TOY SOLDIER HQ INC

AUBURN TOY SOLDIERS, FIGURES AND ITEMS FOR SALE

YOUR PLASTIC ARMY HEADQUARTERS

TOY SOLDIER HQ INC - WEB SITES

TOY SOLDIER HQ INC - MAIN PAGE


TOY SOLDIER HQ INC - MAIN SALES PAGE


TOY SOLDIER HQ INC - USA 1/32 SALES PAGE


TOY SOLDIER HQ INC - HOW TO ORDER


AUBURN

The Auburn Rubber company's primary product line was making rubber soles for shoes. In the 1930s they started making toys including, balls, vehicles and figures out of rubber. WWII stopped toy production due to raw material rationing. After the war was over Auburn purchased new plastic injection machines and began making some highly detailed figures out of rubber like vinyl. Like other toy figure makers of the 1950s & 60s Auburn packed their items in a wide array of styles including; small cellophane bags, small boxes, header card bags and boxed playsets designed to be able to sell to any budget. In late 1959 Auburn sold their entire toy line including all of the tooling people connected to the Chicago Mob who moved operations to Demming New Mexico. The later (Deming, New Mexico)header card sets as seen above used a generic card with the item number and set type stamped on the front. About the time of the the move to New Mexico toys began to be made from polyethylene soft plastic rater than rubber like vinyl. Due to the changing toy market the Deming operation went out of business in 1969.

Factory bagged items for sale

SORRY SOLD - 142 Cowboys & Indians header card set with 10 figures in soft plastic.

SORRY SOLD - 122 Small box with one Indian and one pioneer in vinyl.

SOLD - 708 Jack Knife in cellophane bag, vinyl.

SOLD - Small cellophane bag with; pioneer shooting rifle, doe head down and raccoon, vinyl.

SOLD - Small cellophane bag with; pioneer chopping wood, fox and running rabbit.

SORRY SOLD - Small cellophane bag with; Indian drawing arrow and buffalo.

5.00 original header card for 98 cent bag + very worn bag, NO FIGURES.

2.00 Ball peen hammer head, rubber like vinyl.

Auburn made a nice Noah's Ark with; Noah, his wife and an assortment of wild and forest animals.

Noah's Ark.

NONE - Noah; NONE.

NONE - Noah's wife; NONE.

Examples of Wild Animals

Where to put all of the wild animals is a question. The Geppert Guide may not be right. The Noah's Ark/ Jungle animals were made in; blue, white, red and yellow, but the "Forrest Animals" were also made in red, white and yellow so who knows.

Wild Animals

Rubber ( or rubber like vinyl) unless noted SP for Soft Plastic.

2.50 Dove/pigeon; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 2 yellow, 3 red, SP; NONE.

3.00 Elephant; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; 1 yellow.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 black, 3 blue, 2 white with one tusk, (1.00 SPLIT IN BASE; VINYL; 1 blue).

2.50 Mountain goat (AOUDAD); NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 dirty dark blue, 1 yellow, SP; 4 yellow.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 5 blue, 4 white, SP; NONE.

3.00 Camel; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 2 dark blue, SP; 3 yellow.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 blue, 1 black, 8 white, SP; NONE.

3.00 Donkey (Zebra?); NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 3 white, 1 black, 1 blue, SP; NONE.

2.50 Wildebeast; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

2.50 Wild Boar; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 7 yellow, SP; NONE.

3.00 Crocodile; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

2.50 Lion; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; 1 yellow, 1 blue.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 white with faint x marking, SP; NONE.

2.50 Walking monkey; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 2 dark blue, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 3 black, 4 red, 4 yellow.

2.50 Sitting Monkey; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 3 dark blue, 1 dirty lighter blue, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING;VINYL; 1 red, 2 yellow.

2.50 Cougar; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 blue, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 5 yellow, SP; NONE.

2.50 Falcon; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 blue with a bit of paint, 1 dark blue, SP; 1 yellow.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; 3 red, SP; NONE.

2.50 Coyote; NO USA MARKING; VINYL; 1 NONE, SP; NONE.

HAS USA MARKING; VINYL; NONE, SP; NONE.

The Auburn Frontier

Cabins and wagons

NO CABINS IN STOCK

NONE - Wagon with driver and dog on seat, rear opens.

25.00 Wagon with dog on seat, rear opens, vinyl + SP wheels and hitch + 2 horses (your choice of vinyl or SP).

NONE - Wagon no dog, closed rear, vinyl + SP wheels & hitch + 2 horses.

NONE Rubber wagon, hitch & 2 horses.

3.00 Farm/Wagon horse, rubber, dirty tan.(14)

FARM ITEMS

Auburn made hard rubber animals from the late 1940s through the early 1950s. They then switched to the more well known rubber like vinyl animals. When found today these early animals often have warped bases, stress cracks and/or chunks missing.

Early hard rubber animals

8.00 Wagon Horse; 1 tan (pictured), 1 black with white mane, tail & socks.

8.00 Cow. NONE

3.00 Taller calf. (1)

3.00 Sheep. (1)

3.00 Pig, legs on right side far apart. (5)

3.00 Pig, legs on right side closer. (3)

2.00 Piglet. (2)

2.00 Dog, NONE IN STOCK.

2.00 Turkey. (1) (1.00 part of base missing (stands ok).

NONE - Large Farm Set

8.00 silo 3 pieces red with yellow top (glued on), HP.

5.00 Barn wall, silo end, red HP, has all tabs.

5.00 Barn wall, non silo end, red HP, has all tabs, no sliding door.

5.00 Barn front wall, red, HP.

FLAT BOX STYLE OF PACKAGING

NONE - 20 Piece flat box, missing window cellophane.

The above photo shows how Auburn animals were also packaged and sold. The Happi-Time logo seems to have been a SEARS catalog designation and Marx farm items sold by Sears also used the name. The later 50s/60s soft plastic under scale barn was sold containing maybe 20 of the medium and small farm animals. The bottom swings down for access, and their is a window in the roof.

20.00 Barn, SP, complete, with a mix of 20 animals.

8.00 Barn, SP, red one bottom hinge broken.

5.00 Barn, SP MISSING bottom.

12.00 Barn, SP MISSING window with a mix of 20 animals.

NONE Cow Stall, black SP. (NONE)

20.00 Tool shed, red, SP. (NONE IN STOCK)

12.00 Chicken Coop, yellow SP. (NONE)

Auburn farm Implements were first made of rubber like vinyl and then in soft plastic.

NONE - Tractor scoop & plow, vinyl.

8.00 Wagon, yellow SP.

NONE Manure spreader.

5.00 Disc, yellow and red SP, NO TRACTOR ATTACHMENT PEG.

NONE Hay Mower.

NONE Plow.

Later Auburn Tractors

10.00 Man with brim hat Tractor, vinyl; NONE IN STOCK.

Auburn Farmers and Settlers

3.00 EACH Farmers, rubber like vinyl unless noted SP = soft plastic;

Farm woman w/ basket of potatoes; 10 yellow.

Farmer in overalls and brim hat; 5 blue, 19 yellow, 1 blue no base style, 1 white no base style.

Settlers were sold with the pioneers and Indian figures and will be listed with them.

Farm Animals

-

NONE - Small header card bag seen on left above. Deming New Mexico production. Has four vinyl animals.

NONE - Larger header card bag seen on right above. Also Deming New Mexico production. Has three soft plastic animals + vinyl cow and horse. Horse not seen often in white.

Tim Geppert in his seminal plastic figure guide breaks the farm animals into two groups. However upon close inspection there appear to have been 3 or even 4 groups of these animals made. The first group has flat unmarked oval/rectangle bases and you can see mold ejector pin markings on one side of the animal from when the figure was popped out of the mold. Perhaps to get rid of these ejector marks the animals were redone and the ejector pins were relocated to push the animals out from under the base leaving one or two "dimple" marks. Then finally, perhaps to conserve material, animals were made with small irregular bases (also with the ejector dimples under the base). Some animals have "MADE IN USA" inside one of the dimples. The following pictures show animals by type and we undoubtedly are missing some variations. Usually found in rubber like vinyl, but later examples were made in soft plastic.

WHITE VINYL ANIMALS AND FIGURES SEEM TO PICK UP DIRT AND SO MAY NEED TO BE CLEANED

Animals will be rubber like vinyl unless noted SP for soft plastic polyethylene

Earlier horses have a bit of factory applied black paint to the top of their backs.

3.00 Horse; 22 tans/burnt oranges vinyl, 5 tan SP, 2 white SP.

1.50 Larger Pony; 2 dimples, USA; 9 burnt orange.

1.50 Smaller pony irregular base with dimples; 5 white.

1.50 Colt flat base; 6 burnt orange, 2 white.

1.50 Colt dimple base; 10 reddish, 20 burnt orange, 10 white, 3 blue.

1.00 Colt irregular base; 5 white, 2 white SP, 2 tan SP.

Earlier cows have a bit of factory applied black paint to the top of their backs.

7.00 Cow; 7 white.

1.50 Calf flat base; 10 burnt orange, 5 white.

1.50 Calf 2 dimples; 12 burnt orange, 14 reddish, 9 white, 4 blue, 2 tan SP.

1.50 Calf with irregular base; 4 white, 1 white SP, 3 tan SP.

1.50 Male Goat USA dimple; blue, 11 burnt orange.

1.50 Male Goat dimples; 7 white, 1 blue, 1 white SP, 4 tan SP.

1.50 Female Goat USA dimples; 7 burnt orange, 2 blue.

1.50 Female goat dimples; 1 blue, 2 white SP, 5 tan SP.

1.50 Sheep flat base; 6 burnt orange, 2 white.

1.50 Sheep dimple base; 15 burnt orange, 8 white, 6 yellow, 4 dark red SP.

1.50 Later pose sheep irregular base; 3 white, 2 white SP, 5 tan SP.

1.00 Lamb USA dimple; NONE.

1.00 Lamb dimples; NONE.

src="/biz/toysoldierhq/zaubfarman3.jpg">

1.50 Pig flat base; 4 burnt orange, 2 white.

1.50 Pig dimple base; 14 white, 13 burnt orange, 1 yellow, 2 dark red SP, 1 white SP.

1.50 Pig Irregular base; 9 white, 3 white SP, 4 tan SP.

1.50 Piglet flat base; 5 redbrown/orange, 9 white, 1 brown.

1.50 Piglet dimple USA base; 3 brown.

1.50 Piglet (not pictured), 2 dimple base; 1 burnt orange, 2 white.

1.00 Piglet irregular base; 6 tan SP.

3.00 Collie dog USA dimple; 9 burnt orange.

3.00 Collie dog dimples; 8 white rubber, 2 white SP, 4 tan SP.

3.00 Puppy; 6 brown rubber, 1 white rubber, 2 white SP, 2 tan SP.

3.00 Kitten; NONE.

2.00 Turkey flat base; 1 burnt orange, 2 white>

2.00 Turkey 2 dimple base; NONE.

2.00 Turkey USA 2 dimple base; 10 brown.

1.50 Later pose turkey (Guinea hen)dimple base; 2 tan SP, 1 white SP.

1.50 Later pose turkey USA dimple base; 1 white.

1.00 Duck flat base; 19 burnt orange, 10 white.

1.00 Duck dimple base; 18 white rubber, 12 tan SP, 9 white SP.

1.00 Duck 2 dimple base (not pictured); 6 white, 4 burnt orange.

1.00 Duck 2 dimple USA base (not pictured); 12 browns.

1.00 Chicken flat base; 8 white, 3 burnt orange.

1.00 Chicken single dimple base; 7 white rubber, 8 white SP, 12 tan SP.

1.00 Chicken 2 dimple base; NONE.

1.00 Chicken USA dimple base; 1 white.

1.00 Rooster flat base; 3 burnt orange, 2 brown, 1 white.

1.00 Rooster single dimple base; 4 white, 6 white SP, 2 tan SP.

1.00 Rooster two dimple base; 2 burnt orange.

1.00 Rooster USA dimple base; 8 brown.

1.00 Goose; single dimple base; 3 white, 3 white SP, 4 tan SP.

1.00 Goose USA dimple base; 8 white.

NONE - 14 bright yellow farm animals in 14 poses. If these don't glow in the dark they should.

Group picture courtesy Rick Koch.

NONE IN STOCK

FRONTIER FIGURES

Auburn made their frontier figures in two molds. One mold made 12 figures on foot including the; four pioneers, two settlers and six Indians with the pose holding hatchet and knife made in duplicate. The other mold made the two mounted figures and two horses.

One mold shot of six had one of each of the coonskin cap foot figures + the woman settler with bag and man settler with ax.

5.00 Pioneer Standing shooting, RUBBER; 6 yellow, 9 red, 2 pale red, 1 dirty red.

3.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE, (1.00 SHORT RIFLE; 1 red SP).

5.00 Pioneer kneeling shooting, RUBBER; 10 reds, 5 yellow,

3.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

6.00 Pioneer walking with rifle; RUBBER; 2 red, (2.00 NO RIFLE BUTT STOCK; 2 red, or SPLIT BASE; 1 red),

5.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

5.00 Pioneer clubbing w/ rifle, rubber; 12 reds, 2 yellow,

5.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

4.00 Settler with ax, RUBBER; 8 yellow, 8 reds,

4.00 SOFT PLASTIC;; 1 yellow, 2 neon yellow.

5.00 Woman settler with bag, RUBBER; 6 yellow, 5 red, 1 dirty red,

5.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

Mounted Frontier Figures

15.00 Mounted pioneer with horse, rubber like vinyl; 1 red with red horse.

8.00 Mounted pioneer, NO HORSE, rubber like vinyl; 2 red.

15.00 Mounted Indian with horse, rubber like vinyl; 1 tan with tan horse.

8.00 Mounted Indian, NO horse, rubber like vinyl; 2 tan.

10.00 Horse, with saddle, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

6.00 Horse, SP, with saddle; NONE.

10.00 Horse with blanket, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

6.00 Horse, SP, with blanket; NONE.

Indians

Indians made in red soft plastic were sold with cowboys in header bags. One mold shot of six foot Indians had 2 of the pose with tomahawk and knife and one of each of the other four poses.

6.00 Indian w/bow drawing arrow, RUBBER; 1 red

4.00 SOFT PLASTIC; 1 red.

6.00 Indian shooting bow, RUBBER; NONE, (2.00 SPLIT STRING; 1 red)

4.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE, ($2.00 bow splits;2 red SP).

5.00 Indian in Mohawk running w/ tomahawk, RUBBER; 4 red, 3 yellow.

5.00 SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

4.00 Indian w/ knife and tomahawk, RUBBER; 11 reds, 3 redbrown, 8 yellow,

3.00 SOFT PLASTIC; 8 reds, 1 pinkflesh MISSING KNIFE.

5.00 Indian Chief throwing spear, RUBBER; 3 red, 2 redbrown, 6 yellow,

5.00 SOFT PLASTIC; 7 reds, 3 neon red.

Forest Animals

WHITE ANIMALS SEEM TO PICK UP DIRT OVER THE YEARS AND MAY NEED CLEANING

These animals were included in boxed and bagged western/frontier sets as well as sold in boxes (as seen above) and header card bags.

NONE - No.301 North American Animals, boxed set.

2.50 AB30A Bear sitting eating fish; Rubber; 7 brown/redbrowns, 4 yellow, 7 white, SP; 2 red.

2.50 AB30B Bear sitting; Rubber; 1 brown/redbrowns, 1 red, 3 yellow, 5 white (1.00 white with paint, 2), SP; 1 red, 2 redbrown, 1 blue with head cuts.

2.50 AB30C Bear walking; Rubber; 2 black, 7 yellow, 9 white, 15 brown/redbrowns, 7 red, SP; 2 reds, 1 red brown, 1 blue.

2.50 AB30D Bear walking paw out; Rubber; 13 white, 1 yellow, 3 brown/redbrowns, SP; NONE.

3.00 AB30E Buffalo; Rubber; 2 brown/redbrowns, 4 white (dirty), SP; 1 blue.

2.00 AB30F Stag; Rubber; 1 brown/redbrowns, 5 yellow, 1 white, 1 reddish, SP; 1 red, (1.00 NO ANTLERS; 1 white).

2.50 AB30G Doe head down; Rubber; 5 yellow, 5 white, 1 white with paint, 3 red, 7 brown/redbrowns, SP: 1 blue.

2.50 AB30H Doe running; Rubber; 17 brown/redbrowns, 5 yellow, 10 white, SP: 6 reds.

2.50 AB30I Doe standing; Rubber; 8 brown/redbrowns, 2 white, 4 yellow, SP: 6 reds, 1 redbrown.

2.50 AB30J Fox, right paw out; Rubber; 12 brown/redbrowns, 10 white, 6 yellow, 2 red, (1.00 1 painted red) SP; 2 reds, 1 redbrown.

2.50 AB30K Coyote; SEE JUNGLE ANIMALS FOR AVAILABILITY.

2.50 AB30L Skunk; Rubber; 5 yellow, 7 white, 13 brown/redbrowns, (1.00 with paint; 1 redbrown), SP: 1 blue, 3 reds.

3.00 AB30M Rabbit running; Rubber; 12 brown/redbrowns, 4 red, 17 white, 9 yellow, 3 black, SP; 2 blue, 8 reds.

4.00 AB30N Rabbit sitting; Rubber; 2 brown, 1 redbrown, SP; 1 reds.

2.50 AB30O Raccoon; Rubber; 4 yellow, 18 white, 1 light brown, 15 brown/redbrowns, 1 white, SP; 3 reds, 1 redbrown.

2.50 AB30P Beaver; Rubber; 1 brown.

3.00 AB30Q Squirrel; Rubber; 5 browns/redbrown, 4 white, SP; 3 reds.

Cowboys

Earliest cowboys were made in tan and rust rubber like vinyl. After the move to Deming New Mexico they switched to tan soft plastic and even a few in yellow.

6.00 AB14 Mounted waving hat, rubber like vinyl; NONE

4.00 AB14 Mounted waving hat, SP; NONE.

5.00 AB15 Mounted with rope, SP; NONE.

6.00 AB16 Mounted with pistol, coat tail up, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

4.00 AB16 Mounted with pistol, coat tail up, SP; NONE.

6.00 AB17 Mounted Mexican Cowboy with pistol, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

4.00 AB17 Mounted Mexican Cowboy with pistol, butterscotch, SP. (NONE)

3.00 AB18 Kneeling with branding iron, SP; 1 tan.

5.00 AB18 Kneeling with branding iron, rubber LIKE VINYL; NONE.

5.00 AB19 Cowboy standing with rope, rubber like vinyl; NONE, (2.00 SPLIT IN ROPE BETWEEN RIGHT HAND AND BODY; 4).

3.00 AB19 Cowboy standing w/ rope, SP; 11 butterscotch, 3 tan, 1 yellow. (2.00 SPLIT IN ROPE; 3 SP Butterscotch).

5.00 AB20 Cook ringing dinner bell, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

3.00 AB20 Cook ringing dinner bell, SP; 2 tan, 2 yellow, 6 butterscotch.

5.00 AB21 Singing and playing the guitar, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

3.00 AB21 Singing and playing the guitar, SP; NONE.

5.00 AB22 Walking, has ring hand, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

3.00 AB22 Walking, has ring hand, SP; NONE.

5.00 AB23 Sheriff with two pistols, rubber like vinyl; NONE.

3.00 AB23 Sheriff with two pistols, SP; NONE.

5.00 AB24 Bandit drawing pistol, rubber like vinyl; 1 tan/rust.

3.00 AB24 Bandit drawing pistol, SP; 3 butterscotch, 1 tan.

5.00 AB25 Kneeling with ring hand (to hold frying pan not included), tan/rust rubber like vinyl. (NONE)

3.00 AB25 Kneeling with ring hand (to hold frying pan not included), SP; 5 butterscotch.

5.00 AB26 Sitting with cup, rust rubber like vinyl. (NONE)

3.00 AB26 Sitting with cup, SP; 1 yellow, 4 butterscotch, 1 tan.

5.00 AB27 Bulldogging separate steer (see Steer AB27D)rubber; NONE

3.00 AB27 Bulldogging separate steer (see Steer AB27D), SP; 3 butterscotch.

RUBBER $6.OO EACH, SOFT PLASTIC $5.00 EACH

AB27A Steer with tail on back; 1 red SP.

AB27B Steer standing tail out; NONE.

AB27C Steer head to left; NONE.

AB27D Steer being "bull dogged"; NONE.

AB27E Calf with tail up; NONE.

AB27F Calf roped lying on side; NONE.

Accessories were made in green and red.

Soft plastic unless noted - rub = rubber like vinyl.

5.00 Chuck wagon cabinet; NONE.

5.00 Stove; NONE.

3.00 Fire with branding irons; NONE.

3.00 Small pot over fire; NONE.

3.00 Bedroll; 3 red, 2 green.

3.00 Flour sack; NONE

3.00 Pail; NONE.

3.00 Sack tied at the top; 1 green.

3.00 Canteen; 1 green.

3.00 Coffee pot; NONE.

3.00 3 leg cooking pot; NONE.

3.00 Open bag of beans; NONE.

3.00 Anvil; 1 NONE.

3.00 Frying pan; NONE.

3.00 Wash basin; 1 red.

3.00 Coil of rope; NONE.

3.00 Open bag of potatoes; NONE.

3.00 Lantern; NONE.

3.00 Barrel; NONE.

3.00 Saddle; NONE.

3.00 Branding iron "A"; NONE.

1.00 "Wooden" fence; NONE.

7.00 Large Cactus with two arms, green, rubber. (NONE)

5.00 Large Cactus with two arms, green, SP. (NONE)

7.00 Large cactus with four arms, green, rubber.(NONE)

5.00 Large cactus with four arms, green, SP. (NONE).

3.00 Small short cactus, green SP, style A . (NONE)

3.00 Small short cactus green SP, style B. (NONE)

Military Items

GIs 4.00 EACH RUBBER LIKE VINYL 2.00 EACH SOFT PLASTIC

AB28 In cap rifle x waist; 1 bright green.

AB29 In helmet walking rifle x chest; 5 green rubber, 1 army greens SP.

AB30 Bayoneting downward; 4 green rubber, 4 army green SP, (2.00 No bayonet; 2 dark green rubber, 1 green SP).

AB31 About to throw grenade; 5 green rubber, 1 bright green rubber, 1 bright green SP, 12 army greens SP.

1 AB32 Standing rifle rifle pointed up x chest; NONE.

AB33 Rifle in right hand, pointing with left hand; 2 green rubber, 1.00 NO FINGER; 1 SP, 2 green rubber).

AB34 Smoking a cigarette; NONE.

AB35 Walking, slung rifle, helmet in hand; 2 green rubber, 10 army greens SP.

AB36 In helmet, walking rifle x waist; 3 green rubber.

AB37 Standing holding scoped rifle; 2 green rubber, 3 army greens SP (3.00 NO AMMO CLIP ON RIFLE; 5 green rubber).

AB38 Shooting rifle; 1 green rubber, (1.00 short rifle tip; 1 SP, 1 green rubber).

AB39 Kneeling firing bazooka; NONE.

AB40 Crawling with rifle; 5 green rubber, 7 bright green rubber, 8 army greens SP.

7.00 AB41 In cap, walking with rifle sling up; NONE, (SPLIT SLING OR NO SLING; 2.00 1 green rubber, 1 bright green rubber, 8 army greens SP).

AB42 Shooting "grease gun" x waist; NONE.

AB43 Squatting arm holding paper out; 1 bright green rubber, 2 army greens SP.

Example of Auburn Packaging

Rare set with the hard to find towed units in odd colors. Photo courtesy Alex Zalkin.

Early Jeep/Cannon sets were all one piece and you were supposed to cut the pieces apart. Later issue sets were made as two piece sets with towing hitches.

RUBBER = RUBBER LIKE VINYL

9.00 Tank; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; 1 dark green, 2 forest green, SOFT PLASTIC; 6 army greens.

9.00 2 1/2 ton Truck, RUBBER LIKE VINYL; 1 dark green, 1 forest green, SOFT PLASTIC; 4 army greens.

9.00 Halftrack; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; 2 lighter green, 1 very rubbery army green, SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

Jeep and cannon sets were first made as one piece with instructions to cut them apart. Later versions had a jeep with "female" hitch and a cannon with "male" connector.

NONE 1st Version Jeep & cannon.

5.00 Jeep, 1st version, NO HITCH STYLE, may be dirty; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; 3 forest green, 2 darker green, 1 light green, SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

8.00 2nd Version Jeep & cannon; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; NONE, SOFT PLASTIC; 1 army green.

5.00 Jeep, 2nd version, WITH HITCH STYLE; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; NONE, SOFT PLASTIC; 1 army green.

3.00 Cannon 1st version, no peg; RUBBER LIKE VINYL; 1 light green, i forest green, SOFT PLASTIC; NONE.

3.00 Cannon, 2nd version, WITH PEG STYLE; RUBBERLIKE VINYL;; NONE, SOFT PLASTIC; 2 army green.

MODERN CIVILIAN FIGURES

- NONE - #875 24 Piece Figure Assortment. Vinyl.

Civilian Workers, rubber (= rubber like vinyl) unless noted - SP = Polyethylene Soft Plastic.

The rubber like vinyl figures can often be dirty and need a good cleaning.

Vinyl was used into the early 1960s and then was replaced by polyethylene soft plastic. In the late 1960s a few new odd colors were used and some of the molds were run in Mexico later in odd colors.

3.00 AB56 Policeman walking w/ nightstick; NONE.

3.00 AB57 Policeman walking swinging arms; 2 white vinyl, 4 blue vinyl, 2 blue SP.

3.00 AB58 Policeman blowing whistle; 6 white rubber, 5 light blue rubber.

3.00 AB52 Fireman, rubber, walking swinging arms with base unless noted; 1 white rubber, 2 white rubber no base, 1 white SP no base, 1 darker blue rubber, 9 lighter blue rubber, 1 lighter blue S.

3.00 AB53 Fireman with hose, boots up with base unless noted; 1 white rubber, 1 white rub no base style, 6 lighter blue rubber, 3 darker blue SP, 4 yellow SP.

8.00 AB54 Fireman with hose, boots down; NONE.

- Fire Hydrant.(NONE)

4.00 AB44 Gas Station attendant with oil can; NONE, (1.00 MISSING CAN SPOUT; 1 orange vinyl).

2.00 AB44 Gas station attendant with oil can. polyethylene SP; 1 brown, 2 blue.

4.00 AB45 Construction Linesman, hands on hips; NONE.

2.00 AB45 Construction lineman polyethylene soft plastic; 1 yellow.

4.00 AB46 Construction worker digging, vinyl; NONE

2.00 AB46 Construction worker digging polyethylene SP; 1 blue, 1 brown, 4 green.

4.00 AB47 Gas Station attendant? kneeling with wrench; 1 orange rubber like vinyl.

2.00 AB47 Gas Station attendant? kneeling with wrench, polyethylene soft plastic; 1 brown, 1 green.

4.00 AB59 Train man kneeling with oil can; 1 blue rubber, (2.00 NO SPOUT ON CAN; 1 red, 1 blue).

4.00 AB60 Train Conductor looking at stopwatch; NONE.

4.00 AB61 Train engineer, left hand up, holding lantern in right hand; 1 white rubber.

5.00 Seated equipment operator driver; 1 yellow SP no foot peg.

- NONE - Fork Lift.

- 25.00 TOY SHOP remnant seller header bag, 4 diggers + tools.

- NONE Police car, SP, One set of wheels wrong.

NONE - Motorcycle cop, blue with yellow wheels.

- Auburn wholesaled construction figures in green to Buddy L.

6.00 Putting in light bulb; NONE.

6.00 Using Jack Hammer; NONE.

6.00 Swinging pick; NONE.

NONE - Locomotive.

NONE - Truck.

Examples of Auburn Suburban Set Kids

The early figures were made of pink rubber like vinyl while later figures were made of red soft plastic as seen above.

6.00 EACH Pink rubber like vinyl, 4.00 EACH red soft plastic, Suburban set kids.

Girl walking like a mummy; NONE.

Girl sitting waving; NONE.

Girl sitting arms out; NONE.

Boy sitting legs crossed; NONE.

Boy sitting legs apart; NONE.

Boy sitting, hands behind head; 1 pink vinyl.

Marx may have made many Disney items but Auburn also got in the game.

NONE IN STOCK

Email: sprecherko@aol.com