In 1977, Marx Toys launched the Ready Gang a beautiful line of 9″ action figures from the old west with little to no back story (seriously are these guys outlaws for good guys?) and it quietly flopped in the market place. It’s a shame as the figures are not only attractive but well made, nowadays I […]
Kind of ingenious item, take an existing horse mold (most likely from Johnny West) paint it black and use the public domain good will of Anna Sewell. I’m surprised more companies didn’t offer Black Beauty toys aimed at girls. As an aside, my sister loved horses and every birthday party she got two copies of […]
I love catalog extras such as these, this pile of accessories for G.I. Joe (or as the picture demonstrates his lower cost equivilant Fighting Yank) is actually left over parts from Marx’s “Mike Hazard” spy doll from the mid 1960s. The toy industry wisely never seems to throw anything away.
I’ve featured this line before but it’s kind of forgotten and could use the l’il “leg up” now and then.
File this toy line under “Can’t remember the name” Marx’s Ready Gang line didn’t get a lot of recognition and kind of got swept away with all the Western Action figures released in the 1970s. It’s hard to imagine but at one point almost every major toy company had a series of Cowboy action figures […]
Big Wheels were the Rolls freaking Royce of children’s transportation in the 1970s, there seemed to be at least two on every block. The Big Wheel however was only one part of the Marx “Ride ‘Ems” line which included some fun and strange vehicles, check out the 1975 Marx Ride Ems Catalog here. Related Linkage:
Marx is the rolls royce of playsets, having gone from their hey day in the 1950s and 1960s, they still had a little fight left in them by the mid seventies. While miles away from their former glory, they were cranking out a toy that delivered hours of play in a little box. Related Links:Buy, […]
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 […]
In the 70s, parents groups had pretty much ruled out the concept of killing each other by stomping on war toys but it was still perfectly fine to shoot animals. Everybody was doing it, Big Jim, G.I. Joe, the Adventure People (OK they never had a gun) and this great series by Marx simply called […]
While the Marx Naverone set is cool and you can never go wrong with some plastic dinosaurs (especially in combination with the army men!) I think the big star for me here is the Martian landing playset.Astronauts, vehicles and that Big wheel space station? That’s all i need. I’m pretty sure you can still find […]
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