Ike, Pete & Kid

Alkali Ike, Cactus Pete, & Comanche Kid

Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2009

600 Series Mid-Sized Horse and Riders
This group of three sets was produced in the early sixties and into the mid-sixties. They are suprisingly hard to find, especially combined correctly and in nice shape. Since the saddle is molded onto the horse and the hat and rope is molded onto the figure, there are no small accessories for these sets. In the later years, Hartland sold the horses and riders unpainted in numerous colors.

Alkali Ike: #611
Of the group of three 600 series horse and rider sets, this one is the most common, probably because he was also shipped with the Silver Canyon Roundup sets shown below.

Cactus Pete: #612
This one might be the hardest of the group, but it is really hard to say. His saddle is painted the same ochre color as his shirt. Many people seem to confuse his horse with the generic and more plain horse shown below.

Comanche Kid: #613
Comanche Kid has the blue shirt and rides the coffee dun colored horse with the black points. He’s harder to find than Ike.

The hats & ropes are molded onto the figures and the saddles were molded onto the horses. Hartland also sold stand alone horses in this mold but did not have as much airbrush detailing. White ones with black points show up all the time.

Additionally set #900 was sold with a “Cowpoke” and a Quarterhorse Family consisting of a Stallion, Mare, and Foal for $4.98. This set was called “Silver Canyon Round-Up”. Cactus Pete seems to have been used in that set and he also seem to be the most common of the group. The assignment of #900 is interesting because they used that number early in the 50’s for their large champ line.

This box shows how Hartland shipped most of these sets. I don’t have any of the other boxes but I have to assume they are the same with just the name in the panel switched.

I am not aware of any sort of hang tag for the mid-sized sets.

(Thanks to Howard for the use of the photo!)

In later brochures, Hartland sold the same horses used on the figures above as individual horses but the additional airbrush detailing on the horses is missing. You’ll see these horses mistakenly combined with Pete, Ike, and Kid but there is a difference. For example, note the black stockings here and the white stockings on the Palomino with Cactus Pete above.


Brown with black	White with black

Palomino with black	Palomino with brown

Buckskin with brown	Buckskin with black

Caramel with brown	I purchased this horse thinking it was a coffee dun version of the Wrangler horse. As it turned out, this is one of the reddish brown horses that has faded badly. You can see the remnants of the reddish brown color near the stockings in my photo here, but I couldn't see it in the auction photo. If you see a similar one, don't get fooled like me!
	All white

All black	All brown

Unpainted horse and rider	Unpainted horse and rider
	For a while in the later years, Hartland also sold the 600 series horses and riders unpainted. I've never seen one, but it wouldn't surprise me to find an unpainted palomino colored horse, along with an unpainted buckskin horse similar to the unpainted ones above.

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