Marx made a variey of large diesels in the postwar era.The first and only large tinplate diesel was the Marx rendition of an EMD (Electro Motive Division) FT, the Santa Fe "AA". The #21 was introduced in 1950...
This guide talks about the forms of collecting, describes how the condition of a figure is determined and shows the grading scale used. Then this guide talks about the markings found on Marx figures. The next...
Marx Trains Toys: A Brief History Louis Marx in TIME 1955 - Famous Logo Born in 1896, Louis Marx was always interested in toys. He started working at the Strauss toy company in 1911 and incorporated his own...
MODERN MARX TRAINS NEW OLD TIN told as remembered by Dan Schievelbein Reviving the Marx Spirit of Tin Lithograph Styled Trains and Accessories : Beginning preproduction as early as 1990 Marx branded tin...
For those in the know and those new to the hobby, here are a few helpful thoughts and facts about 1/72 scale figure collecting.Visit www.plasticsoldierreview.com By far the mecca of information on new...
SOFT PLASTIC or HARD PLASTIC I see many, many sellers confused by the general terms, "soft plastic" and "hard plastic" HARD PLASTIC - The term usually refers to polystyrene (or similiar) brittle plastic....
This guide is to help the collectors in identifying the figures produced during the 1990s by the Plastimarx company of Mexico. Some collectors frown on these wonderful figures, which were cast using the...
Marx issued what we now call Marx 45mm soldiers in the 50's. These well known, classic poses were later copied by Payton and Remco (at least) in the 60's and a dozen more companies over the years. You can...
I've been collecting selling vintage toys for 22 years. I stumbled across the best way to clean vintage rubber plastic toys after trying out a product I had bought to clean the classic wide white wall tires...
Being a Baby Boomer, I was lucky enough to grow up in the late 1940s, 50's and 60's.and fondly remember every Christmas when Mom and Dad would get out the layout pieces and send us up to the attic for the...