Marx No. 4164 History in the Pacific (Iwo Jima) Playset from 1972!

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Love these olde Marx sets!🇨🇦I assembled one for a Battle of Dieppe 1942 set. We Canucks got massacred thanks to British bungling. Mountbatten still got promoted.

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Thanks for watching!

[@tolik5929]

Those guys made a German vs. American one as well . I remember it had a German 88 , and US howitser , that could fire little plastic projectiles . .

[@jamesbednar3108]

Good video. Had the American/German version. Kit had a Sherman tank, half-track, Tiger I, Panzer IVE, Panther, 88mm, 105mm howitzer, bard wire rolls Imperial Germany flag, American flag and bunch of other stuff. Recie ed that set for Christmas early 1970s and had endless battles with it.

[@Raycheetah]

Might be that because Marx' previous release of that set through Sears (which I got for Christmas 1970 or '71) was called Iwo Jima, there was a licensing issue. Great set, fond memories! =^[.]^=

[@lazenblaze9896]

had this one as a kid lol. nice

[@anilles2001]

Well done! One of my favorite sets in my collection!

[@twostep1953]

I had the Iwo Jima set, and the D-Day set. I have no idea why they used a post-Korean War American tank. You might notice many of the American soldiers are armed with the (at the time, modern) M-14 rifle with 20-round magazine; instead of the M1 rifle with internal 8-round clip. Even as a kid, I knew it was the wrong tank and rifle.

[@MattelJones]

Thank you for sharing your collection, I'm really enjoying these videos. Have you ever heard of a photographer named David Levinthal? He's into these type of figures and creates interesting images with them.

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Yes, I have heard of David Levinthal, I have his playset photography book called “Small Wonders”, nice book with great photos. I’m glad you are enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching!

[@RRStout]

I got the same set back in 1963 or it might have been 1964. I'm not sure what the title on the box was; whether it was an Iwo Jima set or just a War In The Pacific set. Either way it was a great set! Thanks for showing this one.

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

You probably had the No. 4147 Iwo Jima photo box set which was released around that time period. That is a great set. Thanks for watching!

[@raymccarty4612]

The set did come with one extra landing craft according to Rusty Kern from a MIB playset.

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Good info thanks!

[@franzbauer2158]

great, but Airfix was better!

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

@@franzbauer2158 Airfix made some great stuff that’s for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@paulbervid1610]

Very nice

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@raymccarty4612]

Doesn't the box show two landing craft?

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Yes, the box photo shows two landing craft. This particular set wasn’t a mint stapled set so I’m not 100% certain if two were actually issued. Marx and other toy manufacturers usually had disclaimers that contents could vary from photographs in colors or quantities so not sure. It would have been awkward from a manufacturing standpoint because it would require taking an extra landing craft from a second group of vehicles or somehow plugging the mold cavities of the tank, Jeep, personnel carrier and small field cannon. Anyone who has opened a mint set out there watching could help answer that question definitively.

[@trippsallee]

So cool! Love these sets!

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Yes me too! Thanks for watching!