The popular 300 series combinations of cars with trailers and boats as well as semi-articulated trucks dated from the mid-1970s (Ragan 2000, p. 37, 81). One clever example was the handsome Volkswagen beetle towing kayaks on a trailer, the Renault Michelin canvas topped tractor trailer in blue and yellow from the 1980s, or the Chevy pickup truck hauling a luxurious yacht (Ragan 2000, p. 82; Rixon 2005, p. 96). Buses like the traditional London double decker were also produced in the 300 series in the mid-1980s. These were promotionals advertising the new bus service, but although the labeling was true-to-life, the toy Majorettes decorated bore little resemblance to the real London buses (Rixon 2005, p. 103).