Vintage Action Figures C O L I N D O R M A N Colin Dorman Copyright© 2004-2018 All Rights Reserved The following websites, magazines and books are some of the sources I have used to research the material on this site as well as many of the images etc: wikipedia I megomuseum I figurerealm I rebblescum I Mego Action Figure Toys by John Bonavita I Toyfare Magazine I Official Price Guide to Action Figures by Stuart W. Wells III and Jim Main I Action Figure Resource Privacy Policy © Copyright and Copy Colin Dorman www.action-figure-resource.com All trademarks and registered trademarks, whether or not so identified, are acknowledged to be the property of their respective owners. The use of a trademark does not imply that such use has been authorised, endorsed or sponsored by the trademark owner. The Lone Ranger M A D E H I S V E R Y F I R S T ‘ P U B L I C ’ A P P E A R A N C E W A Y B A C K I N 1 9 3 3 A S A R A D I O S E R I A L A N D D U E T O I T S H U G E P O P U L A R I T Y , I T W A S L A T E R A D A P T E D T O B O T H T V A N D M O V I E S . H E W A S A F O R M E R T E X A S R A N G E R W H O F O U G H T O U T L A W S I N T H E W I L D W E S T W I T H H I S N A T I V E I N D I A N F R I E N D T O N T O . T H E O R I G I N A L T V S E R I E S R A N F R O M 1 9 4 9 T O 1 9 5 7 W I T H C L A Y T O N M O O R E S T A R R I N G A S T H E L O N E R A N G E R A N D T O N T O W A S P L A Y E D B Y J A Y S I L V E R H E E L S , W H O W A S A M O H A W K F R O M T H E S I X N A T I O N S I N D I A N R E S E R V E I N O N T A R I O , C A N A D A . H I S T I T L E D O E S N ’ T C O M E F R O M T H E F A C T T H A T H E L I K E S T O W O R K O R R I D E A L O N E B U T B E C A U S E H E W A S T H E O N L Y S U R V I V I N G M E M B E R O F A G R O U P O F S I X R A N G E R S W H O A R E A M B U S H E D B Y A G R O U P O F O U T L A W S L E D B Y B A R T H O L O M E W " B U T C H " C A V E N D I S H . T O N T O L A T E R S T U M B L E S U P O N T H E M A S S A C R E A N D F I N D S O N E O F T H E R A N G E R S B A R E L Y A L I V E A N D N U R S E S H I M B A C K T O H E A L T H . T H E O R I G I N A L T V S E R I E S R A N F R O M 1 9 4 9 T O 1 9 5 7 W I T H C L A Y T O N M O O R E S T A R R I N G A S T H E L O N E R A N G E R A N D T O N T O W A S P L A Y E D B Y J A Y S I L V E R H E E L S , W H O W A S A M O H A W K F R O M T H E S I X N A T I O N S I N D I A N R E S E R V E I N O N T A R I O , C A N A D A . Fun Fact: The Lone Ranger Was Inspired by Bass Reeves N O O N E I S E N T I R E L Y S U R E W H E R E T H E I N S P I R A T I O N F O R T H E L O N E R A N G E R C A M E F R O M ( E X A C T L Y W H O C R E A T E D H I M I S S T I L L I N D I S P U T E ) , B U T M A N Y F A N S A N D H I S T O R I A N S B E L I E V E T H A T T H E C H A R A C T E R W A S I N S P I R E D B Y L E G E N D A R Y L A W M A N B A S S R E E V E S . O N E O F T H E F I R S T A F R I C A N A M E R I C A N S T O B E C O M E A D E P U T Y U S M A R S H A L L W E S T O F T H E M I S S I S S I P P I R I V E R ( A K A C O W B O Y C O U N T R Y ) , R E E V E S L I V E D A M O N G L O C A L N A T I V E A M E R I C A N T R I B E S F O R Y E A R S A F T E R E S C A P I N G S L A V E R Y , W H E R E H E L E A R N E D M A N Y L A N G U A G E S A N D B E C A M E A C R A C K S H O T . A S A N O K L A H O M A T E R R I T O R Y L A W M A N , H E W O R K E D T I R E L E S S L Y F O R 3 2 Y E A R S , A P P R E H E N D I N G O V E R 3 , 0 0 0 F E L O N S ( I N C L U D I N G O N E O F H I S S O N S ) W I T H O U T E V E R G E T T I N G W O U N D E D . Dollcraft Novelty Company 1937/8 T H E V E R Y F I R S T L O N E R A N G E R A C T I O N F I G U R E S W E R E R E L E A S E D B Y T H E D O L L C R A F T N O V E L T Y C O M P A N Y O F N E W Y O R K C I T Y I N 1 9 3 7 / 3 8 . T H E L I S T E D C O P Y R I G H T I S T . L . R . C O M P A N Y , I N C .