![]() ![]() I'd like reaffirmed commitment one last time now that colors have been decided. The cost per figure will be $50 plus actual shipping cost from California to wherever to are. The label will be in the form of a vinyl decal. A box with 50th anniversary and suitable artwork on the box top.A 50th anniversary certificate signed by myself and Terri Lynn Coop.One set of cowboy hard accessories in a pewter color.One set of cowboy soft accessories in deep teal.We've come close enough to the target of 100 figures for me to commit to production.Īs long as everyone that has committed follows threw with the deposit I will commission the figure. We talked about doing an exclusive Sam Cobra for Stewart's Attic and he went off to investigate.įast forward a couple of months and many phone and IM conversations later and he came up with the idea to do a 50th Johnny West figure. He had been selling some recast Johnny and Stoney pieces but wanted to up the ante a bit. In 2015, in celebration of Johnny's 50th year, a group of avid collectors produced this very limited edition 50th Anniversary Johnny WestĪ New Johnny In November of 2014, James Wozniak of Classic Recasts contacted me with an idea to do 12 inch figures from the old PlastiMarx molds. Shortly after that, a new line of Johnny West toys were produced by the Fort Scott, KS company "Circle X Ranch" and brought many old and new fans to the toy shelves again. In 2000-2001, Johnny rode again through the MarxMint figures. Except for some limited production in Mexico, the original molds sat idle for almost 20 years. Johnny lived on a little longer in the foreign markets but by 1978 world-wide production had stopped. Johnny and Sam were also made "Quick Draw". With new colors and accessories and the first African American figure – Jed Gibson. In 1975 (the last year of US production) the Johnny West Adventures series was introduced. Although this series only lasted a year, this box is perhaps the most remembered design from Johnny West. The new owners "Quaker Oats" rebranded all the figures into a single series called: The Best of The West. In 1974, Louis Marx no longer ran the Marx Toy Company. Johnny and the rest of the West family were going strong in these years and saw the introduction of Sam Cobra and Sheriff Garrett in 19. General Custer (Based on actor Wayne Maunder) joined in 1968. Early concept sculpts for TV's James West and Jesse James were used for Capt. ![]() This series introduced a whole new set of figures and accessories. In 1967, the Fort Apache Fighters series was made. Later, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Mexico were manufacturing their own figures with different colors and names. Initially Marx would ship the figures to the country and they would put them into their own box designs. In the late 1960's Johnny West went Global! Johnny and his friends came with a full set of accessories for hours of fun on the open plains!įor the next several years, the Johnny West family grew fast! With his wife Jane, their children Janice, Jamie, Josie and Jay they ran the Circle X Ranch and cared for Jane's horse Flame and the ponies Pancho & Thundercolt. This set the stage for the next 50 years of imagination and play by children of all ages. Born on March 31st, 1965, Johnny West, Thunderbolt and Chief Cherokee are the first fully articulated action figures made by the Louis Marx Toy Company. ![]()
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