1955 Robert Gould-like figures

[polakoff]

Hey everyone, I picked up a small lot locally of baseball figures. Two of them, Ray Boone and Ted Kliszewski, are 1955 Robert Goulds. The others are similar size, shape, and weight, but they are of generic players so clearly not from the same set. While I’ve seen some generic issues as “cake toppers“ and the like over the years, I’ve never seen any quite this detail, as each one has wrinkles in the jerseys and unique jersey numbers on the backs. Does anyone have any idea where they might be from?

Also worth noting that a few of them were broken and then glued back together -- I don't think I'd expect that for just generic cheap five and dime-type figures, though maybe I'm wrong!






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[ocjack]

Have you checked the 1955 Dairy Queen / Tasty Freeze statues?

[whiteymet]

in 1963 Post Cereal included these in boxes of Rice Krinkles cereal. You can see a box front advertising them and a photo of the group of toys at the bottom of this page:

https://postcerealbaseballcardmuseum...m/boxes_2.html

[ooo-ribay]

Fred comes through again!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ocjack

Have you checked the 1955 Dairy Queen / Tasty Freeze statues?

These are not those. Funny story though - I stopped into an antique store once and found about a dozen Tastee-Freeze baseball player statues including an intact and a broken bat Mantle. They were in a box marked cake toppers and were 25 cents each.

I couldn't pay for them fast enough.

[polakoff]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

in 1963 Post Cereal included these in boxes of Rice Krinkles cereal. You can see a box front advertising them and a photo of the group of toys at the bottom of this page:

https://postcerealbaseballcardmuseum...m/boxes_2.html

Although I shouldn't be at this point, I'm always surprised by how much knowledge is contained by this board's members. Thank you!

I can't find much other info on them. Are they desirable in any way given their generic appearance?

[Hankphenom]

I have a group of six painted generic little plastic players, similar but none the same as pictured so far in this thread. I got them for nothing, which is what they're worth, I'm sure, and have no idea about their source or whether they were issued with paint or someone did that later. What I do know is that I absolutely love them and would be looking to add to the collection if I was still searching eBay or going to shows. Every kid my age had at least a company's worth of similar dark green soldiers with which we played endless war games, including sending some in parachutes up with the little plastic Nike missiles we had, and I'm sure there are still some stuck in the oak trees in our battlefields of the back yards. Love my little ballplayers!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

I have a group of six painted generic little plastic players, similar but none the same as pictured so far in this thread…..

Funny that you mentioned painted figures. Did you know that the Tastee-Freez figures were meant to be painted by kids as part of a contest? I’ve actually tried to contact the latest TF corporate version and haven’t been able to get a list of contest winners from them or any pics.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Funny that you mentioned painted figures. Did you know that the Tastee-Freez figures were meant to be painted by kids as part of a contest? I’ve actually tried to contact the latest TF corporate version and haven’t been able to get a list of contest winners from them or any pics.

Loved TF! I don't think mine are those, either, doubt if they were painted by kids, and the base looks different. Possible, though. I would call you quite the optimist for thinking they would have those records going back at least 60 years, but who knows? They might still have some of the figures in the back of shelves in a old warehouse somewhere!

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Loved TF! I don't think mine are those, either, doubt if they were painted by kids, and the base looks different. Possible, though. I would call you quite the optimist for thinking they would have those records going back at least 60 years, but who knows? They might still have some of the figures in the back of shelves in a old warehouse somewhere!

I can only think of Transogram, but I am sure you ruled that out. I would love to see a picture Hank, they sound cool.

I love to see new stuff, I have not seen the Post premium players before.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I can only think of Transogram, but I am sure you ruled that out. I would love to see a picture Hank, they sound cool. I love to see new stuff, I have not seen the Post premium players before.

Here they are, Justin, nothing special but I love my little guys!

[Butch7999]

polakoff's seven "non-Gould" player-figures are from Baseball Players, "unbreakable" set No. 110
made by Lido Plastics probably in the 1960s.

bbfigplayBaseballPlayersLido60s.jpg

bbfigplayBaseballPlayersLido60sp.jpg

Hank's player-figures are an unnamed set made by Ajax Plastics in the late 1940s or 1950s.

bbfigplay04AjaxPlasticCorp6a.jpg

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Hank's player-figures are an unnamed set made by Ajax Plastics in the late 1940s or 1950s.

Great info, Butch. Thanks!

[perezfan]

I love the little Ajax Plastics set... the figure 3rd from the left looks just like a mini version of the Spalding Baseman Trophy.

Great info Butch!