Dates of Toy Production (From original Marx Toys factory documents)
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The following is a list of some toys that Marx produced and a sampling of dates of known production. I thought this might prove helpful to some people, as many times it is difficult to date an item, and the actual production years of many Marx Toys are confused. For example, there are some tin toys that were produced on and off for many years, and such toys are commonly thought to have only been produced for a few years or only in an early period, whereas some were produced for many more years after that. Many times the ingenius minds at Marx re-issued items periodically, and recycled older items with newer lithography or decoration. It was also common practice to take parts from older toys and incorporate them with other old parts or new designs to make a "new" product (recycling at its' finest!).
Misinformation runs rampant, especially on eBay and other internet markets, where people either make up their own dates or try to take a guess at what date an item appears to be from. Imagine the eBay auction stating a Johnny West doll was from the 1950's, years before an "action figure" was even conceived! Hopefully some of this information listed here may help just a little.
This list is nowhere near complete. This is actually just the beginning; calling it "the tip of the iceberg" would be an understatement. It is unrealistic to say that there will ever be a complete and accurate database of production dates for all Marx Toys. This is just a rough start... a small selection of information that we will hopefully be able to add a good amount to as time allows in the future. The dates listed DO NOT mean that those are the only dates an item was produced. They mean that the item WAS produced at least during the dates listed.
One thing to note in addition to the above- there are times when an item was re-issued almost identical in appearance to when it was first issued, except for minor differences such as paint color, color of plastic, etc., and the item was renamed altogether. In those cases, when looking at such a production toy, it can be near impossible to date accurately without original packaging or other identifying marks unless the differences are well known, and it can be difficult in determining which name the toy may have been originally marketed under. (We will not be getting into playsets in this section for a number of reasons, but for starters there are a tremendous amount of variations, and many sets have similar contents with different names. Eventually we will have a whole seperate section regarding playsets. Sets like Fort Apache and Battleground, for example, were produced many times over the years in different versions.)
So, here you have the beginnings of a list which show dates of actual production for the following items, brought to you exclusively by The Marx Files (items are arranged alphabetically, from A to Z!):
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~ A ~
Acrobatic Pinocchio (1949)
Army Staff Car (1952)
Assault Force Combat Set (1968)
Atomic Cruiser (1960)
Atomic Long Range Cannon (1958)
Auto Mac (1949, 1951)
Automatic Baseball Pitching Game (1958)
Auto Repair Shop (1942)
~ B ~
Back & Forth Dipsy Car (1956)
Back & Forth Disney Car (1955)
Balky Mule (1949, 1952)
Balky Pony & Cart (1949)
Banshee Plane (1955)
Baseball Bagatelle (1964)
Batman Picture Pistol (1966)
Battery Operated Super Turnpike (1969)
Be-Bop Jigger (1952)
Big Alarm (1966)
Big Bang Pistol (1960)
Big Blaster (1973)
Big Booster Twin Track Set (1970)
Big Bruiser (1963, 1965)
Big Hauler (1965)
Big Job Dump Truck (1964)
Big Parade (1964)
Big Red All Action Firetruck (1970)
Big Red Hot Rod (1965)
Big Sew (1966)
Big Shot Arcade (1968, 1969, 1970)
Big Sound Rifle (1973)
Black Knight Sword & Scabbard Set (1969)
Blondie Jalopy (1949)
Blue & Gray Cap Shooting Rifle (1962)
Bonnie Braids, Small (1951)
Bop-A-Bear (1963, 1964)
Bops & Robbers (1972)
Bounceroo (1970)
Bubble Gun (1959)
~ C ~
Cadet Sabre & Scabbard Set (1963)
Cannonball Keller Convertible (1950)
Cavalry Hat (1964)
Centennial Rifle (1973)
Channel Chase Acro Ball Game (1955)
Chick-A-Dee (1971)
Chopperoo (1971)
City Gardener (1952)
Civil War Canteen (1972)
Civil War Musket (1963, 1964)
Climbing Fireman (1952, 1953)
Cobra Dune Buggy (1970)
Combat Line Exploding Grenade (1964)
Copter Squad Rifle (1966)
"The Corporal" Burp Machine Gun Set (1963)
Croonola (1954)
Crow Shoot (1966)
~ D ~
Dagwood Plane (1949)
Daniel Boone Wilderness Rifle (1972)
Davy Crockett Over And Under Gun (1956)
Davy Crockett Stagecoach (1955)
Desert Machine Pistol (1967)
Design-All (1968)
Detective Pistol & Holster (1961)
Dick Tracy Friction Squad Car (1956, 1957)
Dingaroo Bagatelle (1962)
Disney Crazy Express (1953)
Disney Hand Car (1954)
Disney Whirling Toys (1954)
Dizzy Donald And His Nephews (1954)
Donald Duck Drummer (1954)
Donald Duck Friction Plane (1954)
Donald Duck Friction Tractor (1954)
Double Barrel Crow Shoot Game (1963)
Doughboy Tank (1951, 1954)
Durham Racer (1952)
~ E ~
Electric Bingo (1955)
Electric Chris Craft Cruiser (1956, 1958)
Electric Combat Rifle With Scope (1966)
Electric Dune Buggy (1971)
Electric Mini Trike (1971)
Electro Art (1968)
Enforcer Tommy Gun (1960)
~ F ~
Ferdinand The Bull (1949)
Finger Pull Tommy Gun (1974)
Fireball Express (1964)
Flash Gordon Ship (1952)
Flashlight Rifle (1953)
Flashy Flicker (1965)
Flintstones Shooting Arcade (1962)
Flippo Dog (1949)
Fort Apache Sword & Scabbard Set (1963)
Frenzy (1974, 1975)
Friction Rocket Truck (1958)
Friction Siren Jeep (1953)
~ G ~
Garloo (1961, 1962)
George The Drummer Boy (1949)
George Washington Dueling Set (1961)
German Helmet (1964)
Giant Gyro (1970)
Ginny Bones (1970)
Glen Dale Station (1959)
G-Man Gun (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949)
Golden Guns (Miniature Guns) (1963)
Goofy Jigger (1949)
Green Beret Weapons Set (1966)
Guided Missile Launcher Truck (1958)
Gyro Yo-Yo (1948)
~ H ~
Ham Bones (1970)
Happy Hopper (1974)
Hi-Lift Bulldozer With Dump Truck (1963)
Holiday Turnpike (1960)
Hollywood Bungalow (1949)
Home Guard Truck (1951)
Honeymoon Express (1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956)
~ I ~
I.S.A. Attache Set (1965)
I.S.A. Shorty Pistol (1966)
~ J ~
Jack-Pot Acro Ball (1955, 1960)
Jet Shot Airplane (1952)
Jetsons Pinball Bagatelle (1963)
Joe College Car (1955)
Johnny Apollo Moon Scout Sonic Rifle (1972)
Johnny Ringo Pull Tape Pistol (1960)
Johnny West Bullet Shooting Pistol (1965)
Johnny West Drive Boss Set (1972)
Johnny West Pistol (1968)
Johnny West Range Set (1966)
Johnny West Rifle With Sling (1965)
Jungle Target Game (1963)
~ K ~
Kitty Kat (1949)
Kooky Kombo (1965)
Krazy Kar (1968)
~ L ~
Little Hostess Buffet (1966)
Little Hostess Set (1964)
Live Action Pro Hockey (1970)
Lone Ranger Cap Carbine (1953)
Long Tom Shooting Cannon (1962, 1963)
Looney Balloons (1966)
Lunar Long Range Tommy Gun (1974)
Luxury Liner (1955)
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~ M ~
Mad Maze (1965)
Magic Shot Shooting Gallery (1973, 1975)
Magna Tronic Set (1962)
Magnum Detective Pistol (1962)
Majestic Yo-Yo (1962)
Man From U.N.C.L.E. Shooting Range (1966)
Mare's Laig Rifle (1959, 1960)
Mare's Laig Rifle (Miniature) (1960)
Marx-A-Copter (1961, 1962)
Marx-A-Kart (1960, 1964)
Mechanical Car Wash Set (1954)
Mechanical Satellite Shooting Gallery (1959)
Mechanical Television Telephone (1953, 1956)
Medievel Knight Armor Set (1955)
Merry-Go-Round (1970)
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1953)
Mickey Mouse Xylophone (1954, 1956)
Midget Tank (1952, 1959)
Midget Tractor (1956, 1960)
Midway Game Of Chance (1955)
Milking Cow (1952)
Miniature Springfield Rifle (1962)
Mini Marx Blazers (1968)
Monkey Cyclist (1949)
Moon Rocket With Gantry Launcher (1960)
Motor Scooter (1969)
Mousegetar Jr. (1964)
Mr. Chimp (1969)
Musical Train (1966)
~ N ~
Nutty Mad Arcade (1964)
~ O ~
Outdoorsman Gun Set (1974)
Over & Under Game (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1964)
~ P ~
Paper Buster Rifle (1955)
Party Donald Duck With Drum (1954, 1955, 1956)
Party Pluto (Disney) (1954, 1956)
Pedal Mate (1972)
PenMarx (1947)
PockeTools- Adjustable Wrench (1962)
PockeTools- Ball Peen Hammer (1962)
PockeTools- Bit & Brace (1962)
PockeTools- Block Plane (1962)
PockeTools- Box Wrenches (1962)
PockeTools- Claw Hammer (1962)
PockeTools- Combination Square (1962)
PockeTools- Folding Rule, 18" (1963)
PockeTools- Hack Saw (1962)
PockeTools- Hand Drill (1962)
PockeTools- Hand Saw (1962)
PockeTools- Jack Plane (1962)
PockeTools- Marking Gauge (1963)
PockeTools- Micrometer (1962)
PockeTools- Open End Wrenches (1962)
PockeTools- Pipe Wrench (1962)
PockeTools- Pliers (1962)
PockeTools- Screw Drivers (1962)
PockeTools- Wood Brace (1962)
Pom-Pom Camoflage Cannon (1964)
Ponderosa Weapons Set (1970)
Popeye The Pilot (1949)
Pro Bowl Live Action Football (1969)
Pull Back Jet Plane (1951, 1952)
~ R ~
Racketwack Tennis (1972)
Ram Jet Gun (1964)
Reversible Farm Tractor Truck (1951)
Rex Mars Flashlight Pistol (1953)
Rex Mars Plastic Machine Gun (1954)
Ride 'Em Worm (1975)
Ridem Winnie The Pooh (1972)
Roaring Ride Motorcycle (1969)
Rockem Sockem Robots (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Rollover Plane (1951)
Rolykins (2 on Blister Card) (1968)
Rookie Siren Motorcycle Cop (1952)
Rough & Ready Knife Set (1966)
Roulette Bagatelle (1961)
Roy Rogers Cap Carbine (1953)
Roy Rogers Stage Coach (1954)
~ S ~
Sabre Jet Plane (1952)
Scenic Express (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1967)
Scottie Dog (1952)
Secret Agent Pistol (1967)
Sheriff Sam (1952)
Silver Friction Pontiac (1954)
Siren Gun (1949)
Siren Police Car (1951)
Siren Sparkling Hudson (1952)
Skinny Bones (1970)
Skorball Game (1970)
Smokey Sam (1952)
Soldier Of Fortune Set (1949)
Sooper Snooper Scope (1963)
Space Liner (1954)
Space Patrol Flashlite Gun (1955)
Space Rocket Target Game (1958)
Space Tank (1953)
Sparkling Climbing Tractor (1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956)
Sparkling Friction Locomotive (1952)
Sparkling Hot Rod, Plastic (1957)
Sparkling Hudson (1954)
Sparkling Jet Plane (1953, 1954)
Sparkling Tank (1952, 1962, 1963, 1965)
Sparkling Tractor (1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970)
Sparkling Warship (1952)
Speedy Sportster (1970)
Spin-It Bingo (1956)
Spinning Texas Cap Rifle (1963, 1965)
The Sportsman Gun Set (1973)
Square Shooter Game (1971)
State Fair Bagatelle (1964)
Streakars (1968)
Stutz Bearcat (1961, 1963, 1966, 1967)
Styrofoam Pith Helmet (1968)
Sun & Sno Racer (1969)
Superman Turnover Plane (1949)
~ T ~
Take Off Bagatelle Game (1953)
Three Keys To Treasure Bagatelle (1961)
Thumb Ball Game (1971)
Tiger Hunt Set (1966)
Tom Corbett Space Gun (1952)
Tony The Pony (1962)
Toy Town Locomotive (1955, 1956)
Tractor With Dippy Dump (1952)
Tricky Action Car (1955)
Tricky Disney Car (1953)
Tricky Taxi (1949, 1955)
Trom Bones (1970)
Tumbling Monkey (1949)
Turnover Tank (1953)
Twin Pom Pom Gun (1958)
~ U ~
U.N.C.L.E. Counterspy Outfit (1966)
U.N.C.L.E. Treasure Bagatelle (1966)
Untouchables Bullet Cap Pistol Set (1961)
Untouchables Electric Burp Gun (1960)
~ W ~
Walking Cow (1952)
Walking Penguin (1951)
Walking Pig (1952)
Walking Workman (1952)
Walt Disney Scenic Express (1961)
Wanted Dead Or Alive Target Game (1959)
Whirling Tail Donald Duck (1954)
Whirling Tail Pluto (1954)
Wildcat Bullet Shooting Saddle Rifle (1961)
Wild West Clicker Carbine (1956)
Winnie The Pooh Shoofly (1973)
W.W.S.A. Pistol With Silencer (1966)
W.W.S.A. Secret Agent Pistol (1966)
~ Z ~
Zing-A-Pop (1962)
"Z" Missile Exploding Grenade (1966)
Zoom Cycle (1971)
Zoom Mobile (1965)
Zorro Flintlock Cap Pistol (1958)
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