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This statue of Ty Cobb was made
available exclusively to members of the
2009 Heritage Collectors Club. Only 100
produced, these figurines
were numbered and came with the
traditional Hartland hang tag, as well
as a certificate of authenticity. The
limited number of statues (the one
pictured here is 22/100) were sold out
by September of 2009. Hartland obtained
licensing from CMG Worldwide, which
markets the rights to some of the
biggest names in baseball history,
including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie
Robinson, Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb, to
name a few.
Founded in 2006
Hartland of Ohio LLC continued the
tradition of producing quality statues under the
trademarks of the original company.
Hartland of Ohio also
specialized in limited edition Negro
Legendary Player statues, autographed
and non autographed statues, polyresin
and plastic figurines, from an almost
forgotten group of players in the
sports industry. The Heritage
Ohio Collectors club was first introduced in
2007.
The $25.00 Collector's Club membership
fee entitle members to newsletters,
discounts, advance notice on upcoming
products, and exclusive statue purchase
opportunities for club members only,
such as the Ty Cobb statue in 2009. The
members that paid the annual fee, also
received a free exclusive numbered
statue each year as a member reward.
The free statue members received in
2009 was of Walter Johnson. The 2013
Collectors Club membership fee was up to
$40., but by October of 2014 Hartland of
Ohio LLC, along with all the Trademarks,
inventory, website and customer base
went up for sale.
The Original Hartland Plastics was founded in 1941. The company was known
for making Plastic western toys, such
as Cowboys, Indians and Horses. From
1958-1962 Hartland Plastics produced 18
statues of star Major League baseball
players, a Bat boy & Minor Leaguer. In
1963 Hartland was purchased by Revlon,
and stopped making the figures to make
cosmetic perfume cases and containers.
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