At different times growing up, I must have had five Fort Apaches.  I lived in California and playsets were outdoors toys for me and "sets" didn't last long.  The playset boxes seldom lasted beyond unpacking.  The figures lasted until they were buried or run over by the lawn mower or sacrificed in some molten ritual.    My western battles always included figures by many different makers.  Marx figures (always the leaders) fought against and along side MPC, Payton, Britians and Timpo figures.  There were usually Civil War figures fighting next to Mexicans fighting next to cowboys and frontiersmen.  I still like to play that way, though now troops from Classic and Dulcop and Reamsa and Conte and Barzo fight alongside the Marx guys. 

Below are some pictures of a recent battle that was waged in my basement.  At the heart of the set up was a huge old Fort from the 60mm days which had shooting platforms on every wall section and the nice six piece block houses.  Two Shoe box stables and a barracks building of my own design provide living and work space for the occupants for the fort.  The Defenders consist of 18 mounted long coats, a few damaged flip flop rebs, a group of union infantry and some cowboys and pioneers.  Marx Indian groups in just about every color Marx made...and then some...are joined in the attack by a few Marx Conversions and some members of the Dulcop, Airfix, BMC, Rubenstein and Reamsa  tribes.