I've got a real appreciation for these well sculpted Marx figures now but I have to be honest, as a kid I did not enjoy them. Occasionally I'd find a Superhero or a soldier in someone's toy box and think "who'd want this?". I guess I was spoiled by Mego at that point, so much articulation.Now I've got some of the Universal Monsters on my desk as I type this, odd how that works..
See, if I had gotten these, I'd be so tempted to just take minatures paint to 'em. I'm all defacement-happy like that.
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing about them, was that you could really trash them--light them on fire, bury them in cement, toss 'em off a cliff--and it wasn't a huge loss.
ReplyDeleteThose are nicely sculpted. The Iron Man breaking chains is nice, if not very play-able.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Spider-Man surrendering?
ReplyDeleteI have quite a collection of Marx figs.. The Astronauts are some of my favs. There's also a cowboy being shot, and he actually has an exit wound in his back! They don't make 'em like they used to!!
ReplyDeleteBack in the late 70's early 80's every kid on my block had at least one Marx set (Battleground, Fort Apache, Navarone, Iwo Jima)
ReplyDeleteThey were some of the coolest soldiers ever produced. Hours of fun and many memories. Unfortunately most of mine got tossed in the trash when I got older. I'd give my left nut for them back.
@Rob! He's not surrendering, he's being a scarrrrry ghoooooost! Oooooooo!
ReplyDeleteActually that's not Spider-man is it? Hard to tell but I think it's one of the classic monsters. Creature from the Black lagoon or Dracula? He's standing next to Wolfman. Brian? Can you help us?
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I used to set these up and blast 'em with dart guns. The favorite target was the cowboy with the bullet wound. I remember that if you hit him just right, he'd do this funny spin.
ReplyDeleteIts not Spidey? I assumed it was, with the underarm webbing thing going there.
ReplyDeleteIt's, from L to R, Spidey, Hulk, DD, Cap, Thor, and Iron Man---right?
Definitely Spider-Man.
ReplyDeletecheck out this detail shot of Iron Man. Now that's some niece molding for the early sixties!
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Cool, thanks for the closeups. What the heck is Spiderman doing then? The Hokey-Pokey?
ReplyDeleteOooooooo... I had some of the astronauts and the superheroes. Such fun memories!
ReplyDeleteMan, those astronauts and cowboys were slightly before my time...but they're way awesome. I didn't start playing with toy soldiers til I was like 6-7 (1977-78) so by that time it was the green army men like in Toy Story. Those Marx soldiers above are way more detailed. Killer!
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