If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
Posted 1 year ago
stepback_a…
(347 items)
Pictured is a complete Knights and Castle miniature playset made by the Marx toy company in the mid 1960's. Marx was known for their playsets, some based on TV series such as The Rifleman, Zorro, etc. The miniature playsets were different from their regular sets, in that all of the figures were hand painted, and were made of a breakable hard plastic. All of the knights are about 1" tall. After playing with one of these sets a few times the small delicate pieces would be broken. Someone took care of this one for years.
PlaysetsBeyond the realm of individual action figures lies the land of the playsets…
Marx ToysIn 1955, "Time" magazine declared Louis Marx the “Toy King” of the United S…
This is great, love it!!!!!
This is the best toy I can remember from back in the day. I was told each figure is worth from 5 hundred to 1000 US each.