would like to make the Tekno Sunroof decals that's on Herbie, but without the racing stripe. ~ I'm making a *showroom* Herbie and a *empty* Racing Herbie out of (2) SUPER CLEAN 1969 era White Tekno 819's (see photo below) they look beige, but they are as close to the Herbie white as Tekno used..... I just have to see if a sunroof can be made to look just like the Herbie sunroof modified without the stripes.....(see below) I just don't have measurement of the *new* TEKNO decals that are offered ONLINE........ Sorry I have GOTTEN off on the ORIGINAL SUBJECT here, sorry........ Thanks, Tom No matter. If this would not happen, it wouldn't be a forum. Just a database. |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #29
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PRETTY DISGUSTED!
I received that Repro card from Evilbay and it is 100% junk, crap, sh*t, good for nothing waste of money.  Card is a cheap thin paper on shiny stock and the ramp angle is all messed up and cut out is too big, the Trans-o-lite 441 VW Bus doesn't even fit on it. All this time I've been waiting for crap, well I guess this will be one item that I will not have to display my beautiful VW toy. (I'm not even going to risk buying a Reproduction box for the #441, because I know they will be just as crappy looking. Tom |
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Re: Rarer Than Rare ~ No Batteries or Bulbs Needed! ~ The *Trans-O-Lite* display card 5 years, 3 months ago #30
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