Kenner released figures for the Butch & Sundance sequal in 1979, Butch & Sundance the Early . The figures all feature solid construction, and exhibit 7 points of articulation: neck, shoulders, hips, and knees. The figures included "quick draw" action - levers on the backs that could be flicked to make their right arms swing up with pistol drawn. The quick-draw-action later found on some of Kenner's Indiana Jones toys. The series was renamed The Real West to include other well-known Western characters (including planned figures of Geronimo, Billy the Kid, and Jesse James). However, the only toy released with the Real West logo was the Western Cafe.
The outlaw known as Butch Cassidy, born Robert LeRoy Parker on April 13, 1866, was the eldest of 13 children in a Mormon family in Utah. His admiration for a young cowboy named Mike Cassidy and a stint as a butcher inspired his nom de crime. The Sundance Kid, born Harry Alonzo Longabaugh in the spring of 1867, was the youngest of five children in a Baptist family in Pennsylvania.
