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Payton mainly sold figures in header card bags. Payton may have been taken over by fellow Brooklyn, NY concern Winneco Industries in the 1970s. Winneco was formed in 1972 as a shell company to manage the take over of Palmer Plastics also located in Brooklyn. By the late 1970s Payton, Winneco & Palmer were all absorbed by H-G Toys.
The bagged set lower right is of 45mm western figures. The other seven bags are of the 4 inch scale figures.
- 142 RANCHLAND Header set (1962 date) with three/four inch figures; 3 Indians, 2 cowboys and 2 horses.
All of the Payton western 4 inch figures can stand or be riding a horse.
Photo courtesy Les Gardner shows large weapons sometimes included with the large Payton figures.
12.00 Large 4-5 inch wagon driver; 1 bronze.
Civil War & Cavalry Figures
These figures were sold both as American Civil War and western 7th Cavalry figures.
- NONE - #945 Civil War Soldiers, header card bag(worn), has 3 figures; blue with pistol, gray with flag & gray with knife and rifle.
5 inch GIs with spring shooting weapons.
Blister card photo courtesy Ed Borris, Loose figures photo courtesy Tom Sawyer.
- 6 Inch Reb for cannon set.
SMALL SIZE MOSTLY 45mm FIGURES
DINOSAURS
Payton made a set of twelve dinosaurs based/copied on those made by MPC which in turn had been based upon the Marx figures. The Payton examples are smaller than the MPC figures and several of the tails have a distinct curl when compare to the MPC dinosaurs. Above composite sprue picture has an incompletely molded T-Rex. Late issue overall quality of this mold is not very good. Some colors are very similar to MPC but others are easily recognized. Easiest way to differentiate these animals is that they do not have the name and length of the animal unlike MPC & Marx. Note Payton's T-Rex has a club foot compared to MPC.
WILD WEST
- 406 Western Buckboard, Like other companies Payton sold items through the Minnesota based TOY HOUSE wholesale concern who "play tested" the items.
Covered wagon, earlier style (we think) with 3-D horses.
Other companies may have used these two poses and we don't know who copied who. As we can't tell whose was whose we will list them all here.
Payton made copies of Marx and Stuart horses to use with their 45mm western figures. The Stuart copy is a bit big for the saddle and we suspect it was made for the Indians.
Sometimes the wagon sets used the harness pieces for the horses and sometimes they didn't.
458B Frontier Town, headercard set out of bag but complete with header card and bag.
- #130 MOST OF HEADER CARD GONE, 8 figures with horses, saddles and bridles.
- #130 HEADERCARD WATER DAMAGED DESTROYED & GONE, 8 figures with horses, saddles & bridles.
- #11 COWBOYS & INDIANS headercard 20-30 figures.
- #451 THE WEST, about 12-15 figures.
Teepee seems based upon the Britains Teepee and the "cabin" seems based upon the Marx Fort Apache blockhouse.
WWII & OTHER MILITARY
Payton either used the same moldmaker who reused master sculpts or they copied the Marx 45mm GIs. The Payton figures have much thicker bases and are in different shades of green than the Marx figures. Payton military vehicles sometimes come with decals (US and or German).
#2000 Soldier Set. Small boxed playset. Sold to me as complete, it arrived missing; the dog, bazooka, 3 tripod weapons, wheels for the two trucks (one of which was broken), and 3 soldiers. Plus it came one broken jeep and cannon. I added what I had on hand and it now is missing only; water cooled MG, bazooka (which I may have), one cannon and one set of truck wheels.
- Reissue 48588 Four AA tanks, Made by Victory Buy.
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- GI, hollow blow molded, 5 inches tall.
2.00 GI, hollow blow molded for use as a paratrooper, Payton copy?
- #117 PLANES SOLDIERS, 5 planes, 5 soldiers with accessories.
Copies of PECOs GI, Maybe 60-70mm in soft plastic, We have seen these in; blue, white, tan, green, metallic blue and bronze.
CIVILIAN FIGURES AND ITEMS
Bagged train/plane set.
Train connectors all broken, wheels MISSING.
- #210 MERRY-GO-ROUND, plastic merry go round.
PAYTON FARM ITEMS
Some of the above animals have been previously misidentifed (Geppert Guide)as being made by MPC. Certainly some of the poses seem to be MPC knockoffs.
No.6 Farm Animals, one staple removed to get animals out to make above picture. About 10 animals.
SPACE & FANTASY FIGURES
- Payton also copied the MPC astronauts. They are smaller than MPC and of course do not have the MPC logo under their bases.
PAYTON No.4 Space Heroes, About 20 MPC copy figures in assorted colors.