18 The Toy Room - “Marx Battleground Playset”

We take a look at the Battleground Playset by Marx with a demonstration of the exploding machine gun nest. Also featured are a variety of six inch Marx figures.

[@theleastsignificantbit4794]

One Christmas, my dad who landed on Omaha Beach with the 29th ID helped me unwrap this gift that was sitting under our Christmas tree. He helped me put the accessories together and explained the different vehicles, canons, and weapons. Best Christmas of my life. I miss you, dad.

[@MSchussler]

Quite a piece of history. That's cool that you got to spend some time "playing" with your dad with this set and bonding.

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Did you notice a tear in your old daddy's eye? Did his prayers for you get answered?😢

[@fernandochavez4312]

My mom got this for me one Christmas. Best gift ever! Played with it fir years. Then my nephews did too. Thanks!

[@MSchussler]

It was a pretty cool set. That's nice that your nephews had some fun with it too. Glad you enjoyed the video - Thanks for watching.

[@madelief47]

I am from the Netherlands, and lately I wondered of what brand some of my very big cowboys and indians were. Know I know, Marx! Today for collecting they are very rare. But very well made indeed. I gave away my pieces, but I remember a friend of me had a lot of those giant cowboys. He lived in a house with a large garden, lots of space to play in! Well, that was a long time ago. In the early 70's.... sometimes I desire to have a Timemachine. I would go back then, to do it all over. I guess I am not the only one.

[@MSchussler]

Nice to hear from the Netherlands. I think there are a lot of people that would like to have a time machine and go back to that time of play. It was a great time in life.

[@chelseafan111]

great trip down memory lane. and now i finally know what the karate guy and barbwire guy really were. i too thought one was for barb wire and the karate guy was just a mistake and was suposed to be holding a big gun.

[@MSchussler]

Thanks CF. Glad you enjoyed the trip. It's really funny to me how many other kids (now adults) were also confused by these two figures. Yeah, I suppose it looked like "karate guy" could have been holding something big. Happy 4th of July!

[@baronsorgi1]

Man I love ❤️ this!!! I’ve got a Toy Room too! Full of Aurora Monster Models, Tin Toys, Mechanical Banks from the 60s and lots of odds and ends lol I just turned 66, and luckily never grew up 😆 I subscribed and am now in search of your other vids 👍 Thanks for posting this Mark Cheers 🍻

[@MSchussler]

It sounds like you have a great Toy Room of your own DJ. It's always good to keep the spirit of play in your life. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for subscribing. I have 21 TR episodes so far so there should b plenty for you to watch. You might enjoy this episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZW1gGuBjZp5j6M

[@jonsmith1620]

I had a similar play set but it was a Desert Fox play set,with soldiers and tanks and trucks,etc.My family will still get me a bag of green army men for Christmas as a gag gift on occasion.I loved them !

[@MSchussler]

I’m guessing the Desert Fox play set may have come after the set we had? Anyway, I’m sure it was just as cool for you as the one we had. That’s neat that your family get’s you the gag gift of army men. Happy Holidays to you!

[@jeeperscreatures]

Great memories you have. I was in awe of the soldier play sets. I remember the set you could order in the back of the comics. It looked massive. Never did get one though. I think I had the fort Apache set. Those 6 inch Marx figures are fantastic. I love the sculpts. Great detail. I have about 15 or 20 of them. I sure like the campus cuties.Never heard of them. The painted Marx figures are quite something. ..If I ever start collecting again, I might pick up a couple but I think my collecting days are over..Thanks for posting the video

[@MSchussler]

I think I may have seen one of the sets from the back of comic books at an antique shop. They were very much less impressive in reality than they appeared in the comic book ads. They were small and sort of flat so that they didn't have much bulk and expense associated with production and shipping. I remember my cousins getting a Fort Apache set on Christmas Eve and I remembered it being cool. The six inch figures are well done and interesting. I have a couple of Flintstones TV-Tinykins in their original packaging that I don't think I had when I made the Battleground video. I don't see too many of the painted figures around much anymore. Glad you enjoyed the video. Happy New Year!

[@jwoocrew]

Amazing how none of this stuff survived my childhood. We didn't get much for Christmas but one year I woke to a set up of the small battleground playset set up in front of our fireplace. My best friend across the street got the guns of Navarone playset and we combined and played for many years until we grew out of them and used them for BB gun target practice and M80's. Wish I knew then what I know now I would have saved all of my toys. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@MSchussler]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, it would have been good to save all the toys. At one point, my Mom was going to throw out all the old games we had but asked me about it first. I took as many as I could but should have taken them all.

[@nicholas672]

Woah, after watching this video I literally told the exact same story to my girlfriend about my childhood experience with these plastic army men. Good times.

[@gog9o9magog]

"the germans lost the war but they won the fashion show" Lemmy Kilmister

[@loganridener4879]

Rip lemmy

[@realityhurts8697]

Lemme was a walking hero, among plastic people.

[@robertrock8778]

Hugo Boss designed SS uniforms.

[@MSchussler]

Ha! Great Lemmy quote.

[@gunner678]

Lol, great video, I loved the army men. I'm a Brit but I always collected these sets as a kid and then moved on to airfix. I joined the army at 16 and a half as a boy soldier and served 23 years retired as a colonel. These toys clearly rubbed off lol. I remember all these toys, we were so lucky weren't we?

[@MSchussler]

They had the sets in England? Interesting that you joined the army as a boy. Yes, we were lucky to have these toys.

[@cyclenut]

I loved the army battle toys. I was slow to grow out of being a child - I played with them well into my teens.

[@MSchussler]

Hey Paul, nothing wrong with that. I think it’s good to hang on to being a child as long as you can and hope you never lose at least some of that sense of wonder.

[@Crazeyfor67]

I was sneaky. My nephew was 14 years younger than me. Sometimes I had to watch him while his mother, my sister worked. Of course I'd used the excuse that I had to entertain the youngster. So whenever someone saw use having a nice battle with of scores of Marx solders they thought I was just being a very nice uncle.

[@MSchussler]

@Herbert Norkus Bummer that they got throw away.

[@MSchussler]

@@Crazeyfor67 That's a good way to play with them in a new way.

[@battleax6364]

I am a teen right now and I play with them a lot

[@furtherdefinitions1]

I had the Battleground set, and also their Fort Apache, Knights and Castles, and their Civil War sets.

[@MSchussler]

You were lucky to have so many sets Feliks. A guy that collects Marx told me that the Battleground and Fort Apache were the most common sets. I almost got a mint Flintstones set many years ago and I thought that was a fun one.

[@lopezmt]

Feliks Gailitis - I had those sets also. Not the deluxe battleground set, but the common set. I also had Fort Navarone mountain set. That was my favorite. Sadly, I don't have any of them any longer. I know I used to take a hot needle and put "bullet" holes in several of my soldiers. Sadly, it never occurred to me that I would want them when I got older.

[@MSchussler]

Yes, best not to put bullet holes in your toy soldiers.

[@JERRYR708]

I loved looking at all the big Christmas catalogs from all the department stores and dream about all those cool playsets, trains and GI-Joe.

[@MSchussler]

Hi Jerry, The Wards and Sears Christmas catalogs were great to look through in the 60's and early 70's. There were so many great things to look at and so much of it we would have wanted to have. I don't really remember going to a store and seeing any of this stuff at the time so that added to the mystique. My Mom would let us look through the catalog and pick out things we would like for Christmas. We must have been somewhat selective because I remember getting everything I wanted plus more. I feel very lucky to have had such a childhood. Best, Mark

[@davidgreen5099]

@@MSchussler hi Mark, I still have an unopened Marx Cape Canaveral reissue set. It was my favorite in the 60s. Thanks for your post.

[@MSchussler]

@@davidgreen5099 Are you ever going to open it? Have a Happy new Year!

[@davidgreen5099]

@@MSchussler saving it for the grandkids!

[@blainemonaco2092]

Had that set. Looked forward every Christmas for the catalogs. Spend hours looking at them.....

[@jimmyb1559]

My older brothers set up about a hundred soldiers on a ping pong table in the basement to have a battle. It took over an hour. I accidentally bumped into the table and knocked a bunch over. They wanted to kill me! I hightailed it outta there! Playing soldiers was a big part of our childhood. I’ll never stop playing with toys no matter what the wife says😂. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[@MSchussler]

That's the spirit Jimmy! Don't ever stop playing with toys. Just try not to knock other people's toys over. :)

[@jimmyb1559]

@@MSchussler LOL

[@shinobi1kenobi75]

I miss those disc guns. Haven't seen one in a long time. Those discs were all over my grandmother's house.

[@MSchussler]

They were great guns to have. You would lose a lot of discs. I suppose my Mom vacuumed up a number of them.

[@gallery7596]

@@MSchussler I have one. The rubber band inside isn't as taught as it once was, but when you pull the trigger it will still launch the discs.

[@MSchussler]

@@gallery7596 At least the disc still launches. we sometimes put pennies in then and didn't work well at all.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Star Trek phasers. I had the phaser rifle too. You could shoot around corners by tilting the gun sideways, curving the flight path of the discs. Great fun for firefights with my friend Ted!

[@greatgoen2125]

They were still selling these in the 70's and early 80's where I lived at JCPenney's and TRU. I got the WWII one and my brother got Fort Apache or something.

[@MSchussler]

That's cool - Thanks for watching.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

Blue and Gray play sets are my passion.

[@MSchussler]

It's always good to have a passion. By the way, you might be interested in a music video that I created for one of my original songs. I used some of my old Super 8 films, TV/movie clips and new video of myself lip synching to the song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Kol3mBgLCVldU

[@shirleylyn11]

I had my BATTLEGROUND mixed with my more generic plastic soldiers, in a bucket at my Grandmothers. She gave them to a little boy who moved in next door to her. Years latter, after she passed and we cleaned the house to get it ready for sale, I went down to the bottom of the back yard where the sand pit was...Right away I saw a "survivor". The crawling US soldier with a Tommy Gun. He is on a shelf n my den to this day. I got 2(yes. TWO) of the deluxe Battleground sets on my 6th birthday in 1973. My Father bought both boxes Murpheys had. I played with those soldiers for years. To this day, I paint toy soldiers.

[@gunner678]

Me too! I still have a lot of my old soldiers 50+ years later. I now paint 28mm, but still collecting 54mm. Great hobby, always will be! Happy new year and greetings from France!

[@shirleylyn11]

@@gunner678 Im 53(my name is John, btw. I use my wife account, because, well, somewhat anti-tech) I paint 54mm historicals but my "passion"(as if a 53 year old man can be so) is Games Workshops BLOOD BOWL. I quite like the game, but I LOVE the 28mm miniatures. There are many different companies making the figures these days, and I own over 1,500(yes. FIFTEEN HUNDRED) and have about 600 painted...yeah, I gotta stop buying new figures...But the idea of fantasy characters playing football...Just tickles me. What do you paint, Matt?

[@MSchussler]

Great that you found a "survivor" in the sand pit John. Bummer that your Grandmother gave the plastic soldiers to the boy next door but hopefully, he had a lot of fun with them too. Sounds like you and Matt have a great hobby. Happy New Year to both of you!

[@coolsshow2388]

@@shirleylyn11 I guess when u start to have a hobby with them u cant stop

[@generalpatzer6893]

Thanks for the cool memories!

[@MSchussler]

And thank you for watching!

[@krxbloxx]

I’ve found a lot of the American soldiers, including the “karate man” and the “cluber” on eBay. Along with a stretcher and the German motorcycle man for cheap, I’m happy that I found them! At least for cheap!😀

[@MSchussler]

Hey . . . you're lucky to get the German motorcycle guy for cheap.

[@naturalobserver6130]

I really loved my civil war play set by Marx back in 1962, l would like to see the old t.v. Christmas commercial for it.

[@MSchussler]

Hey Jeff - Cool that you had that set. Too bad there isn’t a television commercial for it on KZbin but there are some other neat vintage toy commercials.

[@richardparks2577]

Alas... the closest I ever got to a Marx Blue and Grey playset was every year seeing it pictured in the Sears Christmas catalog ...

[@thefollowing8127]

Jeff , my cousins got the Civil War set for Christmas . I got Bridges and Girders. All the fun in 62.

[@DragonixBeys]

Army Men are some of the Best toys ever :')

[@MSchussler]

Yes, Army Men are one of the classic toys. You might enjoy one of my G.I. Joe videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3KykIyDj5yJkLM

[@DragonixBeys]

@@MSchussler thanks from the link

[@coolsshow2388]

@@DragonixBeys DUDE U ARE SO RIGHT. MOST of my channel is based around army men atcully have i about 92 vids but you are SO SO RIGHT

[@DragonixBeys]

@@coolsshow2388 👍

[@LaserRanger15]

I had tons of the 6" high soldiers, cowboys/indians and the astronaut guys...

[@MSchussler]

You're a lucky dude Michael. Like I said, I didn't even know they existed when I was a kid.

[@doobiejones9388]

I had the guns of Navarone marz set. It had the British soldiers. Very cool.

[@MSchussler]

That sounds like a cool set. It would have been nice to have some British soldiers.

[@tomrhymer7468]

I have more toys than you, but I have been collecting 62 years. 3 warehouses and 4 storage facilities. The house is full to the ceiling. It's called hoarding and I have had an eternal joyous time of it. Unapologetic. Never married with no kids. Rogue male :)

[@MSchussler]

Wow! That's a massive amount of toys! Glad you had a good time collecting them. I like to be able to walk around my house though :)

[@tomrhymer7468]

Oh yeah...forgot to mention, great video, Mark! And don't be me, it's insane!

[@MSchussler]

Thanks Tom - I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video. OK - I'll try not to be like you. I guess I really don't want to maintain warehouses and storage space anyway. :)

[@davidrodgersNJ]

You had Battleground? Not me. There was a kid down the street who had it, and also an obsession with being a cop. He would dress up in a "police uniform" based on his cub scout uniform, and we had to be the "robbers" for what seemed like eternity until he would let us play with his Battleground. I have often wondered if he wound up being a cop. I hope so : )

[@MSchussler]

Yeah David, my younger brother and I had the Battleground set. It's too bad you didn't have your own set. Funny story about the kid down the street that liked to play cops and robbers before letting you play with the army men. I hope he ended up being a cop too if that's what he really wanted. Have a good week.

[@MSchussler]

That sort of makes sense. More sense than him holding a club. Interesting how other people were also confused by what those two figures were doing.

[@jimchumley6568]

David Rodgers No i arrested him. He was a serial cop killer.

[@robertrock8778]

Still have my Marx Fort Apache, Battleground, Moon Base (the most complete and a massive set), and Cape Canaveral playset. Also have my Hot Wheels, Mighty Matilda carrier, Barracuda Sub, and Whirlybird copter. Loved the Battleground playset the best, Ive always wondered why most of US soldiers carried carbines, not M1s? I took me years to figure out the "karate" figues was carrying a wounded soldier. Also have my 1967 Schwinn Stingray II (Coppertone w/ white seat with metallic flecks. Original tires, including the redline Slik.

[@MSchussler]

Hi Robert - I guess my brother and I weren't the only ones confused byt was some of the soldiers were supposed to be doing. Boy, we must be about the same age. I had the Barracuda Sub and it was pretty cool. I also had the Remco Jet with the pilot and ejection seat/parachute. It was pulled by a little orange tractor. I wouldn't know anything about what kind of weapons the soldiers were carrying or should have been carrying. I still have my old blue Stingray hanging up in the garage. Have a ggod week, Mark

[@robertrock8778]

@@MSchussler just heading back to Jacksonville after swing this a KSC. MOV_9830.mov Hope it comes thru, it’s today’s SpaceX 8 launch.

[@MSchussler]

​@@robertrock8778I don't think you can attach files through this interface. Hope it was a good launch.

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

the guy with no weapon is supposed to be carrying a wounded man.

[@twostep1953]

I had the small figures (D-Day, Iwo Jima, Desert Fox) and wanted as many soldiers as possible. My friend had the big figures. We would put them in the backyard and 'fight' by throwing 'gumballs' (seedpods) at the figures.

[@MSchussler]

Sounds like you had some nice sets. I like how kids like your friend would us their imagination to play with their toys.

[@AaronDidIt]

this was really informative! i have so much marx stuff from my childhood including a bunch of 6 inch vikings and a lot of dinosaurs. i never even thought they might be worth something. other than to me that is.

[@MSchussler]

Thanks for watching Aaron. Yes, some of the Marx figures are worth quite a bit. But what's most important is what it's worth to you.

[@craigbut-itsa-dry-heatcoop7022]

You realize these boxes of complete Marx Civil / Indian / Alamo / WW2 playsets cost about $10 at Sears in the early to mid 1960s ? I bought additional plastic bags of Marx German / Russian figures (maybe 50 in a bag?) for a buck or less at K-mart or Kressges. $10 back then is worth about $90 in today dollars. My pops got rid of my Marx sets when I was about 12 or 13........... "You're too old for playin' with these!" Thanks pops. As this narrator mentions, it can cost $40 to buy a rare single Marx composite figure. I still like painting and war gaming HO scale figures to this day.

[@MSchussler]

Yes, your humble narrator realizes that the Marx playsets cost around $10.00 or less when they were originally sold. Bummer that your Dad got rid of the Marx sets you had. Pretty ridiculous to think that your Dad thought you were too old at 12 or 13 to still be playing with anything. Hey, never stop playing.

[@AverageOhioan1903]

I’m sad about military toys sometimes at least today becuase unless you send most of your childhood like I am right now looking and looking....and looking.....and looking some more....you can’t find cool things like....em...Boats Trucks Halftracks Cool vehicles in general ww2 themed things and guess what I would love to have in that list....all of those things...and now...every single company uses the same molds n stuff unless it’s the fake gi joes...it’s kinda sad

[@MSchussler]

I thought the toys I grew up with were great because of the design, play value and just plain fun of them. I think they were better than toys of the modern age but I don’t know if that’s because of my own nostalgia and most modern kids of today would prefer contemporary toys. A lot of the toys of the 60’s were military toys and the first GI Joes were great and the accessories/equipment based on the designs of the actual items used in World War II. Matchbox cars were also based on real vehicles and the toys of today often just have a generic/ fantasy look. The Viet Nam war sort of put an end to the military based toys. And, the energy crisis of the 70’s caused the GI Joes to made in a smaller scale. An increasing litigious society also shut down the creation of toys that might seem slightly dangerous by today’s standards if not used with some proper amount of care. At any rate, I hope you are able to find some fun where you can.

[@jimmiejohnson4871]

Armies in Plastic is a good website. Although they have no World war 2 sadly. But they have American Civil war, American Revolution, French and Indian war/Seven years war, World war 1,Zulu war, Boer war, War of 1812. And many more.But no Vehicels except for World war 1 tanks and they have trenches.

[@nitewolf5514]

Why I haven't found this channel yet is beyond me. Happy I'm here now.

[@MSchussler]

I'm glad you finally found it Nite Wolf. Glad to hear you found it enjoyable. There are quite a few Toy Room episodes to watch if you have the time. Thanks for watching.

[@Jer-7007]

The Japanese side didn't get any tanks or trucks, but they did get a Zero fighter plane. I think the Americans got a Mustang, on top of some tanks and trucks. My buddy's set came with German tanks and trucks as well as American. There was also an 88 mm cannon or two for the Germans.

[@MSchussler]

Hey, a Japanese Zero would be kind of cool.

[@e-4airman124]

really nice memories! thank you

[@MSchussler]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.

[@michaelpatterson2955]

Boy, the memories these bring back! The Marx Civil War set and World War II set, along with the Alamo set, were the delight of my youth! I purchased so many of these six inch figures at Woolworth's for ten cents each! My backyard was a huge battleground, and my BB gun was the weapon! Some of the greatest memories I still hold of these. Thanks for reminding me how far today's toys have drifted from this.

[@MSchussler]

Glad you enjoyed the video Michael. And hey, thanks for letting me know how much those six inch figures originally sold for. As I mentioned, I never even saw any of them when I was a kid.

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

Nice video!

[@MSchussler]

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed watching it. I guess you must have found out from watching the video that I got the German motorcycle and sidecar in an eBay auction.

[@CasperTheRamKnight]

@@MSchussler Yeah,i saw ur vid while i was in class withoud audio so i wasnt able to hear the context,then i re watched the vid ,anyway thank you!

[@DerekPugh-uj4yd]

The real star of the show is that disc gun! I wonder when they stopped making those...mid 80's? I still have a few dozen discs sitting in a drawer somewhere...

[@MSchussler]

Yes indeed . . . those disc guns were super cool to play with. The little discs would go everywhere and who knows how many are still lost in a couch somewhere. I'd like to have one mint on the early cards where they used images from Star Trek on the packaging. You could be right about the approximate time they stopped making them.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. You have a passion for these old 60s toys like mine. Unfortunately, I dont have the money to suit my love of them! lol -- I had Fort Apache too. I used Lincoln Logs to build a barracks for the cowboys. There were always Indians on the end tables, couch, coffe table, and chairs looking down on the fort from "high up in the canyons". -- Say, do you remember a toy that used a fan to fly a balloon "space craft"? It used the principle of blowing fast moving air above the balloon that lowered the air pressure, causing the balloon to rise. I loved that toy. I got good enough to fly it up to land on top of the TV. I have never seen that toy again, but it could have been Marx.

[@MSchussler]

Hi Bill, Good to hear from my neighbor down South. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. Yeah, it's kind of crazy how much some of those toys (or even empty boxes they came) in go for. Loved hearing about the play with Lincoln Log Barracks and the "Canyons". That's the kind of thing we always did when playing. I don't remember the toy you mentioned but I did a search on it and this must be a TV commercial for what you are talking about. It was made by Topper (I have a Topper episode about the Tiger's). I still can't figure out how it works. Very cool toy. Enjoy the commercial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ6vfqWDma6sa8U

[@SinatraKennedy]

Top ten best videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you. My childhood.

[@MSchussler]

Wow . . . thanks for the compliment. I'm not sure why this particular video resonates with so many people. I guess a lot of kids of that time had that set and it was produced for quite a few years. One of the most common sets along with "Fort Apache". Glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for watching. Stay safe. By the way, love the user name.

[@hansfranklin5070]

I always though it was a karate guy until you put barbed wire guy on his shoulders! I previously put him on the guy with the pistol and arm raised! I didn't realize there were different Battleground sets! I always wondered why the German tanks were missing from myset! Hah!

[@MSchussler]

It was certainly satisfying for me to solve the mystery of the karate guy and "stuck on barbed wire guy". Yep, there were different versions of the Battleground set.

[@AwesomeBeatles]

I got "Battle Ground" for Christmas one year. Maybe 1967. I played with it a lot.

[@MSchussler]

It sounds like 1967 might have been a good year.

[@gallery7596]

And you illuminate your figures with Christmas bubbler lights. They're kinda hard to find now, too.

[@MSchussler]

I always loved the old bubble lights that my Mom used to put on the Christmas tree. I had a lot of replacement bulbs from sets I got many years ago but I suppose I will run out of those at some point and have to try to get some more. I don't know if anyone still makes them or not.

[@clarksavage1952]

I had the Marx battleground set but it wasn't the deluxe edition. Also their Cape Canaveral set. I saw a Marx standard battleground set on ebay recently for $500.

[@MSchussler]

It would have been fun to have the Cape Canaveral set. Wow! That's a lot to ask for the Battleground set. It's amazing what even individual figures can go for. Happy Holidays to you.

[@CoindoorDave]

Thanks for the video! I was born in '69 so was too young to have these figures new, but I remember playing with my older brother's For Apache set (or what pieces were left), and it made a big impression on me. When I became a father I picked up with big plastic mountain with cave openings and a bunch of army men. My son and I would have rubber band wars - such great memories.

[@MSchussler]

You may be younger but it's cool that you became acquainted with the Fort Apache figures and that they were memorable. Also nice that you could share some fun with your son.

[@Jer-7007]

My buddy had that battle set with the Germans and Americans. I had a similar one that was based on Iwo Jima. It came with the same green Americans, but also tan Japanese soldiers. They were much more detailed than the later Vietnam era soldier sets that came out in the '70s.

[@MSchussler]

Pretty cool that you had a set with the tan Japanese soldiers. They are much more rare.

[@Mermaid2261]

My brother and I had this battleground set. IT was 1970, I think.

[@MSchussler]

That's a good year to have it!

[@mark-xx1lt]

Thanks for this video of these toys. I also had many of these Marx toys which I enjoyed very much. Good memories.

[@MSchussler]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, Mark. It's always nice to know that there is another Mark that likes Marx toys.

[@rebelwalzt]

I know where the guy sweeping came from. I had a 3 story garage with an elevator and ramp. There were several figures I remember the broom guy. I also remember oil and tire displays.

[@MSchussler]

That sounds like a pretty cool set. Thanks for the info on that figure.

[@Dethmeister]

I got the Battleground Playset for Christmas back in the 70's. It was a really cool surprise because it wasn't anything I knew of or had asked for. Even as a kid I could tell everything was nicely detailed and most of the soldiers were unique and not repeats. Had a lot of my toys at my parents house for a long time. Then my dad suddenly got the urge to clear the basement out and hired people to take everything or throw it away. It was weird because he was too old to even go down there and he wasn't renovating it. I Found my Space 1999 flashlight gun that they had dropped in the alley on the way to the dumpster. I should have taken it all myself before that because it was probably worth something even back then. None of it was mint though.

[@MSchussler]

That certainly does sound like a nice surprise. Something you didn't even know existed. Yes, nice details and not a lot of repeats. It's a shame that your Dad decided to get rid of all the toys. Even though they weren't in mint condition, I'm sure you would have liked to have them as a touchstone to good memories. At least you have the Space 1999 flashlight gun.

[@danwoodliefphotography871]

We had three of those disc-shooting guns when I was a kid. My brother, father, and I played with them a lot. I am pretty sure I also shot my toy soldiers with them too.

[@MSchussler]

I think that was just about the best toy gun there ever was. Glad to hear you were able to make it a family affair.

[@daveygivens735]

Remember the Colonial Soldiers set? It was tiny, I think the characters were maybe 1". There was a set of blue colonials and red British.

[@MSchussler]

I'm not familiar with that set but it sounds like you had fun with it.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

Toy soldiers toy cannons toy guns. I'm 70. Never shot anybody never rob a bank toys back then didn't hurt anyone

[@MSchussler]

That's a good point John. I'm not really a fan of real guns but we grew up with toy guns and they were a lot of fun. Most people are well adjusted and the toy guns were a harmless play/fantasy aspect of our young lives.

[@johnwhitsel2101]

I think your clubber guy was actually part of a mortar team and he was loading the mortar. This is just a guess but that's what it looks like to me.

[@MSchussler]

Yes, this figure is holding a mortar shell. There is a brown, hard plastic mortar that is not exactly in scale from the set that would match up with the figure.

[@leekronforst4589]

I grew up government cheese poor so my few articulated 3 3/4 figures made up a special forces team that always won huge battles outnumbered by the cheap plastic army guys.

[@gunner678]

Well done, you can always have fun with a bit of imagination. Thanks for sharing.

[@leekronforst4589]

@@gunner678 I fear I may live to see the death of imagination. Oh who am I kidding I'll be 112 years old in a cut rate rest home run by a bunch of youngins that never even knew such a thing existed. So what you are saying is you played with a big tractor tire full of sand? Wow! That sounds boring old man!

[@MSchussler]

I'm sure you'll have fun playing in the rest home Lee. :)

[@wadesplacejones4577]

Man you sure brought back some memories with this video. I got the basic set without the Germans a couple of years later they sold the Germans in a bag and that's how I got the Japanese figures. My favorite set was the civil war set. My dad and I played with that set for hours (no brothers). I had several 6" figures the cowboy getting shot was one of favorites. Thanks for the memories!! (quote)

[@MSchussler]

Ok Bob Hope. Glad I could bring back some hopefully good memories. Germans and Japanese in a bag? I'm sure they sold the figures in different ways. Sounds like you had some good playtime with your Dad. Happy New Year!

[@richardparks2577]

Terrific video! The Battleground box you have brought back memories... my brother and I took WEEKS to save up enough allowances in the early 1970s to afford the whopping $4 price tag at Woolworths for a Battleground playset. I recall my brother and I had made a deal to go halvsies on the Battleground IF I'd pony up half the cost for a Marx prehistoric playset. But I welched and my Mom pitched in 'my half' so my brother could have the prehistoric playset (and, if I recall correctly, 'my half' was deducted from my allowance for a couple weeks. That learn me!). Fun memories... and yes, it took YEARS for my brother and me to figure out the guy carrying his wounded comrade. In fact I don't think we figured it out until many years later when we teamed up again with allowances to get the incredibly pricey ($19!) Navarone Playset.

[@MSchussler]

Glad you enjoyed the video Richard. Thanks for sharing your own memories about the Marx figures. It’s always fun for me to hear about other stories related to vintage toys. $4.00 certainly was a lot of money in the early 70’s. I teamed up with my younger brother too to buy some things together. It took me a lot longer to learn the truth about the “crazy karate guy” and his friend. You must have been super-rich to be able to be able to by a $19.00 playset! Happy Holidays to you.

[@stevestar657]

Brings back great childhood memories! All of my friends had a collection of army men from various sets that were handed down. Playing war was a great rain day staple!

[@MSchussler]

Playing with army men on a rainy day would be a great thing to do!

[@thehonourableprivate5855]

When I was a child ,I used to play with them every days. I still love them, but with the high school, I can't continue this passion. Thank you. From Italy

[@MSchussler]

I'm sure you'll always have good memories of playing with the toy soldiers. Good luck with high school. Thank you from America.

[@jeanenepeterson3542]

love the video

[@MSchussler]

Thanks Jeanene! I hope you have a lovely Sunday evening and a great week.

[@Bill23799]

Holy Cow!!! I had several of the 6" Marx Astronauts when i was a boy in 1970 I think. I also had the Star Trek Disk Launcher in the 60's .

[@MSchussler]

I think the astronauts are neat. The copyright date on the underside of the base is 1970. Those Star Trek guns were really fun. I'd like to get a mint one with the original Star Trek packaging.

[@trans8010]

Marx would have sold the DX set simultaneously with the standard. One did not come before the other.

[@MSchussler]

I imagine that would have been the case but they made the same sets for years and the standard set I bought as an adult was newer that what I had as a kid.

[@nauticalshipsandothernerdy3036]

You know what I always thought was cool was Timmy toys they made toys back in the old days sixties and fifties and they still make them today always found that interesting

[@MSchussler]

I didn't know that Timmy toys still made toys That's notable.

[@nauticalshipsandothernerdy3036]

Mark Schussler :)

[@nauticalshipsandothernerdy3036]

Mark Schussler you can get them on eBay I think it would look cool next year Marx toy soldiers LOL :-) and best of all they're made in the USA

[@genesanford9412]

This is wut we did back then.Who needed to stay indoors? -back then , NOBODY!. We had bikes ,balsa airplanes,army men sets,g.i. joes johnny west,hot wheels,tonkas,johnny lightening , 3 channels, & one t.v.Marx had all kinds & sizes of figures,non-articulated,in all kinda crazy colors.loved em .still have & collect.We made the same jokes about those same guys.Your missing the guy w/his hand up to his mouth,yelling.we called him the cuss-er.If ever ,4 yrs after this post was new,you find this post,check this out if you didnt know - there are folks selling actual dinos,etc. ,that are real vintage ,buried ,& dug up ,dirt still on them.P.S. i collect Campus Cuties,un-painted.have all the sexy ones.Your small creme figs are from sets made for backgrounds of h.o. train sets ,also popular back in the same era.towns,&people sets

[@MSchussler]

Hi Gene - I loved the balsa wood airplanes with the rubber band/propeller and landing wheels. You summed up the sixties toys well. I love it about "The Cuss-er" guy. I'm not sure if I know that figure or if it was an American figure we had but is not in the scaled down set. The Campus Cuties are fun - it's too bad some people painted them. I had to scrape off paint with a toothpick for some of the ones I got. good to know what the small cream figures went along with. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!

[@genesanford9412]

@@MSchussler Glad to hear from you,love the posts ! -Here,s to a great new year of collecting,and the excellent things we will find ! Cheers !

[@MSchussler]

Good luck with the hunt in 2020.

[@speedracer1945]

I had a toy chest in the basement with some toys left over my older brother who left me a western fort a few metal soldiers. I had those large 6 inch soldiers who were Japanese and German and American in various fighting positions.

[@MSchussler]

Ahhh . . . the old Toy Chest or Toy Drawer or Toy Box. Sounds like you had some treasures in the basement.

[@TobyStahler-yp9ll]

My birthday 1972, I received the Fort Apache set and the Army set. I played with them for hours and hours.

[@MSchussler]

Sounds like you had a good birthday in 1972.

[@TobyStahler-yp9ll]

@@MSchussler It was a memorable one for sure.

[@mrstacyj9496]

Birthday #10 received Marx "D-Day beachhead invasion" from SEARS (from Mom & Dad). So many hours of fun, many of the items you mentioned PLUS - projectile shooting German 88 artillery piece AND P39 Airacobra. Also blue French army guys and tan British army guys. All long gone, they "live now, only in my memories."

[@MSchussler]

That sounds like a great Birthday. I don't know that I've seen the French and British figures. At least they all live in your memory.

[@кабачок-э7о]

Marx battleground Europe playset... VERY COOL!!!

[@schallrd1]

Give a Show Projector was great toy.....decades before cell phones and KZbin.

[@stevekillgore9272]

Oh yeah, I loved that !

[@MSchussler]

I didn't have a Give a Show Projector when I was a kid but I was aware of them and would have liked to have one. My vintage friend gave me a good condition set a few years back as a gift. If you're ever in Minneapolis, visit his shop called appropriately enough, "Time Bomb".

[@dogman5334]

I loved this great memories. I had a German mountain with two yellow cannons on the front. And a elevator on the inside.

[@MSchussler]

Hang on to your memories. I've seen pictures of the set you mention and it looks like a fun set.

[@leeconnelly6364]

Yea me too That was the "guns of navarone" playset.inspired by the movie i reckon..classic right?

[@47barolo]

I had Battleground AND "The Blue and the Grey".

[@MSchussler]

Hey, you're lucky to have had two Marx playsets instead of just one like we had. We had plenty of other cool toys though.

[@dinnoclans7346]

Love army men! Even why my name is plastic army men and other toys well that’s my u tube name in just going to whatching like if u like army men!

[@dinnoclans7346]

:)

[@MSchussler]

Your KZbin name makes you the perfect viewer for videos like this. Happy Valentines Day!

[@Eric-sn4qz]

My grandmother got me that play set as a boy in the 70’s by far my favorite set as a kid. Brings back many fond memories

[@MSchussler]

That was a nice Grandmother. Glad I could bring back some good memories.

[@ImJVASID]

I used to watch this guy all the time when I was 8 and I’m now a teenager it’s so cool to see him again!

[@MSchussler]

Congratulations on becoming a teenager! Have fun.

[@dongilleo9743]

My brother and I got the disc guns for Christmas. We were having a shootout in the living room when a disc from my gun swerved off to the left towards the Christmas tree, and hit one of my mom's prized pink icicle ornaments, smashing it to pieces. Scared of getting caught, I hid the pieces down in the garbage. My mom knew just how many there were, and quickly found the pieces.

[@MSchussler]

Great story Don. Your Mom sure was a detective. It was pretty hard to fool Mom. Those guns were fun though.

[@dongilleo9743]

@@MSchussler I think someone else made a copy of the guns a few years later. I seem to remember even being able to buy a package that just had 100 or so extra discs, but can't be sure. I got the Carry All Fort Apache for Christmas as a kid, and it was my favorite toy. I've been looking on eBay, reminiscing, wishing I could find a complete one in good condition that was affordable. While searching I came across someone selling what looked like a Marx Civil War Andersonville Prison set, complete with Union prisoners, some tents and such, and Confederate guards. This begs two questions. First , was there such a Marx set? Second, why Marx or anyone else make such a set? I can't believe there would be a lot of market demand for such a set. What kind of kid would want one?

[@MSchussler]

An old college roommate of mine live in Ohio and I think an Ohio toy company made a version of the gun into the 80's, He mailed me a couple of them at the time and it was one of those that I used for the video. I imagine it might be hard to find a good condition Carry All playset in good condition at a reasonable price. I don't really know that much about Marx playsets but from looking online, I'm guessing that the Andersonville Prison set is not a vintage Marx set and is being made now for adult hobbyists. I agree that I don't think there would have been a market for it in the 60's/70's.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

I had 2 different versions of this play set. One was just a battle field set (the one you have) and the other was the Guns of Navarone set. Played with these and my other army soldiers for hours with various neighborhood friends any survivors (not lost) went to my kid brother who was 12 years younger than me and I am sure they are all lost or cleaned out by mom long ago. The guys with no weapons in their hands were supposed to be given weapon, binocs and maybe other stuff from the sprue of supplies that came with your set (I don't remember what all came on them its been over 40 years now). The "club" is a rifle Grenade or perhaps a mortar round its really too small to be sure.

[@MSchussler]

It looks like the two sets had the same soldiers but the Guns of Navarone set had a cool playmat and mountain structure. Too bad there are most likely "no survivors" from the sets that you had. Yes, the club is a mortar shell and there was a hard plastic brown piece that was a mortar that may not have been a perfect match in scale.

[@gordonlumbert9861]

Yup the mortar rd was too small for that mortar as I remember it. I think the most likely thing that might be floating around at my parents house would be the tank that came with the set. It was like a stylize M41 Walker Bulldog but the last time saw it was in the 80's so.....

[@MSchussler]

@@gordonlumbert9861 Well . . . maybe you can find the tank. Even having one piece from a set like that can be a fun little reminder.

[@scottfirman]

I wanted that set so bad. My parents bought me the scaled down set. I did have a lot of the things, no germans though. I remember circling the army set in the JC Penny catalog. You were lucky kid! I spent many hours playing with that play set.

[@robertdigiovanni9587]

My father tried every state we had friends, no go got the same scaled down set. I have learned since the sixty's that the only made a couple hundred. Boy all the tanks American and German, what fun my brothers and I would have had.

[@MSchussler]

Yes RC, we were lucky kids. My brother and I only had one Marx playset but it was a good one and we had lots of other neat toys. The Christmas catalogs from Wards etc. were so great to look and our Mom let us pick some things out of them and gave us even more stuff than we asked for. Thanks for watching.

[@MSchussler]

I think the set we had was a ward's exclusive Robert. I don't know how many of them they made. The scaled down set must have been much more common though. I could never find the large set like we had but did find some of the more rare pieces on eBay.

[@oldguysrock2170]

Fun stuff! I still have a few Marx Germans. The Crazy Karate Guy, I never knew he carried the other guy. I need to see if I still have those guys.

[@MSchussler]

Hey Sparky, Funny how it seems that others didn’t know what “the crazy karate guy” was up to. I hope you find your army men.

[@kellysnipe9586]

The Marx German vehicle set, in SOFT unbreakable plastic, was great and in my opinion has never been equaled. True --for all the nerds out there--they were not historically accurate vehicles, but who cares? After all these are TOYS not models. Kids don't care about historical accuracy, and these German vehicles were rugged and conveyed the power and ruggedness of the real thing. Today there are a million mostly Chinese-made realistic-looking tanks, but in my opinion the Marx simplicity is still preferable. Unfortunately the Marx German vehicle set has only been reissued in HARD plastic----BAD move. Again; these are supposed to be T-O-Y-, not models.

[@MSchussler]

I agree Kelly. They were toys and it never even occurred to me that the vehicles might not be historically accurate. I also agree in not liking reissue sets being made in hard plastic. Years ago, I had a reissue of the Fort Apache set and it just wasn't the same.

[@michelezeszutko9933]

When I was a little shaver this was top of the heap!

[@MSchussler]

It certainly was a fun set to have.

[@Bill23799]

Did you have the larger 12" Marx Noble Knights? I had the Silver Knight Sir Stuart. Apparently they were out of the horse with the silver armor so I got the horse with the Gold Armor. I like to think Sir Stuart bested the Gold Knight, Sir Gordon, in a Joust and won his mighty steed.

[@MSchussler]

I didn't have any of the large, articulated knights. When I was a very young kid, I got the Stoney Paratrooper. My brother had a Sam Cobra figure and a horse. That's a nice way to you to think of in imagining the Silver Knight bested the Gold Knight in a joust.

[@scottjohnson3226]

Cool beans! Lots of memories. Awesome collection! Thanks for sharing.

[@MSchussler]

Thanks for watching Scott. I'm glad it brought back lots of memories.

[@splashesin8]

I know I've been to this clip before, but it's a favorite! 😃

[@MSchussler]

Thanks for saying that and thanks for watching it again. I had lunch with my cousin and a friend on Tuesday and they asked me what my most popular video was and it's this one. They wondered why and I guess I can't really figure that out either. I think it could be that a lot of people had army men or at least can relate to it. And, there's a bit of subtle humor to it. Anyway, I hope you have a great Halloween.

[@JagBetty]

Hey man I really enjoyed that. Being in the UK we didn’t have any of them, just airfix soldiers. Great series I’ve subscribed and look forward to some mo re visits to your toy room. Thanks ,

[@MSchussler]

Thanks Jag Betty. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks also for subscribing. Have a good week, Mark

[@asiandiabetes4834]

Im dying for Marx, the detail is beautiful! My mom is getting me it when its my bday!

[@MSchussler]

The detail certainly was beautiful for the Marx figures. I hope your Mother gets you some real nice figures for your birthday.

[@johnberak4851]

I want a Marx soldier set for my birthday too, but my mom says I can't because they're too violent. However, I talked her into letting me get the knights. By combining them with knights from other sets, I bet I'll wind up with a whole Medieval army! One day they'll be worth money, so I hope she doesn't give them away when I leave for college................

[@MSchussler]

I don't know where the Moms are getting all these Marx figures from. Are they getting vintage figures or are new ones being made with the old molds? Anyway, Moms always right and if she feels the army men are too violent that's cool and I'm sure you'll have plenty of fun with the Knights and the Medieval Army.

[@mh53j]

Mark Schussler recasts are available for many of the Marx figures and accessories from www.hobbybunker.com out of Malden, MA. Very reasonable prices

[@MT-xw8qn]

Mark Schussler I’m Asian diabetes, this is my alt. So I got the Japanese, 31 soldiers!! I’m currently going to get the Russians.

[@larrysepicmovies5044]

I liked the exploding gun nest. CAPS can be found at any "dollar" type store. Look for the cap pistol. There will be exploding caps included.

[@MSchussler]

Yeah, that exploding gun nest was always my favorite part of the Battleground set Larry. Thanks for watching.

[@pdxrailtransit]

And here all these years I thought it was founded my Karl Marx and Groucho Marx.

[@MSchussler]

Ha!

[@ChrisP58]

Lol(facepalm)!!

[@JERRYR708]

You mentioned putting soldiers in a glass aquarium for display. I put soldiers in big glass jars. Instead of match books or a big candle sitting on sand, I just fill soldiers up to the top. I would have several manufacturers for variety and many colors for contrast to view them easier. You can even decorate rooms with them and color coordinate with the different colored armies and themes. You can use red, white and blue revolutionary war soldiers in jars to decorate for 4th of July parties. Black, white and orange knights in jars for Halloween. Lime green for St. Patrick's day etc. The vintage one's make great conversation pieces on coffee tables. I have a Lionel train going around my ceiling. I put all of the artillery pieces on flat cars.

[@MSchussler]

I hadn't really thought that idea out that well and the big glass jars make more sense and what you've done with it is fantastic! Funny you mention matchbooks. I have a huge vintage matchbook collection that was in a giant round - glass terrarium. Unfortunately, one of the cats knocked it over and broke it. I put the matchbooks away somewhere and I'll have to think about possibly bringing them back for display again. Anyway, I love the idea of using the colors of the plastic figures to create holiday themes. You must be an artist. The train sounds neat and you must have an interesting home. Too bad KZbin doesn't allow for pictures . . . it would be nice to see some of the jars you put together. Have a good one - Mark

[@wpiehl]

I had to laugh when you showed the panzer that had been blown up by firecrackers. My brother and I used to blow up model airplanes with firecrackers and bb guns in the 60's. Unfortunately, some of those kits are quite valuable today. Like you I am pursuing my lost toys and have done really well in replacing them. All the best, Will

[@MSchussler]

Glad I could get a laugh out of you Will. I think a lot of kids destroyed their toys in one way or the other. And yes, a lot of models/toys turned out to be valuable. Happy New Year!

[@johnwallace4797]

I got the deluxe set as a kid in the 1960's and had endless hours of fun playing with it in the HUGE sandbox my bricklayer grandfather built for me. I don't know if it was an add-on or another separate set but there were airplanes with it as well...P-51s and P-47s for the US and Bf 109s and Fw190s for the Germans...

[@MSchussler]

It must have been to have a sandbox to play with the soldiers. My friends across the street had a sandbox in their back yard next to the alley. They made a home movie of the soldiers in the sandbox and I think they had a model airplane on a line that they lit on fire.

[@mh53j]

You can get many Marx recasts from The Hobby Bunker in Malden, MA. www.hobbybunker.com. I understand the molds for the original German battleground figures were lost/destroyed, so the potato masher guys, captain, dead machine gunners, etc are hard to get. Remember the 6" figures used to be in big wire bins in the Ben Franklin store in Cincinnati. I still build/collect model figures made out of metal and resin, close as I can get to toy soldiers without being judged as too childish; still play with them though when nobody is around!

[@MSchussler]

Hey Douglas - Good to know that it’s possible to get new castings of the vintage figures. Bummer that some of the original molds have been lost/destroyed. I would also think that the original molds also wore out and lost some of their fine detail and would be discarded at that point. I like to get the original vintage figures myself but it can be expensive. It’s great to play at any age so keep up your hobby and play when you can. Have fun and Happy Holidays!

[@jaman5735]

man i had that pistol!!!!

[@MSchussler]

The disc shooter was a very fun toy gun to have.

[@paulwilliams8555]

We used to "play army" in the vacant lots and allys (?) of Philly rowhouses but when it was raining we would go to my friend's basement where he had a big sandbox where we played with the figures and used rubber bands to "kill" them.

[@MSchussler]

Hey Paul - It sounds like you had a lot of fun playing with army men in the vacant lots and alleys of Philly. Rubber bands would be a good way to "kill" the soldiers. Thanks for watching.

[@eltenda]

Great collection

[@MSchussler]

Thanks Eltenda and thanks for watching.

[@MrKmoconne]

The early version of the BGPset had howitzer that actually had spring loaded ability to shoot it's ammo. We know what happened to cool stuff like that. It took me 3 or 4 Christmases asking for a BGPS before I got one in the mid 70's. It got played with a lot before it mysteriously disappeared. (was more than likely sold off by my mom in a neighbors garage sale.)

[@MSchussler]

Hey John - Yeah, the set my brother had came with a howitzer that shot the little shells. I had kind of forgotten about it but there was also a plastic sheet camouflaged canopy that you put on top of some posts. Super bummer about the set most likely getting sold off at a garage sale. I’m lucky that my Mom kept most of our stuff for us.

[@MrKmoconne]

I knew the early BGPS had firing howitzers because an older cousin had that set. Some lawyer must have argued it would put a kid's eye out because by the time I got my set in the mid 70s, the firing mechanism was no longer included. Also, the pill box, sandbags, broken door etc of my cousin's playset was molded in a sand colored plastic rather than the standard brown. I bet those are rare and worth a fortune now. I live in the house I grew up in and I sometimes have an urge to go on an archeological dig in spots where I knew I played with the soldiers to see if I can find one still hidden among the tree roots. Those soldiers were dear to me and I was pretty good about picking them up so I don't think I would find anything, but ya never know...

[@mlouttit4924]

I didn’t wade thru all the comments so maybe this is redundant. The guy sweeping and other figures with that group came from the Marxville series of plastic buildings which was created to compete with Plasticsville for use with train sets. The sweeper was part of the factory bldg. I had that one.

[@MSchussler]

Nobody else commented on those figures so it’s nice for me to know what they were from. My brother and I had a couple of the Plasticville buildings. We had an HO train layout downstairs and we built a mountain for the train to go through. The Plasticville stuff was too large for our HO set of course. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching. Have a great week. Mark

[@rayceeya8659]

It's hard to tell, but I think the "smaller than 54mm" might be HO scale for decorating your HO scale train set. The would be around 16mm to 18mm

[@MSchussler]

Thanks Ray. Somebody else pointed out that the small cream figures would have been used in conjunction with an HO train set. My brother and I had one of those too and built a tunnel for it. We had a lot of fun with the train set.

[@Pffer-fsh]

Do a six inch cave men vs the small american army men it'll be cool

[@MSchussler]

But . . . who would win?

[@Pffer-fsh]

You can pick anyone who would win.

[@ghostmanscores1666]

Had the same opening set. Think I got it in about '74. I was always confused by the German flag that came with it. It was not the nazi flag. Many were taken out in Red Ryder sniper fire.

[@MSchussler]

I was also always confused by the German flag. I thought when I was a kid that there was a law against reproducing the swastika but that doesn't seem to be the case. It could be a judgement call on the part of Marx to not use that flag in the toy. It seems that I heard somewhere that the flag with the three stripes was the official flag of Germany, but I don't think that is the case either. There is a German flag with the stripes going the other way. Anyway, have a good Thanksgiving.

[@ghostmanscores1666]

Thank you ,have a Merry Christmas.

[@MSchussler]

@@ghostmanscores1666 You too!

[@rhikdavis]

I had the Knights and Vikings set that came in the metal case......It disappeared during one of our many moves...and although I never had the fort apache, somehow I acquired quite a few of the cavalry and indians, which I still have 40 years later. A friends mother worked at JC Penney's and he had ALLLL the sets. (lucky &%^#!)

[@MSchussler]

Bummer that you lost the Knights and Vikings in a move. Nice that you still have some figures from the Port Apache set though. Lucky friend indeed! Thanks for watching. In case you are interested, I recorded six new songs during the pandemic so far. (Another interest of mine). They can be found here: soundcloud.com/mark-charles

[@marcusjaquez4267]

Would you consider making More Videos in the Future? I really liked these kinds of Videos again. Since I love Collecting Vintage Army Toys. Thank you for Reading, God Bless.

[@MSchussler]

Hi Marcus - I hope to make more videos in the future. My old computer died a few years ago and I no longer have a program to edit videos and my old video camera might be obsolete and incompatible with new computers. So, I have to try to figure out what new equipment I might need. And, as always, the videos would be about a variety of vintage toys.