Marx Monsters

[Gory Glenn]

Not necessarily a dog. If my memory serves me well, those old Marx figures tasted great when I was eight.

If a kid did that they have one hell of a canine tooth! Mouse over the pic and look at the wrist. 

[Mord]

If a kid did that they have one hell of a canine tooth! Mouse over the pic and look at the wrist. 

You're right. If it was a kid, it must have been Eddie Munster.

[Gory Glenn]

You're right. If it was a kid, it must have been Eddie Munster.

Perfect! 

[freddie poe]

Right clicked...thanks!

well there you have stated on the package of the marx cinema monsters in fluorescent orange & blue! which may account for my Popsicle blue mummy & wolfman.....

[freddie poe]

Two "new" photos that recently popped up on FB, courtesy of Kent Owen Sprecher~

 

[freddie poe]

sorry,,,, day~glo not fluorescent .....

[fanboy]

I just picked up an orange Creature and blue Wolfman at lunch today at a local antique store. I also grabbed the carded glow Phantom and Wolfman.

They had a few of the white reissue ones and now I may go back to get those later. At about $6-$8 each, it's not a bad deal.

Now I need to track down a full set of the blue and orange! I'm hooked.

[Mike Scott]

At about $6-$8 each, it's not a bad deal.

You got original orange and blue Marx monsters for $4-6? Do they have another orange Creature?

[horrorhunter]

Here's a link to a eBay auction for one of the lime green Creatures that there was some debate about earlier in this thread. Some people thought they were from the '60s or '70s, and some thought they might be part of the current batch of Mexican repops. The seller in this listing claims it's from the 1980's. These lime green ones are marked on the base bottoms like the original Marx orange ones from the '60s; that is, they have the information but the date is barred through. From the tidbits of info I've accumulated over the years it seems there was a Mexican company called PlastiMarx that was making these lime green ones after the Marx molds went south in the '80s. Many of the lime green ones are poorly molded compared to original Marx pieces because Louis Marx had much better quality control. The Uncle Milton company would have used the molds after this in the late '80s- early '90s. Or, it could have been that these PlastiMarx lime green ones were actually made in the '90s after the Uncle Milton usage. The Mexican repops from the past several years are unmarked, and for all the weird colors they turn up in I have yet to see exact copies of original Marx colors (teal & orange) or exact copies of this lime green color. Also, the quality control is nearly non existent on recent Mexican repops which results in molding errors and a lot of excess plastic at the seams (flash). Evidently they don't clean the molds very often these days.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-VINTAGE-LAGOON-CREATURE-MEXICAN-FROM-80s-/121795901830?

[freddie poe]

i agree with horrorhunter i recall the lime green plastimarx from Mehico with the correct 60's logo ala the orange monsters with the bar block

[jimm]

[Mord]

 That paint up proves that those were the best monster figures of that era. Jaw droppingly good.

[Mike Scott]

That paint up proves that those were the best monster figures of that era.

The sculpts were as good, or better that the Aurora's.  The Creature was a more accurate version of the REVENGE suit that the Aurora was of the first movie suit.

[Mord]

The sculpts were as good, or better that the Aurora's.  The Creature was a more accurate version of the REVENGE suit that the Aurora was of the first movie suit.

ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY!

[YoungestMonsterKid]

Two "new" photos that recently popped up on FB, courtesy of Kent Owen Sprecher~

 

I guess the Phantom was technically on TV. But not the one their showing. But I guess it's actually the James Cagney one, so it's technically there.