Marx Robot Toys
Of the many toys it produced, Marx’s line of toy robots are undoubtedly among the most beloved by collectors. Marx introduced this line in the 1950s and 1960s to capitalize on the space and robot craze of the era, when the US was engaged in a ‘space race’ with the Russians. These toys included Mr. Mercury, a tin robot with hands that could open and close to grasp small objects, and which could also bend at the waist and walk; Robot and Son, which was released in 1956 and was the first robot toy Marx produced; and Big Loo, a robot with a voice box that could deliver several recorded messages, as well as arms which could fire plastic darts and balls. But the most popular robot toy produced by Marx is probably Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots.
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 Marx Robie the Robot original owner   US $86.00Sale Ends: 9h 13m |
 Windup Robot Easelback Tin Toy Marx Repro US $11.95Sale Ends: 10h 46m |
 Big Loo The Moon Robot by Marx 1963 US $1,000.00Sale Ends: 22h 51m |
 Robot Tin Toy Windup Giant Easelback Marx Repro US $16.95Sale Ends: 1d 22h 32m |
 1966 ORIGINAL MARX ROCK EM SOCK EM ROBOTS **W/BOX FAIR CONDITION US $25.00Sale Ends: 2d 3h 35m |
 Vintage Rex Mars Tin Litho Planet Patrol Marx Toy Space Tank Robot Windup US $152.50Sale Ends: 2d 6h 21m |
 Marx Chompy the Beetle Monster Robot Excellent in Box US $32.52Sale Ends: 2d 8h 28m |
 Vintage MARX japan MR MERCURY ROBOT tin toy battery-operated US $120.00Sale Ends: 2d 8h 55m |
 Vintage Marx Rock'em Sock'em Robots-Replacement Rockem Sockem Robots-Pair US $14.99Sale Ends: 2d 9h 34m |
 1960s MARX ORIGINAL~ROCK EM**SOCK EM** ROBOTS WITH BOX**ORIGINAL OWNER~LOOK NR US $249.99Sale Ends: 2d 9h 53m |
 Vintage Circa:1960 MARX ROBOT TOY Screw Brass Flasher 3/v=x1 Lamp Bulb Free Ship US $9.00Sale Ends: 3d 2h 25m |
 Tin Linemar Marx Smoking Spaceman Robot Toy Vinrtage US $749.00Sale Ends: 3d 5h 47m |
 Vintage Space Man Robot Art - UFO - Space Toy - MARX - Poster Print - PADLO US $9.95Sale Ends: 3d 8h 44m |
 Rock Em Sock Em Robots Marx Toys 1966 US $55.00Sale Ends: 4d 4h 25m |
 VINTAGE ROCK EM SOCK EM ROBOTS MARX 1960's BOXING TOYS FOR BOYS RED BLUE BOMBER US $24.44Sale Ends: 4d 5h 41m |
 Marx Tin Wind-Up Jetsons Hopping Rosey Rosie Robot Toy US $199.00Sale Ends: 4d 7h 29m |
 Vintage 1963 MARX Mr. Mercury 1960's Japan Tin Robot Battery Op. WORKS US $450.00Sale Ends: 4d 9h 43m |
 '67 Marx Japan"HI-BOUNCER MOON SCOUT/ORIG BOX" One of THE RARE robots NO RESERVE US $1,025.00Sale Ends: 5d 6h 52m |
Classic toys made by Louis Marx and Company are among the most sought-after by toy collectors looking for vintage pieces that hark back to their childhoods. Founded in 1919, Marx toys were a fixture in five and dime stores as well as with retailers such as Montgomery Ward and Sears, which sold their wares through mail order catalogs. Louie Marx produced a wide range of toys that included dolls and doll houses, mechanical toys, scale-model toy trains, tinplate buildings and play sets based on popular TV shows and movies such as Gunsmoke, Wagon Train and Ben Hur.
The company philosophy of giving their customers ‘more toy for less money’ helped make Louis Marx one of the most successful toy makers in America; at the height of the Great Depression of the 1930s, when many companies were floundering, Marx not only recorded growing revenues, it was also able to open three factories. By the 1950s, Marx had become the largest toy manufacturer in the world, and founder Louis Marx was crowned “the Toy King” by no less than Time magazine in 1955. However, in succeeding years the company gradually lost its prominence, and after changing owners a number of times, Louis Marx eventually closed its doors in 1978.
