Bill Nevins has done another Comment Time
OCTOBER 1988
Strangely enough there was no Comment Time in this issue. There was however several announcements of new items being released.
Civil War Mounted Re-issue……$1.00 each
Civil War Caisson Re-issue set of two……..$ 2.00
Wagon Re-issue:
As mentioned before the Marx covered wagon is in re-issue. It is complete with a two horse hitch and accessories. This is the box type (ambulance) top that came in several playsets including Wagon Train. The wagon is in gray plastic, the horse in brown and the top is in tan…………….$ 20.00
Surprise # 1: Ideal Pirates re-issue. If yo were at either Newark or Chicago, you had an opportunity to see advanced samples of this re-issue. The samples are in gray plastic and have been improved so that many of the figures will now stand. Due to your interest, we have acquired a small number of sample figures form the manufacturer. The price for the hearties is for a set of six different pirates…………..$ 3.00
More surprises are on the way. keep watching the mail. We do not know when the next one will appear.
INTERESTING PRICES FROM THE LISTING
Freight Terminal…MIB……….$ 235.00
Marx Civil War Caisson and Cannon…..complete with 4 horse hitch……$ 175.00
Marx Ambulance Wagon… the second most desired item. Complete ….$ 145.00
Spanish Figures:
Goofy carrying the Olympic torch……$ 10.00
Spitting image busts of Gorbachev, Reagan, Thatcher and the Pope. Based on a satirical show in England………..$ 40.00
Superman and Batman……………….$ 20.00
Here is my comments.
I do not know why I did not do a Comment Time. It might have been due my work at the business school or having so much material to get in. We were starting to get reissues. The Ideal Pirates are from Glencoe Models. The owner of Nick Argento and another person got into the Ideal molds and spent a number of months cataloging the molds. Nick got the Ideal pirates plus knights, pioneers, Alamo Mexicans,Rev War figures. If I remember right the pioneers, Alamo Mexicans and Rev War Figures were in one mold.
The covered wagon was reissued by Excalibur Hobbies. Bill Murphy said to me he had bought various molds in hopes that people who wanted to redo the Marx playset would work through him. Murphy ran the various molds he got from the American Plastic. The molds were stolen and are missing.