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Frank Frazetta Cover Art for Monster Mania #2 (January, 1967)
Published February 10, 2015 Dinosaurs , Frank Frazetta Leave a CommentMarx Toys: Giant Prehistoric Mountain Play Set
Published September 19, 2012 Dinosaurs , Marx Toys/Playsets 2 Comments
These cavemen don’t stand a chance.
Louis Marx Play Sets: Dinosaurs, Romans, Spacemen, Lend Me Your Ears
Published April 24, 2012 Dinosaurs , Marx Toys/Playsets , Space Toys/Playsets 5 CommentsI hadn’t heard of Louis Marx and Company, apparently “the largest toy manufacturer in the world by the 1950s,” until I started looking for pics of the army men I had growing up. Marx produced these amazing sets well into the ’70s, and below is just a small sampling of what I never got to play with. I remember seeing other kids with the stuff, though. How depressing.
No, I’m not going to get all crazy and try to procure one now (the Ben-Hur set below sold for $853 on eBay in 2008). I have my dignity. Well, as much dignity as a grown man who looks for pictures of army men while singing along to ’80s New Wave can have.
You can check out some of the Marx catalogs over at Plaid Stallions.
(Images via Dinosaur Toy Forum, John Kenneth Muir, Marx Lane, Playset Addict, Toy Soldier Forum, Timewarp Toys, Marx Playsets, and CollectToys)
2 Warps to Neptune 