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    Posted 9 years ago

    fortapache
    (3418 items)

    One of the rules for toy collecting is that one must acquire every variation especially boxes. These are Best of the West versions released in 1974 only. There were four variations of each box. These are the first variation as they have the stickers. The stickers are for the recommended age range for the toy. These stickers say not recommended for children under 3 years of age. The later boxes have the age range printed on the box. It was the beginning of the dark ages I think.
    In the meantime attaching the sword to the belt took me twenty minutes. OK maybe ten. Custer has a rare belt as it is rare to find both hooks for the sword belt intact. It is a very fine piece and often broke and improperly formed in the mold.

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    1. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      Did the sword require special words muttered out loud before it was attached?
      Both are fine looking gentlemen!
    2. Gruff Gruff, 9 years ago
      It's funny.ai think of 1974 as pretty recent.
      My mind just can't comprehend that is was quite a while ago.these remind me of the old John Wayne movies my Dad used to watch.
      He was a bad ass dude.
    3. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Yes racer4four, Many special words were uttered and exclaimed. None of which I can write here. I also dropped a few of his pieces on the floor which required crawling about and more special words. The gentlemen say thank you.
    4. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you very much Gruff. Yes very scary to thank that was 42 years ago. Does not seem that long.
    5. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      mikelv85
      NevadaBlades
      Caperkid
      Gruff
      officialfuel
      Trey
      vetraio50
      kerry10456
      elanski
    6. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you SEAN68.

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