ED'S DAVY CROCKETT TOYS

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers

I was never really into collecting toys by Comansi and this one lone header bag of toys was sold off years ago.

Fortunately, I still have the photos. Fess Parker was awesome as Davy Crockett and I remember watching him on Disney's TV show back in the '50s. Later he would star in the TV show 'Daniel Boone' which I remember as well.

(Do you remember him as the hapless pilot incarcerated at the sanitarium in 'Them'?)

From Fort Las Vegas

Ed

This still photo of Fess Parker was included in Marx (of Miami) 'Alamo' playsets as well as a character pose

Marx (of Miami) 'Alamo' playset all set up

In addition, the BMC #40000 Alamo Action Figures Set included a Davy Crockett figure (2nd row from bottom, 4th figure from the left)

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Davy Crockett: Toys of the Wild Frontier

 Thinking back to last week's car boot I recall seeing some Comansi boxed Wild West figurines. Not particularly old [discontinued in 1995] these Spanish statuettes are great fun and I've sold a few myself on my old toy stall in the 00's.

A good example is the Davy Crockett figure, which I found on Worthpoint and Todocollecion. Nicely detailed and painted, I can imagine these making a superb display collection.

Googling for Davy I also found this image of a beautiful Disney Crockett watch with his powder horn [or is it for blowing?]. A gorgeous boxed set, I would have adored it as a kid. I think this is from the 1950's and shows the actor Fess Parker. Do you know him?

Seeing that horn reminded me of a toy set I had as a kid, a Davy Crockett [or was it Daniel Boone?] toy 'weapons' set carded and in a bag. It included a plastic horn, a pipe of peace and a tomahawk. Somewhere in the attic I've got two of them, both slightly different, which I found at a toy fair in the 1990's and bagged them straight away!

When I venture into the attic later, looking for the paddling pool from last summer, I'll snap them!

MY MARX WILD WEST FIGURES

 Following on from my previous Marx Man from UNCLE figures  post, and at the request of reader, Tony K, here's some photos  of the Marx 6" Wild West Cowboys kindly sent to me as a freebie when I bought the UNCLE figures.  

I have five, of what I think should be a set of at least six  as each of mine are numbered on the base, but I'm  missing number four, which I believe is a wounded cowboy clutching his chest. Number 3 has part of his lasso missing.

There are also a further six American Indians to collect.

I did a little further research and found that the original Marx Wild West figures were dated 1964 on the base.

Like my UNCLE figures they are painted and lacquered to a good standard, and along with a number, they carry the name on the base  'Plastimarx Mexico'. 

Plastimarx was originally a Mexican company called Artefactors Plasticos that was acquired by Marx at some point in the fifties and renamed, soon becoming one of Marx' most profitable branches. 

 I also found that in 1963, another Marx company in Hong Kong, Gold Marx produced several fully painted 6" figures, using enamel and gloss lacquer not unlike my UNCLE figures, and these Cowboy figures. However, the painted ones are supposed to be identified by having a 'Marx - Made in Hong Kong' or 'Marx - Made in Taiwan' stamped on the base, so when it comes to my figures, it's still very much inconclusive.

Adios, Pardners!