Marx Monsters

[Hepcat]

Vintage? Rare?!



Yeah sure....

[Mike Scott]

This admittedly Mexican re-pop of the Creature just sold at an incredibly high price on Ebay. Someone must have wanted this awfully bad.

Some people will pay big bucks for a green Creature. I've seen it time and again! Keep thinking I'll get one, but somebody else always wants it more.

[Mord]

I wish some company would do licensed, pro-painted Marx re-pops. These were the best sculpted figures of their time & deserve a proper tribute.

[Mike Scott]

I wish some company would do licensed, pro-painted Marx re-pops.

I kinda like 'em better one color. Looks more like a '60s toy.

[horrorhunter]

This admittedly Mexican re-pop of the Creature just sold at an incredibly high price on Ebay. Misidentified as from the 70's. Looks like the same one I have from the 90's. Someone must have wanted this awfully bad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RARE-UNIVERSAL-MONSTER-CREATURE-FROM-THE-BLACK-LAGOON-FIGURE-BY-MARX-/360959732781?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=GBBEcIJWTvpTGSSrRkfx2tLN6Ig%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

That's a lotta scratch for that figure. I have a full set of these in the green and based on what little info I've gotten from different sources these were made in Mexico by PlastiMarx in the '80s and possibly later. These are not original Marx issue because of the excess plastic on the seams. Louis Marx demanded better quality control than that.


38 bids....damn!

[Mike Scott]

38 bids....damn!

Only 6 bidders, though.

[Tommyregan]

the same person who paid $89 for that creature also won another green one for $37 a few days before.

[Mike Scott]

the same person who paid $89 for that creature also won another green one for $37 a few days before.

Hey grabby! Leave some for somebody else! (Especially the cheaper ones.)

[Wicked Lester]

Same person also won the light purple one for $37. I've been wanting that color for a few years but $30 is my top limit.

[darkmonkeygod]

That's a lotta scratch for that figure. I have a full set of these in the green and based on what little info I've gotten from different sources these were made in Mexico by PlastiMarx in the '80s and possibly later. These are not original Marx issue because of the excess plastic on the seams. Louis Marx demanded better quality control than that.

There were large quantities of the green sets available from a woman in California who sold them on ebay in '98 - '99. I ended up buying five sets at a great wholesale price, and she was running out of some characters then. If I remember correctly, she bought them from a warehouse where they had seemingly sat for half a decade or more. At nearly a hundred buck, I need to go digging and see if I have any duplicates left! Quite a hefty price, but I'm sure the buyer must really want it.

Not being in the market, have other colors besides these two been selling at such expense?

Best,

sts

[Hepcat]

I kinda like 'em better one color. Looks more like a '60s toy.

I agree.

[monsterjoe]

The green sets were from Mexico, they popped up just after the Uncle Milton glows came out...I bought sets from a local guy who dealt with the guys making them...the price was pretty cheap and the castings were pretty clean. I also bought several sets of the marvel guys in dark red.

[Monsters For Sale]

Here's another one to watch:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-1960S-MARX-UNIVERSAL-STUDIOS-GREEN-CREATURE-BLACK-LAGOON-/231266549058?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d88f7d42

(I'm sure the seller was watching that last auction.)

[Hepcat]

This is a 1960's hard plastic Creature of the Black Lagoon officially licensed by Universal Studio and produced by Marx.  It is extremely rare....

It might be marginally "rarer" than lying Ebay sellers but that's about it.

[horrorhunter]

Here's another one to watch:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-1960S-MARX-UNIVERSAL-STUDIOS-GREEN-CREATURE-BLACK-LAGOON-/231266549058?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35d88f7d42

(I'm sure the seller was watching that last auction.)

Anyone familiar with the sharp detail of the original issue Marx Universal Monsters figures from the '60s (teal and orange) can tell these green ones are repops. They are marked like the original orange ones with all of the info on the base bottom and the date barred out. They could never recapture the fine details of the originals. Claws, fingers, and excess plastic on the seams tell the tale. Probably a combination of cheaper plastic and not cleaning the molds often enough. I gotta say though, these green ones are the best looking of the repops...especially Creech. But my Marx Creature of choice will always be the first one with the best detail- the teal blue one from 1963.