Tom is right. The original is called a "Soundwagon" made by a company
called "Tamco", I bought one during one of the frequent relapses of my
eBay addiction (unused and near mint with box and instructions). There
is one up now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tamco-VW-Bus-Van-Record-Player-Musical-Toy-Soundwagon_W0QQitemZ6063643660QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1185QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The original is minus the jewels of course...

Chris

On 6/9/06, bueses <bueses@earthlink.net> wrote:
> on 6/9/06 12:32 PM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:
>
> > This is pretty funny!
> >
> >
> >
> > Joy
> >
> >
> > ****************************************************************
> > Joy Hecht
> > and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> >
> > For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> > http://www.joyhecht.net
> >
> > ****************************************************************-----Origina
> > l Message-----
> > From: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wetwesties@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of Matthew Fitzgerald
> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 10:19 AM
> > To: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [WetWesties] a Swarovski crystal VW bus??
> >
> > A Swarovski crystal VW bus record player??? Just what the world needs,
> > especially for $520!! Here are two links about it...worth a laugh...
> >
> > http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/swarovskifestooned-vinyl-killer-17956
> > 4.php
> >
> > http://www.razy-works.com/shop/shop_e/shop_e.html
> >
>  These vw buses that go around on a vinyl record have been around for a long
> time. Sometimes they are raffle prizes/auctioned at Bus shows.  They are
> prized possessions.  These appear to be either dolled up original buses or a
> new version of the original ones.(original ones were worth $50-100 if I
> remember correctly)
>
> Phun!
>
> Tom
>