"Marx Warriors of the World - 1960s" Topic

Here are several photographs of some of my old Marx Warriors of the World from the mid-1960s. I bought these as a kid in Zanesville, Ohio.

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I will post photos of my WOW figures from the American Revolution and Mexican War in the future.

What a great find! I had the full set of Vikings, Romans, and WWII US, all of which sadly were not carefully stored in their boxes but played with and passed on to my kid brother, who put them through even tougher courses. Surprisingly, I can remember the names of almost every one of them.

Fond memories!

JJ

Wow! I bought the Confederate figures on my first trip to Gettysburg in 1973. I used to used them when playing with my Britains Deetail figures,although they were a bit larger.
I might still have one or two around somewhere.

Bob

That brings back memories. The WOTW figures were my standing reward for good report card grades. Wish I still had them!

They were made of brittle plastic IIRC (unlike my Marx figs) and didn't survive my mock Siege of Petersburg play on the 4th of July, circa 1964.

Now there is a blast from the past – I remember the marching Confederate well

Yep, used to have a bunch of them and the softer plastic in the same poses. Had a lot of the playsets, too. The figures were quite detailed.

I am amazed that you had the foresight to keep the boxes and the insert card. That makes them more valuable to other collectors in case you ever decide to sell them.

I can still remember the jingle that the commercials used:

Warriors, warriors, warriors of the World by Marx,
Union troops, Confederate troops,
20th Century Combat troops,
Cadets all ready for dress parade
Minutemen in full brigade (not sure of this last word)
Cowboys and Indians
Pirates bold
Vikings and Romans from days of old
Each beautifully painted by hand,
The best looking warriors in the land!

Ah yes, I remember it well.

For many, many years I still had all of the little boxes that my old 1960s toy Matchbox cars came in. Don't know whatever happened to those boxes; perhaps they are still to be discovered in old boxes that we have not unpacked in a decade since moving from Ohio to Pennsylvania.

I originally had thought the Civil War ones represented real soldiers who fought at Gettysburg? I don't remember mine coming in boxes though.More like a little plastic bag.With a short bio of course.

Bob

Bob,

If you search the Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System on-line (National Park Service) you will find that these little warriors are fictional names with the exception of Longstreet. Same for the figures from other wars.

The "Richard Travis III" Confederate WOW figures is depicted on his card as being the grandson of the Marx WOW figure, "Richard Travis," so at least the writers understood the historic importance of Virginia lineage and bloodlines.

Scott

Speaking of Marx, does anyone remember their Viking versus Knights playset. The figures were painted and only about 15mm high. I believe they also did a US versus Germans in WWII. Came with a pillbox, pontoon bridge, Shermans, halftrack barbed wire and a blown house.

Scott,

have to disagree with you as there was a Leif Erickson, Eric the Red Tiberius Sempronis Graccus, Gaius Graccus, and a number of others where there actually was a real world counterpart – even if the fig didn't exactly match.

JJ

I used to have the H.O. scale Marx civil war set when I was a kid, wish I still had it now….hard plastic painted figures, very cool

JJ

Thanks for the clarification on the non-Civil War guys. I checked the Civil War guys on CWSS, but of course never checked anyone else.

My friend Paul over in the UK is looking to purchase Marx WOW figures and their boxes. If anyone has any extra Confederates for sale and is willing to ship to Merry Ole' England, please let me know.

Wow,thanks Scott! What did I know,I was a 7 year old kid at the time!

Bob

I had the Knights/Viking playset that came in a briefcase like metal box that folded out into a castle,complete with catapults and ladders.

I thought this was going to be a Politics Thread when I Saw the Title. "Warriors of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but the paint from your bendier parts!"

Pat

Very Ancient stuff, never seen by most,forgotten by many of us who are old enough, And I mean OLD!