1975 Marx Play Set Catalog

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Marx is the rolls royce of playsets, having gone from their hey day in the 1950s and 1960s, they still had a little fight left in them by the mid seventies. While miles away from their former glory, they were cranking out a toy that delivered hours of play in a little box.




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[Mikey]

I really like the Comanche Pass playset a lot.

[jwyblejr]

I had the Battle Ground set. Had no idea when I had it that it was the entire set. I always thought there was some stuff missing.

[Captain]

Ahh, the late great Marx toys. truly they were the best at what they did, and I still miss them today!

[generic]

I had the Navarone playset. It was actually pretty cool.

[Mikey]

A bit off topic, but can someone answer a possible related Marx question for me ?

I had a playset that looked very similar to the Fort Apache playset, but all of the walls and buildings were litho'ed tin.

I'm not sure if the above Marx Fort Apache case set is litho'ed tin, but it was not what I had.

Mine looked more like the regular Fort Apache set.

It came in a huge white box about (just guessing) 3' x 3' x 5"

Was what I had made by Marx ? ... or was it a knockoff ?

The year I got it was around 1973/74-ish

[Bionic Joe]

A bit off topic, but can someone answer a possible related Marx question for me ?

I had a playset that looked very similar to the Fort Apache playset, but all of the walls and buildings were litho'ed tin.

I'm not sure if the above Marx Fort Apache case set is litho'ed tin, but it was not what I had.

Mine looked more like the regular Fort Apache set.

It came in a huge white box about (just guessing) 3' x 3' x 5"

Was what I had made by Marx ? ... or was it a knockoff ?

The year I got it was around 1973/74-ish

I had the same set but it was a hand me down from my older brother

[livingdead70]

I had the Navorrone set, and the Fort Apache, but mine had a playmat that isnt shown in that pic.
I also had a Dino set from this era, and a I think it was Iwo Jima set.
I had another boxed set, the kind with the cardboard box with the plastic lid for storage, germans and americans, dont know the name tho.
trey

[AAAAA]

I had the same set but it was a hand me down from my older brother

Yeah giant tin carry case when folded up.

[Captain]

Yep, Marx made them in tin too, but I think (but not 100% sure) they stopped around 67-68. I'll find out for sure though. Marx was a very retailer friendly toymaker...if somebody said we want the tin set back, Marx would have done so.