Various forms of packaging were used for the small vehicles , the most familiar and still found frequently at Toy shows is the transparent garage with opening door.
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Each of the small garages contained a fold out leaflet showing the current vehicles in the range (and also the cyclists set) , a paper band was positioned around the box which prevented the garage door opening before the model was sold. The door of the garage was red or more normally grey).
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The leaflet supplied with the vehicles |
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Most of the vehicles were supplied in boxes of five (different colours) , the outer box was plain white cardboard with the model number stamped one one end of the box.
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| The end of the outer box with catalog number stamped | 5 Different coloured cars supplied in each box |
During the 1980's several sets of VW Vans appeared on the toyshow circuit in plain white boxes , each box contained 5 different loose vans , it is thought that these were discovered in a factory clearout.
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Later the cars were supplied in all card boxed with an opening portion through which the vehicle could be viewed , the name and number of the contents were printed on the end flap , details of other items in the range appeared on the reverse of the box.
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The larger vehicles came in all card boxes , some of which had a circular hole in one side so that the contents could be seen without opening the box.
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There were also gift sets of vehicles which consisted of various different models enabling a street scene to be recreated.
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