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Baja BugMetallic Purple · 2012
TOY # W3782 · THE HOT ONES
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Off-Road & Monster
Baja Bug
Metallic Purple•2012
✦Very Common · 12
78Variations
1984–2016Years
39Series
W3782Toy #
- Colour
- Metallic Purple
- Material
- Die-cast metal
- Base
- Unpainted
- Wheels
- CT
- Interior
- Red
- Window
- n.a
- Series
- The Hot Ones
- Made in
- Thailand
- Tampo / graphics
- '3' on sides & hood, White stripes on sides, hood, & roof
Notes
Base code(s): D48, D50
About the Baja Bug
The Baja Bug is a Hot Wheels model based on the Volkswagen Beetle that was designed for Mattel by Larry Wood. The model debuted in the 1984 Real Riders Series. Why "Baja"? Well, the Baja California Peninsula in northwest Mexico is home to the Mexican 1000 off-road race. The Baja Bugs were developed in the late 1960s as a homemade alternative to the fiberglass-bodied Meyers Manx beach buggies of the era that excelled in the sandy, hilly terrain. To make a Baja Bug, you take a stock VW Beetle, cho
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All variations
1984Yellow
1984Yellow
1984Yellow
1984Yellow
1984Yellow
1985Red
1985Red
1985Black
1987White
1987White
1987White
1988Metallic Orange to Yellow
1988Purple to Blue
1989Metalflake Champagne to
1989White
No photo1990
White
1990Red
1990Purple
1990Metallic Red
1990Pink
1990Pink
1993Red with Red Glitter
1993Pink to white color change
1995White
1995White
1996Metallic Blue
1997Metallic Red
No photo1997
Metallic Red
1997Metallic Red
No photo1997
Metallic Red
1998White
1998White
1998White
1998Metallic Blue
1998Red
1998Red
1998Red
1998Yellow & White
1999Metallic Blue
2001Metallic Silver
2001Metallic Silver
2002Black
2002Yellow, Red & White
2002Yellow, Black & White
2003White & Navy Blue
Convention / Club
2003Silver & Blue
2003Pearl white & Orange
2004Metalflake Silver & Orange
2004Metalflake White & Black
2005Metallic Light Blue
2005Flat Gray
2005Fluorescent Green
2005Fluorescent Orange
2005Yellow
Treasure Hunt
2006Metallic Red-Orange
2008Metallic Red
2008Spectraflame Antifreeze
2008Spectraflame Pink
2008Spectraflame Blue
2008Spectraflame Copper
2008Spectraflame Black
2009Gold
2009Metallic Blue
2009Pearl White & Metallic Silver
2009Satin Pearl Silver & Metallic Light Olive
2010Flat Black & Pearl Yellow
Treasure Hunt2010Flat Black & Pearl Yellow
Treasure Hunt
2010Flat Black & Spectraflame Olive Green
Treasure Hunt2010Flat Black & Spectraflame Olive Green
Treasure Hunt
2011Metallic Teal Blue
2011Red
2011Red
2012Metallic Purple
Viewing
2012Spectraflame Pink & White
2013Yellow
2014Yellow & Orange
2015White
2016Red