T is for Two - Cowpoke's and Injun's

Been busy yesterday annd today, but not on toy figure stuff, so nothing for a while, but let's redress that with a quick pair now, off to the wild, Wild West we are . . .

Bought this morning; we've seen various elements of large and small sets from this unknown Chinese maker, on two continents and under a dozen brands/brand-marks (Maxxi Toys, Stobok, Funtastic, Aliki, Liberty Imports), this one is PMS, and possibly a McColl's exclusive, if you can find a McColl's still open, some seem to have been saved for now, IF they have a Post Office attached?

My favorite of the four; waving a sawn-off, up-and-under in his non-shooting hand, while keeping a firm-grip on his bottle of hooch with the left . . . "You're mah bloody best mate you are, gee'us a fight yer' varmint, hic!"

This was in Picasa and may be a variation of a previously seen shot, but let's get it cleared; how the horses are put-together. A while ago I broke-up the 'everything else' folder and created thematic folders which are easier to scroll through, the wild West folder, for instance has 149 images, the old one was 3000+, but it means I can start to find stuff for 'bitty' posts, or to add to posts like this!

Also in that folder and originally downloaded from Amazon (probably last time we looked at them), I didn't note a brand (there were several!), and it's the biggest version of the many sets available, with everything - wagon, coach, Indian camp, sky-burial platform and figures + accessories and scenics included.

While these have been in the Rack Toy Month zone for more than two years and missed being published both last year and in this August's RTM, just gone.You can see elements of both Britains Swoppet's and Timpo in them along with copies of the Lone Star separate bases.

To be honest I thought they'd gone-up here 14-odd years ago, as they were in the first bunch of 54mm purchases at one of those last Dave McKenna-run Birmingham Toy Soldier shows in 2008, 9 or '10? Anyway, high time Benkson joined the tag-list!

Of the various Hong Kong swoppet copies/piracies, these (available under various names and as generics) are the ones most sought-out by dodgy-dealers, as the spears get used with Crescent or Lone Star medieval swoppets, the tomahawks get thrust into the hands of Blue Box knights, and the necklaces get re-used on the Britains Swoppet originals as they are the same PVC - caveat emptor and all that!