Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 34a Field Accessory's Heavy Weapons Sub-Group: Bazooka UPDATE #2

This whole Marx vs. Payton Bazooka thing is buggin' the heck out of me. Okay, so let's beat this dead horse one last time. I went out in The Cave and pulled out my long bazooka's, of which I only have three. The comparison shots were taken and compared, and I did notice a couple of minor differences.

Here's the three I have

Here's what I noticed:

-On the bottom bazooka, the open triangular area behind the angled brace is sharper, more well defined than in the two above it

-The trigger is less pronounced

But which is Marx and which is Payton?

Does anyone really care? Anywho, like I said before, until we get a mint in unopened bag/box we'll probably never know for sure

Ed

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 35 LCT - Olive Green SP

Payton's landing craft was one of the best designs made during the golden age of Little Green Army Men. Let's face it, as good as Marx was overall, their landing craft was crap! Payton's could actually fit tanks, trucks, Jeeps, bunches of Army men. etc., and there was no idiotic hump on the deck to impede off-loading. The LCT measures 8" (20,32cm) L x 3" (7,62cm) W x 3"(7,62cm) H to top of ramp.

Ed

Marx

The diminutive Marx landing craft with that hump on the deck - meant to accommodate the wheel set underneath.

Payton

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 34 Field Accessory's Heavy Weapons Sub-Group: Bazooka UPDATE

I recently (like two days ago) acquired some Payton salesman sheets with photos of quite a few sets on them. Of all the sets shown, only one - Set No. 422A - had a clear enough picture of the bazooka. It appears in the far upper left and appears to show a Marx-style bazooka, not the shorter/truncated version I postulated as Payton.

Ed

This detail is what I see in the set photo which is different than the shorter bazooka

So the question now is: who the heck made shorter one?

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 33 Field Accessory's Heavy Weapons Sub-Group: Bazooka

On the surface, the Payton bazooka is a much easier piece to differentiate from its Marx counterpart, being a stubbier, cut-down affair. But then again...

Here's the deal. Sometimes the shorter bazooka shows up in lots of Payton Army men, while other times the longer one is included. Take this post with a large grain of salt as I'm only surmising the short version is Payton but honestly, maybe it's some other brand, and maybe the longer version was appropriate to both Marx and Payton. Only an unopened mint-in-bag (or box) set with an intact example of the bazooka will verify whether I'm right or not.

Ed

Marx - Payton (?) Comparison

Payton - Maybe

Payton Products, Inc. Little Green Army Men - Pt 32 Field Accessory's Heavy Weapons Sub-Group: Tripod Mounted Recoilless Rifle

I'm afraid this is too close to call. I'm hazarding that, again, there are minor differences around the gunsight area but I'd hate to bet on it.

Ed

Marx - Payton Comparison

Payton