Payton 54mm Covered Wagon AND 3 Million Pageviews!

Well I'll be darned. When taking a quick look at the blog stats this morning lo-&-behold, the blog has hit 3 million pageviews! When the blog was started back in October 2010, I never imagined hitting 1 million, nevertheless 3 million. Thank you to all my readers and supporters of the blog. God willing and the earth doesn't go to hell-in-a-handbag, I hope to bring a good half dozen or more series of toys this year. Stick with me as we continue this journey together!

I think there's a story behind this wagon - I just don't remember what it is. I think this thing came in a job lot with other Western toys and I didn't know who made it at the time. I'm almost, kind of, maybe pretty sure this is Payton. Yeah, it's Payton - let's go with that. Generally speaking, when I'm not sure of provenance I post the pics on Meta (facebook) groups or plow through the Toy Soldier HQ website. Usually one or the other comes through for me and I'm actually confident this is a Payton wagon. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

The wagon measures: 10" (25.40mm) L x 3" (7.6cm) W x 3.75" (9.52cm) H

This photo is a bit blurry but since taking these pics, the toy is buried out in The Cave and I'm not not gonna mess with finding it and re-taking it.

60mm Driver

For size comparison we have an MPC Buckboard and this Payton Covered Wagon

Marx 54mm Western Wagon (No Top )

I got this a couple of years ago to flesh out my fleet of wagons. These would have come in numerous Marx Western playsets and I remember having them as a kid. It's missing the driver and the top but is otherwise complete and the hitch is split as is the case so many times. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

T. Cohn 7th Cavalry Covered Wagon

When it came to tin-litho playsets, T. Cohn was the closest thing Marx had to a competitor and T. Cohn put out some wonderful sets! Their lithography was just as good as Marx stuff and I've already posted a bunch of their toys in years past. I still have a couple of playsets out in The Cave that haven't been photographed or blogged yet.

Back in May, I blogged this incomplete Fort Comanche set that was sold off some years back. 

I never did get around to buying a boxed set but have acquired a bunch of loose pieces. Today's post is about one of those loose pieces, one that came with T. Cohn's various fort playsets: the 7th Cavalry Covered Wagon with plastic wagon and tin-litho cover. T. Cohn actually made several tin-litho covers for their Western playsets but this is the only one in my collection and it's the end result of several separate purchases. The intact wagon came from one purchase, the horse from another, and the cover from yet another! I love making old toys complete again when ever possible. The wagon measures 7" (17.78cm) L x 2 1/2" (6.35cm) W x 3 1/4" (8.25cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

China - Covered Wagon - Yellow-Red SP

Here's the companion piece to the donkey cart I posted yesterday. The photos show this wagon on an small Western themed train layout I built back in 2002. The original horse got separated from the wagon but it's the type that comes in Greenbrier Intl (aka Imperial) sets. Unfortunately, as I don't have any photos of the packaging for the wagon's set, I can't verify who made it. The wagon 9 3/4" (24.76cm) L overall x 2 1/4" (5.71cm) W x 3 1/4" (8.25cm) H

The set this wagon came in included a bunch of nice figures and accessories as shown in these photos. A few of the figures on this layout are Marx but most of the figures, the canoe, tepee, totem pole, and - I believe - the two large trees, were a part of the set.