TOY HERO Welcome to Toy Hero. This website is devoted to toys of the Wild West. Our cast of hundreds consist mainly of plastic toys made by Britains and Timpo in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Take a trip to Tabletop, Clay County. See our town and meet it's denizens. Here comes the train! This is the Prairie Rocket. Hop aboard and we'll head out to Tabletop and meet some of the folks. This fine locomotive was made by Timpo Toys. Like most of the toys here at Toy Hero, it's approximately 1:32 scale for figures 54mm tall. We've arrived! This is Tabletop - our Wild West town. Here's the bank, and it looks like someone's making a withdrawal. Don't pay no mind to all the shootin'. It happens all the time. The bank keeps putting up 'Wanted for Bank Robbery' posters. I guess folks keep applying for the job... Further up the main street you can see the Golden Nugget Saloon. A nice place to get a beer and maybe join a game of poker. Then there's the Sheriff's Office. We'll meet the Sheriff later, right now I expect he's kinda busy. These buildings were all made by Britains and are plastic kits. I remember these models from my childhood in the 60's. They were reissued by Britains in the 90's, though with very poor artwork on the labels. For our Bank and Saloon we've created labels that are more like the originals. Okay, let's just move down the street a little. Try not to attract attention. As we walk past the First National Stock Bank you can see the two guys making the 'withdrawal'. The guy in the 'duster' coat came in the same box as the bank. The guy on the right is also a Britains figure but from an earlier period. The figures tended to be very badly painted in later years - so we've repainted them all. Maybe that impairs their 'investment' value, but it sure makes them look a lot better. If we hurry on a little, we'll get out of the line of fire. Here's the Golden Nugget Saloon. Nice place. Apparently bored with their poker game, a couple of customers have decided to try for a reward instead. The dude with the rifle is Airfix, the other one is Britains. More about the figures later. This is the Sheriff's Office. The guy on the right is, as his star suggests, the sheriff. Looks like he's about to wake up his sleeping Mexican deputy. The building and figures were made by Britains. Click on the links below to see more. Britains Livery Stable Britains Staging Post Timpo Silver Dollar Saloon Timpo Bank Timpo Jail Timpo U.S. Marshal's Office As you explore the town I bet you almost expect to meet Wyatt Earp or maybe Billy the Kid. Let's take a look... Now while I'm a showing you around Tabletop, I should also tell you somethin' about another town, not far from here, maybe a day's ride. It's Someplace Else. For now though, just take a read of this here article about some bank raid that happened there not long ago.

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