Before Star Trek..

... you had cowboys (= the good guys) and indians (hmmmm excuse me... "native Americans" (= the bad guys)) on TV.

I still had a glimpse of the Wild West series like Rintintin and Davy Crocket and Bonanza. 

So naturally, I did play also with these... 

Cowboy on horse (detail), composite material,
Elastolin, Germany, 1950's

...... then came Mr. Spock and R2D2...