Juguetes Dinamicos de Mexico, S.A. #2859 Marx Mexico Spaceship Set - Pt 3 Repo Marx Spaceship #1

Today we have what I previously called simply "Marx Spaceship #1" because the number '1" was molded underneath the original's body and I have no idea as to an original catalog number. We blogged that one here on Toys and Stuff way back on 19 Dec 2013.  The originals were all done in a kind of muted metallic & jewel tones, not nearly as brightly colored like these copies and the originals were hard plastic while these are all soft plastic. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Another failed attempt at photography. Most of my small toy photos are taken on the Amazon MyStudio, but that didn't quite work for these. This yellow is so bright all the details get washed out.

I think the black background works far better than white or using a complimentary color.

Here's an original Marx Spaceship #1 in a muted metallic copper

Marx Spaceship #1

We've featured a lot of vintage spaceships this year on Toys and Stuff, and as I look at the fleet (both plastic and tin-litho) I guess the collection is winding down. There's still about a dozen or so out there it would be cool to add but some of it is so outrageously priced it may never find hangar space here at the compound. But that's okay because there's still much in the collection which hasn't been blogged yet - next year folks! But let's sort of end the year on a vintage high note with this set of four spaceships from Marx. This nifty '50s set was featured in the book "BLAST OFF! Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from The Golden Age of Space Toys!" by S. Mark Young, Steve Duin, and Mark Richardson. The set consist of the:

- #1 Double-gun plane
- #2 Double fuselage ship,
- #3 "Clamshell" plane
- #4 A-wing plane

The number designation comes from the toys themselves as each ship has a number cast into the underside. I've seen these in copper, bronze, silver, and emerald green - very nice, muted, almost metallic colors. I do not believe they ever came in the bright gaudy colors often associated with '50s plastic toys

The first plane in our little mini-series is the "Double-gun" plane obviously called because of its dual cannons (ray guns?) which are often times broken off. The plane measures 4 1/2" (11.4cm) L x 4 3/4" (12.1cm) wingspan.

Enjoy!