10252 - Volkswagen Beetle

[MarleyMoose]

11 minutes ago, pstebbing said:

It looks a little like a Citroen with that flat windshield even thought the vw had a flat windshield as well.

I'll let my wife judge this new VW bug design since she grew up in a VW family and drove a '68 super beetle as her first car.

Over all a nice design though.

Didn't the Super Beetle debut in '71? I could be wrong though..

Edited June 13, 2016 by MarleyMoose

[ISO8T0]

1 minute ago, MarleyMoose said:

Didn't the Super Beetle debut in '71? I could be wrong though..

ah ha! I knew I'd uncover some bug fans on here.

Yes! You are correct. '71 was the first year of the "Super Beetle"

 

[MarleyMoose]

A beeatch to work on too. My buddy's dad was big into them. He always had a couple of projects going. 

Edited June 13, 2016 by MarleyMoose

[CrabslayerT]

Any word on price? Will have one to build for sure!

[MarleyMoose]

I thought it was going to be $99.99 US/ 89.99€

Edited June 13, 2016 by MarleyMoose

[KShine]

2 hours ago, Brian Briggs said:

... and ugly as hell.

 

[Alpinemaps]

47 minutes ago, MarleyMoose said:

I thought it was going to be $99.99 US/ 89.99€

That's what Brickset is reporting.

[ISO8T0]

Brickset doesn't normally report unless they know for sure.

Oh & b/c I know some of you were on the edge of your seats my wife was ecstatic when I showed her images of the box art.

[RTRC]

As great as this one looks, I hate the fact that we didnt a muscle/sports/supercar this year to pair with the F40. Now the F40 will look like the misfit when paired next to this, the van, and the mini. Hopefully we get a countach or a charger/challenger from the 70's next year to mix it up.

[jaisonline]

Looks cool. 

[Mos_Eisley]

Did I miss the part where the camper or Mini must be going to make room for this?

[legone3]

Another pic from Eurobricks

Price is either 169.99 or 469.99 (...of some currency units..) (or is it 69.99 pounds?)

[exciter1]

Is this the new box, or is that in the works?

[Phil B]

On ‎6‎/‎13‎/‎2016 at 9:51 PM, legone3 said:

Another pic from Eurobricks

Price is either 169.99 or 469.99 (...of some currency units..) (or is it 69.99 pounds?)

469.99 Lei is (I believe) Romanian currency.

This is a great set, but I really would have hoped they tackled the front window better ... As others mentioned, this is a 2CV windscreen, the Beetle's windscreen has a curved top. I know this is tricky to do, but given that they went again with a sticker on the side of the window to represent the upright, they could have added a sticker to round off the top of the window IMHO.

[Mos_Eisley]

And there will only be 10,000 released. Each with a unique plate and a small piece of the first Beetle ever to come off the production line. 

[jaisonline]

1 minute ago, Mos_Eisley said:

And there will only be 10,000 released. Each with a unique plate and a small piece of the first Beetle ever to come off the production line. 

I'm all over this set then.  Thanks for convincing me. 

[SLL]

1 hour ago, Mos_Eisley said:

And there will only be 10,000 released. Each with a unique plate and a small piece of the first Beetle ever to come off the production line. 

how do you know that?

[Mos_Eisley]

12 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

how do you know that?

The rumor was going to be started soon enough so I thought I'd kick it off early. 

[vincevaughn]

If this sells anything like the actual vehicle then this will be around for a looooooooooooong time

[tacsniper]

6 minutes ago, vincevaughn said:

If this sells anything like the actual vehicle then this will be around for a looooooooooooong time

Isn't T1 out long enough? Is this Lego's theme this year? Cross sell their current products? Beattle with T1... Big Ben with Tower Bridge... 2 less products to retire instead keep selling more =D 

Edited June 14, 2016 by tacsniper

[HandyHand]

I quite like this model of the iconic VW Beetle. And if you compare it with a photo of a real Beetle:

...then LEGO captured it quite well.

Two niggles to mention...

1) the front window is rounded on the real Beetle, and very rectangular on the LEGO model. But it's really difficult (nigh impossible?) to create that shape properly in Lego, especially at this scale. A sticker might be a way to round the edges of the window, but I doubt anyone would like that 'solution'. 

2) The bumper is chrome and not dark grey! I would have liked LEGO to make it chrome in the model as well, even if that would have meant a slightly higher price tag. Missed opportunity, I think.  

[Ciglione]

When I was young my father had several Beetles. He also restored them from the ground up. 

If I remember correctly.... only the type 1303 had the rounded front window. Other types like for example 1302 had the straight or flat front window. The 1303 was the most used and popular model to be converted into a convertible. So most probably the type used here is the 1302.

 

The rear of the box looks better than the front in my opinion.  

[Kurinoko]

Oh well ... I like it ... 

[KShine]

 

[Phil B]

2 hours ago, Ciglione said:

When I was young my father had several Beetles. He also restored them from the ground up. 

If I remember correctly.... only the type 1303 had the rounded front window. Other types like for example 1302 had the straight or flat front window. The 1303 was the most used and popular model to be converted into a convertible. So most probably the type used here is the 1302.

 

The rear of the box looks better than the front in my opinion.  

Here is the 1302 - still a distinctively rounded front window. Also the door windows round and slant towards the front, which is difficult to do in LEGO but could be accomplished by just modifying the (already present) sticker: