Lineol SA political cart & horses

[wilhelm Saris]

Elastolin are toys from the Hausser-company, one of the main manufacturers from such toys in Germany. Must say I have never heard Lineol or Elastolin were American. Maybe they had a branch, but this I doubt!

This I found on the Internet about Lineol:
In 1906 a company was founded by Oskar Wiederholz at Brandenburg. With a specific procedure forms were made, the so-called Lineol-products. After WWII the company from Wiederholz (Lineol-Spielwarenfabrik AG) was condemned and with a new name newly arranged: VEB Spielwarenwerk Patent-Lineol". No connection too the USA was mentioned.

Otto and Max Hausser (O. & M. Hausser war ein deutscher Spielwarenhersteller, der insbesondere für seine Elastolin-Massefiguren bekannt war), the company started in 1906 at Ludwigsburg, later moved to Neustadt near Coburg. 1943 they stopped producing. I thought they had about 1,000 employees. In about 1946/1947 producing started again. Later the rights were taken over by Preiser!

[Erich B.]

Lineol toys were produced in Germany, not in the US.
Erich

[Misha]

Lineol shouldn't be confused with Lionel, two different firms.

[ivbaust]

Hmmm, does the content fit to the box (or vice versa)

Military tank illustration on the box, but political figures

I've found this after a quick google search

[ErichS]

Lineol shouldn't be confused with Lionel, two different firms.

Sorry guys, my bad, I confused the two companies.

[Br. James]

Hi Ivbaust,

I think you've answered my earlier question: "I have to wonder how just one of the horses has gotten so tattered..?" The mounted SA man and horse and the two seated figures must be changes made to the original set. That would solve the question of the condition of one horse being so much more distressed than the other, and the two soldiers were switched out for two SA men.

Br. James

[Misha]

Let me point something out some problems with the conditions the items are contained within. If you know anything about conservation...acidic elements have detrimental effects. First look at the packing material, it is the first culprit, second the figures are a composite material. I think they have been stored for many years and the packing materials have had an effect on the figures and horses. Wtf...anyone collecting needs to understand conservation and effects of old materials vs. current!

[Misha]

Look at the photo Ivbaust posted, the horses and figures are degradated the same as the horses and figures I posted. Again acidic materials have detrimental effects on artifacts. I can't answer whether the figures were switched out but I can deduct the conditions have had an effect...this is the way I found it.

[kyles bullets]

Why did you put it for sale?

[kyles bullets]

Also just my addition to the problem, wouldn't there be marks from the Wehrmacht soldiers being removed from the seats of the cart? There doesn't seem to be any unless the soldiers weren't included....

[Misha]

I purchased this item in the original box with the figures shown from a local shop. The two figures in the cart have pins that align with holes in the seat of the cart. What more can I say other then...it's not for sale.