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BEN HUR and the Ancient Romans

One of Marx's most ambitious sets was the BEN HUR set based upon the Charlton Heston movie (novel by Lew Wallace).

Ben Hur red and white tent pieces listed with Captain Gallant tent pieces at Marx Jungle sales page.

From Russia very nice 54mm copies of the old Marx Ben Hur emperor and empress.

In addition to the three Ben Hur character figures Marx made a nice series of 16 different figures for the set. Soldiers, Citizens, slave and gladiators are all represented. Original figures were made in flat gray, flat tan and cream. The above pictures are of a recast set in a waxier gray.

Ben Hur wild animals

Ben Hur Accessories

Ben Hur blister card, NONE. Picture courtesy David Schafer.

Slave Market and food market (awning broken in half in picture + missing hanging items).

Tan cart with blue wheels

Ben Hur Amphitheater Parts

ROMANS

The Roman Warriors of the World were painted in more than one pattern so collecting them all can be a challenge. Like other Warriors of the World figures they were sold individually in small boxes with fictitious names and biographies on a small card. In addition they were packaged with other figures in larger sets. Unpainted soft plastic figures were sold as bin toys and are hard to find. They were made in silver, red, green & blue.

Vintage Roman Figures

No box or card unless listed.

- Flavius Stilecho

5.00 A. Redcape.

5.00 B. Blue cape.

- Gaius

NONE.

- Maximus

NONE - A. Darker skin.

5.00 B. Lighter skin.

- Tiberius

NONE - A. Red shield.

NONE - B. Silver shield.

- Marius

NONE - A. Yellow breastplate.

NONE - B. Gold breastplate. (2)

- Septimus Pius

NONE - Throwing spear.

- Marcus Gaius

3.00 A. Yellow outfit, split whip(1)).

NONE - B. Blue outfit.

- Laelius

NONE - A. Gold breastplate. (3)

NONE - B. Red breastplate.

Reissue Roman Figures

Copies of Marx WOW Romans in 4 poses, factory painted, closer to 54mm in size.

Gold Marx 6 Inch hard plastic painted figures.

Gold Marx 6 Inch hard plastic painted figures.

VIKINGS

The Viking Warriors of the World were painted in more than one pattern so collecting them all can be a challenge. Like other Warriors of the World figures they were sold individually in small boxes with fictitious names and biographies on a small card. In addition they were packaged with other figures in larger sets. Unpainted soft plastic figures were sold as bin toys and are hard to find. They were made in silver, red, green & blue.

No box or card unless listed.

Vintage Viking figures

NO BOX OR CARD UNLESS LISTED

- Haakon

NONE A. Blue outfit.

NONE B. Tan outfit.

- Gustaf

5.00 A. White outfit. (1 IN STOCK)

NONE B. Brown outfit.

- Olaf

NONE A. Tan skirt.

NONE B. Blue skirt.

- Thorfinn

NONE Blue outfit. ()

- Ketil

NONE Blue outfit. ().

- Eric the Red

NONE - Brown outfit.

- Leif Ericsson

NONE - Red outfit. ()

- Bjorni

5.00 A. Blue outfit. (1 IN STOCK).

NONE B. Tan outfit. ().

Reissue Viking figures

Six Inch Vikings

Gold Marx 6 Inch hard plastic painted figures.

Knights

Never officially produced as part of the Marx Warriors of the World. Made in the Ukraine.

Reissue Knights

6 Inch knights

Above two photos courtesy Doug Cusic. 3rd Knight missing visor and weapon for right hand. 4th Knight has a short index finger.

Gold Marx 6 Inch hard plastic painted figures.

Picture Christopher Wallintine.

In the mid 1960s Marx made a wide selection of miniature playsets with hard plastic painted figures about an inch tall. Collectors sometimes call them "HO" scale but they are a bit larger than 1/72.

MIB. NONE IN STOCK. Photo courtesy Christopher Wallentine

Example 2. NONE IN STOCK. Photo courtesy Christopher Wallentine

Castle Fort and Prince Valiant Castle Playsets 1952-55

Picture courtesy Clark Haberman & Billy Hill.

225.00 4710 Marx Castle Fort set. Has nice box, instruction, complete tin and plastic castle with two red spring shooting cannons and chain for drawbridge +, shell sprue with 9 loose silver shells. Two sets (20 figures) of 10 first version no base 54mm knights, six lances and six black horses. Hardly looks played with this set was sold in 1953 by Marx.

20.00 Prince Valiant; NONE.

12.00 MX25 Sir Gawain; 3 silver.

12.00 MX26 Boltar; 1 silver.

35.00 Black Knight; 1 silver, (18.00 short helmet tassel; 2 silver).

15.00 Aleta; NONE.

Picture courtesy Clark Haberman & Billy Hill.

The 54mm knights were first made without bases like most other 1951-53 figures made by Marx. Marx then reworked molds to add bases for stability. Earlier Castle Fort sets get these baseless figures while the later Prince Valiant set got figures with bases.

30.00 All ten knights (split in halberd) no bases, 2 lances & 3 horses.(NONE)

30.00 All ten knights (split in halberd) with bases, 2 lances & 3 horses.(1)

Original pose knights price is for each figure. Earlier foot poses did not have a base.

5.00 MX28 Mounted with shield, right arm out, + lance; NONE.

3.00 MX28 Mounted with shield, right arm out, + lance, silver. (6)

3.00 MX28 Mounted w/ shield, right arm out, NO LANCE; NONE.

1.50 MX28 Mounted w/ shield, right arm out, silver, NO LANCE. (14)

5.00 MX29 Mounted attacking knight, ringhand (prob split), + lance; NONE.

3.00 MX29 Mounted attacking knight, ringhand (prob split), + lance, silver. (3)

3.00 MX29 Mounted attacking knight, ringhand (prob split), NO LANCE; NONE.

1.50 MX29 Mounted attacking knight, ringhand (prob split), NO LANCE, silver. (6)

3.00 MX31 Mounted w/ flag; 1 gold.

1.50 MX31 Mounted w/ flag, silver. (23)

3.00 MX32 Swinging sword, horse head shield; NO BASE; NONE, WITH BASE; NONE.

2.00 MX32 Swinging sword, horse head shield, silver; 15 with base style.

3.00 MX33 Guard with spear (halberd); NONE.

2.00 MX33 Guard with spear (halberd), 1 silver with base split in halberd.

3.00 MX34 Guard with sword; NO BASE; NONE, WITH BASE; NONE.

1.50 MX34 Guard with sword, silver; 4 no base style, 12 with base style.

3.00 MX35 Walking with sword and shield; NO BASE; NONE, WITH BASE NONE.

1.50 MX35 Walking with sword and shield, silver; 4 no base style, 14 with base style, ( 1.00 split base silver 1).

3.00 MX36 Swinging mace like club; NO BASE; NONE, NO BASE BUT WITH FOOT PROP; NONE, WITH BASE; NONE.

1.50 MX36 Swinging mace like club, silver; 5 no base style, 14 with base style.

3.00 MX37 Standing pointing, no base; NONE.

1.50 MX37 Standing pointing, silver; 27 no base.

3.00 MX38 with sword & round shield; NO BASE; NONE, WITH BASE; NONE.

1.50 MX38 with sword & round shield, silver; 16 with base.

Cream tend to be a bit dirty.

3.00 Running; 2 cream, 5 black.

3.00 Walking; 8 cream, 2 black, 1 waxy cream.

Castle Fort & Prince Valiant playset parts

(NONE)

Robin Hood Castle playsets 1956-58

Picture courtesy Clark Haberman & Billy Hill.

Photo courtesy Steve Thompson.

Incredible as it sounds Marx made three sets of Robin Hood character figures within a year of each other. The rarest set (60mm) was designed for the special "Richard Green" TV Robin Hood series with the characters looking like the actors in the show. Then another "standard" 60mm set of five figures was made followed shortly by a six figure (with added Minstrel) 54mm set. The 60mm sets were always made in a pale green and four of the 60mm merrymen were place in the same mold with them. The 54mm figures were made in cream for playsets and silver for bagged sets. They were made in tan for the Canadian market.

60mm Robin Hood Figures

60mm Richard Greene Robin Hood character figures

NONE

60mm Robin Hood generic character figures light green

15.00 Friar Tuck holding staff; 1 light green.

15.00 Little John; 1 light green, 1 light olive green.

25.00 Robin Hood, intact bow; NONE.

20.00 Main Marian; NONE.

15.00 Sheriff of Nottingham; 1 light green.

Rushed into production Marx simply re-positioned one arm on each of the four green merrymen to make a "new" pose that was then molded in brown plastic.

6.00 With staff overhead, brown.(4).

7.00 Lunging with knife, brown. (1)

7.00 Walking with bow, drawing arrow, brown. (NONE)

7.00 Hand next to mouth, calling, brown.(NONE)

7.00 Blowing horn, light green; NONE.

7.00 Lunging with sword, knife in rear hand, light green; (NONE).

7.00 Standing hold staff downwards, light green. (NONE).

7.00 Walking with bow, arrow held downward in right hand, light green; NONE.

The 60mm knights were made in two molds. One mold made 11 knights in 10 poses with a duplicate of the man shooting crossbow. The 11th pose mounted with separate lance was made in a separate mold.

Original old foot Knights, silver;

10.00 Lance. (NONE)

7.00 Mounted ring hand, with shield. (NONE)

7.00 Mounted with mace. (NONE), (2.00 MISSING MACE; 1)

6.00 With halberd and sword. (NONE)

5.00 With ax overhead in both hands. (NONE)

5.00 Walking with mace and shield. (1)

5.00 Running with sword forward, bird shield. (NONE)

5.00 Crossbowman; NONE, (3.00 ONE STRING SPLIT; 1).

5.00 With sword & shield held out, cross on chest. (NONE)

5.00 With sword, shield at chest, bird on shield. (2)

5.00 With spear across waist. (NONE)

5.00 With sword and knife. (1)

REISSUE/RECAST 60mm KNIGHTS

NONE - Walking horse.

NONE - Running horse;.

5.00 REISSUE running knight horse; NONE.

5.00 REISSUE stopping knight horse; 1 white.

"60mm Castle Accessories"

4.00 Battering ram; NONE.

3.00 Ladder; 2 tan, 1 metallic green missing one hold.

6.00 Table; NONE.

5.00 Arm chair; 1 tan, (2.00 2 TAN WITH SOME DAMAGE, 1 METALLIC GREEN MISSING BACK KEG).

3.00 Bench; 1 medium brown, 2 tan.

4.00 Keg on short legs; NONE.

4.00 Treasure chest; 3 metallic green, 2 tan, 1 brown.

3.00 Arrow target; 1 tan.

3.00 Cook fire base; NONE, (1.00 REISSUE; 2 green, 3 yellow, 1 orange).

3.00 Cook fire pot on sticks; 2 tan.

5.00 Harp; 1 tan, (3.00 2 SPLIT STRINGS; 1 tan).

5.00 Crossbow; 1 shiny tan.

4.00 Quiver; NONE.

4.00 Horn; NONE.

4.00 Lantern; NONE.

3.00 Quarterstaff; NONE.

3.00 Arrow; NONE.

REISSUE/RECAST

12.00 RECAST 25 Piece mold shot as seen above, tanbrown. (8 IN STOCK)

1.00 Quiver, tanbrown. (4)

1.00 Long bow, tanbrown. (3)

1.00 Harp, tanbrown. (7)

1.00 Horn, tanbrown. (6)

1.00 Keg on short legs, tanbrown.(NONE)

1.00 Treasure chest, tanbrown.(7)

1.00 Table, tanbrown. (NONE)

1.00 Bench, tanbrown. (3)

1.00 Crossbow, tanbrown. (6)

1.00 Quarterstaff, tanbrown. (1)

1.00 Campfire base, tanbrown. (NONE)

1.00 Campfire hanging pot, tanbrown. (3)

1.00 Lantern, tanbrown. (6)

1.00 Ladder, tanbrown. (1)

1.00 Arrow, tanbrown. (12)

1.00 Battering ran, tanbrown. (NONE)

1.00 Arrow target, tanbrown. (NONE)

1.00 Arm chair, tan brown. (NONE)

Medieval Accessories used in both 54mm & 60mm Robin Hood sets

- 15.00 Stag, SP; 1 gray, (4.00 ONE HOOF MISSING; 1 red brown).

OUT OF STOCK - Catapult with yellow wheels. ()

15.00 Catapult body + arm. (NONE)

4.00 Catapult arm; 2 brown, 1 redbrown.

4.00 Catapult wheels; NONE.

- Partial sprue of catapult rocks, 10 on sprue one loose, brown HP. NONE IN STOCK

1.00 Rock, dark brown. (NONE )

4.00 Rock pile, dark brown. (1)

- 5.00 Reissue black Catapult with different wheels + rock pile. (5)

2.00 REISSUE rock pile, black (4)

54mm Robin Hood Figures

Playsets sold in the US got the characters in cream while those sold in Canada got them in green. Header card bags got the characters in silver. The 54mm character figures & merrymen were all copied in one mold and used as cereal premiums and will be marked CANADA under their bases. See premiums page for their availability.

OUT OF STOCK - All six 54mm Robin Hood characters in cream. ()

25.00 All six 54mm Robin Hood characters in silver.(1)

OUT OF STOCK - All six 54mm Robin Hood characters in slate green. ()

30.00 Five 54mm Robin Hood characters in light green, MISSING the minstrel. (1)

54mm Robin Hood character figures

12.00 MX39 Robin Hood; NONE.

4.00 MX39 Robin Hood (STRING SPLIT; 1 silver).

7.00 MX40 Little John; 1 green, 2 silver, 1 cream a bit dirty.

10.00 MX41 Maid Marian; NONE.

7.00 MX41 Friar Tuck; 1 green, 1 silver.

7.00 MX43 Sheriff of Nottingham; 2 green, 2 cream.

7.00 MX44 Minstrel; 3 cream, 1 silver.

This was an interesting grouping. Rather than two of each pose in the 16 cavity mold Marx made three poses only once while three others three times with only two poses being in duplicate. The 54mm merrymen & characters were copied and used as cereal premiums. See premiums page for availability.

3.00 Merryman shooting bow; NONE, (1.50 SPLIT STRING; 1 tan).

2.00 Merryman, bow in left hand, arrow in right; 4 tan, 2 green.

2.00 Merryman running with chest & bow; 2 green, 4 tan.

3.00 Merryman carrying rock; 1 tan.

3.00 Merryman blowing horn; 1 green, 1 darker tan.

2.00 Merryman leaping from tree; 3 tan.

2.00 Merryman with staff & knife; 2 tan.

3.00 Merryman squatting with bow; NONE.

"54mm Castle Accessories

Original Pieces

3.00 Fire; NONE.

5.00 Battering ram; NONE.

4.00 Quiver; 1 brown.

2.00 Arrow; 3 red SP.

Recast Pieces

8.00 REISSUE double 11 piece mold shot (22 pieces total), HP; fire, arrow target, 6 arrows, quiver, ladder & battering ram x 2; 5 darker tanbrown.

1.00 Arrow target; 4 tanbrown.

1.00 Quiver; 5 tanbrown.

1.00 Fire; 4 tanbrown.

1.00 Battering ram; NONE.

1.00 Ladder; 1 tanbrown 1.00 Arrow; 1 tanbrown.

Vintage pieces.

NONE - Paper Robin Hood Flag.

8.00 Flag pole; SEE BELOW FOR AVAILABILITY.

5.00 Pennant flag; SEE BELOW FOR AVAILABILITY.

Robin Hood castle gate with all plastic and chain as seen in picture above. NONE IN STOCK

Made in Europe hard plastic 54mm knights

The 54mm Knights and Prince Valiant character figures with some slight variations were made in hard plastic factory painted by the Marx subsidiary Charmore in Germany and Holland. Some were also made at the Marx factory in the UK. The UK examples have a hard to read logo while the German and Holland examples are clearly marked. The mold seems to have been sold to Heimo a German toy company.

10.00 UK MX29 Mounted attacking with separate lance on charging horse. (NONE)

5.00 UK Horse. (1)

5.00 UK Lance. (NONE)

6.00 UK knight based upon Prince Valiant character. (NONE)

6.00 UK knight based upon the Black Knight character. (NONE)

6.00 UK MX37 knight pointing with right hand.(NONE)

6.00 UK MX34 knight guard with sword pointing down.(NONE)

6.00 UK MX32 knight swinging sword, shield in other hand.(NONE)

6.00 UK MX36 Knight swinging mace.(NONE)

3.00 Germany MX29 Mounted attacking ring hand. (1)

3.00 Holland MX29 Mounted attacking ring hand. (1)

6.00 Germany knight based upon Price Valiant figure.(NONE)

6.00 Germany MX34 Guard with sword; NONE.

6.00 HEIMO Knight based upon the Black Knight character. (1)

6.00 HEIMO MX37 knight pointing with right hand.(1)

6.00 HEIMO MX34 knight guard with sword pointing down.(1)

6.00 HEIMO MX36 Knight swinging mace.(NONE)

Picture courtesy Mark Hegeman.

This small set was made in 1964 with metallic blue and silver knights and a small cardstock battlement.

"Sleeping Beauty" & High Wall castle playsets 1959-64

The Sleeping Beauty castle playset was canceled but it's high wall castle was used in 1959, 63 & 64. It's new thin keep building was used for all but one of the castle playsets made from 1959-1975. The same 54mm 1st version knights were used but could now be found in metallic blue, metallic green and gold in some sets.

Picture courtesy Clark Haberman & Billy Hill.

NONE

NONE

NONE

Later years (1963-75) sets came with playmats. (NONE IN STOCK)

Knights & Vikings castle playsets 1965-75

Picture courtesy Clark Haberman & Billy Hill.

NONE IN STOCK - Marx 4733 Knight and Viking Set;

The Fighting Knight Carryall playsets were made 1968-1974.

NONE IN STOCK

The second series of Marx 54mm knights consisted of 7 poses. The mold had 18 cavities and each half held two each of the first two poses as seen above and one each of the other five poses. Playsets then had one or more groups of nine knights depending upon size.

1.00 EACH 2nd Version Knights.

Original silver.

MX7 Mounted with lance; 3.

MX8 Standing pointing; 2.

MX9 With ball and chain; 6.

MX10 Attacking with sword; 2.

MX11 With ax/war hammer overhead; 20.

MX12 Standing with lance; 1.

MX13 Stabbing with spear; 2.

10.00 Mold shot of 18 RECAST 2nd version knights in all 7 poses + 2 RECAST horse; 7 black.

The 54mm Viking mold had 18 cavities and made two each of the nine different poses. Play sets then had one or more groups of nine Vikings depending upon size. The originals were only made in light green.

3.00 EACH Older flat green

MX14 With ax in right hand. (NONE)

MX15 With ax overhead in both hands. (NONE)

MX16 Swinging ax in both hands. (NONE)

MX17 Leader sword pointed at ground. (NONE)

MX18 Running w/ sword and ax. (NONE)

MX19 Running w/ shield and knife. (NONE)

MX20 With sword and round shield. (NONE)

MX21 With spear and shield. (NONE)

MX22 With knife and club. (NONE)

Later waxy green

18.00 Nine in all nine poses,waxy green. (NONE)

2.00 EACH Vikings, light waxy green.

MX14 With ax in right hand.(NONE)

MX15 With Ax overhead in both hands. (NONE)

MX16 Swinging ax in both hands. (NONE)

MX17 Leader sword pointed at ground.(NONE)

MX18 Running w/ sword and ax.(NONE)

MX19 Running with shield and knife; (NONE).

MX20 With sword and round shield. (NONE)

MX21 With spear and round shield. (NONE)

MX22 With knife and club.(NONE)

The metal carryall knights & Vikings sets was enhanced with a plastic gate and two towers that clipped on the walls of the case. Original pieces are in gray while the later reissues were made in brown.

Original Carryall Plastic Pieces

5.00 Taller flag pole, gray HP.(1)

5.00 Shorter flag pole, gray HP.(NONE)

- Low stone walls also used in American Revolution and Civil War sets. SEE Marx American Revolution (AWI) sales page for availability.

Sleeping Beauty & Viking castle playset parts

NONE

Thin (Sleeping Beauty) keep turrets, flag pole and pennants. The flag pole and pennants are the same as used with the Robin Hood Castle.

10.00 Vintage center spire/turret; NONE

5.00 Vintage end turrets; NONE

8.00 Vintage flag pole; NONE.

5.00 Vintage pennant; NONE.

8.00 REISSUE all six pieces, 3 turrets, 1 flag pole and 2 pennants, silver (8)

8.00 REISSUE all three turrets + silver flag pole, & 2 pennants, turrets are all silver; 2 blue pennants, 6 with red pennants.

2.00 REISSUE center turret/spire; 8 silver.

2.00 REISSUE smaller side turret; NONE.

2.00 REISSUE flag pole; 13 silver.

2.00 REISSUE pennant; 3 red, 2 blue.

1.00 REISSUE pennant; 35 silver.

REISSUE/RECAST castle playsets 1985-present

The metal carryall knights & Vikings sets was enhanced with a plastic gate and two towers that clipped on the walls of the case. The mold for these pieces was used in the 1980s by Toy Street to hold together a heavy card stock castle used in one of their playsets.

Reissue Carryall Plastic parts

NONE - Toy Street card stock castle with Marx reissue plastic parts (gate, 2 towers). ()

NONE - Reissue Marx Noble Knights playset. This set has a lot of stuff; 90 figures, 10 horses, two catapults, 30+ small accessories, trees and stumps, play mat heavy card stock castle with plastic battlements. Great Christmas present.