{"id":16969,"date":"2021-05-28T16:40:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/?page_id=16969"},"modified":"2021-10-13T21:01:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T21:01:08","slug":"western","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaidstallions-action-figure-galleries-mego-knock-offs\/matchbox-fighting-furies-plaid-stallions-action-figure-archive\/western\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchbox Fighting Furies Cowboy Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16951&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaidstallions-action-figure-galleries\/matchbox-fighting-furies-plaid-stallions-action-figure-archive\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong><i>While the Fighting Furies wasn&#8217;t a giant success in North America, it did enjoy popularity in Europe, particularly the UK, that&#8217;s why the second line of Western Fighting Furies was launched there. US Matchbox catalogs showed these three figures but featured the words &#8220;Not Available in the USA&#8221;.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The popularity of Western themes in Europe is likely due to the popularity of characters such as Karl May and Tex Willer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i> \u00a0All photos in this gallery are courtesy of Bill Frost.<\/i><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16982&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Crazy Horse was the only figure in the line that was based on a historical character.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16983&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>The action was now played up to suit the Western characters.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16984&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Black McCoy, our Cowboy character, kind of looks like a bad guy.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16985&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Note he has Quick Draw action.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16986&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Black McCoy, our Cowboy character, kind of looks like a bad guy.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kid Cortez looks like a Mexican outlaw, love the five o&#8217;clock shadow.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16987&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>These figures are very hard to find, horses are shown but one has never surfaced, it&#8217;s beginning to look like they never got made.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16988&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>The Cattle Rustler Set.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;17020&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>War Dance Set.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16989&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>The back of the card advertises a horse\u00a0 but these to my knowledge have never been found.\u00a0<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16990&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>The Fighting Furies Horse as pictured in a Matchbox Catalog, it is believed to not have been produced.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16947&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bounceInUp&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaidstallions-action-figure-galleries\/&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16951&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaidstallions-action-figure-galleries\/matchbox-fighting-furies-plaid-stallions-action-figure-archive\/&#8221;][vc_column_text]While the Fighting Furies wasn&#8217;t a giant success in North America, it did enjoy popularity in Europe, particularly the UK, that&#8217;s why the second line of Western Fighting Furies was launched there. 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