Marx Toy Soldiers
Marx toy soldiers were designed and manufactured by toy maker Louis Marx and Company. The firm was one of the oldest toy companies in the uS and was primed to become the world's largest toy manufacturer in the 1950s. Louis Marx was the man behind the company and the toy soldiers, action figures and playsets.
In the 1930s to early 1940s, the toys were made of metal alloys. But because the onset of World War II prompted the US and European countries to spare metal reserves to give way to the manufacturing of military weapons, plastic versions of the action figures started entering the market in the late 1940s.
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 45 MARX Confederate Union Amer Civil War Toy Soldiers US $28.00 |
 MARX BABES IN TOYLAND Lot 1960s Disneykin Toy Soldiers US $50.00 |
 Marx Toy Soldiers 54mm Robin Hood Playset 24 Figures US $19.98 |
 Marx Alamo Playset Mexican Toy Soldiers Shako Cavalry US $7.95 |
 TOY SOLDIERS WWII JAPANESE PACIFIC 1 32 MPC MARX SIZE US $24.99 |
 TOY SOLDIERS MARX WARRIORS OF THE WORLD GERMANY 1960s US $7.99 |
 TOY SOLDIERS MARX WILD WEST 7th CAVALRY CUSTER INF 30mm US $9.99 |
 Marx Battleground Europe Russian Toy Soldiers 25 Figs US $19.98 |
 Marx toy Wehrmacht soldiers 40 in all 2 officers US $39.99 |
Louis Marx was a United States-born toy assembler who had been into toy making since his youth. He started his career by working as staff, and later as a manager, at Ferdinand Strauss, a maker of mechanical toys.
Louis entered the US Army as a private soldier in 1918. Two years after, he resumed private citizenship and revived his career in toy making. Louis was so attached to his military life that he named all his sons from the names of the generals he knew. He later proceeded to establish Louis Marx and Company and made a mark by having his own trademark figures.
