Marx 34 Pc Village and Construction Set - Ranch House

Back on Mar 3, 2011 Toys & Stuff featured scans of this modern Ranch House (Ranch House scans) and today we're FINALLY featuring photos of the built-up house. The house measures  7 5/8" (19.4cm) L x 3 1/8" (7.9cm)n D x 2 1/2" (6.4cm) H. This whole debacle has taught me a lesson (I hope). That is, not to post scans unless I've also built the structure and photographed it. It just makes life a lot easier. Enjoy!

Marx 34 Pc Village and Construction Set - Shopping Center

We continue looking at the assembled building from the Marx #151 34pc Village and Construction Set. The scans for these were blogged last year but I'm playing catch-up this year and am now FINALLY presenting pics of the assembled buildings. Today we have a nifty Shopping Center, something every cardboard community needs. It measures 7 3/4" (19.7cm)  W x 5 7/8" (14.9cm) D x 3 1/4" (8.3cm) H. The original scans can be viewed here: Marx Shopping Center scans

Enjoy!

Marx 34 Pc Village & Construction Set - Garage

In February of 2011 Toys & Stuff featured the scans for this garage and today we finally have pics of the built-up toy! See the scans here: Garage scans  The garage measures 2 3/8" (6cm) H x 2 3/8" (6cm) W x 3" (7.6cm) L

Something kind of interesting came to mind when editing the photos. First of all, understand that this toy was designed in the early 1950s - perhaps earlier. We know it's a garage because you'll notice the car showing through the windows. The toy reflects American architecture of the period and as such the garage is a separate structure, unlike the modern house where the norm is for the garage to be integral with the house. Now, look at the pics and imagine, if you will, that this is a photo of a real garage (you'll have to mentally edit out those clunky tabs though). Our garage was mostly likely designed for the old Model T's. How so? Notice the doors. They open outward vs. rolling upwards and they are narrow. Now take a good look at the length. If this were a real garage it would be too short to accommodate the longer, wider cars of the '50s. Homeowners of the '50s who maintained these old garages would have had to alter them to accommodate the newer cars. I know, because during the 1970s I parked my car in one of these old-timer bays! Our neighborhood was largely built around the turn of the 20th century and our house didn't have its own garage, so we rented one from a neighbor lady who didn't drive. It was a 2-car garage but the two bays were separated by their own sets of doors similar to the ones in this toy with a wall separating the two parking bays. At some point in the past an addition was built onto the back of the garage which looked like a lean-to attached to the wall and was just high enough to fit a car's hood when one pulled in. The garage was so narrow - and still short enough - that I had to park my '75 Olds Cutlass at and angle. The front of the car had to be turned towards the right as I pulled in allowing me to exit out of the left side driver's door and any passengers had to exit the vehicle prior to me pulling into the garage!

On to the pics. Enjoy!

Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET Pt 6

Let's continue with our look at the Marx #151 '34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET'. Today we'll have a place for our little paper citizens to shop and feature the Shopping Center. As I've stated earlier, these building were originally pretty small in size, but if you insert the images into a Word document you can size them to suit your needs, print them out on heavy cardstock OR self-adhesive photo paper, brace the backs or attach the images to heavy material, and build them to suit your size needs. These buildings were originally made from heavy cardboard and assembled using the tab-&-slot method where tabs on one component simply fit through slots cut out of the adjoining component. This meant that there were originally quite a few tabs but most of the tabs have been Photoshopped out so that wall/roof pieces can be fit flush against each other. However,the tabs on the Shopping Center's roof have been left intact. Looking at the scan of the set envelope, you'll notice these tabs have an odd black-&-white checker pattern and stick out of the walls prominently and in unusual places. The tabs appear to be deliberately designed to stand out vs. the other tabs that were simply functional, and were probably meant to represent awnings or overhangs on the Shopping Center. Well, there are two ways of handling this; carefully cut slots in the walls and join the components OR cut the tabs off and assemble the building as you would any of the others.  In any case - Enjoy!

Wall 1

Wall 2

Wall 3

Wall 4

Roof

Envelope Showing Built-up Structures

Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET Pt 5

Let's continue with our look at the Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET. This will be Pt 5 and feature the Ranch House, a nice mid-century modern design. Enjoy!

Front Wall

Side Wall 1

Back Wall

Side Wall 2

Roof

Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET Pt 3

Today is the third in our series of Marx Paper Village buildings from the #151 "34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET".  Our featured structure is a nice little garage, the kind of little detail that gives a toy train town character.  Enjoy!

 Front Wall

Side Wall 1

Back Wall

Side Wall 2

Roof

Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET Pt 2

Today we feature the next scan from the Marx #151 34 PIECE RAILROAD and VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION SET, the Fire House.  You'll notice the front wall has an odd notch to the right.  This is how the wall was printed and you can fill it in or keep it original.  Also,  I should have include the envelope scan showing all the pieces as they look assembled.  It is included here.  Enjoy!Bettina & Fritz Berg :)

Front Wall

Back Wall

Left Side Wall

Right Side Wall

Main Roof Panel

Small Roof Panel