Mexico Marx 60mm Pirates
Mexico Marx 60mm Pirates are one of several different molds that were made of the eight 60mm pirates. Each set of molds has subtle difference from the original 60mm Pirates that Marx made in the 1950’s. Here we are looking at the Marx 60mm pirates that were in Mexico.
A good source in Mexico informed the following. The Mexico Marx 60mm Pirates had damage done by a fork lift that hit the container were the mold was. The accident split or broke off a section of the mold. This happen to the mold in 1987. It took two years to find someone who could repair the molds. It was decided the damaged figure would be removed and not repair or replace.
The damaged pirate pose is pirate with the sword and crutch. Since that damage the pirates have only seven poses. The figures were partial painted by the owner.
Mexico Marx 60mm Pirates Poses
These are the remaining pirate poses in the Mexico mold.
- Pirate with oar
- Pirate with the pistol
- Pirate sword and chest
- Pirate with hands on belt
- Pirate with sword
- Pirate with club
- Pirate with shovel
The pirates were offered by Gayla Kites in the United States in the early 1980’s. If I remember right the owner of Gayla Kites was a relative of the party who owned the mold. the figures were issued in a gray and purple. The figures are available today in Mexico in Piñata stores. The figures are in more gaudy colors.
If you had to give up a pose, that would be the best one. I have a fair bit of the 80’s run in blue, grey and lavender. I do have one original in yellow of the guy who would be Long John Silver (crutch man).
I have a full set of HK copies that were factory painted and more like 54mm, too.
Greg the HK are Marx painted WOW in around 56/57 mm mold that now is reissue unpainted on all 8 poses from Russia-same mold ,unless you got the later cloned of same poses in about 50 mm(like cake toppers)made in HK later in 80’/90′;I got some of those but very bad copies.
In my personal opinion,I like the pose as this set had some resembling the 1950 treasure island film in clothing and poses and as You said he represent LJS character but I guess with opposite leg missing as from the movie.
I also got the grey ,lavender and medium glossy blue bagged as (pirates of Caribbean set) from Mexico ,but that set had only the 7 poses and still around ,so would had been from 90’s not 80′ as mold was already damage by them. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-Pirates-of-Caribbean-Buccaneers-60MM-12-Figures-in-7-Poses-/162047347758?hash=item25bac64c2e:g:TEIAAOSwB4NWyzaj
The above colors depict in yellow/red are from the set/mold before was damage the mold in colors run in Mexico, I had seen that color sets before vintage loose on internet listed before as from 70′ or 80’s too and from Mexico as well.
The ones I have are pretty bad copies and likely less than 54mm. I need to look at them. You’re right about the recasts. It could not have been the 80’s, I wasn’t doing anything with toy soldiers then. I gave all my stuff away in 1980 (believing I was an adult) and didn’t start to really collect until about 1994.
I wanted to have ONE of the LJS character, but you can’t have half your crew missing limbs, especially on a rolling ship deck.
Greg.I will give u one LJS ,I got few of then plus two original.True way too many.I got two x me.Rest x converssion from russia reissues but I barely have time to convert.
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Thank you, but I’m good. I have one original one and and a bad copy. That’s good enough for me.