question for Plasticville afficinadoes

I saw one on ebay.

Note: this has nothing to do with the dimestore dreams ambulance box behind the plasticville ambulance.

anyone else familiar with this color?

thank you.

Hmmmm, veeery interesting........

Richard Cuozzo, what Do you think about it?

I have never seen one this color, it's not a re paint, not new either.

thanks for your thoughts.....

I've never seen one that color, either.  I'll have to find my plasticville books and look, when I get a chance.

Thank you Richard. 

WOWl a dark blue postwar plasticville ambulance was sold recently for over $312 from esteemed well known Plasticville dealers.  Apparently a rare one that was just produced one year and part of a set of vehicles. There are warnings of re painted fake ones in plasticville land. This authentic one made a collector happy I am sure, not me, my green one was $6. My green one is  Still a mystery!

Little plastic simple toy, who would of thought! I have never seen a green one at shows or in collectors sites, I have never seen a blue one either other than photos like this.

This blue plasticville ambulance color was part of Bachman' make and play series , vehicles box of the early sixties, correction, not one year, but ran for two years. I read about that here on the forum. The commuter  bus they had was blue as well.

It went for  $332.15

$332.15 imagine that! 

"Imagine that"kermit's song, I get it. Hahahahaha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo

Mmmmmmmmmmmm yeah buddy!

so you are telling me I shouldn't have thrown out that box of "old plasticville junk" recently.........(oops)

OTTAWA MARC, If the stuff you tossed had a blue ambulance or blue bus, yeah.

if Not, doesn't matter.

It's your junk if you can't use it anyway.... Lol.

Maybe my green plasticville ambulance is a factory error one of a kind mistake!

Or could be a well made fake one.

maybe it's worth less than the $6 I paid! Still cool.

I really do like the blue ambulance and the blue bus!  Just out of my league.

i am not a collector, but a played with worn blue one would do. Lol.

Leroof posted:

OTTAWA MARC, If the stuff you tossed had a blue ambulance or blue bus, yeah.

if Not, doesn't matter.

It's your junk if you can't use it anyway.... Lol.

good, were no vehicles.

Train parts are starting to merge with VW bug parts in my shop, "way" to much of both.

Ottawa_Marc posted:

Leroof posted:

OTTAWA MARC, If the stuff you tossed had a blue ambulance or blue bus, yeah.

if Not, doesn't matter.

It's your junk if you can't use it anyway.... Lol.

good, were no vehicles.

Train parts are starting to merge with VW bug parts in my shop, "way" to much of both.

This may lead to a 1600cc dual-port 700E Hudson.

As a serious collector of Plasticville And having a complete postwar and early tonlate 80’s/90’s collection of every known variation along with rare uncataloged items, a few dealers displays and factory errors, I dug out my rare blue ambulance and bus. Ambulance only came in the make and play series but the bus also came in some vehicle assortments especially in Lionel boxes. The green one shown above is new production and is common. Came in the current and late 90's new Plasticville line with the Automobile Assortment. Yellow was the other color. Original Postwar Plasticville Ambulances are Orange or Gray or the rare Blue

Thank you for the remarkable blue ambulance and bus photos!

never have I seen this shade of blue! And in such amazing collectors condition!

Are these really postwar items?

looks like your plasticville collection is possibly one of a kind!

Yes these are postwar items. From the early 60s from when they were released.

here is what Tandem Associates has to say about Vehicle Assortments, including the rare Dark Blue Bus:

http://www.tandem-associates.c...icle_assortments.htm

Jay jay, thx for the link.

Mark! They are a postwar plasticville magnificent shade of blue!

While discussing colors i've had 3 or 4 dark blue ambulances in my time of collecting. but ive never ever seen that dark of a blue. they've always been the color of the airport roof. picture are funny just a difference of light can change it.  best one i found 8.00 yup the guy wanted 10 but it had no wheels. sold it for 400+. had it checked out by a pv dealer verified it as legit. look at the photo i attached. a recent find just look at the pic. the color is a bit weak are they legit.... nope.

now look at a seperate photo. whats missing

believe me when i say i was hoping they were

window vent- no draft

Compared it to an original casting and there is no sign it was ever there on these. smooth on the inside where the orig has a raised bump. i really found it kinda strange but it appears these are somebodies ill attempt at a get rich quick scheme lol

Hello, Just checked in the Plasticville USA book and it only lists the colors : grey, Orange and Blue. Blue being the one worth a lot more money as already discussed. Maybe the "Green One"  is the "Holy Grail" of the Plasticville Ambulance Collectors Society?? Or maybe  it is a modern version by Bachman or repro?

It is one of the reasons that I find Plasticville to be so interesting, you never know what you may find!

Rick

HI RICK, nah the green one is modern production came in the 45987 vehicle assortment. while not as common as the modern yellow one they are out there. cheap if you hunt them . kinda like the gray pickup i had a hard time finding. the red one being common . here is a pic of the box and content both versions came in the same box. the green ambulance sticking up on the right side rear. that photo was borrowed from the internet. i posted pics of both versions everything is the same except the ambulance and bus colors were swapped.

for me i would like for someone to show pics of an aqua, turquoise, and blue gray autos. i just get so confused as i dont think anyone really knows.  i see colors like translucent and seafoam a lot,  what color are they really?  a nice picture with all the car colors in it would be cool to see too. thanks guys

ZWPOWER13. In your collecting experience have you ever seen or perhaps able to post a photo of a Marbleized plasticville vehicle? If my memory serves me well I saw one for sale in YORK many moons ago. There were marbleized structures being sold at a premium as well.

thx.

@Leroof posted:

ZWPOWER13. In your collecting experience have you ever seen or perhaps able to post a photo of a Marbleized plasticville vehicle? If my memory serves me well I saw one for sale in YORK many moons ago. There were marbleized structures being sold at a premium as well.

thx.

I have seen a somewhat marbleized one in the past, its aqua and grey. I have it :-)

  There are some other oddball ones out there, such as the flesh colored auto/ambulance.