Copies of Marx 60mm Figures

6 Responses to Copies of Marx 60mm Figures

1. Mark says:

   September 8, 2014 at 6:04 AM

   interesting !

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2. Mark says:

   September 8, 2014 at 6:05 AM

   Thanks for the Pics !

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3. Wayne W says:

   September 8, 2014 at 11:40 AM

   Paul, it is amazing but really shouldn’t surprise us. After all, Marx set the standard back for us boomers. I remember the height of my Christmas was when I found a Marx Playset under my tree; MPC, the Remco WWI set one Christmas (that I wish I still had), Ideal, & others were okay – but Marx was the gold standard IMHO. And the quality holds up even today for the most part. As they say, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

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4. Ed Borris says:

   September 8, 2014 at 2:04 PM

   Well, after Marx got through the vinyl figures stage, their sculpting was really top notch and all the other makes paled in comparrison. Even though a lot of the Marx poses left a lot to be desired as far as hard core combat action was concerned, they were still top notch. Their closest competitor in terms of sculpting was probably Ideal and there figures while good were either too big (GI’s/Sailors/Knights) or too small. (pirates) Ideal did drop the ball on the mounties, 7th cavalry and their cowboys and Indians

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5. Ed Connell says:

   September 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM

   Paul, did you or Ed, ever find out anymore info on the Gun smoke characters done in Mexico, the ones Ed found out about. They were done in silver if my memory serves me right. Evidently PlastiMarx down in Mexico must have gotten either copies, or most of Marx’s molds, especially on the character figures, which might have included most of the speciality figures as well, perhaps that is what these were as well, of course I am guessing on this.

   It also seems like someone is keeping big secrets on purpose.

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   • admin says:

     September 11, 2014 at 6:23 PM

     Ed C
     We have not found any more information on the Gunsmoke figures from Mexico. I keep searching and when we get an answer we will let you know.

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