Knights of Avalon

 

My Other Lead Figures and Toys

Lead Wild West figures from the 50's a romantic rendition of a brutal time. 

Cowboys to me were the knights of wild west. Just like my toy knights my Timpo cowboys were well play worn and hold many memories. 

There you will find a photograph of nearly every hollow-cast Cowboy and Indian produced by a UK manufacturer. Their condition varies from excellent to play worn, The challenge for me was to build a set of figures, that did not cost a fortune. It was just fun collecting figures from my childhood. There are some gaps, hopefully to be found someday, patience is a virtue we are told, certainly you need it in collecting..........  

Timpo produced what I consider the best range of hollow-cast under their Wild West series. Lead figures were produced from about 1949  till their move into plastic models in the mid 50's. 

Wild West photo index identification page
Benbros   B.T.   Betal   BMC Charbens Cherilea John Hill
Britains Crescent Harvey Lone Star Segal  Reka Timpo  Wend-Al

Lead Army Figures from the 1950's

Charbens US Army Timpo British Army Timpo US Army
Timpo US  West Point Cadets    

Various Lead from the 1950's 

Timpo Railway Figures and Civilian figures  
 Pirates, ancients, anything that's not in the other categories   pages as yet not finish
Some examples below of  packaging of lead toys  

Now something totally different, Planes and Boats 

Frog rubber powered aeroplanes starting from the 1930's 
Clockwork, Jetex and Sail boats under construction 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographs and text is copyright robert hill

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