May 15th, 2009

Wind it up, watch the pedal action, listen to it ring, and let it annoy your parents. The general rule is that any toy that makes noise will sooner or later disappear without a trace. Seems this happened with some of my toys, and now that I look back, it dawns on me that they all made noise. Either parent must have took action to save peace within the family.

Marx made a lot of these little tin action gems in 1968, and as usual they came with a cool looking vintage box plus the funky artwork. Captain America, Spider-man, and Thor graced different sides of the box, and the trike had traits of each character within the design. Cap’s shield was the bell of the bike, while the wheels had Spidey’s web pattern, but alas Thor was minus his hammer. Just marvel at those crazy feet!