F is for Follow-up - Crescent / Lido Wild West

The blog has received two fantastic donations/gifts in the last few weeks, by dint of Theo Van der Weerden and Chris Smith, and there's so much good stuff in the two parcels that the usual 'H is for . . . ' posts will only go so far, consequently, the plan is to run both 'H' posts and subject-specific or thematic posts on both lots, while I have sworn to get the canoes started (unusual canoe in Chris's lot) and there is some Christmas stuff to filter-in from the middle of November!

It is only a plan though and subject to change or cancellation, especially as I'm still hoping to get this place sold in the next few weeks (famous last words), which will change day-to-day life drastically for up to six months ('exchange' is taking up to 14-weeks and I have to go through the process twice!), so watch this space!

I'll be sorting (and photographing) Chris's lot for the rest of the weekend, but his parcel happened to arrive with three little eBay victories, and these were one of them; very much a follow-up to this post (which I'd thought was quite comprehensive!).

They are better than most, but I don't think they are the Lido ones, but another iteration of copy/clone, whether from Crescent or Lido originals is a moot point, and their very existence (along with the set below) only adds weight to my theory [see link above] about the/a likely route/origin for the proliferation of the moulds.

Points to note - both the kneeling cowboy poses are in good nick and apparently from the same set, while the two Indians are very different sculpts, the red-one close to Lido but not quite the full banana, however the green one seems to be a poorer copy, his rifle shorter, with block-breech and plank-butt, while his arms are more 'props' than the 'aiming devices' of the red one, which aren't that well sculpted either!.

He's also been ground shorter overall, with his right foot/shin/knee deep in the mud! The grey chap seems to have furrier chaps than either of the better ones (hard and soft plastic) at the top of the previous post, so while neither of those sets, not Lido either, i.e. a fourth full-size set/mould-tool?

But, in Chris's parcel were these charmers! Faux-ivory or cream polystyrene, probably premiums for someone/somewhere, at some time? These seem a tad smaller than the above, and may or may not be the basis for some of the chromium-plated ones we looked at last time, but until I bring the new ten together with the old ones, I can't tell!

We also seem to be looking at a third pose of kneeling six-gunner!, because he's damaged I can't tell if he's a whole-reverse (from the waist-up) of blue-guy, but I suspect he might be? i.e. a sixth or seventh overall mould-tool, eight with the 'minis', nine if you count the Crescent hollow-cast originals?

I will keep grabbing these whenever I see them, large or small, hard or soft plastic chromed or coloured in the hope that when we return to them (in a few years?) it will all be a little more comprehensive, if not clearer!

Here's to Synergy! Many thanks to Chris!