@Norikins
Because that is their spiritual name.

One of two small original-run Wild West sets (6790) that appeared in S-at-H catalogs in 2002 alongside the re-releases of larger sets (6762, 6763, 6764). I'm unsure whether it was leftover stock or if they produced new ones.

Why does that man have two mouths? Or is it a double chin?

@Brickodillo said:
"Why does that man have two mouths? Or is it a double chin?"

Nose.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 :
Smoke signals. And I agree with @Norikins that you're not seeing hoodoos in the background. I don't think it's mountains, though. Looks more like a plateau. Hoodoos are the result of uneven erosion, and are more likely to be found in a canyon or chasm than free-standing on level ground. On the Colorado Plateau, they are found at the upper level of the erosion tier in Bryce Canyon, with Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon located at subsequently lower tiers where geological conditions no longer support their widespread formation. In Bryce Canyon, it's dolomite deposits that shield portions from eroding as fast as their surroundings.

@Maxbricks14 :
That's...not exactly true. I was just at Bryce Canyon National Park, which is "hoodoo central" to the world. "Hoodoo" is a spiritual term, yes, but it refers more to bad luck, where the rock formations were believed to be a form of punishment for wicked spirits. It was typical miscommunication between European explorers and the local indigenous population that resulted in the term being used to describe the geological formations. There's also the African version of Hoodoo, which is entirely unrelated."

Er... I'm seeing hoodoos too.

The shadows don't support the theory of larger formations. Also, even if you think it's not hoodoos, it's definitely not a plateau. Too small. A butte it might be. Regardless, it's definitely a beaut of a set. Dolomite!!

This moment in pendantic snarkism was brought to you by.... the letter T.

Speaking of minifigs, that new CMF line looks nice, especially the mushroom man, don't you think?

I got this set as a child, it has ways made me feel incredibly uncomfortable.

Their faces though... ugh.

@cabbie said:
"Snake in the grass, literally"
More like snake stuck in the grass. He looks like he's having trouble.

Oh cool, I own this one! I love the headdress piece. I always thought it was peculiar to have the nose drawn for the minifig.

It reminded me of "Killers of the Flower Moon", which I recently watched.

Very detailed horse.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Brickodillo said:
"Why does that man have two mouths? Or is it a double chin?"

Nose."
Blasphemy!

@watcher21 said:
"Great set taht I got a few times, sold 1 chief since I only needed the horse for army building.

@AustinPowers said:
"VIP Add-on Pack Western"

VIP packs don't have minifigs, feel free to drool over a real add on pack 5392"

40513, 40515, 40608 and the Brickset database all politely disagree.

Lego liked these little one-minifigure-and-horse sets back in the late 90s, didn't they? I mean, I'm not complaining, one of my earliest sets was 6013 and it was pretty great - plus a really cheap way to get a VERY nice minifigure, as well as my first Lego horse - but in addition to that one and today's RSotD, there was also 6008, 6009, and 6417, as well as similar sets that doubled or tripled (or even quadrupled, in 6031!) the number of minifigures such as 6026, 6712 and 6706.

That said, this one definitely had the rarer horse design, rather than the standard black or white ones from most of the other sets of this type.

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For myself, I have this minifigure, though not from this set: he was the only minifigure even close to being complete from the 6766 that I got in a box of some friends' old Lego that they gave me many years ago now, and more recently I picked up his torso from Bricklink to complete the figure. I personally didn't mind the noses / eye whites on the figure - I already had two Timmys by then, after all! - but I also didn't know that they were insensitive caricatures: I didn't really know anything about the American West to provide context, it's not really something we learned about as kids on this side of the pond (at least not when I was that age, may be different now), so I just assumed it was Lego trying a different style that hadn't stuck.

@ForestMenOfEndor:
Legally, a skeleton is not a minifig. In order to secure trademark status for the minifigure, a legal definition had to be established, which requires any two of the three standard minifig elements (head, torso assembly, legs assembly). A skeleton has only the head, with custom elements to represent the rest of the body, thus disqualifying it as a true minifig, and relegating it to “character” status.

@Binnekamp said:
"Remember horses? They were great"

At least the minifig horse did come back more frequent recently, currently available in 3 colors.

2017-2018 had no minifig horses in "current" sets at the time (I returned to LEGO in 2016)

2015-2016 and 2019-2020 had white horses via scooby doo and harry potter but other then that, it wasn't until 2019 that introduced a new horse in Tan, and then Dark Orange in 2021, and recently the standard reddish brown horse became available via LEGO.com pieces again.

Would be nice to see white, and black horses come back, and perhaps more new colors of horses in the near future (Grey, Dark Tan etc.)

@PurpleDave said:
" @ForestMenOfEndor:
Legally, a skeleton is not a minifig. In order to secure trademark status for the minifigure, a legal definition had to be established, which requires any two of the three standard minifig elements (head, torso assembly, legs assembly). A skeleton has only the head, with custom elements to represent the rest of the body, thus disqualifying it as a true minifig, and relegating it to “character” status."

All true, but I choose to ride with the Brickset database and proudly proclaim, "Skeletons are minifigures, too!" Long live the skeletons! Or something....

@ForestMenOfEndor:
Brickset washes its hands of all that and refers you to Bricklink. Bricklink leaves a lot of that up to the personal preference of whoever happens to be managing the catalog at that time, and there's a longstanding tradition of trying to avoid stepping on any current or former catmin's toes. So, once something gets established, it tends to be left alone unless the user community throws a big enough fit that they can't keep ignoring everyone.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ForestMenOfEndor:
Legally, a skeleton is not a minifig. "

Skeletons are not minifigures. Skeletons are ex-minifigs as they are no longer among the living. (Don't ask about zombies and the undead skeletons of fantasy castle!)

@TeriXeri I saw the brown horse in PAB but sadly it seems no longer available

@ForestMenOfEndor I hope I don't get cancelled for not considering the "feelings of the Skeletons" by NOT considering them minifigs

@PurpleDave said:
" @ForestMenOfEndor:
Legally, a skeleton is not a minifig. In order to secure trademark status for the minifigure, a legal definition had to be established, which requires any two of the three standard minifig elements (head, torso assembly, legs assembly). A skeleton has only the head, with custom elements to represent the rest of the body, thus disqualifying it as a true minifig, and relegating it to “character” status."
Technically, you’re correct. But I always found the legal definition overly restrictive. While I agree that skeletons shouldn’t count as minifigures, I reckon that a figure like Pythor ( https://brickset.com/minifigs/njo060 ) should. I have my own definition that goes even further and allows for Pythor-like minifigures even if they have the chicken suit guy’s type of torso assembly ( https://brickset.com/minifigs/col135 ) without the standard minifigure arms.

The noses don't actually bother me. The eyes stand out more to me than the nose.

And the white in the sky is clearly UFOs, not smoke rings.

And I wouldn't call those buttes either, I grew up around buttes and these are not that.

I'd love a return of the Western theme, but that is a bygone era. I dare say Lone Ranger killed off any hope for a resurgence. I've been meaning to do a MOC for a convention sometime, but I have too many other projects.

@Zander:
All I know is the 2-of-3 definition. Standard, non-sculpted head is easy enough to figure out. I’d love to get clarification on exactly what counts as a torso or legs. Do non-standard arms or hands disqualify the entire torso? How about a single non-standard leg? Midi or short legs, or minifig skirt? I’m assuming 2x2x2 slope is just out at this point.

that horse looks like hes gonna eat the snake

@PurpleDave said:
" @Zander:
All I know is the 2-of-3 definition. Standard, non-sculpted head is easy enough to figure out. I’d love to get clarification on exactly what counts as a torso or legs. Do non-standard arms or hands disqualify the entire torso? How about a single non-standard leg? Midi or short legs, or minifig skirt? I’m assuming 2x2x2 slope is just out at this point."
I’m not an IP lawyer but my understanding is that a small change would not nullify IP rights. What constitutes a small change though is probably open to debate. There are likely guidelines based on case law but I don’t know what they are. If you’re curious, here’s the US patent for the minifigure from 1979: https://makezine.com/article/home/fun-games/1979-lego-minifig-patent/

@Ridgeheart said:
"I'm so glad TLG chose a respectful approach to this subject, and didn't give the Native Americans an offensive skintone such as, I dunno, bright red. Because that would be unforgivably stupid and hurtful. You'd have to be Homemaker-level evil to think that that could ever be a good idea.

The noses are still weird, though. We're playing Lego by Final Fantasy Tactics-rules, where nobody should ever have a nose."

It's scary that there are still people who defend the "Red Indians" design choice to this day.

Great little set here.
LOVE the prints. Especially on the horse.

@Ridgeheart said:
"I'm so glad TLG chose a respectful approach to this subject, and didn't give the Native Americans an offensive skintone such as, I dunno, bright red. Because that would be unforgivably stupid and hurtful. You'd have to be Homemaker-level evil to think that that could ever be a good idea.

The noses are still weird, though. We're playing Lego by Final Fantasy Tactics-rules, where nobody should ever have a nose."

"My nose my nose, my kingdom for a nose." (Seinfeld referencing Shakespeare)

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"Lego liked these little one-minifigure-and-horse sets back in the late 90s, didn't they? I mean, I'm not complaining, one of my earliest sets was 6013 and it was pretty great - plus a really cheap way to get a VERY nice minifigure, as well as my first Lego horse - but in addition to that one and today's RSotD, there was also 6008, 6009, and 6417, as well as similar sets that doubled or tripled (or even quadrupled, in 6031!) the number of minifigures such as 6026, 6712 and 6706."

I had almost all of those sets--and if my brother's collection is included as part of my childhood, we only missed the Paradisa one.

For myself, on another note, skeletons ARE minifigs--they're included on my homebrew minifigure census spreadsheet, anyway, so it's a definitive judgement.

This fig, since I have this set, is on their too. My only native American fig until I picked up Raindance Ridge from the back corner of a shelf it managed to hide on until 2001. The native figs looked a bit overprinted next to the cowboy figs of the prior year, who had no leg printing and more traditional faces. I think of them as being a bit more like the Exo-Force figs: an experimental style that didn't last. Clone Wars figs too. Can't say I love any of them.