Danbury Mint
 

I hope someone can help me here. I purchased a 1999 Danbury Mint Yankees team figurine set. There are 10 porcelain figurines on a long wooded base. The seller sent it to me disassembled and is telling me this is how he obtained the pieces from Danbury (two pieces at a time). I believe these team sets were originally shipped intact, completed in a large Styrofoam container and box from Danbury. I know several teams were made over the years (Yankees, Dodgers, Reds, A's, etc). Did anyone buy any such item from Danbury when they were produced?

Sounds like a chess set

You are correct. They were sold in one piece and shipped in the large styrofoam.

I'm familiar with the chess set that was issues a few item at a time. There are porcelain statues mounted on a long wooden base. I am wondering if anybody bought one originally from Danbury.

Perhaps you could post a picture and let us see.

I did not buy any of these when originally offered, but I know some people who still have them. You are correct - they were sold as complete sets, but I do not know how they were shipped (I assume in one container).

I still get the Danbury flyers in the mail from time to time. They're beautiful sets, but when they were originally offered I wasn't in a position to buy - I think they were something like $200 per team (?).

I see the 1927 Yankees team a lot - and that's what I would have purchased. Some of the pieces are often broken by now, especially the bats off the various players. The posts that hold the players up are also bent sometimes. I think the idea was pretty neat, especially the way they made the players/manager anatomically correct by their various heights.