Carson City : One Cool Cardboard Town

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I don't own any of the Gabriel Lone Ranger series nor did I as a kid but I do have a lot of respect for it. It's one of the best made toy lines of the 70's and holds it own. Case in point this Carson City playset, what a quality product this is. I'm a playset junky mind you....
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[Earth 2 Chris]

Man, that looks really cool. I remember ads on the back of comics for the 3 3/4 version.

I could easily get into the Lone Ranger line. My grandparents got me the Ranger/Silver and Tonto/Scout gift sets that were rereleased with the 80s movie. I manged to hold onto the horses, get a decent Tonto, and even a Ranger in the box. Adding onto it would be so sweet...

Maybe after I get the WGSH taken care of.

[toys2cool]

I had most of the stuff and loved it,never saw this set though

[EmergencyIan]

I always loved looking at this set in the Sears wishbook. What a great line!


- Ian

[HardyGirl]

Yeah, this looked like fun. My cousins asked for one, but they didn't get it, so they used Lincoln Logs to make their own playsets.

[QDOGG]

Damn! That brings back memories. I had the playset, but not the figures. I used it as a base for my Big Jims. Many a great adventure was had there!

[FullerDawg]

Id love to have that to go with my Lone Ranger,Silver and Tonto.Anyone have one?? For $12.97

[lepage]

yeah I just sold my carson city playset to someone here at the museum about a year ago and kinda regret it now. They just dont seem to come on ebay much.

Ever sell something and then regret it later?

[batty]

Thats funny. I bought one about a year ago on e-bay. You're right, they are hard to come by. I payed a pretty penny, but don't regret it for a second. I have been trying to find the Carson City for the 3 3/4" figures, but have yet had any luck. Later!--B.

[cjefferys]

That's awesome. I had a bunch of the Gabriel LR stuff as a kid, but never even saw this playset. The closest thing I had to a LR playset was Tonto's tee-pee.

That was a great line of toys, I played with them all the time. Unfortunately, other than a few scattered bits and pieces, my childhood ones are long gone. I would love to start collecting these, but I really don't need to start buying yet another line of toys (and it looks like they don't go for that cheap these days).