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Except for the larger
900 series, this page contains all the figures in
one long listing. This list also includes the sets recast by
Stevens Plastics in 1993-1994. There will be some minor variations
missing, mainly color variations, but you can probably find those
mentioned within each of the specific pages for each figure.
Enjoy! |
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  Black Champ Cowboy #801
This may have been the first 800 series Champ Cowboy. Hard to
say for sure, but it is extremely rare! It is molded in solid
black plastic and then the face, holster and scarf are painted
on top. This figure usually had two Champ style silver pistols.
Mold Mark:
“Hartland Molded, Hartland, Wisc.” on the back of the
left chap. |
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 Brown Champ Cowboy #801
After the larger 900 series Champ style cowboys, Hartland started
producing the smaller 800 series sets. I believe the first of
these were created near the end of 1953 and into 1954 with this
mold later being turned over to the Lone Ranger.
They also created several other color schemes of this figure.
This figure usually had two Champ style silver pistols.
Mold Mark:
“Hartland Molded, Hartland, Wisc.” on the back of the
left chap. |
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 Red and White Champ Cowboy #801
After the larger 900 series Champ style cowboys, Hartland started
producing the smaller 800 series sets. I believe the first of
these were created near the end of 1953 and into 1954 with this
mold later being turned over to the Lone Ranger.
They also created several other color schemes of this figure.
This figure usually had two Champ style silver pistols.
Mold Mark:
“Hartland Molded, Hartland, Wisc.” on the back of the
left chap. |
 Champ style Lone Ranger #801
By simply changing the color of the figure and adding the mask,
Hartland could immediately start selling Lone Rangers
once they obtained the licensing. This piece appears to be Hartland’s
first licensed figure and for a period during 1954, they stamped
the designation on the figure’s rump or chap. He carried
two champ style silver pistols and kept the earlier champ style
hat.
Mold Mark:
“Hartland Molded, Hartland, Wisc.” back of the left
chap.
Occasionally marked: “Lone Ranger, Inc. 1954” with
a rubber stamp under the rear of the figure. |
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 Clayton Moore style Lone Ranger #801
Once Hartland had the licensing for the Lone Ranger,
they created an official version imitating Clayton Moore on the
TV series. He got the new hat, new pistols, new saddle and walking
version of Silver. There are a few molds with slight variaitions
such as the number of silver dots on his holster, but most look
like the one shown with the red scarf. This is the most common
version and is usually easy to find.
Mold Marks
“Hartland Plastics Inc” on the back of the left arm. |
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 Clayton Moore style Lone Ranger - yellow scarf:
#801
This is a very unique piece with only a few known to exist.
The red scarf is replaced with a yellow version. It appears to
be factory painted that way on mine and reports are the same
from the other couple of people that own him. Lone Ranger figures
vary quite a bit in color over the years. Some have a turquoise
tint while others are basic baby blue.
Mold Marks
“Hartland Plastics Inc” on the back of the left arm. |
 V-Fringe
Roy Rogers #806
Roy Rogers was king of the licensed products and was a shoe-in
for Hartland. The earliest of this figure lacked the Hartland
markings and probably rode the Champ style Trigger. He was later
moved to the Walking Trigger. Roy carries two silver pistols.
You might find this figure a little more often than the horizontal
fringe below, but they are about equally split.
Mold Marks
Very early figures have no mold mark.
“©Hartland Plastics Inc” on the back of the fringe
on the left sleeve. |
 Horizontal White Fringe Roy Rogers #806
After a few years of selling Roy Rogers on a walking Trigger,
they created a new figure to ride on the new Rearing horse mold,
also being introduced for Annie Oakley. This figure leans forward
and rides in the saddle better. He also got a new saddle, new
hat but kept his silver guns for a while. In later years, he
could have received the brown pistols. In 1961 or so, he was
also transferred to a Semi-Rearing Mane Down version of Trigger.
Mold Marks
©Hartland Plastics Inc” -back of the fringe on the
left sleeve. |
 Stevens Plastics Horizontal Fringe Roy Rogers
Around 1992, Stevens Plastics in Missouri began offering this
set through J.C. Penney's mail order Christmas Catalog. It shipped
in a generic cardboard box. It was later offered direct through
Stevens and a few distributors and shipped in an attractive box.
The quality of production and painting on this set was not up
to vintage Hartland collector’s standards. This piece is
much more white on the plastic and the red paint has a rough
feel to it. I doubt you will be fooled!
Mold Marks
©Hartland Plastics Inc” -back of the fringe on the
left sleeve. |
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 Lucas McCain—The Rifleman #826
The Rifleman’s only weapon was his special flip
rifle. His white hat normally has 826 inside the crown to help
identify it, but I have one that looks exactly like it without
the numbers. This set does not seem to have any other major variations,
always riding a walking horse with black mane, tail, stockings
and bridle.
Mold Mark
“©1959, Four Star Sussex.” on the rump of figure. |
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 Tom Jeffords # 821
From the TV show “Broken Arrow”, Tom Jeffords
shared the starring roles with Cochise. This figure as little
or no known variations, with the possible exception of getting
a brown pistol instead of a silver one in later years. He carries
a long Winchester, knife, silver or brown pistol and has a special
white hat. He rides a unique walking Appaloosa with a slender
tail.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc” on the back of the
right arm. |
 Ward Bond — Seth Adams #824
For some reason, this set seems to be known by both the actor’s
name and his screen name. I’ll continue the tradition here!
While he does have a molded moustache, it is not painted. His
upright hand carries his bull whip and he normally came with
a silver or brown pistol. In later years, probably after the
Rifleman mold was created, he seems to have started getting a
small Winchester, similar to McCain’s but without the flip
ring.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on back of the left
arm. |
 Matt Dillon #822
Dillon is one of the more common sets, probably based on the
popularity of the TV show and the number of years the set was
produced. This set does not vary at all with his normal hat,
silver or brown pistol, special saddle, and walking horse. The
only exception to this is the temporary use of a mane up Semi-Rearing
horse—probably around 1961. That horse is very rare.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
right side of the vest. |
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 Buffalo Bill #819
This colorful character carries two guns, either silver
or brown and rides on a special U.S. Mail saddle specific to
him. It’s not in the hardest group to find, but is not that
common either. I don’t know of any figure variations, though
he may have ridden two or three versions of the similar Chestnut
semi-rearing horse molds.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
right glove. |
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 Wyatt Earp #809
Wyatt was one of Hartland’s first characters and
remained in production almost to the end. He is one of the more
common sets. Intitially, I am fairly certain he came with two
silver pistols. After the introduction of the Earp Gunfighter,
he probably started shipping with the brown Buntline and matching
brown pistol. He seems to have been placed on several different
horses.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the left holster. |
 Stevens Plastics Wyatt Earp
This set was produced in late 1993 or 1994 in apparent
connection with the two releases of Wyatt Earp movies, though
I don’t think there was a specific licensing agreement with
either. The took some additional artisitc licensing with this
set by painting his pants black, eleminating some of the trim
on the gun belt. Instead of white plastic, they painted his shirt
off white and his vest is generally pea green. He shipped with
a silver Buntline and regular silver pistol along with a black
hat.
Mold Mark“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on
the left holster.. |
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 Brett Maverick #862
This was one of the last four or five figures Hartland produced
and is quite hard to find. To me, his arms are slightly out of
proportion and his head is too large, requiring a large hat than
the gunfighter version of his likeness. He usually carries one
brown pistol, possibly silver and may have had an optional rifle.
He rides a mane-down semi-rearing buckskin horse.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left arm. |
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 Josh Randall #828
Similar to the Maverick figure above, this one seems out of proportion
to me, too. His head is large requiring a larger hat, but it
does look quite a bit like Steve McQueen. His arms also look
too short but maybe his head causes that. He still looks great
on the shelf! He is certainly one of the hardest figures to find
due to the limited years of production. He carries a single Mare’s
leg rifle on his special gun belt.
Mold Mark
“©1959, Four Star-Malcom.” on the back of the
left leg. |
 Johnny Yuma, The Rebel #832
Nick Adams played the Rebel in the TV shows. This set
is very desireable as he was the last Western set Hartland produced
and wasn’t available to buyers for a long period of time.
He carries a burnt orange shotgun and ,most often, a brown pistol.
Many collectors like to put a military style pistol with him.
(Repros available). He came
with a standard black saddle with rifle hole. Some collectors
use a Lee saddle with the set, but I don’t believe he shipped
that way.
Mold Mark
“The Rebel Co., ©1961” on the back of the
left thigh. |
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 Col. Ranald Mackenzie #829
This is one of the most sought after sets, usually selling
for top dollar. Mackenzie’s Raiders did not last long on
TV and the set was discontinued before too many sets were actually
sold. He carries only a single pistol, probably brown, but many
collectors like to put a military style pistol with him. (Repros available). He uses the
same saddle as Custer.
Mold Mark
“© 1959 ZIV TV, PGMS, INC.” on the back of the
left arm. |
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 Jim Hardie #864
From “Tales of Wells Fargo”, Jim Hardie had the reputation
of being a very fast draw and extremely smart. He is the only
Hartland figure with an exclusive left handed draw, not including
the ones with two guns. He would normally have a silver or brown
pistol and occasionally got a rifle for his rifle holed saddle.
He occasionally rode on a Mane-Down Semi-Rearing horse, but it
could also have been mane up.
Mold Mark
“© Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the rump. |
 Hoby Gilman #825
The most unusual feature of this set is the black hat that must
be carefully threaded between the fingers, thumb and head. If
not done correctly, you can break the fingers or thumb. For some
reason, Hartland bent the brim of his hat upwards as though catching
the wind, I guess, but it was not like that in the shows. He
carries one pistol, brown or silver, and an optional rifle in
his brown rifle holed saddle.
Mold Mark
“©Four Star Films Inc.” on rear of the figure,
just under the jacket. |
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 Paladin
#866
Since the TV shows were in black and white, we never really know
whether his outfit was black or navy blue. I have been told it
was black. If so, I am not sure why they would have used blue.
Oh well. He comes with one gun, brown or silver, and possibly
an optional rifle. His blue hat has the silver medallion. “Have
Gun, Will Travel” on his calling card tag. He is more difficult
than some to find.
Mold Mark
“©Columbia Bdcstg, Sytm, Inc” on the back of the
left arm. |
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 Bill Longley — The Texan #827
The Texan probably has the most dynamic pose of all the cowboys
with his torso twisted and his hand wrenched back to draw his
weapon. He is one of the hardest sets to find, too. His horse
is often mistaken for the earlier black and white pinto used
with Cochise, but his has a more slender tail. He carries a single
brown or silver pistol and an optional rifle. His saddle is the
black rifle holed saddle commonly used on the later sets.
Mold Mark
“©1959 Rorvic Productions, Inc.” on the back
of the left arm. |
 Cheyenne #818
Cheyenne is one of the most common and popular sets. Unfortunately,
his right hand holds a pistol that is almost always broken off.
He carries a special long knive, sometimes used with Jim Bowie,
and would have shipped with an additional silver or brown pistol.
His special hat has little blocks around the headband apparently
intended to represent the arrowheads used on his hat in the show.
He has a specail saddle that matches his jacket. He can ride
one of several semi-rearing chestnut colored horses.
Mold Marks
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left sleeve. |
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 Gil
Favor #831
This is one of my favorite characters, despite the bright yellow
vest. I doubt he had that in the show? He is shown wearing a
black hat on the brochures, but they switched that to a white
one with “FG” or “GF” inside the crown. He
probably had brown pistols and occasionally had a rifle. He rode
on a black rifle holed saddle.
Mold Mark
“Made in USA, ©1960 Columbia Brdcstg. Syst., Inc.”
on the back of the right arm. |
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 Cowgirl #802
The Jade Green Cowgirl is probably the first one Hartland made
and is the hardest of them to find. She may have been paired
with any number of colors of Champ style horses, but I am fairly
certain she did come on a Palomino.
Mold Mark:
None |
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 Cowgirl #802
The Red and White Cowgirl is more common but probably about equal
to the olive green version below. She has one gun and can ride
a variety of colors of Champ style horses.
A single version of this figure with the red top and olive
green bottoms is known to exist (factory paint anyway) in on
display in the Roy Rogers Museum in California.
Mold Mark: None |
 Early Green Dale Evans #802DE
The earliest Dale Evans used the Cowgirl molds and were just
given a new olive green outfit. They were paired with a Dunn
and Brown Champ style horse and used the same cardboard shipping
box, but DE was added to the end of the number. She can also
be found on a Chubby horse with unmolded bridle which has a painted
bridle instead. Within a period of time, this figure was replaced
with the Dale figure below. With as many of these pieces as there
are around, that must have taken a while.
Mold Mark: None |
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 Green Dale Evans #802 (DE)
This if the official Dale Evans figure, molded after her likeness.
She got the new brown saddle (same mold as the Clayton Moore
Lone Ranger) and the new Chubby style Dunn horse with the bridle
but kept the old number. Some sets were shipped in the earlier
cardboard boxes but she eventually did get a new colorized box
which shows her and Roy Rogers. She has one pistol, usually silver.
Mold Marks
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
right sleeve. |
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 Purple Dale Evans #802
After many years of not knowing, we finally located a catalog
showing a Purple Dale from 1958. It appears the only kept that
color for that year, or maybe it was a special run, because she
was back in her normal green outfit in the 1959 Hartland Horseman
dealer catalog. The color scheme is much harder to find than
the green one.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
right sleeve. |
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 Stevens Plastics Dale Evans
This set was recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993 using the same
molds as Hartland did earlier. I don't know if they chose the
raspberry/plum color trying to imitate the old color or just
changed to be different, but as you can see, it is different.
This figure is about 1/4" taller than the older ones.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
right sleeve. |
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 Annie Oakley #823
Annie Oakley is quite a bit harder to find than some Hartland
sets and is very difficult to find in the deep pink color shown
here. Most have faded in the pink or yellowed in the white. She
has one silver pistol and a special hat with a string laced through
it so the hat can ride on her back as seen in the TV show.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left cuff of her sleeve. |
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 George Washington #815
This figure doesn’t have many variations. In the original
brochures, he is drawn with a semi-rearing spotted horse but
he actually shipped with a cropped mane walking horse. He carries
a sword and a thirteen star Colonial flag. The early set has
a very small hole in his left hand for the slender bamboo flag
pole. Washington sets are fairly easy to find.
Mold Mark: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.”
inside right boot. |
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 Stevens Plastics George Washington
This set was recast from the original molds in 1993 and looks
quite a bit like the originals The paint is brighter and his
skin is much darker than the sets made in the 50’s but it
is pretty close. Stevens drilled out his hand to hold the larger
plastic flag pole.
Mold Mark: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.”
inside right boot. |
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 General George Armstrong Custer #814
This is a nice looking set. He carries a 48 star American Flag,
a sword and a military style silver pistol. His standard mount
is a cropped mane Palomino, but in later years he is reported
to have received the head down prancing Palomino. His saddle
is shared with Col. Mackenzie. Custer sets are a little harder
to find than Lee or Washington.
Mold Mark:
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left glove. |
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 General Lee #808
Lee was the first of the generals and is generally easy to find.
Most have a single strap on his left leg for the sword, but a
few do have two straps. Those also have a connecting bar between
his left arm and body. I don’t know why the mold was changed,
but I do believe this oddball one was first. He carries a sword
and Confederate flag.
Mold Marks
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back side of
the left glove. |
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 Stevens Plastics General Lee
This set was recast in 1993 from the original molds, however
Stevens used the Chubby style horse instead of the walking horse.
They also substitued a thicker plastic poled flag for the bamboo
ones which caused them to have to grind a small slot in the post
to fit in his right hand. The face and gloves colrs are quite
a bit darker than vintage sets. He also carries a sword and Confederate
flag.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back side of
the left glove. |
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 Sgt. Lance O’Rorke #804
O’Rorke was Hartland’s first mountie set. He carries
a single Mountie Pistol with a string lanyard to hand around
his neck. Some of the later O’Rorkes were identified and
labeled as Preston which can cause confusion with this set. He
can be found riding a Champ style horse or Chubby style. For
a short period, it might be possible to get him on a Walking
style horse, too.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left glove. |
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 Sgt. Preston #804
This set replaced the previous Canadian Mountie set and was modeled
after the TV character, Sgt. Frank Preston. This figure is larger
than the O’Rorke figure and has a larger hat. He also carries
the Mountie pistol with lanyard, plus his right hand is outstretched
to hold a Canadian Flag. The base of the bamboo flag sets in
a small cup on his right foot. Preston is one of the harder vintage
Hartlands to find.
Mold Mark
“©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back of the
left glove. |
 Tonto:
#805
There are two basic variations for this figure even though he
was molded from the same mold. Having said that, there is a minor
variation of this figure without the Hartland imprint in the
fringe. The first figure has a solid black belt, unpainted strings
on his shirt, and a brown headband.
Mold Marks
Tonto: None on occasions. Normally “Hartland Plastics Inc”
on the back of fringe on the left arm.
On Occasions: Rubber stamp “Lone Ranger, Inc 1954”
on the bottom of figure. |
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 Tonto: #805
The second variation has silver diamonds on the belt, a silver
line on the chest, silver headband and black strings on his shirt.
This is the most common version. Tontos were produced from 1954
through sometime in 1961 or 1962.
Tonto comes with a feather, brown or silver gun and a yellow
knife. |
 Tonto:
#805
Actually this one is the same as the one above but I included
it to show how much the color can vary in this figure. Some are
acutally quite glossy while others have a nice leathery matte
finish. The Tonto set is one of the easiest to find due to the
number of years the sets were produced and also the popularity
of the TV show. |
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 Cochise: #816
This colorful figure was produced for quite a few years and is
fairly easy to find. To my knowledge, there is not a second variation
of this rider. He usually carries an orangish carbine in his
right hand and has a silver or brown pistol in his holster.
Mold Mark
Cochise: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.” on the back
of the left sleeve. |
 Brave
Eagle : #812
This figure is one of the more difficult Indians to find. Typically,
the left braid is broken off. He holds a white bow in his left
hand and the rubber band string in the other. He has no arrows
or quiver. His knife is usually yellow, but quite a few white
ones show up. Some were shipped with a white
shield and a white carbine rifle. Most also shipped with
a feather and warbonnet. I am not aware of any mold or color
variations for this figure.
Mold Mark
Brave Eagle: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc” on the
back of the right leg. |
 Chief
Thunderbird: #813
This is one of the easier Hartland Indians to find, but completing
one with all the parts is fairly difficult. Thunderbird was Hartland’s
third 800 series figure mold following the Champ molds. A very
few of the first sets lacked the mold mark and many of those
have very dark skin. Thunderbird has a Warbonnet, yellow tomahawk,
yellow knive, yellow bow, and usually a black tipped spear. Some
may have shipped with a shield and white rifle.
Mold Marks
Thunderbird figure: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.”
on the back of the fringe on the right leg |
 Warpaint
Chief Thunderbird: #813
When Hartland switched the earlier Thunderbird figure to the
semi-rearing pinto, they added the warpaint on the figure’s
chest and changed his spear to red tipped. This is the hardest
of the vintage Indians to find.
Mold Marks
Thunderbird figure: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.”
on the back of the fringe on the right leg |
Missing: 1988 Stevens Plastics Chief Thunderbird set (styrene
plastic)
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 Stevens
Plastics Chief Thunderbird:
In 1994, Stevens/Hartland recreated the Chief Thunderbird set
again. The newer set seems to be made of acetate plastic. Sketchy
reports suggest there were only between 24 and 100 of the 1994
sets made. He carried a shield, tomahawk, lance, and knife but
lacked the bow.
Mold Marks
Thunderbird figure: “©Hartland Plastics, Inc.”
on the back of the fringe on the right leg |
 The
Jockey/Turf King #811
This set showed up in the 1956 brochure for one year and then
vanished. We can speculate that the Turf King and Jockey did
not fit into their Historical Western Horsemen theme. They aren’t
necessarily rare, so they must have sold quite a few of them.
They may have been sold for several years after leaving the standard
brochures, possibly in the same means as the Black Beauty sets
which are never seen in the brochures. He carries a very rare
crop in his right hand.
Mold Marks
“© Hartlands Plastics, Inc.” on the back of
right arm. |
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