Marx Monsters

[Dr.Terror]

Does anyone remember how much one of these would've sold for back in the 60s, when they were new? (This is for my essay).

.19 then .29 cents each

[Hepcat]

Many posters have reported buying them for fifteen cents before the price was raised to nineteen cents. Look through this thread.

 

[Dr.Terror]

I just noticed I have a Phantom with a .12 ink stamp as well.

[horrorhunter]

The prices probably varied by store when these first came out in '63, and then when the orange ones came out in '64. I vaguely remember my parents buying some for me around '64 when I was 5. It seems like they were only .10 each at first (through the memory of a 5 year old), but that could easily be wrong. They gradually went up in the '60s. I have an orange one with a .19 sticker on the base bottom. These cheap toys were sold through local dime stores back then and were priced differently by region and town/city size, or just by the whims of the local store owners.

[YoungestMonsterKid]

Many posters have reported buying them for fifteen cents before the price was raised to nineteen cents. Look through this thread.

 

Interesting because three of the ones I have (that I bought in a lot off ebay) have tape with "15" written on the bottom of them. I wonder if that tape goes all the way back to the 60s?