The Fox So Cunning And Free starred in his own Marx playset back in 1966. The action took place inside and around the gates of the cuartel, and included a two-story comandante's office and a secret cave. Our hero made fools of a crew of round hat Mexican soldiers (I featured them HERE and HERE). Come back next week for a look (thanks mostly to the photographic skills of Mr. Cap'n Bob Napier) at Sgt. Garcia and the other co-stars of the set.
More Toy Soldiers on parade HERE.
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Good and horsey.
It seems like the right time to produce a Zorro play set would have been in the late 1950's, when the TV series was running. I don't remember any particular interest in the character among kids in 1966. The big fads that year, as I recall, were Batman and spy-fi (e.g., James Bond, Man from U.N.C.L.E.).
But Gold Key did publish a TV tie-in Zorro comic with Guy Williams photo covers from 1966 to '68, so maybe the TV show was still popular in syndicated reruns.
It was re-released when the show went into syndication
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