Mannie Gentile explores the Louis Marx Guns of Navarone playset

April/2023
Welcome back to the Toy Soldiers Forever! toy soldier table.
I hope you enjoy this first look at my newest toy soldier set-up - the wonderful Marx Guns of Navarone set. I think that the next few months will see a lot of combat unfold down here in the Toy Soldiers Forever! bunker o' fun.
If you wouldn't mind, take a moment to leave a comment telling us about your best Marx playset memory.
As always, you can follow all of the action by going to the blog:
toysoldiersforever.blogspot.com
Thanks for being part of the fun.
Soldier on!
Mannie

[@George-pp2hr]

Thats a very nice set up. Looks great with all the accessorie guns pill boxes bunkers and love all the marching soldiers. Back in the 70s i missed out on the Marx toy soldiers except the large individual figurers of US marines i had about four i missed the large German soldiers also and in addition to the large Marx had four cowboys and a couple of Native American Indians. Back to your ser up its great. Im quite jealous. From Melbourne Australia.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@mannie1952]

George, Thank you for the very kind words. Marx playsets were in full-flower when I was a kid. In 1962 or 63, my parents got me the Giant Blue and Gray set, and a couple years later a Desert Fox set. We also had a second-hand Fort Apache from the late 1950s. I also had the 6" knights and vikings (six each). The play-value of Marx toys was exceptional, and my folks, though of modest means, saw Marx playsets as a good value for the dollar. Thanks for tuning in and for the nice comment. Mannie

[@George-pp2hr]

@@mannie1952Very welcome. Thanks for responding. It's great to sare experiences with the great toys of the early days. For me it was from 1974 and onward. I still love collecting toys but not so much in soldiers. Although I have a limited amount of model soldiers to put together. Mostly these days I love Aircraft models. If I had that mountain with the guns back in the day it would have been great. I never even had any forts or Castle. I just used cardboard as a playset in my time. I had a thing about cutting out shapes into vehicles and sticky tape. Had plenty of soldiers not many of Airfix but lots of copies that we're made in Hong Kong. They were just as good.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@manniegentile6099]

@@George-pp2hr George, for me it was those old carboard milk cartoons; I'd cut off the bottom two-thirds, and what was left was a little house with a peaked roof. The imaginative mind of a child makes for great improvisation.