Make & Play by Bachmann

Make & Play by Bachmann

The rarest of all Plasticville products. There is relatively little information available for these kits. If you have one, please compare this information with your kit and send any unlisted information. Thanks!

198 Jr. Chief Fire Department

Total Pieces: Advertised as 32

Pieces: Truck, tractor, jeep horses, cows, harrow, plow, wagon and footbridge.

Additional Info:

  • Catalog states: Complete fire headquarters with U-build-it play appeal. Big city department’s smoke-eating 5 trumpet fire chief calls “Jr. Chief” a blazing hot number.
  • Remarks: 11 piece fire house includes 4 walls, 2 chimney parts, 2 doors, roof and siren. 5 piece pumper includes 2 wheel mounted axles, truck chassis, searchlight and nozzle, 6 piece ladder truck includes 2 wheel mounted axles, chassis, searchlight, ladder and rotating ladder base. 3 piece ambulance includes 2 wheel mounted axles and car chassis, 3 piece battalion car includes 2 wheel mounted axles and car body. 4 accessories include flagpole, fire alarm, fire hydrant, and scale model fire helmet pencil sharpener.

Color Variations:

  • Note: only the 4003 unit came with Red sides, white roof

Jungle Attack

Catalog Number: Unknown

Pieces: Pictures show all olive drab hangar, play mat, 6 planes, 2 tanks & 20 olive drab soldiers.

Farm

Catalog Number: Unknown

Pieces: Pictures show red & white BN-1 barn, play mat, large animals, small animals, farm vehicles, yellow and blue people, small fence.

4003-198 Fire Rescue

Pieces: Fire house with working doors, 4 fire rescue vehicles (1 car, 1 each fire truck, 1 ambulance), burning house (mansion with holes in roof to hold paper flames), fire accessories (alarm box, traffic lights, fire plugs, road signs, benches), 6 yellow and blue people, 25″x38″ scenic play sheet. Picture shows red side, white roof fire house with no logo. Ages 3-8.

4008-298 House and Garden

Pieces: Split level house with car, 22 pieces of play furniture (hospital furniture in brown), swimming pool, 6 yellow and blue people, swings, sliding board, merry-go-round, see-saw, barbecue, 2 lounges, 2 chairs, 25″x38″ scenic play sheet. There is a floor for the inside of the house. Ages 3-8.

Lionel-Distributed Plasticville

LIONEL-DISTRIBUTED PLASTICVILLE

951 Figure Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 13

Pieces: Truck, tractor, jeep horses, cows, harrow, plow, wagon and footbridge.

952 Figure Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 30

Pieces: People, fireplug, fire alarm box, mail boxes, benches.

953 Figure Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 32

Pieces: People, fireplugs, traffic lights, benches, paint, brush, and thinner.

954 Swimming Pool & Playground Set

Year Introduced: 1959

Total Pieces: 30

Pieces: Pool, patio set, playground equipment, fences and shrubs.

955 Highway Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 22

Pieces: Assorted street signs, telephone poles, 1 auto, 2 buses.

956 Stockyard Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 18

Pieces: Corral, cows, railroad signs.

957 Farm Building & Animal Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 35

Pieces: Farm buildings, fence, gate, pump, horse, fowl, and domestic animals.

958 Vehicle Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 24

Pieces: 3 autos, 1 bus, 2 firetrucks (ladder and pumper), 1 ambulance, street signs, fire alarm box, fireplug, and traffic light.

959 Barn Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 23

Pieces: Dairy barn, horses, fowl and domestic animals.

960 Barnyard Set

Year Introduced: 1959

Comments: Chrome/silverized versions in 1954 and 1955 only. Variation #5 is from the 1997-99 series.

961 School Set

Total Pieces: 36

Pieces: School, flagpole, buses, street signs, fence, shrubs and benches.

962 Turnpike Set

Total Pieces: 24

Pieces: Turnpike interchange, telephone poles, street signs, 4 autos, 1 ambulance and 1 bus.

963 Frontier Set

Year Introduced: 1959

Total Pieces: 18

Pieces: Log cabin, windmill, rustic fence, horses, cows, and pump.

964 Factory Set

Year Introduced: 1959

Total Pieces: 15

Pieces: Factory, 1 auto, telephone poles & railroad signs.

965 Farm Set

Year Introduced: 1959

Total Pieces: 36

Pieces: Dairy barn, farm buildings and equipment, domestic and farm animals, rustic fence, yard pump.

966 Firehouse Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 45

Pieces: Firehouse, 2 firetrucks (ladder and pumper), 1 ambulance, 1 bus, 3 autos, traffic lights, street signs, lamp post, bench, mailbox, people, telephone poles & pine trees.

967 Post Office Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 25

Pieces: Post office, mailbox, people, benches, signs, lamp post, traffic light, 3 autos (red, yellow, green).

968 TV Transmitter Set

Year Introduced: 1958

Total Pieces: 28

Pieces: TV station, white fence, gate, mailbox, fireplug, jeep, 2 autos and pine trees.

969 Construction Set

Year Introduced: 1960

Total Pieces: 23

Pieces: House under construction, 4 autos, people.

980 Ranch Set

Year Introduced: 1960

Total Pieces: 14

Pieces: Corral, farm vehicles, cows, pigs & sheep.

981 Freight Yard Set

Year Introduced: 1960

Total Pieces: 10

Pieces: Switch tower, freight platform, telephone poles, railroad people.

982 Suburban Split Level Set

Year Introduced: 1960

Total Pieces: 18

Pieces: Split level house, pine trees, red auto, white fence, bench, people.

983 Farm Set

Year Introduced: 1960

Total Pieces: 7

Pieces: Dairy barn, colonial house, windmill, yellow auto, cows, horse.

984 Railroad Set

Year Introduced: 1961

Total Pieces: 22

Pieces: Switch tower, freight platform, telephone poles, people, railroad signs.

986 Farm Set

Year Introduced: 1962

Total Pieces: 20

Pieces: New England ranch house, BN-1 barn and 18 farm animals.

987 Town Set

Year Introduced: 1962

Total Pieces: 24

Pieces: Church (1600), bank, corner store (may not have marquee), large gas station, 1 blue auto, 12 street signs, 5 telephone poles.

988 Railroad Structure Set

Year Introduced: 1962

Total Pieces: 16

Pieces: Suburban station, crossing shanty, water tower, work car, freight platform, hobo shacks, bench & people.

King Distributing Collectors Series

0400

King Distributing Collectors Series

This series was manufactured by Bachmann and distributed by King Distributing of Old Forge, PA. See the Plastic Village Gazette (issue #’s 3 and 4) for a complete history of King Distributing written by Bill Nole.

Corner Store (No. 1)

0100 Hobby Shop (2200 Units Made)

0200 Sport Shop (1000 Units Made)

0300 Newsstand (1800 Units Made)

0400 Mobile Home (No. 2)

0100 Hobby Shop (2200 Units Made)

0200 Sport Shop (1000 Units Made)

0300 Newsstand (1800 Units Made)

0500 Apartment House (No. 3)

0600 Windmill (No. 4)

0650 Covered Bridge (No. 5)

0700 Bank (No. 6)

0550 Add-A-Floor

O and S Catalogs

O and S Catalogs

From 1950 to 1969, Plasticville catalogs were normally distributed only to dealers, either for their own use, or as a reference for their customers. Also listed in this section are the Plasticville Collectors Series Sheets which correspond to the King Distributing Series. Playguides and other Plasticville paper will be added in the future.

Plasticville Catalogs: 1950 - 1959

  • Comments: Reproductions of the 1950 and 1953 catalogs are known to exist. Viewed examples have the word “reproduction” rubber stamped in the lower right hand corner of the back page although not all may have this stamping. A distributor’s name is printed on the back page of the 1950 reproduction rather than the usual rubber stamped distributor’s name. The 1953 catalog has a small rectangle in under the letter E in the word NEW where it looks as if a small piece of the cover may have been missing. There is also what looks to have been a small tear at the bottom of the page immediately below the letter S in the word ITEMS. It shows as a vertical white line on the reproduction.
     
  • Blue and white or green and white folders were included with some pieces. There are at least 7 different forms of these folders.

Play-Guide

Disneyland Jingle Contest
(promotion distributed by Bachmann)

F.W. Woolworth Advertisements

Keasbey & Mattsion Advertisement in Fortune Magazine

  • The ad is for asbestos-cement pipes to be used in your suburban town to help with the flight of people to suburbia. What is more fascinating — the interesting use of Plasticville or the fact that this company was so proud of their asbestos products? K&M went out of business in 1962 (they had been in Ambler, PA since 1881). CertainTeed was one of two companies who bought the site and continued to make asbestos products.

O and S Catalog Part Numbers

Plasticville USA

O and S Catalog Part Numbers

Individual Pieces By Number and Letter

1000 Telephone Pole

1001 Spruce Tree

1002 Picket Fence

1004 Barbecue

1005 Yard Pump

1006 Platform fence

1007 Rustic Fence

1025 Street Lights

1026 Boulevard Lights

1027 Flag Pole

1028 Billboard

1029 Crossing gate

1030 Bag of 6 bushes

1031 Picket Fence Gate

1032 Platform Fence Gate

1033 Wishing Well

1034 Rustic Gate

1050 Outhouse

1051 Footbridge

1075 House fence

1090 Telephone Booth

1100 Railroad and Street Signs

1101 Picket Fence

1200 Station Platform

1300 Bridge and Pond

1302 Farm Implement Set

1303 Log Cabin

1304 Crossing Signals

1305 Block Signal

1400 Cape Cod House

1401 Frosty Bar

1402 Switch Tower

1403 Signal Bridge

1404 Pine Tree Assortment

1405 Railroad and Street Signs

1406 Playground Equipment

1407 Watchman’s Shanty and Gate

1408 Windmill

1409 Poplar Tree

1500 Diner

1501 Log Cabin

1502 Cape Cod House

1503 Add-a-floor

1504 House Trailer

1504 Platform Fence and Gate Unit

1600 Church

1601 Barn

1602 Post Office

1603 Ranch House

1604 Trestle Bridge

1605 Plasticville Citizens

1606 Barnyard Animals

1607 Fire House

1608 Schoolhouse

1609 Street Accessories

1611 Hardware and Pharmacy Kit

1612 Chain Store

1613 Super Market (large)

1614 Police Station

1615 Water Tank

1616 Suburban Station

1617 Farm Buildings and Animals

1618 TV Station

1619 Plasticville Citizens

1620 Loading Platform

1621 Motel

1622 Dairy Barn

1623 Cattle Loading Pen

1624 House Under Construction

1625 Railroad Work Car

1626 Corner Store

1627 Hobo Shacks

1628 Shade Trees

1629 Bungalow

1630 Cape Cod House

1630 Telephone Poles

1631 Switch Tower

1632 Signal Bridge

1633 Watchman’s Shanty and Gate

1700 2 Story Colonial

1701 1 and a half Story New England Ranch House

1702 Airport Hangar

1703 Colonial Mansion

1704 Barn

1705 Ranch House

1706 Suburban Station

1707 Loading Platform

1776 Independence Hall

1800 Gas Station (large)

1801 Bank

1802 Vehicle Assortment

1803 Colonial Church

1804 Greenhouse

1805 Covered Bridge

1806 Roadside Stand

1807 2 Story Colonial

1808 New England Rancher

1809 Loading Platform

1810 Bungalow

1811 Barn

1812 Ranch House

1813 Suburban Station

1814 Switch Tower

1815 Signal Bridge

1816 Watchman’s Shanty and Gate

1817 Loading Platform

1818 Church

1850 Colonial Mansion

1851 Barn

1852 Ranch House

1853 Drug Store

1875 Pit Stop

1876 Grandstand

1877 Sitting People

1878 Officials Stand

1900 Turnpike

1901 Union Station

1902 Hospital

1903 Airport Administration Building

1904 Cathedral

1905 Town Hall

1906 Factory

1907 Apartment House

1908 Split Level House

1909 Gas Station

1910 Colonial Church

1911 Suburban Station

1912 New England Rancher

1913 Motel with Autos

1914 School House

1915 Citizens with Paint

1916 Water Tank

1917 Railroad Work Car

1918 Park Assortment

1919 Hospital with Furniture

1920 Covered Bridge

1921 Fire House with 2 trucks

1922 Two story colonial house

1923 Roadside Stand with paints

1931 Telephone poles and Railroad, and Street Signs

1932 Barn

1933 Church

1934 Ranch House

1935 Water tank

1936 Two story house

1937 Crossing Signals and Gates

1938 Street Lights and Boulevard Lights

1951 Switch Tower and Signal Bridge

1952 Loading Platform and Watchman’s Shanty and gate

1953 Split Level House

1954 Suburban Station

1955 32 figures with paint (or 65-1955)

1956 Fire House

1957 Coaling Station

1957 Two story colonial house

1958 Union Station

1960 Bank (or 45960)

1961 Hospital (or 45961)

1962 Small Gas Station (or 45962)

1963 Apartment House (or 45963)

1964 TV Station (or 45964)

1965 Railroad Work Car (?)

1975 Coaling Station

1975 Autumn Trees

1976 Coaling Station

1981 Farm Buildings and Equipment

1982 School and Playground (scenic classic)

1983 Colonial Mansion (scenic classic)

1984 Country Church (scenic classic)

1985 Log Cabin Retreat (scenic classic)

1986 New England Rancher (scenic classic)

1987 Barn (scenic classic)

1988 Factory (scenic classic)

 

5402 Switch Tower

5403 Signal Bridge

5407 Watchman’s Shanty and Gate

5600 Church

5601 Barn

5603 Ranch House

5616 Suburban Station

5620 Loading Platform

5627 Hobo Shacks

5629 Bungalow

5700 2 Story Colonial House

5701 New England Rancher

5800 Gas Station (Large)

5804 Greenhouse

5806 Roadside Stand with Paint

 

45301 Coaling Station (built-ups)

45302 Split Level House (built-ups)

45303 Town Hall (built-ups)

45304 School House with Playground Equipment (built-ups)

45305 Two-Story House (built-ups)

45306 Hobo Jungle (built-ups)

45307 Loading Platform and Crossing Shanty (built-ups)

45308 Country Church (listed under “Cathedral”) (built-ups)

45309 Signal Bridge (built-ups)

45310 Trailer Park with Two Trailers, Flag Pole, Flag (built-ups)

45311 Bank (built-ups)

45312 Hospital with Furniture (built-ups)

45313 Cape Cod Houses (two per box) (built-ups)

45314 Roadside Stand (built-ups)

45315 Apartment Building (built-ups)

45316 House Under Construction (built-ups)

45317 Covered Bridge (built-ups)

45318 Union Station (built-ups)

45601 Turnpike Interchange

45602 Dairy Barn

45603 Windmill with Farm Machinery

45604 Farm Out-buildings

45605 Diner

45606 Frosty Bar

45607 Two-Story Split Level House

45608 Cape Cod House (2)

45609 Police Station with Police Car

45610 Fire House with pumper truck, ladder truck, and car

45611 School House

45612 Trailer Park

45613 House Under Construction

45614 Town Hall

45615 Greenhouse

45618 Motel

45621 Roadside Stand

45622 Two Story House

45623 Signal Bridge

45960 Bank (or 1960)

45961 Hospital (or 1961)

45963 Apartment House (or 1963)

45964 TV Station (or 1964)

45965 Railroad Work Car (??)

45971 Rural Two Story House

45972 Rural Station

45973 Switch Tower

45974 Pedestrian Bridge Model Kit

45975 Trestle Bridge

45976 Union Station

45977 Loading Platform and Crossing Shanty

45978 Water Tower

45979 Coaling Station

45980 Apartment Building

45981 Cathedral

45982 Log Cabin with Rustic Fence

45983 Hobo Jungle

45984 Rustic Fence (12 pieces)

45985 Airport Terminal

45986 Airport Hangar with Airplanes

45987 Vehicle Assortment

45988 Railroad People with paint and brush

45989 Signs and Telephone Poles

45990 Street and Boulevard Lights

45991 Platform Fence with Gate

45992 Covered Bridge

49001 Shade Trees, Green (3)

49002 Shade Trees, Autumn (3)

 

5000 12 Telephone Poles

5002 12 pieces of Picket fence

 

1-C Picket Fence and Gate

2-R Farm Fence and Gate

3-F Platform Fence and gate

12-A Street Signs

AD-4 Airport Administration Building

AP-1 Airport Hangar

BB-9 Billboard

BK-1 Bank

BL-2 Bridge and Pond

BN-1 Barn

BR-2 Trestle Bridge

BS-6 Garden Shrubs

BY-4 Barnyard Animals

C-18 Cathedral

CB Garden Bird Bath

CBR Garden Bird Bath

CC-7 Church

CC-8 Church

CC-9 Church

CF-5 Picket Fence

CG-10 Picket Fence

CS-5 Chain Store

CT-6 Christmas Tree

DE-7 Diner

DH-2 Hardware and Pharmacy Kit

FB-1 Frosty Bar

FB-8 Garden Birds

FG-12 Fence and Gate Assortment

FH-4 Fire House

FP-5 Flag Pole

FR-5 Outdoor Barbecue

GO-2 Gas Station (small)

GO-3 Gas Station (large)

GT-1 Garden Trellis

HF-2 House Fence

HP-8 Cape Cod House

HP-9 Cape Cod House

HS-6 Hospital

LC-2 Log Cabin Unit

LH-4 2 story colonial house

LM-3 Station Platform

LP-9 Street Lights

MH-2 1 and a half story house

MT-2 Maple tree

ON-5 Outdoor Necessities

PB-5 Footbridge

PD-3 Police Station

PF-4 Plasticville Citizens

PH-1 Town Hall

PO-1 Post Office

RF-1 Rustic Fence

RG-3 Rustic Gate

RH-1 Ranch House

RS-7 Railroad Station

RS-8 Suburban Station

SA-7 Outhouse

SA-9 Outhouse

SC-4 School House

SG-2 Signal Bridge

SG-3 Signal Bridge

SL-1 Boulevard Light

SM-6 Super Market (small)

SM-7 Super Market (large)

SS-5 Street Name Sign

ST-1 Street Accessories

SW-2 Switch Tower

TP-5 Telephone Pole

TR-6 Spruce Tree

V-6 Vehicle Assortment

V-10 Vehicle Assortment

WF-5 Platform Fence

WG-2 Crossing Gate

WG-10 Platform Gate

WW-3 Wishing Well

YW-4 Yard Pump

Boxed Sets By Number and Letter

1605 Five Kit Assortment

1610 Yard Accessories

1890 Boxed Unit (road racing)

1980 Plasticville Railroad Center

1981 Railroad Center

1990 City in a Box

 

5200 Plasticville Roadside Rest

5400 Plasticville Toy Train Accessories

5401 Plasticville Community Church

5402 Plasticville Highway Motel

5403 Plasticville Toy Train Accessories

5404 Plasticville Way Station

5600 Plasticville International Airport

5601 Plasticville Turnpike

5602 Plasticville Railroad Accessories

5603 Plasticville Farm

5604 Plasticville Residential Square

5605 Plasticville Railroad Accessories

5606 Plasticville Countryside Farm

5607 Plasticville Interceptor Squadron

5608 Plasticville Railroad Center

5900 Plasticville Master Village

5901 Plasticville City in a Box

5902 Small “O” Accessory Box

 

AU-2 International Airport

BA-6 Barn and Animal Unit

BA-7 Barn and Animal Unit

CH-8 Church and House Unit

CH-9 Church and House Unit

CU-1 Country Unit

CU-6 Christmas Platform Unit

CU-7 Christmas Unit

CU-9 Christmas Table Unit

CU-10 Christmas Platform Unit

HU-5 House Unit

HU-6 House Unit

HU-7 House Unit

HY-6 House and Yard Accessories

MU-1 Master Unit

MU-2 Master Unit

PB-8 Plasticville Public Buildings

RA-5 Railway Accessory Unit

RA-6 Railroad Accessories

RA-7 Railroad Accessories

RR-5 Plasticville Railroad Accessories

RU-2 Rural Unit

RU-3 Rural Unit

RU-4 Rural Unit

SP-8 Plasticville Shopping Center

SU-4 Shopping Unit

SU-5 Shopping Unit

SU-7 Shopping Unit

TA-1 Train Accessories Unit

TA-2 Train Accessories Unit

YA-9 Yard Accessories

King Distributing Collectors Series

0100 Corner Store (Hobby Shop)

0200 Corner Store (Sport Shop)

0300 Corner Store (Newsstand)

0400 Mobile Home

0500 Apartment House

0600 Windmill

0650 Covered Bridge

0700 Bank

0550 Add-A-Floor

Miscellaneous

198 Jr. Chief Fire Department

1992 15 Dozen Floor Stand

1995 Floor Stand

1997 12 Dozen Floor Stand

 

3700 Floor Stand

 

5915 15 Dozen Floor Stand

 

6000 Plasticville Illuminated Shadow Box

6100 Plasticville Counter Merchandiser

6101 Revolving Counter Merchandiser

6102 Cardboard Display (Santa Claus)

 

7200 Electric Revolving Display

7201 Package Assortment

7202 Package Assortment (Railroad Engineer)

7203 Merchandising Display

7899 Birds, Dogs, and Animals of the World Floor Stand

 

CD-5 Window and Counter Display Unit

CD-6 Window and Counter Display Unit

CD-7 Large Window and Counter Display Unit

JR-19 Revolving Display

HD-53 Small Window/Counter Display

RO-26 Revolving Plasticville U.S.A. Counter and Window Display

SR-26 Revolving Display

Lionel Distributed

951 Farm Set

952 Figure Set

953 Figure Set

954 Swimming Pool and Playground Set

955 Highway Set

956 Stockyard Set

957 Farm Building and Animal Set

958 Vehicle Set

959 Barn Set

960 Barnyard Set

961 School Set

962 Turnpike Set

963 Frontier Set

964 Factory Set

965 Farm Set

966 Firehouse Set

967 Post Office Set

968 TV Transmitter Set

969 Construction Set

980 Ranch Set

981 Freight Yard Set

982 Suburban Split Level Set

983 Farm Set

984 Railroad Set

985 Freight Area Set

986 Farm Set

987 Town Set

988 Railroad Structure Set