Sunday, June 3, 2012

Jesse James in Plastic Empire toys Legends of the West !!!!

Jesse James!!  Empire Toys !! LEGENDS OF THE WEST!!!

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Empire Toys produced the Legends of the West line of figures in the late 70's. The 3 3/4 line was compatible with Legends of the Lone Ranger and the other Western toys out at the time. I know Empire toys made these figures and a good line of accessories, but Excel and Imperial also had produced them as well. Anyone who had these knows that this line of figures and accessories are AWESOME!! I had a ton of them and loved every minute of playtime I can remember with em. I lost all these figures to time and when I finally tracked down the info on this line, I couldn't search Ebay quick enough! This is the first one I got and wont be the last as I track down the rest of this line !!

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Jesse James was my favorite and the main nemesis for The Lone Ranger - click here for story - dressed in black and ready for action.

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The figure has great detail and was fairly robust. The Paint apps leave a bit to be desired but overall great figure ! The Black hat and pistol accessory were perfect and it has a HOLSTER FOR THE PISTOL!! I cant express enough how holsters for action figures are awesome ! Why couldn't all toy makers think of it !?!

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I remember that mine as a kid wore Deadwood Dick's black vest adding to the coolness of the figure !! I'll be tracking that down soon to complete this figure :)

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Look at that expression......
"Do I look like I care about the Lone Ranger?"
"We'll take care of bank job, then.....we'll take care of the Lone Ranger......"

8 comments:

  1. These are indeed very cool figures I had a few of them when I was very young but only two have lasted to present day ,I have a beat up buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.

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    1. I had the entire line of figures but didnt know until I researched this line that there were alot of really cool accessories too! I wish I had them when I was a kid but maybe I'll get them as an adult !!

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  2. How can you not love this wonderful old figure? Thanks for sharing him with all of us. : )

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    1. No prob!! Thanks for reading !! The best part is remembering the fun I had playing with them !!

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  3. Mr Jesse James, the legends in the west. I used to remember some moments when I was a kid playing this toy.

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    1. I just got a big lot of these guys off Ebay and will be postin them. I loved these figures when I was a kid !!

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  4. He is one of the best figures in the line. Love these toys!

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