Years ago when looking at Lone Star Wild West's in someone else's
collection I noted the similarity with some of the Britains Herald poses (we looked at some of them last year - in a
series of posts I never finished! Must do so!), and they said "Yes, well it's still a bit of a moot point as to who was first", then; a month or two ago, when
comparing the Khaki Infantry after Chris Smith's contributions, we saw how they
had taken a boot with a bent-toe from Britains
and included it in a very different figure - who didn't need a bent-toe!
And here, again we see the lines of the
plaid draped down the back of the Lone Star figure (right in both shots) mirror
both the Britains original (left) and
the Hong Kong copy (centre). He has shorter stumpy legs and the distinctive
'fur' or feather striations of the Lone
Star headdress, and is chunkier overall, but basically he's the same pose;
conclusion - Lone Star were terrible
copyists!
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