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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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so bad-assed
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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good luck with that frank ! i can understand all the viet kong soldiers but really you only need one mini chuck norris to take em out .
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:07 pm |
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Frank Kozik
Mini Boss
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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I have a weakness for Marx Playsets.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:08 pm |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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having a weakness for marx playsets is a good thing . having a weakness for the chris benoit steroided out action figure the seller also has up well.........
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:14 pm |
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Paulkaiju
S7 Royalty
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:40 pm Posts: 3847 Location: SD
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That's a bad as playset.
I remember as a kid in Chicago there was a neighbor kid who had about X5 sets like this set up in his basemet. I dug the fact that he placed plastic alligators down to indicate where the river and swamp hazards would be.
Nyar.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:52 pm |
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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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I had several ww2 themed ones as a kid and would set up my army and defenses then unleash my big pet turtle on them. that turtle killed thousands. even if the americans and germans banded together they where helpless against the Horror...
lol.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:56 pm |
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Paulkaiju
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Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:40 pm Posts: 3847 Location: SD
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Speaking of marx playsets, probably the most amazing collection I've ever seen belongs to Bob Burns.
He has plastic naked women that Mr. Louis Marx used to hand out at cocktail parties.
He has all the tin sets in mint condition. Has a figure of Mr. Marx Himself.
He also has a few "fake" boxes of marx sets that never really existed. "Alley Ooop" and "the Thing From Another World".
Really amazing.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:43 pm |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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does bob burns have a web site with his marx collection paul ?
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:59 pm |
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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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theres these guys TSSD that make new 'marx-like ' playsets athat are pretty cool.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:28 pm |
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docatomic
Fresh Meat
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:37 pm Posts: 53 Location: NYC
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A friend of mine collects original Marx molds and blueprints. Has dozens of them. Also prototypes, etc. Pretty sick collection -- I've no idea where he digs them up.
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:34 pm |
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Shirahama
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Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:45 pm Posts: 2207
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Frank, I think I know those new sets you are talking about. Have they been making those for a few years now? If its what I am remembering those are pretty sweet. That Guerrilla Warfare set is the shit though!
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Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:36 pm |
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datadub
S7 Royalty
Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:23 am Posts: 3599 Location: Tokyo!!!
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DYBBUKIM
Post Pimp
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:49 pm Posts: 2726 Location: San Frandisco
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Frank, I like this scene:
Don't let this set slip through.
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:10 am |
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Winu
S7 Royalty
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:49 am Posts: 3578 Location: San Diego, CA
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Reminds me of back home in Burma...
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:31 am |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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my only marx toy . did an e bay seach on marx playsets and that really brought back childhood memories !
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:13 pm |
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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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that is so awesome. man what i wouldnt give to be able to go back in time and check out the r&d lab at Marx in its heyday.
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:32 pm |
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Biff
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Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:19 pm Posts: 3442
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Some company bought up some of the old Marx molds & was manf repro's down in Mexico. Be careful.
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:42 pm |
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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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yes they made the 6" soldiers for a while, the colors are different they removed the Marx logo. I have full sets of original and repro. They stopped a few years back.
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:43 pm |
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Biff
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Joined: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:19 pm Posts: 3442
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They also did the 12" articulated Knights (I gave my kid the Blue Knight & the Gold Knight.) They were really inexpensive.
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Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:45 pm |
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poysntixels
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Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:33 pm Posts: 1587 Location: Spoon River
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Had the dinosaurs and cavemen many years ago, my neighbor had a WWII set. We worked out that a tank could take out a tyrannosaurus but a triceratops could turn over the half-track. Wish I still had it, but that's life.
I wonder if that set back in childhood is part of why I like kaiju now?
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Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:59 am |
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Frank Kozik
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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rad I won it. ouch it costed a lot.
'Toys are the Mindkiller'
- The Shaddat Mapes
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Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:09 am |
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locomoto566
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Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:00 pm Posts: 5466 Location: right behind you
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Frank Kozik wrote: rad I won it. ouch it costed a lot.
Worth it. Congrats.
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Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:03 pm |
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vintagevinyl
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Joined: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:58 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Bend, Or
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congrats frank ! if you display it take some pics and post em .
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Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:59 pm |
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Frank Kozik
Mini Boss
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:53 pm Posts: 4668
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will do
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Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:02 pm |
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poysntixels
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Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:33 pm Posts: 1587 Location: Spoon River
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Sorry you couldn't get it cheap, but hey that set is amazing...hadn't seen it before. Charlie looks especially good. Congrats!
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