MARX VINTAGE NAVARONE PLAYSET How I Set up my Navarone

[@supervike1]

I love to watch these vintage toy collector dudes and I think "look at that old fella" then I realize they are my age....Thanks for keeping this stuff alive!!

[@toysoldier68]

Nice playset! Thank you!

[@Dios67]

I had this as a kid and it was great fun. At some point after I had grown and left home my mom gave it away. So, it's nice to revisit such a fun toy at holiday times.

[@paulweston8408]

One of the coolest "must own" toys from my childhood! I honestly hadn't thought about it in years. So much fun!

[@jensnimike176]

So cool! Never seen this before!

[@antoniocruz5596]

I never had this set, but my neighbors did, and we would spend hours in the backyard or on the living room floor during sleepovers, playing with it. We all had our favorite little figures and features. No matter what the newest toy was over the years, this set was one of those old reliable toys we would always go back to. Great memories of a great toy!

[@marxvideo]

Oh that's a GREAT memory! I tool was at my friend's house when I first saw this set. It truly dazzled me, and my favorite figure was that kneeling guy, shield up and sword held like he's striking.

[@mhans6044]

I had that bad boy as a kid as well...I can still remember not only the day when my dad said "yes" to the purchase but also how I felt in the moment as we walked it to the register in the store (I think it was Toys R Us). We brought it home and I remember setting it up that first night on the kitchen table in awe and amazement at the detail, number of vehicles and of course the working elevator. Mine had the mat, which was really the only way to explain why you got a boat with the set. That still has to be in my top 25 gifts of all time.

[@Mike-l2m]

I played with this on Christmas morning with my older brother he was the best big brother ever thanks for sharing 🙏😊

[@markdos1538]

Me trajo grandes recuerdos, de los soldados plásticos como de la película. Un gran set de juegos. Felicitaciones. 👍👍🇨🇱 It brought back great memories, of the plastic soldiers like from the movie. A great play set. Congratulations. 👍👍🇨🇱

[@CaptnDave69u]

Not this brings back pleasant memories. I loved this playset.👍

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

I don't know if you know this, but BMC toys do things like this. I like the video by the way. I'm 35 now, but your never too old for army men toys in my opinion.

[@andrewpizzino2514]

Got this in 1976. One of my all time favorite toys. Same year for Christmas got an amphibious assault ship that I would pack all my soldiers in for the landing

[@HamilcarBarca-jm3ey]

I remember Christmas 1971; I was 9 years old and my twin brother and I received our first Marx play set: Fort Apache. Awesome playset that we kept around for about 7 years and ended up giving most of it away by then. We had Marx Battleground, too. We also received various MPC soldier kits, too. The 70's was the Golden Age of toy Soldiers and that doesn't even include Air fix soldier kits that we had and played with, too. Since we were the youngest, we also inherited our older brothers Civil War Blue and Gray soldier kits, too.

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

Had one of these, played with it for hundreds of hours. For today's youngsters, this would be equivalent to your favorite WW2 video game. Although we did have the "Pong" video game, it wasn't too engrossing. I'm pretty sure my younger sibling played with and destroyed the rest of the set, as I left it at home, once I move out. I still have the 155mm silver Howitzer.

[@johngeraci3887]

Excellent set I hade one loved it

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Never seen one of these - would have loved one as a kid, hell I still do !! Thanks for posting 😀

[@richardcrowson9265]

Well done vid. As a casual enthusiast who wandered here, really good job. Some skills at work here. I'm about 2 years too old to have been in the Guns demographic, but I enjoyed the way this was made. Love those Marx playsets!

[@marxvideo]

Thank you! Great recollection -- Some real Christmas cheer in that story!

[@apbafootballclub411]

Awesome, informative video! One of my most memorable toys. Always have to have that rifleman pointing at the elevator.

[@marxvideo]

And some much needed parts too. Like the radio table, ammunition on sleds... and that elevator! Thanks for your comment, Great Hunting!

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

The nice boxed examples are indeed difficult to find. I’ve found that many of these boxes have water damage from sitting on the floor in basements. Cool video!

[@paulknappcollections]

Scott bought one from me too. Nice guy I met him at Gettysburg last weekend. I've been trying to reach you to send you pics from the show for your magazine. I texted the number George Kroll gave me.

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Paul, you have a fantastic channel, too!

[@scottfw7169]

My brother had one of this, given one Christmas by our parents. Cool set. I would have decorated the mountain molding with model railroad scenery supplies if I'd had one. 😁

[@bullhurley2201]

I had this as a kid. I got it at a yard sale.😂

[@jimtilley1158]

boy, that brings back some memories. We would turn the whole dining room table into a war zone. Mom tolerated it because it kept up quiet and busy while being stuck inside because of weather.

[@WhitKnight-mi5tx]

Thanks much for this video, Rusty. Great intel, here!

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Your newest subscriber-for-life thanks you for your wonderful channel!

[@marxvideo]

Yes and its still fun to set up today!

[@basketsresale]

Nice

[@kellysnipe9586]

Great video,Rusty! I'm one of your original Playset subscribers from the early days when you first started up. Of course Marx also used this same mountain in an IwoJima set featuring Japanese instead of German troops. Too bad we don't see great toys like this nowadays.....I'm trying to figure out a way to homebrew a Navarone mountain, perhaps using wood or cardboard. Speaking of playsets, go to Bing Images and type in "1970's Ainer "World Patrol Forces" toy soldier playset" and you'll see something really unusual. This huge set featured all MPC reissued figures and vehicles, with a color photo-wrap carton. What's bizzare is that it has the Japanese, Germans, Americans, and Russians of WW2 participating in some sort of joint training exercise----which of course never happened. Never could happen! Pure science fiction but interesting. Have you ever covered this playset in your magazine?

[@xray86delta]

Boy, I really wanted that set when I was a kid. Didn't have it.😉

[@paulprecour3636]

At one point I think they actually produced a Japanese themed version, with the Japanese replacing the Germans. I DO remember that the quality and detail of the soldiers was excellent. Far better than the other mass produced GIs of the day (i.e. bucket of soldiers).

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Yep. IWO JIMA

[@benrositas8068]

6:48 He's goose stepping off a cliff! lol Of course, I had this set (two, in fact!) when I was a kid, but neither one had a mat. I wonder why?

[@marxvideo]

Thanks! Yes there were multiple versions. The first one, #3412, got mats. But the second version, #3402 for 1977 had two varieties - one with and one without the mat. How to tell: The carton shows the contents in a small box on the right - one version shows the mat, one does not. Subsequent versions like 4301, and 1980's versions, mostly did not come with the playmat. And some are without the howitzer, also. The differences are outlined specifically in the December issue of Playset Magazine (#123 (www.playsetmagazine.com) Thanks for the thoughts!

[@catlady8324]

Where’s the usual “Yakety Sax” Benny Hill music?

[@jimmccormick6091]

I got this as a Christmas gift in 74 or 75 (I cannot recall). I was only 9 or 10 at the time, but, I can tell you with no hesitation, my family was HURTING financially. We had already got the word, "don't expect anything", and it came so early, even as kids, we were able to ease into that cauldron of poverty. We got the invite over to my uncle's house, so, at the least, we were going to get a wonderful meal (my aunt was from Alabama, and boy, she could COOK. Now, when you go to a party, and arrive empty handed, you KNOW, you don't look under the tree. You know, stay away, try to find somewhere else to be, that's not for you, etc etc. I'll be honest, I did not "know" how my cousins felt about us, but, I THOUGHT I knew. We were the "white trash", the Poor hillbillys, and a myriad of other adjectives. Pretty certain the uncles and aunts felt that way too. But......then I found out I was wrong. Those uncles and aunts stepped in and they SHOWERED us with Christmas presents. I mean DOZENS. there was no scorn on their faces, they were geniuinely happy for us. All that was left, was one, HUGE box. I for sure thought this was for grandpa(he got a recliner last year). It wasn't. It was for me. As you can surmise, it was the Guns playset. I was in HOG heaven. Best gift I ever got. My uncle had gone and done the deed behind everyone's back. He was a really, really good man. I miss him even now. (and I trashed that box within a week)

[@drpal-ug1xc]

Had this when I was a kid

[@MidnhtCrzr]

I remember seeing this at Woolworth's. But I never got one.

[@marxvideo]

Hi diabolic you are indeed correct of the 155 mm however was not included in later sets and in fact in the early sets that it was included it was non firing. The white Germans came into play in the mid-seventies, And the later sets were for sure the place to find them.

[@anilles2001]

Well done, Rusty! Such a great set!!

[@kevinlaughery1076]

I HAVE THIS FROM A CHILD, IN PERFECT CONDITION. SORRY, NOT FOR SALE.. GREAT VIDEO.

[@HansZarkovPhD]

I had this play set, used it all the time to fight of lego space aliens trying to take over the world

[@George-pp2hr]

Strange parts we're moulded in yellow plastic. Still great item set.

[@Diabolik771]

I still have mine but all the guys are gone. I did not have a 155MM artillery piece. Mine was the white Germans, maybe they cut this piece out of later sets? It came with a smaller gun for the Americans that could be towed.

[@marxvideo]

The towed artillery was part of a 6 piece American vehicle group that included the lcvp landing craft, half track, tank with swivel turret and Jeep. This same grouping was used from 1958 all the way to the end of the company and it's sale to mego the only thing that changed was the color getting softer green. A separate mold did not include the landing craft, like for the Desert Fox sets

[@Morrison09]

If you can’t find a non broken ladder and you really need a non broken one try 3d printing one

[@sharkusvelarde]

A grown man performing fellatio on a playset

[@George-pp2hr]

I wouldn't have dreamed of something like this kind of playset. The movie is a top classic film. I never new there would be an item made for kids playset based from a serious war film. If I'd seen that back in the 1970s I'm quite sure I too would be excited by this. Very interesting toy playset.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

[@J5460-r8z]

I am the glass house. love it.