There's a lot of people out there who aren't too crazy about things made in China. Sometimes they get a bug up their keester because of political reasons, sometimes because they consider the products 'cheap'. As for the first reason, all I can say is: look in the mirror America for someone to blame on that score - we're the ones who transferred all of our production over there! As for the second reason, that's the same garbage I used to hear when I was a kid back in the '50s and '60s when we referred to toys coming out of Japan or Hong Kong as 'cheap'. That's the whole reason our production shifted to China - because it was cheaper to make things over there!!! My take on things as a toy collector is: there's a lot of good quality and innovative toys that have come out of that country. There's been some real crap too but, with the tremendous amount of production, overall the scales weigh in favor on the 'good' side.
There's also been times when the creative minds behind the toys think outside of the box and gives us little gems like this cart. Think about it. We have our little Western toys and we expect covered wagons, and stagecoaches and stuff, but how often have we seen things like donkey-pulled carts? We see them sometimes in movies - just lazily rolling by in a background scene - but try to find one for Old West play. Just a plain, simple, little cart, but one that adds a dose of ambience to an Old West scene. To be honest, I've had this toy (and a second just like it) since about 1998 when I bought two header bag sets of 'Cowboys & Indians' from Wal-Mart for a train layout I was working on. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of the set, nor did I make a list of the contents, but I do have these two carts as well as a covered wagon leftover from that set. The car measures 6 3/4" (17.14cm) L x 1 7/8" (4.76cm) W x 1 3/4" (4.44cm) H and is good 'nuff for 54mm figures. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
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