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Founded in 1941, Hartland
Plastics produced the 18 classic
statues of star Major League baseball
players from 1959 to 1963 when it was
then purchased by the Revlon Cosmetics
Company. Revlon decided to stop the
production of the sports figures to
solely concentrate on cosmetic perfume
cases and containers. In 1987, Dallas
attorney William Alley secured the
rights to produce a commemorative set
of the original 18 players. In 1988
celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the
original release, the full series was
issued.
After William Alley's mysterious disappearance while on a business trip in 1991, Bill
Dunlop purchased the Hartland name, and
formed U.S.A. Hartland Inc. USA
Hartland was then purchased by Steven
Manufacturing later that year, and
moved the company to Hermann, Missouri.
In 1993 the Great Missouri Flood
completely destroyed the Steven factory
which was located off the banks of the
river. Hartland closed its doors
shortly thereafter.
In 2001 the company re-emerged as
Hartland Collectibles LLC. Granted
Major League Baseball and Cooperstown
Collection licenses, Hartland partnered
with Krause Publications, and the SCD
Authentic series was created. The company
manufactured several new statues, another
issue of the original 18 figures,
promotional giveaways at stadiums and
events.
This Hartland Collectibles Mickey Mantle statue was produced for the
Yankees Triple-A team, the Columbus
Clippers. The statue was produced for a
September 2, 2006, Cooper
stadium-give-away. The Clippers handed
them out to the first 2,000 fans in
attendance, in a game played against
the Toledo Mud Hens. The statue
features Mickey Mantle in his Rookie
season wearing uniform number 6. The
bottom of the Mickey Mantle statue
reads, "Hartland Collectibles L.L.C.
Made in China" The baseball bat is
removable. The statue was packaged in a
snap together clear plastic clamshell blister pack
inserted into a plain white box.
Hartland Collectibles also made 5 other 30th Anniversary Commemorative
Statue SGAs for the Clippers in 2006
featuring; Derek Jeter, Bernie
Williams, Jorge Posada, Mariano
River, and Robinson Cano. Founded in
2006 Hartland of Ohio LLC continued the
tradition of producing quality statues
under the trademarks of the original
company.
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