1/6 Kaustic Plastik and Infinite Statue - John Wayne as Hondo

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Heck yeah, all time favorite. Been awhile greatlakes6 what did you think about Rooster? Overall, I was glad to get a couple of them, but it wasn’t perfect with a vest too big and sculpt a little off for me. Hopefully they nail this one, so fingers crossed.
I liked Rooster, but agree with you on the vest. Usually things like the vest are too thin, but this was way too thick. The sculpt was off a little and hopefully they can get a better likeness for Hondo.
 
I liked Rooster, but agree with you on the vest. Usually things like the vest are too thin, but this was way too thick. The sculpt was off a little and hopefully they can get a better likeness for Hondo.
Sounds like we are on the same page 👍 Waited for years and now we have Duke, Eastwood, Sly, and Norris full speed ahead with official figures. Love it :yess:
 
Totally agree, Love it! Never thought we would see all the Eastwood's. More Duke, and more Chuck!
Yeah, Eastwood was the biggest surprise getting into the toy business in his 90s. Guess he finally decided why not if people want it. Something new and different for him, since he has pretty much done it all.

Then Chuck enters the ring again in his 80s, but he has done this before back in the 80s including his cartoons. So many great figures could be on the horizon for this team up with KP!!! Pretty awesome and looking forward to seeing more.

The Duke comeback, since the old Sideshow figures/statues was way overdue. I would love to see KP go down the list of films with a few more looks starting with The Searchers & Rio Bravo if Hondo sells well. I mean I can think of at least five more looks/films that I want, but that‘s wishful thinking 😂
 

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I love Hondo because of Al Bundy.

There was an episode of Married With Children where Al wanted to see Hondo and the Duke... Of course it went wrong and he missed it.
 
I'll get the figure for sure, well for sure as long as the quality looks good enough.

However, Hondo has never been one of my favourite westerns. I watched it again last night, and it largely falls apart due to one line that states that the current year is 1870.

If only they'd adjusted it to a few years later some of the anachronisms would've been eliminated. But then it was 1950s Hollywood, and they rarely cared for accuracy, and most of the audience wouldn't have known any better or cared either.

Hondo's sidearm is an 1873 Colt SAA, which is also used by the cavalry in the film.

Wayne used his trademark Winchester Model 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine with its oversized lever loop, as he did in many westerns.

The cavalry in Hondo commit the same errors as in Wayne's Fort Apache (1948, set in 1872 at the latest), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949, set in 1876) and The Horse Soldiers (1959, set in 1863): The troopers wear shirts and suspenders not authorized nor generally observed until the 1880s.

In Hondo, Fort Apache and The Horse Soldiers the cavalry officers and NCOs all have wide yellow stripes on their trousers. In this period the regulations were as follows:

Officer: 1/8" welt (See DID's Lt. John Dunbar)
Sergeant: 1 1/2"
Corporal: 1/2"
Private: No stripe


Infinite Statue's new piece representing Wayne in The Horse Soldiers is therefore nonsense historically...

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Nevertheless, if Kaustic Plastik were to make this as a 1/6 figure I wouldn't be able to resist as I think you could probably push him forward in time to the 1880s and ignore the Civil War source.

The regulations concerning trouser stripes were changed in 1872

Officer: 1 1/2"
Sergeant:1"
Corporal:1/2"
Private: No stripe


On the subject of trousers, Hondo has anachronistic belt loops on his, which I think is typical for Wayne's western movie costuming.


Besides that, 1/6 Hondo would work well as a cavalry scout for later periods as is. Or earlier by changing his sidearm.


One other thing, and it's something Hondo got right: Sam the Rough Collie is a period accurate breed that was gaining popularity in the 1800s.

(Sam was played by Pal, while a male dog he had the distinction of being the first Lassie, and played her in numerous films and the TV series).
 
I think statues look beautiful,but acting figure is what I want.

I secretly hope we have a revival of Westerns...but like old school ones where men are men as this era of fluff movie among seems to be at its end.
 
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