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Thursday, 23 August 2012

Landscapes of Reality

Well to start the ball rolling on photo submissions, Charles sent me a couple of shots of his vintage Marx playsets, each about 2 feet high and capable of interlocking to create a whole world!
 These pieces are from the Prehistoric series sets, but this version also appeared in the 'Commanche Pass' set.
 Another modern favourite of Charles son is the Mega Blok Pyrates Island!  Can it be that toy makers are looking at the past for inspiration and encouraging kids to use their grey matter rather than virtual, electronic means to power their playscapes ?


3 comments:

Soil-loc said...

Really cool landscapes.

Anonymous said...

Absolutly cool landscapes. Very awesome.

CS said...

Thanks! MARX made some great rock formations and this is among the largest. The 'Guns of Navarone' playset is a still taller, MARX mountain fortress of a playset which I have not had the pleasure of owning, but remember well playing with a lucky schoolmate who had it.
Nowadays, I would speculate that Playmobile Toys makes some of the largest rock-formations, tree and landscape sets.
Also, the fairly recent gaming system called "HERO-SCAPE" by Hasbro/Parker Bros. made some exceptional jungle & arctic themes to go with their plastic terrain tiles.

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