Marx Monsters

[horror1o1]

Get repops if they are cheap, paint them when you find originals.

yup that was my thoughts exactly

[jimm]

Yes, they look friggen sweet with a nice paint job

[horror1o1]

I really need to find some of these but they are going for too high online. A few years back i went to a toy show and never seen on above $20 bucks most were much lower but i spent my money a decoder pim like Ralphie's from "a Christmas Story"

[bigbud]

horror101, the message is always the same....drink your Ovaltine.....ha!

[horror1o1]

horror101, the message is always the same....drink your Ovaltine.....ha!

lol! It actually took me many years to find one of those from the same year. hard to believe it's 72 years old.lol!

[horror1o1]

has anyone else seen some suspicious looking orange and teal marx monsters on ebay lately? I mean some just look too new and bright

[Hepcat]

lol! It actually took me many years to find one of those from the same year. hard to believe it's 72 years old.lol!

Huh? What's 72 years old?

[Hepcat]

has anyone else seen some suspicious looking orange and teal marx monsters on ebay lately? I mean some just look too new and bright.

Do you have any examples? Brightness is misleading. You can fiddle with brightness, contrast etc. of pictures in Photobucket.

[horror1o1]

Do you have any examples? Brightness is misleading. You can fiddle with brightness, contrast etc.of pictures in Photobucket.

No the button is 72 years old and i don't want to point to any of the auctions  incase it is a members but a few days ago a seen a few one was a orange frankenstein and it raised my eyebrow.

[ramsey37]

You can see a variety of Mexican bootlegs here:
http://youtu.be/ns6_cS_rngY
It's mostly focused on the Creature, but there's other monsters as well.
George

[lovemymonsters]

has anyone else seen some suspicious looking orange and teal marx monsters on ebay lately? I mean some just look too new and bright

I've seen some orange ones where the color looks off, but that could be the photos.
But... I did just see a weird Marx Creature in a mustard color. It looks like the classic Marx sculpt for the figure itself, but the base has been cut down and all the extras removed. Weird.

[Bbcollector23]

Hey all...
New to the board but long time monster lover and collector. I've recently decided to get into Marx's universal monsters figures and tried to do as much research as I could before I started. It seems that they come in many colors, some original and some re-pros, but the basic colors are Teal and Orange. I recently purchased an entire orange set for $200 from EBay. The seller said they were an old store find and they have never been touched by any children but were wrapped in old 1960's newspapers. So if I am to take him on his word, than they must be real. They seem to have all the correct markings...I'm just not sure. The orange plastic just seems a little different than some of found and exactly like others I have found. I will let the masters here put in their two cents.

[Hepcat]

They look gorgeous! With respect to the orange colour though, I'm not entirely sure that there was complete consistency between any two batches cast by Marx during the years in which they were produced. Somebody else may have more insight on the subject though.

[RPM]

I have a Creature in the same orange color that I picked up in the mid-eighties (not any later than 1985). It is lighter and more creamy appearing with the detail showing better than the ordinary orange ones.

[frankenstein73]

Im not claiming to be an expert by any means, but the orange looks off to me. The plastic looks duller, to dark and solid of a color.   I have a ton of vintage orange and teal marx and they all look the same color, the Marx colors are brighter and there was very little color change in marx figures. If there was it was clear spots, usually in the fingers. The "mexican" repros on the other hand often change shades, even in the sets. Its a nice set either way. Its getting to the point it isnt going to matter anyway, original or not. they have made way to many repops from the molds.