Ed's Antique Marx Tin-litho Jalopy

Woodsy,

Here's my Marx tin-litho Jalopy from ca.1927. 

Apparently, cars like this were not unusual back then and Marx made several variations. The car features an early version of a friction motor and does work!

From Vegas Used Autos

Ed

MONSTROUSLY NUTTY MAD AND WEIRD

 I love plastic friction novelty toys.

This monstrous fish I saw online caught my eye!

Released by LMR - a Hong Kong company largely new to me - this crazy toy is clearly a knockoff of one of the famous Marx Nutty Mad vehicles ..... or is it a Weird-Ohs kit I'm thinking of?

Here's a Nutty Mad Moysha by Marx, who appears to be in a Blue Bird!

I love the little sign, To Hades!

You gotta love the Monster Craze of the Sixties!

Anyone collect these Nutty Mads?

ARTO'S TELSALDA TOY CAMERA GUN

Last week reader and blog friend Arto visited Forssa toy fair and got this interesting plastic Telsalda 35mm camera. It says "Made in Hong Kong No. 201", on the inner rim.

Googling it, myself and Arto agreed it was the same as the more common Rayline toy camera gun.

The Rayline version was released on a blister card as Secret Camera Gun 7.

It was also available in the 1965 Rayline Secret Agent 707 Counter Spy Set, an unlicensed Man from Uncle knockoff.

This Rayline Counter Spy set appears to have been 'inspired' by the licensed Marx UNCLE Counterspy Outfit. This is its display as featured on Worthpoint.

In the mid-Noughties I set about putting together this set in its official card box, which I blogged about on MC previously in 2013, when I got everything I had out on the garden table.

Despite further googling, neither Arto nor myself could find any further info or images of his new TELSALDA version of the camera gun.

Can you?

ED'S HAULERS: MARX TRANSPORTER

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

Here's a wonderful Marx auto hauler I've had for many a moon now. The first attachment is a page from a '50s Montgomery Wards Christmas Wishbook featuring this hauler as part of a larger service station playset (BTW, I have that playset but haven't yet taken photos of it). 

This hauler is designed such that the upper deck actually tilts down to accommodate unloading of the cars. I have two of these haulers, but the second one is missing its unloading ramp. Unlike the other transporters I've sent photos of, this one is about the right size for a 3-rail O-gauge train layout. 

However, due to space limitations, we tend to make the roads on our layouts quite narrow, making this piece more of a display piece to set off to one side.

From Fast Eddie's Used Car Lot

Ed

USA

*Google is limiting my image downloading - until I create more storage - so I have had too screenshot Ed's photos this time. Sorry.

ED'S MARX HAULER

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

Here's a wonderful Marx auto hauler I've had for many a moon now. 

This hauler is designed such that the upper deck actually tilts down to accommodate unloading of the cars. I have two of these haulers, but the second one is missing its unloading ramp. Unlike the other transporters I've sent photos of, this one is about the right size for a 3-rail O-gauge train layout. 

However, due to space limitations, we tend to make the roads on our layouts quite narrow, making this piece more of a display piece to set off to one side.

The last attachment is a page from a '50s Montgomery Wards Christmas Wishbook featuring this hauler as part of a larger service station playset (BTW, I have that playset but haven't yet taken photos of it). 

From Fast Eddie's Used Car Lot

Ed

LINEMAR'S FUTURISTIC VAN

 

I adore this!

I saw it online the other day.

Wholly new to me. No idea what it's called.

By Linemar.

What a tinplate future we had!

Do you like it?

ED'S MARX SPACEMEN

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

I loved seeing Wotan's photos of his Cherilea spacemen. 

Also, I'm now on the lookout for a suitable Lunar 'pod' or similar - some little accessory piece in-scale to the figures to use in photos. It's funny how the Tri-ang, Golden Astronaut, LP line of spacemen have a plethora of nice, suitable accessories in-scale (more-or-less) to the small figures. 

Then when we get to 35mm/54mm/60mm sized figures I don't see a whole lot. Either I'm not looking hard enough or lack the imagination to see what might be appropriate..

Here's shots of my Marx-issued Cherilea-style spacemen. None of them have bases as the originals did and the Marx logo was molded into the belts on all of them. 

I found these to be a bit frustrating in that, due to the lack of bases, the legs were often bent/malformed such that they were impossible to stand up. I had to use the boiling water-dip method to straighten the legs sufficiently for photography purposes.

From Vegas Base

Ed