An Inventory of Marx Playset Figures and Accessories Manufactured from 1951 to 1979
Appendix J-8 - The Little People
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Table of Contents (click on name to move to section) The Little People |
Marxville Town People and Buildings |
Disneyland |
Sears Shopping Center |
Gas Stations |
Airports |
Strategic Air Command |
Mystery Space Ship |
Railroad People |
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Marxville Town People |
Marxville Church | |||
Minister | Groom | Bride | |
These pinkish figures are hard plastic re-issues. | Photo is of items in the Marx Museum at Moundsville, West Virginia |
Marxville Schoolhouse | ||||
The roof and trim in the photo look yellowish, but are actually white. | Side view | Fire escape on back wall | ||
Teacher She is just a smidgen more than 1-1/2 inches tall. |
Boy on roller skates | Girl, walking | Slide | Monkey bars |
Boy on bicycle This one seems to be missing one of his handle bars! |
Girl jumping rope | Child with ice cream cone | Bicycle rack | Swing set |
Marxville Supermarket | |
Butcher | Milkman |
Marxville Gas Station |
Gas station on left, police and gas station on right Photos are of items at the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia |
Marxville Firehouse | |
Photo is of items at the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia I doubt that the guy with the hammer and chisel and the forklift came with the fire station! |
Fireman with hose | Fireman with axe | Fire chief |
Boy with boots | Firehouse dog |
Marxville Police Station | ||
Police station on left, police and gas station on right Photos are of items at the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia |
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Motorcycle policeman | Traffic Policeman | Policeman with prisoner Re-issue figure |
Geppert's Guide to Non-Metallic Toy Soldier of the U.S." states that three other poses came in the Police Station: a man with a broom, a newpaper boy, and a child with an ice cream cone. I have not found this reported elsewhere. These poses are shown elsewhere on this page. |
Marxville Factory | |||||
Man in tie, right arm held out | Man holding clipboard | Man in hard hat carrying large wrench | Box on pallet (box is molded on) |
Boxes on cart (boxes are molded on) |
Fork lift |
Man pushing separate dolly | Man carrying box on shoulder | Hand cart |
Scale or drill press? |
Marxville Farm | ||
Photo on the left is of items from the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia Did you send me the photo on the right? I can't recall where I got it! |
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Farmer | Farmer's wife | Goat |
Cow | Horse | Pig |
Marxville Military Barracks | ||
All photos below courtesy of Terry Sells | ||
Box, front and back | ||
The four wall sections | Roof and fire escape ladder | Fence sections and figures |
The 10 figures in the set The figure second from the left is a bugler. The fourth photo from the left appears to be designed to hold something. |
Marxville Train Stations | |
Photos are of items at the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia |
Train man with lantern | Porter with three bags | Woman wearing hat with child | Train engineer? |
Man in heavy overcoat | Man walking, coat held over arm | Newspaper boy |
Marxville Ranch House |
Photo is of items at the Marx Museum in Moundsville, West Virginia |
Disneyland |
1. Mickey Mouse |
2. Minnie Mouse |
3. Pluto |
4. Donald Duck | 5. Professor Ludwig Von Drake | 6. Goofy |
1. Boy riding donkey | 2. Woman with little girl | 3. Woman with purse |
4. Woman with shopping bags | 5. Man with package under arm | 6. Woman with package under arm |
7. Woman with hat box | 8. Astronaut | 9. Cowboy Pose is similar to 60mm Matt Dillon in Marx' Gunsmoke Play Set. |
10. Wild West lady with umbrella Pose is identical to Miss Kitty in Marx' Gunsmoke Playset. |
11. Indian chief | 12. Man in derby hat |
1. Matterhorn goat |
2. Elephant |
3. Giraffe |
4. Rhinoceros |
5. Hippotamus, with flat bottom |
6. Water buffalo, with flat bottom |
7. Water buffalo, with flat bottom, head turned |
8. Lion |
9. Lioness |
10. Alligator |
11. Gorilla | 12. Tiger |
Sears Shopping Center |
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1. Man pushing seperate hand truck | 2. Man pumping gas | 3. Man with hammer and chisel | 4. Man carrying box on shoulder |
5. Man pushing broom | 6. Woman in hat with feather | 7. Lady wearing hat with girl | 8. Lady pushing baby carriage |
9. Policeman on motorcycle | 10. Lady walking with bag and pusrse | 11. Girl with ice cream cone | 12. Man in uniform, walking |
13. Man walking, looking at watch | 14. Man in cap looking up |
Gas Stations |
Serviceman with rag | Serviceman with broom | Serviceman with hammer and chisel |
Serviceman repairing tire | Traffic policeman |
Serviceman with rag | Serviceman with tire | Serviceman with oil |
Serviceman with water hose | Serviceman kneeling |
Airports |
1. Policeman on motorcycle | 2. Policeman standing, right hand up | 3. Man carrying box on shoulder | 4. Newsboy | 5. Man pushing broom |
6. Man with hammer and chisel | 7. Man pushing hand cart | 8. Hand cart | 9. Man with pencil and paper | 10. Man with paper, right arm extended |
11. Man in hard hat, wrench on shoulder | 12. Man in suit, looking at watch | 13. Woman pushing baby stroller | 14. Woman wearing hat with purse | 15. Woman carrying grocery bags |
16. Woman standing with child | 17. Girl with ice cream cone | 18. Stewardess with shoulder bag | 19. Ground crew with batons | 20. Ground crew wearing goggles, right hand up |
21. Traffic controller, seated | 22. Emergency crewman with fire extinguisher | 23. Ground crew with fuel hose | 24. Pilot, walking | 25. Jet pilot in high altitude suit |
U. S. Strategic Air Command |
1. Officer, standing reading papers | 2. Officer standing, hands behind back | 3. Airman, loading rocket |
4. Airman holding signal flasher | 5. Chubby pilot, walking in high altitude suit |
6. Pilot, squatting with papers | 7. Pilot, walking with arms at sides | 8. Pilot walking with one hand at chest | 9. Skinny pilot, walking in high altitude suit | 10. Fireman in asbestos suit with fire extinguisher |
11. Crewman with geiger counter | 12. Crewman with fuel hose | 13. Airman with lighted signal batons | 14. Crewman carrying large wrench on shoulder | 15. Airman pointing upward |
16. Fireman in asbestos suit with CO2 cannister | 17. Fireman in asbestos suit with fire hose | 18. NCO marching with pistol and holster | 19. Airman marching with rifle on shoulder |
Mystery Space Ship Astronauts and Aliens |
1. Space walking with wrench | 2. Walking on moon, one foot on ground |
3. Walking, hand on visor |
4. Standing, pointing |
5. Walking on moon, both feet on ground | 6. Holding both arms out, not wearing space suit |
9. Alien with four arms | 10. Alien with pistol in left hand | 11. Alien with right arm up, pointed ears |
12. Alien with pointed face, right arm up | 13. Alien with helmet, left arm up | 14. Alien with pistol in right hand |
Railroad People |
Due to their small size, figures are shown slightly larger than other figures on this page. | ||||
Man and woman | Farmer with son | Mailman | Grocer and customer | Service station attendant |
1. Man with briefcase and newspaper | 2. Man smoking pipe with newspaper | 3. Woman with dog, waving |
4. Boy with toy train, waving | 5. Hobo | 6. Porter, carrying four bags |
7. Conductor with watch and lantern | 8. Engineer with oil can | 9. Brakeman with flag |
10. Newspaper boy |