HAWKEYE , CHINGACHGOOK and some Davy Crokett too !
Firstly apologies for the total lack of posting in 2012. Been busy with some other projects. Anyway I’m back with hopefully a good set of posts to follow. If you read this and enjoy the short article please do follow the blog . 43,000 hits and just 9 followers !!!.. I get lots of questions and emails but need a bit more of a following to make the posting worthwhile. Toy figures are not for everyone so I try and cover some of the movies and TV series that influenced the figure makers.
lets kick off with a look at a few new figures that turned up this weekend at my local bootsale ( for American readers a yard sale in a field !! ) …..
The Figures.
HAWKEYE ….
missing his musket
CHINGACHGOOK
complete and in very good condition
Hawkeye and the last of the Mohicans was a TV series that ran in 1957 . 39 B&W episodes of a story loosely based on a book by James Fenimore Cooper . Most readers will be familiar with the Hollywood blockbuster made in 1992 staring Daniel Day lewis and a favourite of mine Madeline Stowe. The TV series starred John Hart and Lon Chaney Jr
These figures were made by MORESTONE in England . Heres a scan of the cover of a plastic warrior magazine I have where you can see that they came as a double pack . Morestone are best known for die-cast and made a number of cowboy wagons including Hawkeyes wagon, which you can see below.
Coming soon a feature on Davy Crockett figures. Heres a few figures from that genre with more to follow soon
Charbens …… A very nice figure this one
Lone Star Cowboy in Crockett style garb
Davy Crockett
and finally perhaps someone can identify the maker of this figure
Vintage Figure Dealer and Collector 
Vintage Toy Figures 
Hello, the unknown figure is by Braidwood of Scotland. There were two versions of the Lone Star figure you have here, this one was sold as Crockett on a carded set fighting a grizley bear, it also included two of the western children. the other one was just part of the regular cowboy series.
Best wishes, Brian
Brian,
Thanks very much for the additional Info. Very helpful as usual.
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