Comments on: Inaction Heroes

By: narvolicious

narvolicious — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:21:48 +0000

Man, 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!

By: Monsterforge

Monsterforge — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:08:09 +0000

Oooooooo… I had some of the astronauts and the superheroes. Such fun memories!

By: John III

John III — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Cool, thanks for the closeups. What the heck is Spiderman doing then? The Hokey-Pokey?

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:18:58 +0000

Definitely Spider-Man.

check out this detail shot of Iron Man. Now that's some niece molding for the early sixties!

verification word: Henses. What female chickens use in their glasses, telescopes and cameras

By: rob!

rob! — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:25:08 +0000

Its not Spidey? I assumed it was, with the underarm webbing thing going there.

It's, from L to R, Spidey, Hulk, DD, Cap, Thor, and Iron Man---right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:34:22 +0000

My 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.

By: John III

John III — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:28:35 +0000

Actually 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?

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:55:56 +0000

@Rob! He's not surrendering, he's being a scarrrrry ghoooooost! Oooooooo!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:42 +0000

Back 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)
They 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.

By: JFStan

JFStan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:06:57 +0000

I 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!!