There are two versions, the earlier,
factory-painted chalky-ethylene ones are getting very brittle now, and
consequently hard to find and even-harder to find intact, one mounted figure
each and five foot poses, painting is restricted to two colours (if that)
except the black horse, but that may be a home-enhanced paint-job?
A second set was issued with bases added to
the mounted figures, this lot is in a shinier polyethylene, the same as the
game-piece Indians we looked at the other day, whether this points to them
being included in a game too, is a moot point, and I've never seen them in
other colours?
I like that with the mounted figures the front foot/hoof is off the base, in both cases, suggesting
forward-momentum!
What I would say is that while the earlier
ones tend to appear together (having been issued originally in a large
vac-formed play-set), the unpainted ones tend to appear either as a
set/near-set of cowboys or as a set/near-set of Indians, so may have been
issued separately on small cards or something?
It's not terribly clear from the image but
the left-hand mounted red one is in a slight colour variation; a darker but
slightly translucent red.
More on these at PSR including other paint-colours and the missing poses in brown!
2 comments:
I wish I had known about these figures when the Airfix OO/HO ones came to market to grow the warparty.
So did I when I finally found them Terra, but despite knowing about them for 20-odd years now, I still haven't tracked them all down yet! Like Rocking-horse eggs they are!
H
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