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Post by dinonikes on May 16, 2011 0:36:33 GMT
On Christmas 1959 I got my first Marx Dinosaur Playset. My parents had it out of the box and set up, when I got up that morning. Over the years I collected Baseball Cards, had quite a few of the fifty's and sixties. I had like Mickey Mantle etc. I also had a comic book collection. I started getting DC comics in the fifties and I had the first issues and early editions of several of the Marvel comic super heros. But my Mom gave them to my younger cousin. The only thing I've got from my childhood is my dinosaurs and some records. Here is the box from my first Dinosaur play set.   50's and 60's Marx playset boxes are some of my favorite pieces of art- the cover art, usually screened on raw cardboard like this one-and on a lot of the sets they had black silhouettes running around the sides relating to the playset inside-cowboys and indians for example- I used to have a whole closet full of playsets when I was a collector,and loved the boxes as much as their contents- |
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Post by stoneage on May 16, 2011 0:45:47 GMT
Well I never was a collector but I could have been one. I use to have the Alamo (Davy Crockett), and Ft. Apache and others. I use to make my Christmas list from the Sears catalog.
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Post by stoneage on May 16, 2011 22:19:13 GMT
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Post by bokisaurus on May 17, 2011 1:40:12 GMT
Nice Marx set  Are those the original trees? You should post these pictures in the Marx thread also. I have a few Marx, but not as many versions as you have here. |
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Post by stoneage on May 17, 2011 1:43:42 GMT
Nice Marx set Are those the original trees? You should post these pictures in the Marx thread also. I have a few Marx, but not as many versions as you have here. Thanks Boki! Yeah the trees are the original trees from my playsets. Some are older then others. I've got a lot more to come. I'll have to find the Marx thread. |
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Post by stoneage on May 17, 2011 20:45:16 GMT
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Post by stoneage on May 18, 2011 22:37:06 GMT
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Post by stoneage on May 18, 2011 23:06:15 GMT
Just got a Battat Maiasaura, Euoplocephalus, and MIB Carnotaurus and Gallimimus. Luckily the heavy rain didn't affect the contents of the parcel at all; I was a bit worried about possible damage to the MIB figures. ;D Congratulations! |
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Post by DinoLord on May 19, 2011 0:02:12 GMT
Oops, wrong thread!
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Post by stoneage on May 19, 2011 22:12:13 GMT
  Another Synapsid Cynognathus is thought of a little differently today, but I still love this sculpt.  For years after Marx made their Plateosaurus others copied it, including the early Bullyland Plateosaurus. |
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Post by Libraraptor on May 20, 2011 11:33:37 GMT
Really? That brown one in front is a Bullyland Plateosaurus?!
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Post by stoneage on May 20, 2011 14:50:31 GMT
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Post by stoneage on May 21, 2011 2:20:55 GMT
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Post by stoneage on May 21, 2011 22:21:42 GMT
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Post by ikessauro on May 21, 2011 23:16:58 GMT
Despite the old fashioned style, Marx stuff is very cool. Maybe I get some of them...
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Post by stoneage on May 22, 2011 3:05:17 GMT
Despite the old fashioned style, Marx stuff is very cool. Maybe I get some of them... Well their always available and their not too expensive. |
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Post by stoneage on May 22, 2011 3:07:00 GMT
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Post by jamesltd on May 22, 2011 3:25:02 GMT
very nice collection stoneage!that marx set is amazing-you have taken excellent care of it over the years..good stuff
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Post by stoneage on May 22, 2011 20:00:49 GMT
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Post by Horridus on May 22, 2011 20:14:05 GMT
Wow, the text in that booklet is fantastic! ;D I especially love the idea that the 'age of man' began 70 MILLION years ago! Because as everyone knows dinosaurs were the only prehistoric animals, ever. ;D ;D And Allosaurus - leapin' lizards! Thanks very much for sharing all this Stoneage.
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Are those the original trees?
Here's the booklet that came with my Marx Dinosaur Playset.
