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1950's Plasticville U.S.A. Police Department

  Lot # 023
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Very Good for age but does show signs of use
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Approx. 3 3/4" x 6 3/4" x 5"
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Lot # 023
System ID # 2753372
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1950's Plasticville, USA Police Dep't Kit PD-3 with original 2nd Box.

Bachmann Bros. started in 1833 in Philadelphia. They unveiled their original16-piece fence and gate set in an advertisement for Monsanto plastics published in the November 23, 1946, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. which came in nondescript packaging. In 1950, executives selected the name "Plasticville, U.S.A." for its line of injection-molded plastic buildings, signals, figures, trees, and vehicles. The new product name captured the optimism of the early postwar years and conjured up the modern as well as the traditional. Collecting Plasticville was inexpensive at the time. Originally, items sold for 39 to 99 cents, with discounts after Christmas. However, several items to include the most rare items, can reach $100 or more today. Those produced in rarer colors go for the highest amounts.