Britains - original on the left; I suspect repainted, it's not clear but
he's a bit glossy and I don't remember seeing any other old ones with that
shade of blonde! That shade, however, is used by Hong Kong on the final,
separate-base version (right-hand figure) that's also so colourful he can only
be clowning rope-tricks at a Rodeo!
In the middle is a mid-issue PVC, just
after the Hong Kong production move, he's not bad as a colour-way.
Straight copies - They seem to be Speedwell, Una, Speedwell and Hong
Kong going from the left. The Hong Kong one is assumed, compare him to the
kneeling firer (last week) and you can see the same gloss paint and glossy
plastic, and while some of the late Trojan's
are glossy plastic they are also wackier plastic colours, and less glossy
paint?
Trojan based their guy on a Lone
Star version (or was the Lone Star
after Trojan?) by replacing the lasso
with a whip. The old rope-end has been left as a rudimentary or 'vestigial'
pistol!
The clubbing bloke is never a priority and
as a consequence I've only shot four, two held here and two a few years ago.
These are the local two, a late vinyl Britains
from HK to the left and Speedwell to
the right.
Two more; one of the base-marked Speedwell's in a soberer grey plastic
and an 'unknown' in black, with a thinner, unmarked base, he looks to be one of
these 'Early British' figures, and the boots painted to match the base is a
trope we see with Speedwell Khaki
infantry, is he a Speedwell variant?
Unmarked UNA (the thin base matched
the small Indians?) or unattributed VP?
Or another company altogether; Kentoys haven't been linked with Wild
West (and the quality's poor for Kentoys),
but then there's this Best Model Sets
newly re-discovered by Plastic Warrior
magazine's members; JG Garratt credits BMS
with 'Westerners', his term for Wild West, might this be a BMS figure, which would make the likelihood of some of the unknown
Khaki Infantry being BMS greater too?
So far all the BMS finds have had heavier bases though?
Close-up's to compare the different base
styles. The black one is a three-part mould to Speedwell's two, with the
split-line round the edge of the base rather than straight-across it but it's a
much cruder, simplified figure, a copy of a copy, if it wasn't for the matt
paint and khaki infantry link; you'd think - maybe Hong Kong.
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