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I never got any Best of the West or Gabriel Lone Ranger but I certainly remember their presence in the early 1970s wish books and i miss seeing them.For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com
My grandparents gave me the Lone Ranger & Silver and Tonto & Scout gift sets for Christmas the year The Legend of the Lone Ranger came out. I had no idea this larger world of Lone Ranger toys existed from just a few years before. Unbeknownst to me my grandather had a Best of the West horse and Geronimo figure in with his collection of horses!
My cousins had both Johnny West and The Lone Ranger, Tonto, Butch Cavendish and the town backdrop. The Johnny West figure was a hand-me-down from somewhere and my cousins didn't know who he was, but he looked a lot like John Wayne, so they called him that.
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
Could never get into cowboy and Indian toys. For me it was primarily science fiction and fantasy stuff (though I loved RAH G.I. Joe, too). I guess it is a generational thing, but the Lone Ranger is something like my dad grew up with. To me, it's too dry.
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