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INDIAN SPEARS |
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Black and White Spear:
This spear seems to have shipped mainly with the earlier version
Chief Thunderbird sets with the Black and White Pinto or the
Brown and White Pintos. I don't believe it was ever used with
the Warpaint style Chief Thunderbird. |
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Red and White Spear:
This is the primary spear used with the later style Warpaint
Chief Thunderbirds, however I believe it was occasionally used
with some Black and White Pinto versions as seen in the Hartland
Dealer Sheet. This one is much harder to find. |
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Special Red, Black, and White Spear:
(very rare)
  I don’t
own this one (red added in Photoshop), but I do think it exists.
A friend has one in his collection which was with a dark skinned
early Chief Thunderbird set with black
tipped warbonnet. Neither the horse nor figure have the Hartland
imprint. Some of the early Chief Thunderbird
literature shows a prototype set with extra decoration on
the spear and warbonnet and I believe the set to be legitimate. |
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Stevens Chief Thunderbird Spear:
Produced in the early 90’s, these are quite hard to find
due to the limited number of sets produced. Stevens also produced
the Thunderbird set in 1988, but I
don’t have an example of that spear. |
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ADDITIONAL INDIAN PARTS |
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Original Shield: (rare)
These seem to have been designed for early Chief Thunderbirds
but were more often included with Brave Eagle sets. They did
fit nicely over Thunderbird’s left
arm but do not have a good place to rest on Brave Eagle sets. |
Stevens Thunderbird Shield: (rare)
This is from the Steven's re-release
of Chief Thunderbird in the early 90’s and are hard
to find due the the very limited number of sets produced. They
seem to be hand painted instead of using the traditional masks. |
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Yellow Tomahawk:
The standard issue with all the old Chief Thunderbird sets. They
fit in a hole his left hand. |
Stevens Thunderbird Tomahawk: (rare)
Molded the same as the old ones but painted black and silver.
From the early 90’s. |
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Unique Red and White Tomahawk: (rare)
I have always assumed this is an original Hartland piece from
the 50’s or 60’s as it is made of acetate plastic.
I believe it is different than tomahawks used by Lido and Wells
Lamont. Another collector friend looked it over and he believes
is it original, too. |
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Chief Thunderbird Yellow Bow:
This bow was shipped with both styles of Chief Thunderbird—Plain
and Warpaint. I have always assumed there was a white version
of this smaller bow, but I believe that might have been wrong.
I looked throughout my entire collection for an old 50’s
version of it but could only find some of the styrene re-casts
produced by Stevens in 1988 for their Chief Thunderbird. A rubber
band is stretched down a small groove in the bow. Hartland did
not make any arrows or quiver. |
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Stevens White Bow:
I have quite a few of these which were made in 1988
when Stevens did their styrene version of the Chief Thunderbird
set. It is much more white than the older bows similar to the
Brave Eagle bow shown below. I don’t think Stevens actually
included the bow with the sets, and the stock I have came from
Stevens employees. |
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Brave Eagle White Bow:
The large Brave Eagle Bow is made in much the same
fashion as the Thunderbird bow with a rubber band used as the
bowstring. Due to the constant pressure of the rubberband on
the bow, it is common to see it bent into a severe C shape. Most
of the time, this accessory is displayed on the shelf with the
string pulled back to the figure's face. Hartland did not make
any arrows or quiver for this set. |
 Tonto
and Brave Eagle Feather:
Both figures have a little groove in the back of their
headband to slip in the stem of this feather. Early Brave Eagles
may not have had a warbonnet and this was used. Later, sets included
both the feather and the warbonnet. Tontos always had the feather
despite the fact that Jay Silverheels did not wear one in the
TV show. |
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Mike Jackson’s Hartland Photos: