Dinosaur Playsets

[Mord]

 Some great ideas there, pal. The possibilities are endless with those playsets (hey, my "like" function finally works...I can officially "like" you now).

[horrorhunter]

Some great ideas there, pal. The possibilities are endless with those playsets (hey, my "like" function finally works...I can officially "like" you now).

Hey, that's great. You got your "Like" back for Christmas. I "Like" it (and "Liked" your post about it). 

[horrorhunter]

Found another pic of a kid with his Marx Mountain Set. The pic info identified this as a One Million BC set. If it is then it's evidence that it did indeed contain a playmat. Of course it might just be misidentified, and actually be the Marx Prehistoric Mountain (1975) playset.



Too bad there isn't a box in that pic.

Those Marx Heritage dinos that look white in that fuzzy pic are actually the very common light gray color.

[Hepcat]

I posted that set before but the pics weren't clear so I decided to repost since I picked up a better camera.

Your pictures are indeed much improved these days! What camera were you using previously, and what Nikon model did you buy recently? Is there anything special about the camera setting you're now using?

[horrorhunter]

Your pictures are indeed much improved these days! What camera were you using previously, and what Nikon model did you buy recently? Is there anything special about the camera setting you're now using?

At first I was using a very cheap Vivitar, but now I have a Nikon COOLPIX L30. It's still just a point&shoot, but at least it's a decent one. I'm also using a tripod now. Picked them both up during the Black Friday sales for a really good price.

I still have quite a few dinosaur playsets to post, as well as some I plan to repost with better pictures. Just got sidetracked on some other genre playsets. I'm currently working on a Rocketship To Venus pulp-era playset with Earth Base, Rocketships, Astronauts, Aliens, Dinosaurs, Monsters, & Venusian Landscape including mountains, jungle, and swamp. Those steaming Venusian jungles were home to huge monsters and dinosaurs ya know! 

[Hepcat]

Rocketship to Venus? Everyone knows that Venus is inhabited by scantily clad Amazons! I'm looking forward to whatever you'll be posting.

[Mord]

Rocketship to Venus? Everyone knows that Venus is inhabited by scantily clad Amazons! I'm looking forward to whatever you'll be posting.

Scantily clad Amazons? You're barking up the wrong tree, Hep. My pal, Horror Hunter would never stoop so low. I double-dare him.

[WnewCreatureFeatures]

Its true femme fatales on Venus

[horrorhunter]

Rocketship to Venus? Everyone knows that Venus is inhabited by scantily clad Amazons! I'm looking forward to whatever you'll be posting.

Man, I wish I could find some hot 30mm scantily clad Amazon figures to put in my new custom playset! The major problem is that nobody ever made any. I don't want to use 25mm metal gaming figures since they would be too small and that's a whole different kind of figure. I like to put together Marx/MPC style playsets and D&D type figures just wouldn't fit.

However, this Rocketship To Venus playset should be fun. I'll have the box finished tonight, and the other parts I need should arrive the first of next week. No Amazons, but it will have an Earth base, rocketships, spacesuited humans, aliens, Venusian dinosaurs  , Chaos Beast, Venusian Ogres, Giant Crawlers, and terrain of Venus including mountains, jungle, and swamp. Of course, this isn't the real Venus.. it's the pulp era sci-fi Venus. And, yes, I would love to put Amazons in it but, like I said, they haven't been made in 30mm. That's like back in the day everyone wanted a little Raquel Welch figure to go with their Marx One Million BC playset. I still want one.

[Hepcat]

You can order a full size one these days you know....

[frankenstein73]

Marx Flintstones Hunting party playset dinosaurs. These were painted by some kid along time ago, but pretty rare all the same.
tyrannosaurus was orange originally, you can see where a piece of tape was on the tail before they painted it.  and the "brontosaurus" was light blue before the brown paint wash.
155-5520_IMG by j-raysjunkyard, on Flickr

[horrorhunter]

That Flintstone's Hunting Party is very rare, and very cool.



Here's one of Don Glut's video bimbos with a pair. 



Oh yeah, and she's holding a couple of dinosaurs too. 

[Hepcat]

Given the choice, I'm not sure which box I'd pick.

[Hepcat]

Man, I wish I could find some hot 30mm scantily clad Amazon figures to put in my new custom playset! The major problem is that nobody ever made any. I don't want to use 25mm metal gaming figures since they would be too small and that's a whole different kind of figure. I like to put together Marx/MPC style playsets and D&D type figures just wouldn't fit.

I'm going to make a phone call Friday to see if I can help you out.

[horrorhunter]

This is my Rulers Of The Earth Mountain Set (Superior, 1987). It's probably the most desirable of the After-Marx Playsets. Unfortunately, I don't have an original box for this set as Superior boxes were made of thin cardboard and not many of the big ones survive. The box featured the same design and illustration as their smaller sets. It is complete, aside from the box.









CONTENTS:

1 Mountain Terrain (Orange-Yellow & Brown Hard Plastic)

4 Land Bridges (Orange-Yellow & Brown Hard Plastic)

4 Boulder Halves (Orange-Yellow & Brown Hard Plastic)

1 Large Mold Group (Pot-Bellied T-Rex in Swirled Gray, Kronosaurus in Swirled Green, Brontosaurus in Swirled Brown)

1 Medium Mold Group (6 Dinos in 3 Swirled Colors)

1 Second Series Mold Group (8 Dinos/Prehistoric Mammals in 3 Swirled Colors)

17 Superior Dinos/Prehistoric Mammals Total

4 Sets of 6 Cavemen (24 Total Cavemen, 12 in Brick Red, 12 in Beige)

4 Palm Trees & 4 Ferns (Trunks/Bases in Black Hard Plastic, Leaves in Green Soft Plastic)

Playmat

Superior Booklet (Large Foldup Sheet)

Booklet (Front and Back Unfolded):


The Superior Mountain Set is by far the best of the three Superior sets, and quite scarce and desirable today. It features the best terrain of any of the three Superior sets- the large Marx mountain piece. It also features the full compliment of Superior swirled dinos- all 17. I'm still on the hunt for an original box, but I may never find one that isn't in shambles. The worst thing about Superior sets are their thin cardboard boxes. Most of the Superior Mountain Set boxes just came apart due to the size and weight of the contents. While it is the best of the After-Marx sets, the Superior mountain terrain still pales beside the original Marx mountain terrain. The Marx mountain terrain was a 5 piece setup which was fastened together with screws and nuts and had a land bridge and walking bridge, while the Superior mountain terrain is only the large Marx mountain piece. Still, the Superior set is impressive, and the best After-Marx set according to most toy dino enthusiasts (myself included).

Here are the other two smaller Superior boxes. The Superior Mountain Set box was designed like these, only much larger.