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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 1966 Marx Rock em Sock em Robots IN ORIG BOX   US $99.99Sale Ends: 2h 17m |
 VINTAGE ORIGINAL 1966 MARX ROCKEM SOCKEM ROBOTS W/BOX US $200.00Sale Ends: 15h 29m |
 ORIGINAL GOLD MARX MR MERCURY ROBOT W BOX COMPLETE TIN US $255.50Sale Ends: 1d 1h 39m |
 ROCK'EM/ SOCK'EM ROBOTS BY MARX-60,s US $24.00Sale Ends: 1d 2h 40m |
 MARX ELECTRIC ROBOT EYE LIGHT BULB SET US $7.75Sale Ends: 1d 14h 28m |
 MARX ELECTRIC ROBOT SON US $19.00Sale Ends: 1d 14h 28m |
 MARX ROCKEM SOCKEM ROBOTS RING POST SET US $22.00Sale Ends: 1d 14h 28m |
 1961 Marx Robot Great Garloo, Ideal Odd Ogg and Jet Car US $475.00Sale Ends: 2d 2m |
 MARX ROCK'EM SOCK'EM ROBOTS BOXING RING, ROCKEM SOCKEM US $9.99Sale Ends: 2d 22h 56m |
 MARX TOYS BIG LOO ROBOT REPLACEMENT WHEEL US $.99Sale Ends: 2d 23h 22m |
 1965 Marx King Kong, Smoking Ranger Robot Ad US $15.00Sale Ends: 3d 11m |
 DOCTOR WHO DALEK ROBOT ACTION MARX 1974 Still in Box US $799.00Sale Ends: 3d 17h 15m |
 RARE 1960s MARX MOON CREATURE SPACE ROBOT - MINT IN BOX US $199.99Sale Ends: 4d 6h 17m |
 Vintage Tin Linemar Marx Smoking Spaceman Robot Toy US $1,199.99Sale Ends: 4d 16h 41m |
 Vintage Marx Rock Em Sock Em Robots 1966 PARTS / REPAIR US $.99Sale Ends: 4d 22h 11m |
 1960's MARX MOON CREATURE ROBOT SPACE TOY JAPAN US $75.00Sale Ends: 6d 1h 10m |
 MARX GREAT GARLOO TIN WIND UP MONSTER ROBOT US $289.99Sale Ends: 8d 14h 22m |
 Vintage 1960's Rock'em Sock'em Robots Game Toy by Marx US $22.49Sale Ends: 10d 1h |
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.
