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260-2 LEGO 1:87 VW Beetle
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260-2 LEGO 1:87 VW Beetle
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260-2 1:87 VW Beetle was a Classic HO 1:87 scale vehicle set released in 1958. The Volkswagen Beetle was sold in in two models: the short and longer version. The beetles were made of transparent plastic and then painted, and there were models made of colored plastic. These were the models for LEGO VW made as advertising models.

There was a special plate bearing the eight different beetles in different colors that were then available in the VW Dealers. An inscription on bottom states "VW 1200"

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261-3 1:87 VW Beetle with Garage

Theme / Subtheme Classic / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1963
Pieces 1
Availability Retired
261-3 LEGO 1:87 VW Beetle with Garage
Retail $0.80
Value $1,090.10
Growth  136162.5%
Annual growth 12.2%

Sets in System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles

1261-2 1:87 VW Beetle

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Pieces 1
Availability Retired
1261-2 LEGO 1:87 VW Beetle
Retail $0.85
Value $1,387.00
Growth  163076.5%
Annual growth 11.6%

261-2 1:87 VW Beetle + Showroom

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Pieces 1
Availability Retired
261-2 LEGO 1:87 VW Beetle + Showroom
Retail $4.00
Value $720.85
Growth  17921.3%
Annual growth 8.2%

253 1:87 Bedford Flatbed Truck

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
253 LEGO 1:87 Bedford Flatbed Truck
Retail $1.85

254-2 1:87 Bedford Flatbed Trailer

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
254-2 LEGO 1:87 Bedford Flatbed Trailer
Retail $0.70

255 1:87 Bedford Fire Engine

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
255 LEGO 1:87 Bedford Fire Engine
Retail $1.40

256-2 1:87 Bedford Tow Truck

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
256-2 LEGO 1:87 Bedford Tow Truck
Retail $1.30

257 1:87 Bedford Delivery Truck

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
257 LEGO 1:87 Bedford Delivery Truck
Retail $1.40

258-2 1:87 VW Van

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
258-2 LEGO 1:87 VW Van
Retail $1.10

259 1:87 VW Pickup

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
259 LEGO 1:87 VW Pickup
Retail $1.10
Value $200.43
Growth  18120.9%
Annual growth 8.2%

270 5 Cyclists / Motorcyclists

Theme / Subtheme System i Leg / HO 1:87 Vehicles
Year 1958
Availability Retired
270 LEGO 5 Cyclists / Motorcyclists
Value $234.13
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1:87 VW Beetle Reviews

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Brighton Toy and Model Museum
“Unlike "actual" Lego, which needed to be produced in strictly controlled colors for the bricks to match, the molded plastic vehicles had no such color restrictions, and the people doing the molding seemed to use this to let their repressed color-choice creativity run wild.... More The number of documented colors is slightly silly, and there were even metallic-effect plastics.”
Full review at www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk

About System i Leg HO 1:87 Vehicles

The LEGO HO 1:87 Vehicles subtheme, also referred to as LEGO small vehicles where plastic sets released in the 1950's and 1960's to compliment LEGO sets which could be used to build houses, gas stations, garages, shops and more. These vehicles sets remailed in production for almost ten years until they were replaced by LEGOLAND vehicles in the early 1970s. LEGO made the these small 1:87 scale vehicles until around 1969.

HO 1:87 Vehicles consists of 25 sets that ran from 1955 to 1958. As of today, 1261-2 1:87 VW Beetle is the most valuable HO 1:87 Vehicles set with an estimated new/factory sealed value of $1,387.
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