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In 1974 Revell teamed up with Disney to capitalize on the "Herbie The Love Bug" movie's success and they modified the Bug Bomb molds to create Li'l Herbie . Never marketed as a Deal's Wheels kit it was sold primarily in toy stores and super markets , this makes it one of the harder DW kits to find . 

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I found this one several years ago in great condition only missing one rear tire and the rear trunk handle . 

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I had a set of tires that would be perfect for it but since I had never seen the movie I really wasn't that motivated , then a few weeks ago I came across those tires again and decided it was time . So I tore it apart and cleaned all of the parts , painted it Wimbledon White and printed my own decals . I had to make a new rear trunk handle so I also made door handles and the front handle , the wipers and exhaust are from my parts box . One thing the original kit didn't have was a driver so I modified one from a Baja Humbug .  

This was another fun one to build and looks great on the shelf . I hope you like it ! 

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OK that is CRAZY awesome!

I had no idea this existed. Bug Bomb was the first model I ever built. To see it like this is so super. I love Herbie as well so it is a winner all around.

Your model is special indeed. It came out super dooper to boot.

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21 hours ago, Joe Nunes said:

That looks like a FUN build!

Joe

Thanks Joe , it was .  Also nice to not spend 2 or 3 months on a build .

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21 hours ago, Dragline said:

OK that is CRAZY awesome!

I had no idea this existed. Bug Bomb was the first model I ever built. To see it like this is so super. I love Herbie as well so it is a winner all around.

Your model is special indeed. It came out super dooper to boot.

Thanks very much Bob !  The kit is very very rare and hard to find , I was lucky to stumble across this one . 

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17 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Great Bug!

One of my favorite Movies!

I love Buddy Hackett in this movie!

Thanks ! Never seen the movie but enjoyed building this .

14 hours ago, cobraman said:

Those things always make me smile.

Thanks much Ray !

10 hours ago, iBorg said:

Nice build on a kit I never knew excisted.

 

Thanks Mike !  It's a kit that was sold as a "toy" in toy stores not as a model so not many survived . 

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On 11/2/2022 at 10:51 AM, Joe Nunes said:

Came back to look at this again and sure would like to find one of those kits. Glad you shared the photos with us!

Joe 

You're welcome Joe .  They do turn up occasionally on ebay .

19 hours ago, slusher said:

rGreat looking Herbie!  I bet you had fun building it!

Thanks Carl , yes I did !

17 hours ago, ewetwo said:

That's really cute.

Thanks David !

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On 11/3/2022 at 1:19 PM, happy grumpy said:

Now that's really cool and fun. Thanks for sharing this, that made me smile.

Thanks Mario , glad to be of service !

On 11/3/2022 at 8:25 PM, PappyD340 said:

COOL!

Thanks Larry !

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On 10/31/2022 at 10:31 AM, Dragline said:

OK that is CRAZY awesome!

I had no idea this existed. Bug Bomb was the first model I ever built. To see it like this is so super. I love Herbie as well so it is a winner all around.

Your model is special indeed. It came out super dooper to boot.

I had no idea either. 

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