Propelled by our Tarzan, this is Operation Lone Star Swords!
This Spring Bill and myself aim to re-create Lone Star's three TV toy swords from the 1960's: Zorro, Steed and Adam Adamant.
We will then attempt two far less well-known TV swords from the company, details of which were kindly supplied by the incredibly helpful John B of Murdersville: Sir Francis Drake and Dick Turpin.
So, that's Five in total. It'll be emotional!
So, with a big Z flourish, here's the first Lone Star sword custom:
Zorro's Sword.
Like all Lone Star's toy swords the toy was simply inserted into the header card. They must have been quite difficult to display in shops.
The sword, which I re-painted black, was provided by an ever-reliable eBay cosplay stockist called RubberPlantation, who supplied all my five swords.
As always, it's the stunning card art that once again properly finishes these home-made productions and this first one's another beautiful backing card from Mister Bill!
As a final touch I've added the flocked mask that came with the sword and a rubber tip containing white chalk to emulate the original, so budding Zorro's could sign their three-stroke initial on the neighbours wall!
We hope you like our debut for Operation Lone Star Swords!
For fun, here's an original toy ( showing the lovely patterned hand-guard but missing the chalky tip) along with more lovely Zorro-full stuff on an old auction site.
And as a final 3 flicks of the blade, you can see Zorro's Sword here, bottom left in this Lone Star products page I found online.
Of note is it's neighbour, bottom right: the fabled Lone Star Captain Scarlet Anti- Mysteron Rifle, featured a few times in MC. Rocking horses and poo poo spring to mind! You haven't got one so I won't ask!
And as if that isn't enough, top centre is our next project: Steed's Sword Stick!
Footnote:
For completeness, here's a later Lone Star Zorro sword backing card I saw this week on an old auction. I prefer the original design. You?
