Detail Shots

Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos:
CLOSE-UP DETAIL SHOTS

Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2008

I dusted off the old camera with the close-up lense and snapped a few photos of some of the distinctive markings and elements found on many Hartland pieces. The sculptors at Hartland did a fantastic job on these sets. According to Gail Fitch’s research, Alvar Buckstrand and Roger Williams sculpted all Hartland figurines and parts. Roger Williams’ name did show up on a couple of the horse boxes that I own, but I have never seen either name on any of the western set boxes or brochures.
Cheyenne	Crocket	Custer
Dillon	Rebel	Sgt. Rex O’Rorke
Maverick	Masterson	Cinch Strap
Hollister Gunbelt	Randall’s Holster	Roy Rogers Saddle
Washington Saddle	Washington	Washington
Buffalo Bill	Champ Cowboy	Custer Hat
Buffalo Bill Saddle	Lee Odd Variation	Gunfighter Arms
Paladin Holster	Paladin Hat	Let me know if you know of other especially nice detail elements that I have missed and I will try to add them in the future. I’m sure there are more!
Earp Hair Details—One on right is rare.
Hartland having a bad day?

Realizing these things are “just toys that sold for $2.98”, it is hard to be too critical of Hartland. Occasionally, they did seem to be a little sloppy as evident in this group of photos of Roy Rogers. It seems that most of the white fringe had some sort of red over spray and there is a fairly large blue over spray area on the back side above the belt. A collector purchased this piece as “mint” from a popular Internet auction site, only to find this set was not up to normal Hartland standards. He sent it to me to inspect and it does look like a factory paint job with the rest of the paint job in great shape. As a collector, this presents a dilemma of not having the piece you want, yet not wanting to “fix” the factory paint job. In this case, it is hard to blame the seller because it is a mint factory paint job.