March 7, 2008

Have You All of Them? - Marx history

The history of Marx & Co, and playsets from Scoop: " Louis Marx & Company was an American toy manufacturer from 1919 to 1978. Founded in New York City by Louis Marx and his brother David Marx, the company grew to become the largest toy manufacturer in the world by the 1950s. The success of the company was due in large part to their basic policies, which were “Give the customer more toy for less money” and “Quality is not negotiable”. Marx's toys included tinplate buildings, mechanical toys, toy guns, action figures, dolls, doll houses, toy cars and trains, and of course the very popular Marx Playsets. All the Marx boxes were imprinted with the slogan, “One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?”" Read the rest...

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