Conan's Back!

 Last week I dropped on a neat Hasbro Conan Thunder Battle Stallion from 1993, complete with armour for the horse and figure.

A full and glorious box set would look like this example online. Besides a Conan figure I'm also missing his original sword, sickle and the red horse crossbows.

Then finding a correct and bargain pull-string sickle-slashing Conan on eBay I've been able to further my Thunder set. 

I then re-coloured his locks, boots, wristband and shorts (I don't have the right brown tho!)

With a new DIY sword and fully armoured up, here's Conan and his horse ready to battle evil and sorcery again.

Hope you like it.

Addendum:

Conan Conundrum!

There appear to be two versions of the Hasbro Thunder set.

One is just Thunder and just the word Conan

One is Thunder Battle Stallion and Conan The Adventurer

The question is, if I have the shield, do I need the sickle or not?

Conan Can't Swing

 Recently I was lucky enough to pick up Conan's 1993 plastic chromed armour for a few pence. 

It was in a carrier bag containing his armoured horse, which I blogged last week.

Hoping to complete the horse and rider, I've dropped on a bargain Conan figure, which is battling it's way to me through the postal system as we speak. I think he even has pull-string swinging arm action! 

The one thing I'm still missing is his sword. The above example is an auction shot.

How would you go about replacing the sword cheaply? 

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Update:

Taking up Kev's clever lolly stick idea I knocked up this prop sword ready for Conan's arrival and a few shots of him swinging his blade on his rearing charger.

Conan's Charger

 This large 1992 Conan Horse trotted into my life this week.

Nearly all the armour there, just a missing shinguard: my photo-shoot ersatz is Baco-foil.

The pull-strung in its back makes this beauty gallop.

All he's missing is armour Conan. Watch this space! 

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