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The "Bat Boy"

 
"The Confrontation" Box

1990 Ty Cobb Green Box

1992 Cy Young Grey Box

Carl Yastrzemski

2001 Hartland Collectibles

2001 Remastered
Classic 18 Statues

2002 Hartland Collectibles Classic Statues Ad

Jackie Robinson and Peewee Reese statue

Dick Allen
Signing Statues in 2007

2008 Minnie Minoso
New York Cubans

2006 Connie Mack Hartland Collectibles LLC "Mr. Baseball" Statue

 KeyMan Collectibles  NEWSLETTER April 2020 
The Hartland Hex: The Rocky Road of The Iconic
 Steven KeyMan
Steven KeyMan
Hartland Statues - By Steven KeyMan
Founder of Keymancollectibles.com, and a long time collector, Steven KeyMan has more than 30 years of experience in researching, and cataloging information on Baseball Memorabilia. Researching his own personal collection, and helping others find information on their collectibles, the website grew into the largest online resource for baseball memorabilia
 

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    Founded in 1941, Hartland Plastics was known for making Plastic western toys, such as Cowboys, Indians and Horses. Hartland was the first company to manufacture licensed sports figures, setting a trend that remains the cornerstone of sports figurine collecting as we know it today. From 1958-1962 Hartland Plastics produced 18 statues of star Major League baseball players, a Bat boy & Minor Leaguer.  
   
     
    In 1958 the Wisconsin based company introduced the baseball line of statues. Three home state players were produced, Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn, and Eddie Mathews. In 1962 an additional 15 players were added to the series.

 The total collection of 18 baseball figures that sold for $1.98. at specialty and discount stores such as Woolworths also included; Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, and other players that would become members of the Hall of Fame.

The "Bat Boy" was originally issued as the Little Leaguer but it was changed because of licensing rights. After issuing the "Champion Little Leaguer" statue in 1963, a trademark infringement complaint by the Little League association forced a large majority to be held back leaving only a small number of the "Little Leaguer" blister packs in the market.  Many of the header cards were then cut to remove "Little Leaguer" from the top.

 A 25th anniversary series was issued in 1988. All the figures had a © Hartland Plastics Inc. on the back, but the 1988 reproductions features a circled (25th).

 In 1963 Hartland Plastics was purchased by Revlon Cosmetics Company. The statues were a Christmas time diversion from the companies main source of income, making bottles for perfume. The new owners decided to stop the production of the sports figures to concentrate on making cosmetic perfume cases and containers.

 An unknown enterprising company utilized the Hartland Plastics overstock of the Mickey Mantle statues, and turned them into lamps. It is not known who produced the limited number of Mickey Mantle Lamps, but the bottom of the base has a "Yugoslavia" stamping.

In 1987, Dallas attorney William Alley of Dallas, 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 including the Bat Boy which was originally offered free as a bonus to anyone that order a complete set of the 25th Anniversary.

 In 1990 Hartland created six new statues; Roberto Clemente, Lou Gehrig, Dizzy Dean, Whitey Ford, Bob Feller and Ty Cobb. They were scaled perfectly to display with the original Hartland Plastic baseball player statues. An additional two figurine set named "The Confrontation" was also released.

"The Confrontation" a rare modern era Hartland baseball figurine that has the distinction of being the first full size Hartland baseball offering that included two figures. The 8" tall, hand painted figures unofficially depicting an argument between Sparky Anderson and Al Barlick, were solid plastic.

 Pictured here is the 2001 Hartland Collectibles re-issue. The original, the rarest of all Hartland statues, had a production run of 20 figures. It came in a thick green cardboard box, with a watercolor mural on the front.

  The new line of figures in 1990 were authorized for a production run of 10,000 for each player, but only two of the figures ever reached that mark: Whitey Ford and Roberto Clemente. Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean each reached a production of approximately 600.

 Ty Cobb had a finished run of only 45, leaving Bob Feller, with 25 units produced. The main reason for the limited production of the new Hartlands was the mysterious (and still unsolved) disappearance of company owner William Alley while on a business trip. Most collectors thought that with Alleys disappearance their orders and money would be lost.

In August of 1991 Bill Dunlop purchased the Hartland name, and had announced he would try and make good on all the orders that Alley hadn't filled. Dunlop formed U.S.A. Hartland incorporated and accepts advanced orders for Nolan Ryan, Cy Young and Honus Wagner statues. USA Hartland was then purchased by Steven Manufacturing and moved the to Hermann, Missouri.

 "Hartland Missouri" released statues from 1992 to 1994, in two style boxes. A red windowed display box, and what is known as the "gray box" as the one Cy Young was issued in.

 Carl Yastrzemski was in production in July of 1993, when the Great Missouri Flood completely destroyed the Steven factory located off the banks of the river. Yastrzemski was boxed in a Nolan Ryan window box and had a production run of about 400. Hartland closed its doors shortly thereafter.

In 2001 the company re-emerged as Hartland Collectibles LLC. Partnered with Krause Publications, the SCD Authentic series was created. The company issued several statues, including the original 18 figures, promotional giveaways at stadiums and events.

 In 2004 SCD brought back a classic Hartland piece. A limited edition Bat Boy was made exclusively for Sports Collectors Digest subscribers. Unlike the original, this figure was was mounted on a base, stood 5 inches tall, and had "SCD" in red on the jersey back.

  In 2005, "The Umpire," and "The Coach" statues were produced as a subscription premium giveaway for SCD. The following year in 2006 "The Vendor" was produced. Each statue came in a Styrofoam encasing, sent out in a plain shipping box.

  That same year in 2006, Hartland of Ohio took control of the company. In June of 2007 Hartland of Ohio had a "Father's Day Fire Sale." Left with the SCD-Hartland overstock of stadium giveaways, which Hartland of Ohio was not allowed to sell, the new company gave them away.

 For every regular Hartland statue purchased, you received your choice of one of the following absolutely FREE: Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera (Columbus Clippers SGA's), Krash Mascot SCD "The Umpire" Statue, SCD "The Coach" Statue, and SCD "The Vendor" Statue. This special offer was only made available to club members via the phone.

This 6.5 inch tall Mickey Mantle statue was produced by Hartland for the Yankees Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers. Used as a stadium-give-away the Clippers handed them out on September 2, 2006 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. 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. 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. 

 40 years after his Triple Crown season Carl Yastrzemski was one of the first autographed statues issued by Hartland Ohio in 2007. The individually numbered, hand painted 8 inch statues were limited to 500 produced and came in a custom collectible box. Only 100 of the statues were signed and numbered by Yastrzemski, and came with a certificate of authenticity.

 Dick Allen autographed 200 statues in the Hartland booth at the Sports Collector's Digest show June 8th - 10th at the Renaissance Schaumberg Hotel in Chicago that same year.

  The Hartland 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.
 
     
    Hartland for Sale

 Hello members, friends and collectors.

 Hartland of Ohio LLC with all the Trademarks, inventory, website and customer base is now for sale. I also offer one year of ongoing assistance for the new owners transition into running Hartland.

 The wish is to find a new owner who shares the passion with which I ran the company, who will take the business to the much needed and desired level it deserves to be and continue the Hartland tradition for all current collectors and millions of potential new customers.

 I look forward to hearing from you and welcome you to discuss this further.

 Please email me at hartlandofohio@att.net if interested.

Sincerely,

Fay Halliwell
CEO of Hartland of Ohio LLC

 
 
 
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