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Post by anjdevil2 on Jun 26, 2020 12:25:09 GMT
  After getting the electrical component I needed for the headlight, the M10000 is finally done. I did the final check on the test track - O27 Lionel to be exact and it's a screamer! At some point, I'm going to get some stick on lead weights to get it to set better - these tin cars are so very light - but it does track well and should be great for Jenni's friend Amy for Christmas. It belonged to Amy's Grandfather. Someone did paint it, obviously, but we traced it to a mid 30's red and silver UP Marx. The under body is all silver. I did track down 2 end cars for her, if she wants them. I just found a wheel/gear/side rod for Amy's steam engine, so when that shows, I can finish that off as well. She'll have 2 sets of Marx that run. I'll post pictures of the steamer when that's done. she'll have 2 Marx sets from her Grandfather. I rebodied the other motor set - the body is a 999 - and this also has a light and runs very very well. I have learned that the Marx stuff is fast as hell and is damn near bullet proof. Yes, I have a few Marx on my roster.....lol.
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Post by josef on Jun 26, 2020 12:27:05 GMT
There's something magical about Marx products, especially their trains.
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Post by JDaddy on Jun 26, 2020 13:53:38 GMT
I never saw this version of the M10,000. I had the M10,0005. It was fun to see the sparks come off the track at night.
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Post by Sir James on Jun 26, 2020 13:57:34 GMT
Marx made affordable fun toys. Like K-Line it's appeal was never noticed till after it's demise.
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Post by JDaddy on Jun 26, 2020 14:10:02 GMT
Plus Marx was the great diversion factor for the parents. The pricey trains stayed on the walls, and as a kid you were tossed the Marx stuff to play with. They became the sacrificial play sets.
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Post by josef on Jun 26, 2020 15:50:33 GMT
Plus Marx was the great diversion factor for the parents. The pricey trains stayed on the walls, and as a kid you were tossed the Marx stuff to play with. They became the sacrificial play sets. Marx Play sets were their bread and butter. There was an article decades ago were Penny's, Sear and Montgomery Wards sold more play sets from Marx at Christmas time then any other toys combined.
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Post by Adam on Jun 26, 2020 16:02:41 GMT
Thats a cool tinplate. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Country Joe on Jun 26, 2020 19:31:16 GMT
Plus Marx was the great diversion factor for the parents. The pricey trains stayed on the walls, and as a kid you were tossed the Marx stuff to play with. They became the sacrificial play sets. Marx Play sets were their bread and butter. There was an article decades ago were Penny's, Sear and Montgomery Wards sold more play sets from Marx at Christmas time then any other toys combined.
My best friend and I would spend hours staging battles. Neither of us wanted to be the British or the Confederates. 
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Post by josef on Jun 26, 2020 19:41:59 GMT
Marx Play sets were their bread and butter. There was an article decades ago were Penny's, Sear and Montgomery Wards sold more play sets from Marx at Christmas time then any other toys combined.
My best friend and I would spend hours staging battles. Neither of us wanted to be the British or the Confederates. My only Marx Playset was a Farm set, but, and a big but, was that I always wanted a Tom Corbett Space Cadet Playset. It was the one toy I yearned for. I believe it was around the Centennial Year and we had gone to a Flea Market held yearly. There on a dealers table was an unopened TC playset. I picked the box up and looked at it and could see the original staples were still in place, yup, Mint unopened. I asked the price, 125.00. This sold for 3.95 and still had a Ben Franklin store sticker on it.
It took me a week to open it and it stayed, laid out on Dining Room table for over a month. I guess the kid in this then 30 some year old had a hard time taking it down. Its the one toy I can never sell and have it displayed on a shelf now.
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