Recently closed Marx toy museum. Airing on history channel now. Not Kruger Street but Marx museum to the south of there. Louis B Marx factory was in same town. So was Brad Paisely.
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Not sure what you mean but the TV show American Pickers recently filmed an episode at the now closed Marx museum. Unfortunately they mostly focused on old tin wind up toys (like the do on every other episode) ignoring all the other hugely popular and culturally significant toys that Marx produced. Disappointing episode.
SeanLast edited by SpaceCrawler; Nov 21, '17, 8:41 PM. -
Their predilection for rusty tin signs over pop culture eventually had me change the channel.
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Yeah they’re not much for action figures. I’ll give them that. But vintage automobilia and Indian or Ace motorcycles, oil cans, signs and pressed steel/tin Toys. But you probably missed the Marx Frankenstein Mike bought. Nice likeness., or the prototypes and the one of a kind sealed Big Lou. There’s life before Mego. Well how about that?Comment
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I saw the entire show, but those brief mentions of Frankenstein and Big Lou were passing references in comparison to the time spent on yet more tin toys (and the short prototype segment was just more tin toys). Collecting for at least 2 decades and I know no one who collects tin toys, turn of the century metal toys, etc.
I mean no mention of Big Wheels? No mention of play sets?! Dinosaurs, cowboys, WWII, etc?! Those were huge to kids. Johnny West, etc? Big Wheels alone should have had special mention as they were quite significant to kids and totally different for the time. And playsets, which Marx excelled at, were the basis of every kid's toy collection.
It's the fault of the networks and the producers who think they have to keep making the same episode over and over to maintain their audience. They are too afraid to step outside the established parameters they have grown accustomed to and - mistakenly think- accurately reflect the toy collecting world. Of course they aren't doing a documentary, they are doing a show about these guys who like the tin stuff, but seriously, these pickers know this stuff but often ignore it. I've seen episodes where they pass over expensive GI Joe items that you see in a pile in the background for another $10 oil can.
SeanLast edited by SpaceCrawler; Nov 22, '17, 7:31 PM.Comment
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I agree it's aggravating that they seem to not gravitate to the stuff we're screaming about to the TV, but there's ton more filmed than what's being shown. Don't assume it's not being purchased just because it didn't get any airtime.Last edited by drquest; Nov 22, '17, 2:14 PM.Comment
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The one guy, who is apparently a Superman fan, pulled a Superman blackboard out of some guy's trash heap and acted like it was a bootleg item. The same guy found a bunch of carded Super Powers figures in a lady's doll collection and paid her $7 each for them. Yow!Comment
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There was an episode on Thursday that had Spiderman's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy and Superman #3, I believe, Alley Oop sculptures and much more that kept my interest. I still dig the show any time I can watch it. And usually when they are running the marathons.Last edited by hobub; Dec 3, '17, 5:47 PM.Comment
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