tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post4409229431400971165..comments2024-03-18T04:26:52.991-07:00Comments on Meet The World: Herbie (The Love Bug) Rides Again - 45th AnniversaryTokyoMagic!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-23345197669754044842021-02-01T06:20:53.869-08:002021-02-01T06:20:53.869-08:00Chromeant, sorry....but the Li'l Herbie model ...Chromeant, sorry....but the Li'l Herbie model is a childhood item of mine, with very fond memories attached. I really couldn't part with it!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-37761002836042081822021-01-30T18:44:02.530-08:002021-01-30T18:44:02.530-08:00Would you sell the lil Herbie?
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...Would you sell the lil Herbie? <br />Chromeant@msn.com<br />PleaseChromeanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482014875504222584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-51604432398454888912019-11-18T08:37:39.678-08:002019-11-18T08:37:39.678-08:00BillyWitchDoctor, Thank you for that information! ...BillyWitchDoctor, Thank you for that information! A few days ago, someone posted a comment on another older blog post of mine, informing me that the Pirates of the Caribbean models from the seventies have also been reissued and that the Haunted Mansion models are about to be reissued. Apparently, they are being reissued with new artwork on the boxes and without any mention of Disney. It made me wonder if there was any chance that this Herbie model would get reissued. Even if they removed the "Herbie" name from the tires and the license plate, I suppose they'd still have to get permission from Volkswagen.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-69594105789594589732019-11-18T03:56:41.794-08:002019-11-18T03:56:41.794-08:00The "Li'l Herbie" model kit is the w...The "Li'l Herbie" model kit is the work of the late great Dave Deal, and is in fact a white variant of his "Bug Bomb" kit with different tires. One of Dave's last jobs before passing away was character design work for Pixar's <i>Cars,</i> but he was renowned in the '60s and '70s for his crazy funny-car (and funny-aircraft) models with enormous engines and oversize tires. <br /><br />Some of his kits, such as the Go-Mad Nomad, the Baja Humbug, the Glitter Bug, and the "Trans Um" Tirebird, have been reissued in recent years by Revell; aircraft kits like the WWII Messa-Schnitzel and WWI Der Baron und his Funfdecker Fokker have come back and fallen out of production again and are very hard to find at good prices. Still, plenty of images can be found online just by searching "Dave Deal"! BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-57299598440445582462019-04-27T06:38:30.832-07:002019-04-27T06:38:30.832-07:00Missed your second reply. Curses! Foiled again. ...Missed your second reply. Curses! Foiled again. <br /><br />See you in a week!Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-60449655360147669702019-04-22T12:39:31.681-07:002019-04-22T12:39:31.681-07:00Chuck, Ooops! Make that a week from this Friday!Chuck, Ooops! Make that a week from this Friday!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-55044297234435359192019-04-22T02:15:32.471-07:002019-04-22T02:15:32.471-07:00Hey Chuck, that's weird that my blog is blocke...Hey Chuck, that's weird that my blog is blocked at your work, but other blogs aren't!<br /><br />I remember those Scholastic novelizations of Disney films, but I didn't have any for the "Herbie" movies. And I'm not sure if any of the films turned up on HBO, prior to the start of the Disney Channel. We didn't have cable back then! I know a few years ago, the Turner Classic Movies channel stated showing Disney movies for just one day, every three months or so. Leonard Maltin was even doing the intros for them. I want to say that they showed one or more of the Herbie movies, but I'm not 100 percent sure.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting on this post! I'll have a new post again, this Friday!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-25838953723647991652019-04-21T13:04:01.738-07:002019-04-21T13:04:01.738-07:00Why am I always late here? Probably because your ...Why am I always late here? Probably because your site is blocked from work (although, oddly, GDB, Daveland, and Passport to Dreams are not) and I'm usually just too tired when I get home to visit the Interwebs.<br /><br />This takes me back to so many things I never had in 1974, like novelty gags and comic books. But everybody I knew did, so it's still all so familiar.<br /><br />I have the Scholastic novelizations of the first four Herbie films, the first three of which I read over and over again long before I ever saw any of them. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if I've ever actually seen <i>Herbie Rides Again</i>, although I know the story. Did they run this on HBO in the pre-Disney Channel days?<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to scan the entire comic book.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-68027938750737965462019-04-10T01:39:37.097-07:002019-04-10T01:39:37.097-07:00Mike, thanks! I agree with you about the first tw...Mike, thanks! I agree with you about the first two "Herbie" films, being the better ones. "Herbie Goes Bananas" was almost unwatchable, for me. I think I have only seen it once (in the theater) upon it's initial release and that is it. And I never saw Lindsay Lohan's, "Fully Loaded" version. Hey, I didn't even realize that there was an unintentional joke in that title until I typed it out, just now!<br /><br />I also didn't realize that there was a Herbie dealer option for the VW Bugs. I would have been jealous too!<br /><br />TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-30204669583958374362019-04-09T05:36:37.295-07:002019-04-09T05:36:37.295-07:00Wow!! Great post!! The first two films I really li...Wow!! Great post!! The first two films I really liked - the later ones got to be a bit much/ but they can still be fun to watch! Growing up out neighbor’s daughter had a VW BUG with the Herbie dealer option - I was about 12 years away from driving but I was so jealous.MIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-72499529479889962412019-04-07T23:33:24.989-07:002019-04-07T23:33:24.989-07:00Major, that does look a little like Christopher Le...Major, that does look a little like Christopher Lee on the model box! I think those cartoon illustrations of Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers and Helen Hayes were done in an interesting style, although none of them really resemble the actors.<br /><br />Thanks for the info about that book. I'll have to check it out. We never ordered anything directly from the comic books, but we did have a lot of "practical jokes." My brother had the "Fly In an Ice Cube" and a "Whoopee Cushion." I had a Rubber Pencil and fake doggie do-do. I think I remember the nickel that squirted water gag. Remember the nickel that you could nail down to the floor so that people couldn't pick it up with their fingers? Hysterical! Where can kids get that kind of stuff these days? Or are they so busy playing video games and texting, that they don't care to see their friends drink from a "dribble glass"?<br /><br />Scanning the entire comic book wasn't too bad. I just went ahead and took the staples out to get decent scans of the pages. Then I reassembled everything and carefully put the staples back in. I know, I know....by doing that, I probably reduced it's value by thousands of dollars!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-4038604682677666792019-04-07T23:15:59.901-07:002019-04-07T23:15:59.901-07:00Ken, I'm glad that you enjoyed this post. Tha...Ken, I'm glad that you enjoyed this post. That would have been a really good idea to incorporate Herbie into the San Francisco area of DCA. I know in the seventies, there were plans for a "Herbie Rides Again" attraction in Disneyland, which never materialized. I wonder where that would have gone if they had built it?<br /><br />That's a good question about the wolf (?) character on that patch. He kind of looks like he could be a mascot for a sports team of some kind. I'm not sure if he is/was though, or if he had a name. I must have just liked the way he looked. I don't remember what other choices were available and I'm really not even sure where it was purchased, although I'm inclined to think it was also at the local Lucky's supermarket where my mom shopped.<br />TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-85559611129429293392019-04-07T09:01:52.181-07:002019-04-07T09:01:52.181-07:00Wow, this post has everything. Plastic models! An ...Wow, this post has everything. Plastic models! An entire comic book! Lobby cards! Iron-on patches! Novelty gags! Disneykins! <br /><br />It’s funny, based on the illustration on the cover of the Revell model, I thought that Christopher Lee must have played the villain. But no, it’s good old Keenan Wynn. Wonder why they made Herbie so stylized? Maybe Big Daddy Roth’s influence had something to do with it.<br /><br />You might enjoy a book by Kirk Demarais, “Mail Order Mysteries”, it’s super fun. It’s about hundreds of those comic book mail-away gags. https://www.amazon.com/MAIL-ORDER-MYSTERIES-KIRK-DEMARAIS/dp/160887026X . After looking at it I wished I had everything pictured! I would kill to have those 88 mini posters. I know I owned the snapping gum, a nickel that would squirt water, and a little plastic dog that smoked tiny cigarettes.<br /><br />When I was a kid and went to day camp, one of the other boys put “Morning Breeze” on people’s towels while they were in the pool. Hilarity ensued.<br /><br />“Margie gets free gifts” was clearly drawn by someone who was trying to be Dan DeCarlo (but failing).<br /><br />Thanks for scanning the whole comic book, that must have taken forever.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440013033477237104.post-56437511828110596932019-04-07T08:16:09.150-07:002019-04-07T08:16:09.150-07:00What a cool surprise at the end when I discovered ...What a cool surprise at the end when I discovered you decided to post the whole comic story. And I read the whole thing too! Thanks for scanning those, TM!.<br /><br />I remember that firehouse in the movie. It was a pretty cool set. It's too bad that when they decided to do the San Francisco section of DCA they didn't put the firehouse there with Herbie out front and inside have the Trolley and Orchestrion interacting with guests. It would've fit well in the San Francisco section while featuring vintage Disney. Missed opportunities!<br /><br />I have the Hallmark "Amazing No. 53 "Herbie" ornament and it's a favorite. I always go for the classic Disney live-action merch.<br /><br />I love the lobby cards. I once that of starting a Disney lobby card collection, but then gave it a second thought as I have so much Disney stuff already.<br /><br />Most intriguing of all is your Li'l Herbie" Revell model. I have never seen one of those before and didn't even know it existed. That is very different and cool. Great that you saved the box and instructions too. I like it!<br /><br />Does that "Toughskins" patch character have a name?<br /><br />Thanks for another awesome post!K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.com