Cowboys, no arguing with that, Made
in Occupied Japan so probably aiming at the US market and possibly AHI or Shackman or someone like that? Copies of a Johillco foot cowboy - four of them! - and a mounted figure which
bears a passing resemblance to a Hill figure too.
The contents of this set are arguably
poorer, with more scenic accessories than figures and two guys surrendering!
It's called Timpo Ranch Set . . . who
do you need to surrender to on a ranch . . . big, bad, beef barons!
The set however has a thin veneer of fame,
having previously been seen in Norman Joplin's Big Book of Hollow Cast - pp.241, fig.475. In which it is explained
that the contents are a mixture of Stoddart
and Timpo items although the mounted
and armed poses also bear a marked resemblance to Hill's output.
Apologies are due - as I think we've seen it
before here at Small Scale World; clearly I was so impressed by its provenance
I photographed it both times I saw it!
2 comments:
I think the good guys have caught some rustlers or may some rustlers got the drop on some good guys. It an be so hard to tell. As a kid, I'd a been asking "Where's the indians?"
Either that Ross or they're picking mighty high apples!
H
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