I’ve been posting on previous blogs about Marx Spider-man Toys, and most of them have been all sixties items. Here is a later offering from the Marx Toy Co., and it is one big honking watch. It’s a time teaching watch, and has that classic John Romita Sr. pose from the first treasury on it. [...]
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 [...]
What?!?! You need a license to collect Spidey? Well, not really. In 1966 Marx marketed licenses to kids for their bikes which depicted popular heroes of the time in both the DC, and Marvel universes. I’m sure most of these ended up on the trash heap when the bike got pitched, and to find one [...]
When I was six years old I remember getting a set of these plastic figures of Spiderman, Hulk, Ironman, Daredevil, Thor, and Captain America. Needless to say the originals are missing parts and scraped up from being outside, or in a sandbox somewhere in the past, but these were some absolute favorites of mine when [...]
OK, if you’re gonna market to little boys back in 67, why on earth would you make a superhero’s scooter in the color pink? Whatever the reason, Peter Parker did actually have a scooter in the comics. So I guess you could justify it a bit. Marx also released a Thor, and Captain America scooter [...]
Heres another offering from Marx. The 1968 tin friction car featuring a humongous headed Spidey. While the car was made from tin, the head was a hollow plastic piece. This item usually is found loose these days, but originally came in a clear plastic cellophane bag with header card. For years it was rumoured to have [...]
Whats windup, tin, has zig zag action, and is priceless in a box? The Marx Marvel Super Hero Express train from the year 1967. Super rare in box, and one of the first collectibles to feature a multitude of Marvel Heroes. The Louis Marx Co. was one of the first companies to jump on the [...]
