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While the Marx Naverone set is cool and you can never go wrong with some plastic dinosaurs (especially in combination with the army men!) I think the big star for me here is the Martian landing playset.

Astronauts, vehicles and that Big wheel space station? That's all i need. I'm pretty sure you can still find these same astronauts in dollar stores.

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[Monsterama2000]

I had that Navarone playset. Besides the regular green (and gray) army men it also had "injured" or "dead" army men that you could put on a little stretcher.

I agree, the Martian Landing playset would be cool.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

My buddy David from down the street had the Navarone playset and we spent many hours playing with it, a lotta fun! I don't recall the martian playset, but it looks cool.

[Drain]

Didn't they also do a Iwo Jima Playset using the Naverone Mountain and accessary molded in another color and Japanese Troops instead of German.

? Does anyone know who made the POTA Playset, I believed it was based on the last apes movie; Battle. I have one packed away in original brown box, like you get it your order from a catalog. I remember seeing it in Sears or Ward Catalog back in 1975-76. The playset has two trees, connected by a rope bridge. 2 or 3 ape soldiers that go on horses, a male and female chimp that stand on there own, some army men with blue vehicles; a yellow guy,(driver) hooked to a jeep.

[cjefferys]

Man, I would have loved to have that Martian landing playset when I was a kid!

[vulcan2074]

I Totally Love the Dinosaurs. I Really Dig there Colors. Dinosaurs have always been a favorite of mine.
Sammy

[ramsey37]

That's gotta be an MPC Dinosaur playset. I'll take that one, you guys can fight over that Martian set
George

[kryptosmaster]

I think they must have sold that Navarone mountain set for years in the (Sears?) catalog cuz I seem to remember seeing it every year?

Rich

[david_b]

Always had the green army men, never the playsets.. {sigh} I always went bonkers for friends/relatives who had the Apollo space playsets.. Mars would have been awesome.

[toys2cool]

very cool,that huge one is awesome

[Earth 2 Chris]

I just noticed that I think I have some of the large guns/cannons from the Navarone playset. I bought a lot of old toys at an antique store a few years back because I saw there was a minty CAH Superman in the bag. It was full of all sorts of random toy parts from the 60s/70s. Thanks for solving a mystery for me!

Chris

[AAAAA]

That Martian playset IS HHUUUUUUGGGGGE.Vac-c-form Landscape is very rare.
and nice to have

[miguet]

I had a smaller prehistoric playset and the dinosaurs were either grayish-blue or greenish color. It was a fun set.

[kryptosmaster]

If anyone just has to have one; there's one of those Navarone sets, complete with box on ebay right now for current bid of $26. But the shipping cost? OUCH!

Rich

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marx-Navarone-Giant-Playset-Complete-w-Box-NR_W0QQitemZ310086384959QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item31 0086384959&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C24 0%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[Action Martin]

Didn't they also do a Iwo Jima Playset using the Naverone Mountain and accessary molded in another color and Japanese Troops instead of German.

I'm not sure about that but in the early 00s a company re-packaged the Navarone and re-colored almost everything in it and turned it into Hilltop Alpha. I meant to buy one but never got around to it.

? Does anyone know who made the POTA Playset, I believed it was based on the last apes movie; Battle. I have one packed away in original brown box, like you get it your order from a catalog. I remember seeing it in Sears or Ward Catalog back in 1975-76. The playset has two trees, connected by a rope bridge. 2 or 3 ape soldiers that go on horses, a male and female chimp that stand on there own, some army men with blue vehicles; a yellow guy,(driver) hooked to a jeep.

I remember the set but never owned one. Didn't it also come with Zaius? I run across them on eBay from time to time but never bid even though I love all things POTA.