{"id":17138,"date":"2021-06-01T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/?p=17138"},"modified":"2021-06-01T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:03:38","slug":"1980-kenner-real-west-series-butch-and-sundance-plaidstallions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/1980-kenner-real-west-series-butch-and-sundance-plaidstallions\/","title":{"rendered":"1980 Kenner Real West Series- Butch and Sundance- PlaidStallions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the late seventies, Kenner did some experimenting and released a line of action figures based on the movie “Butch and Sundance: The Early Years” which was a commercial failure. Kenner had done such a nice job on the toys that they attempted to repackage the line as “The Real West” in 1980.<\/p>\n

The Real West would have included characters from the movie and new Western Legends such as Geronimoe, sadly the line never saw full release and only a few items made it to the market place<\/p>\n

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Kenner Real West Series<\/p><\/div>\n

Each of the well-made figures had bendable knees (so they could ride horses) and quickdraw action when you squeezed their legs, kind of a precursor to the Kenner Super Powers figures. If these characters look familiar, Kenner reused a few of the molds to create the Indiana Jones line.<\/p>\n

The unproduced figures from this line were Billy the Kid, Geronimo and Jessie James.<\/p>\n

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Kenner Real West Series<\/p><\/div>\n

How a display of action figures would have looked.<\/p>\n

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Kenner Real West Series<\/p><\/div>\n

Butch and Sundances horses were also repackaged and released in the Indiana Jones line (I need to do a piece on that wodnerful series).<\/p>\n

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Kenner Real West Series<\/p><\/div>\n

Does the Western Cafe look familiar? It ought to, it’s a redecorated Star Wars Creature Cantina.<\/p>\n

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Kenner Real West Series<\/p><\/div>\n

The stagecoach made it into more than one toy catalog during the late seventies\/early eighties, I say this a great deal around these parts but this is one nicely made but highly overlooked line of action figures.<\/p>\n

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