Boettner Builds Posted April 16, 2016 Posted April 16, 2016 I'd rather it not be the new bug. But if it is or its herby, i think it would be pretty easy to modify into a proper bug...
legonerd54321 Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) I'd personally like the paint scheme of Herbie. The red, white and blue colors, heck, maybe a bit of different features. Nothing too goofy though. Edited April 17, 2016 by legonerd54321
BrickWild Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 HUZZAH! :excited: Can't wait to see the upgrade to 10187! I wonder what features the new one will have! What colour will it be? (PS: 'Huzzah' is a chant for Being Excited!)
Navy Trooper Fenson Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Was always sad about the old beetle going out of production but it was a bit too big for my taste. The 80 - 100€ price point is much more to my liking and I hope they update the entirely studded curves to something more stylish. At least I hope it´s the old one, I wonder who even cares about the new beetle, seems like a waste if it were that.
CM4Sci Posted April 30, 2016 Author Posted April 30, 2016 My friend says it's a "California style Beetle with a surfboard on top"
Emmi Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) My friend says it's a "California style Beetle with a surfboard on top" What color, white I guess with pink surfboard? I've just searched on google images for california type VW Beetle, what I see makes me VERY worried ... Edited April 30, 2016 by Emmi
BrickCurve Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 My friend says it's a "California style Beetle with a surfboard on top" That would certainly be a change from the last Beetle, maybe they can include parts to make a custom surf version with the set! Somehow, I doubt it though.
Sven F Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 Era correct cal-look bugs have no bumpers and no chrome, don't think they'd do that. But a surfboard would be cool.
Mellow Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 If "California Style" means a lowered car with chrome rims and other modifications, I´m out of this... Vintage cars should be kept how they were assembled in factory, or restored as authentic as possible. It´s a sin, when vintage cars were damaged for "Hot Rods" or with modification in "Pimp My Ride" Style.
Emmi Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 If "California Style" means a lowered car with chrome rims and other modifications, I´m out of this... Vintage cars should be kept how they were assembled in factory, or restored as authentic as possible. It´s a sin, when vintage cars were damaged for "Hot Rods" or with modification in "Pimp My Ride" Style. I agree with you.
Fuppylodders Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 If "California Style" means a lowered car with chrome rims and other modifications, I´m out of this... Vintage cars should be kept how they were assembled in factory, or restored as authentic as possible. It´s a sin, when vintage cars were damaged for "Hot Rods" or with modification in "Pimp My Ride" Style. And not everyone has that taste for a car. Some people think a modified car-however modified- is better how they modify it. I quite like the look of the Californian surf modded version. It could be interesting-for me...
Mellow Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 And not everyone has that taste for a car. Some people think a modified car-however modified- is better how they modify it. I quite like the look of the Californian surf modded version. It could be interesting-for me... Car modificcations are okay, when they´re contemporary. But when I see that photo above, a classical Beetle with splitted rear windows, that is usually one of the most wanted cars for fans of vintage cars, foozled with such modifications... Would you also modify other classic cars like the 300SL Gullwing, the 23-windowed T1 Samba-Bus or a Jaguar E-Type? Modifications are okay, as long there are enough cars of that type left on the road, but not on collectibles.
Fuppylodders Posted May 1, 2016 Posted May 1, 2016 I would modify what ever car I chose to if I owned it and felt it improved the look to my taste. Regardless of age. Or anyone elses thoughts
David Thomsen Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 This is possibly kind of a fatalistic attitude, but we're all doing irreparable damage to the planet itself, people modifying classic cars seems harmless in comparison... it just means that the remaining unmodified cars have more value, and there will always be unmodified cars. Anyway, I can't wait to see this new Beetle. I'm predicting white with a blue surfboard. I also wonder which other car it's going to be most in scale with.
Withacee Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 If "California Style" means a lowered car with chrome rims and other modifications, I´m out of this... Vintage cars should be kept how they were assembled in factory, or restored as authentic as possible. It´s a sin, when vintage cars were damaged for "Hot Rods" or with modification in "Pimp My Ride" Style. Definitely. It's a travesty, in my opinion. But hey, I'm European.
P3_Super_Bee Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 I would like a mod'ed Bug. A Baja Bug would be really cool. Not the same ole same ole. And comparing a Bug to a 200SL Gullwing or Jaguar E-type Who are we kidding here. Those three don't belong in the same sentence. That's the same as comparing the 200SL Gullwing and Jag to a Pinto. Bugs were a dime a dozen car. Are there a few 'off the assembly line" like new out there now? A few, willing to be there are a crap ton more out there that are modified. That's what a Bugs are for.
Mellow Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 @ P3_Super_Bee: Please read my statement again. I wrote about a Beetle with splitted rear windows, those by fans so-called "Pretzel-Beetles" are really, really rare to find. Real fans pay fancy prices for such a car, and this makes that car comparable with my other examples.
Rotundus Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 I kinda hope the new kit will be a "Herbie". I remember the original "Love Bug" movie with Dean Jones, and how excited I was to see the "real thing" when it came around to my local VW dealer. A few years back I purchased a Beetle... Loved it! I was so disappointed by the T1. The interior was fantastic, but the outside while good, left me a bit flat. And it was not in scale with my Bug. Well, maybe this new version of the Bug will be in scale with the Van (one can hope). One concern, though... Won't the new kit have a negative affect on the value of the original?
Mellow Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 One concern, though... Won't the new kit have a negative affect on the value of the original? If the new set is built in another size (for example in compareable scale to T1 Camper) or in another style (for example in Technic-style like the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS), I don´t think the value of the old set (10187) will drop too much. But in the other way, if you have a look at what prices were paid for unopened boxes of 10187 (or other exclusively sets), I´m not sure how many of them were just bought for reselling with profit on eBay... In this case the remake of such sets would be a clever move to stop (or at least to curtail) those profit-oriented eBay-sales.
P3_Super_Bee Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 @ P3_Super_Bee: Please read my statement again. I wrote about a Beetle with splitted rear windows, those by fans so-called "Pretzel-Beetles" are really, really rare to find. Real fans pay fancy prices for such a car, and this makes that car comparable with my other examples. A bug is a bug is a bug. Plain and simple.
Mellow Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 A bug is a bug is a bug. Plain and simple. It is far away from "plain and simple"... The splitted rear window has only been built until 1953, before all following beetles were built with a bigger single rear window. Many details were changed over the years, some of them obvious, other only at a closer look. Between he first beetles built in 1945/46 and the last ones from 2003 are only a few commonalities left. Many parts of the beetles built after 1967 won´t match on a beetle from before. Your pictures are great examples for how it better has NOT be done. Just have a look at those two beetles: How many differences can you find?
Blondie-Wan Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 One concern, though... Won't the new kit have a negative affect on the value of the original? Maybe it will, but why is that a concern?
jurcek Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 the new set will be a "California" Bug with a surf board
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