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Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:17 pm

pb24ss wrote: anyone have a surplus of orange buses that would want to trade for some green ones? i've got several to barter with.

Matchbox must of made a lot more green buses than orange and red. I have seven green ones, two orange ones and only one red one.

Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:09 am

I gave one to my son for his 2nd birthday.

Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:05 am

BUSBOSS wrote: Here are some I found in my travels if you want to trade:

I found these, too, at Target in Santa Fe. IMO, the Matchbox is a much better model than the HotWheels version. I'd love to get my hands on some camper buses, though.

Would anyone be interested in trading for an HO scale model or two (1:87)? I have a few nice Brekina models...

Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:28 pm

The red and green Matchbox busses are in stock at Dollar General.

Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:40 am

I just got one, had not seen this one before. Thanks for the tip! Got it on ebay, arrived yesterday....

Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:56 pm

Was at Target today and found this set with a red bay, a Manx style buggy and a GTI. Don't really care about the GTI or the rest, but it's a start. Also found a couple different RC Baja Bugs, but they were cheap junky ones and one semi nice slammed RC Beetle.

Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:20 pm

daverham wrote: I just got one, had not seen this one before. Thanks for the tip! Got it on ebay, arrived yesterday....

Thanks for my new desktop.
Great photo.

Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:13 am

daverham wrote: I just got one, had not seen this one before. Thanks for the tip! Got it on ebay, arrived yesterday....

Jeez your camera rules.

Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:01 am

In my quest to find buses, I came across this at Target. No buses, but an oval, a new GTI, a baja, an early GTI and a new beetle for about $6.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:08 pm

I have been on the search like everyone else for all the colors and I have been very successful. I also found an added bonus to my bay collection at a yard sale. Take a look.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:05 pm

OK, since you guys liked my last pic.... I have this bay window toy too. I bought it about 10 years ago at an antique shop in Snohomish, WA. I didn't have a bay bus then, but I did have a 65 bug and a 61 bus (real ones). It was a little bit out of my price range (probably like $18 or something - I don't really remember, but I was in high-school then and I was broke). I went for it anyway. Glad I did!

There was a blue panel van just like it, and I got that too.

OK, I know somebody will ask, so I just ran upstairs and dug 'em out of my closet to look; On the bottom says "Shuco, Made in Germany" amongst other things.

[img]http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=597947[/img]

Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:13 pm

Pizza rig is cool

Daverham, how big is that? Pretty cool that the slider opens.

Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:15 pm

It's 1:64 - same as hotwheels or matchbox. Here's that panel van. I couldn't resist, had to go take a pic...

Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:07 am

Sittin' at work (night job) read this thread and needed to go get a drink and a snack, figured I'd run down the street and see if Wal-Mart had any of these since I needed stuff already. I hadn't been in a Wal-Mart in more than 5 years, and this one was under construction on the inside, plus it was in the middle of the night, so it was kind of a bizarre experience. Couldn't keep this thing in its package. Been rolling it around on the laptop and desk ever since. Found it in the very back of the last rack, only one around. Actually matches my westy too.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:55 am

pb24ss wrote: anyone have a surplus of orange buses that would want to trade for some green ones? i've got several to barter with.

I have a few orange ones. Let me dig 'em out and I'll see if you still need some. Peace!

Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:43 am

Aaaaagh! They're all left-hand drive, slider on the "wrong" side...what about us Brits?!

Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:06 am

snotty wrote: Aaaaagh! They're all left-hand drive, slider on the "wrong" side...what about us Brits?!

i thought y'all were drivin' U.S.A. imports anyway. :lol:

Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:47 am

1977_L63H_P27 wrote: snotty wrote: Aaaaagh! They're all left-hand drive, slider on the "wrong" side...what about us Brits?!

i thought y'all were drivin' U.S.A. imports anyway. :lol:

touche! :lol: There are a few imports around, I'll admit...

Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:50 am

Quote: Jeez your camera rules.

Hey, nice bus. You must have really good wrenches! :wink:

Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:35 pm

My link to orange bus died, so here it is again...