leko

Hi All!

I am completely new to RC toys and therefore am looking for your help.

I recently saw the new TV commercial for Volkswagen Phaeton where they display a little boy with a Remote controlled Beetle (It seems to be a classic VW Beetle model dated somewhere in 1960). I loved the little bugger so much that I am trying to find one to buy. Unfortunately, I cannot find anybody that knows where to find this car.

Does anybody have any idea where I can find it for sale?

Thanks a lot!

HPIRS4-3SS

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i know what commercial your talking about.....you might be able to find one on ebay

leko

Hi!

I tried at ebay already, but so far no luck!

R/C Dragon

Tamiya makes one that looks exactly like it

garynjr

That was a prety Realistic looking car and is most likely custom made for the commercial... It is a VW Comercial and all.. I wouldn't be surprized if it was an exect replica that was used for production or something... It would be pretty sweet to find one though... Have you tried the VW Web site and asking them? Worth a shot... Good Luck...[:-]

R/C Dragon

look at tamiyaclub.com and under tamiya cars look for the VW beetle i think the kit number 58173 those look just like the one on the comercial

crazyswede

First off, This isn't mine. Its off the web site R/C Dragon recommended. Second......DUH.....DUH......DROOL........DUH[X(] I gotta get one. I actually had a '71 That was very nice, Great summer car.

packerfan3001

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i hate that commercial

BOOCAKE4U

99% sure that is the (now discontinued) tamiya 67 beetle kit in the commercial, no toy is that detailed and you can see the wheel nuts where the hubcaps would be on the real car...they go from $150-175 on ebay NIB...kit number 58173 as r/c dragon mentioned


i sold one of mine, the other is still in the box but will be built eventually (and needless to say is not for sale)

LosiFan

I've never seen that commercial but see people talking about it all over the place.
Can somebody find it and post it here so I can see it.
ALSO... Why is the word Ebay always semi-underlined when used on this site?

BOOCAKE4U

semi-underlined? i'm not seeing that...

i checked volkswagen.com and they have video of other commercials but not that one...it's nothing terribly exciting, just a little kid driving the rc vw around the big one...

rlaxton

The word eBay is semi underlined because RCUniverse is trying to jack evary mention of eBay over to their own auction site. Not a bad plan really if a little deceptive.

Richard.

BOOCAKE4U

very odd...i don't see any underlining, i wonder what i am doing wrong (right)

screenshot just to prove i am not insane (hehe)

R/C Dragon

hey everybody I know this is an old post, BUT I just got an e-mail from Volkswagen saying that the car used WAS a Tamiya so now this post can rest cause the mystery has been solved

BOOCAKE4U

cool, thank you for the update...(i wince every time that kid bumps it into the 1:1 cars tire, those bumpers are fragile! hehe)

ranger1

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a guy i work with just bought one from another worker for $25.00 great cond. i'll see if he wants to sell it.