Here's our ' home made' version of the fabled Lone Star Tarzan set, the rare original a blog legend now.
From first seeing this set in black and white on a magazine cover nearly twenty years ago to making a custom, it's swung through the jungle and come full circle.
Diarised here since starting this project, my re-modelled figures look better than I expected all painted up and Bill' terrific backing card really brings the whole thing to life.
The sushi lunch box blister was the icing on the vines!
Not perfect but a decent go.
Happy days at Moonbase International Toys!
See what you think readers.
For fun, here's the the reference material, an original toy as seen on auction online.
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I'm pleased to see that Ron Ely's forehead looks just as dodgy on the original as my interpretation! Is the tribesman figure a custom or an original? Bill
ReplyDeleteI like Ron's bonce! I've reshaped the tribesman and the runner drastically!
DeleteAnother amazing restoration of a lost toy - you guys are really a team! SFZ
ReplyDeletelots more to come yet Rob!
DeleteThanks SF. Very kind. The new project is live!
DeleteAnother great project, which looks exactly like something you would have seen hanging on a rack, back in the 1960s or 1970s.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul. I always wonder about adding a rack punch hole. Do you think it would be a good addition?
DeleteWhat a lovely result!
ReplyDeleteSo close to your original inspiration and made at a "blistering" pace!
Ha ha, and thanks a lot. A long-held ambition as well Looey, the Tarzan set.
DeleteA hole at the top of the card, to hang the toy on a rack, would certainly be in keeping with the period look of the set.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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