Sometimes I don't even 'get' myself. Back in 2016 I posted a whole series of Marx military flatcar loads. Two repo searchlight trucks were posted but not the original, yet, photos of an original silver version were taken and all ready to post. So why did I not post them??? Most likely I got distracted and moved on to other things.
Marx made their loads in several colors (like silver, olive green, red, blue) and they were all quite small - around 1/64 scale in size - but sold with Marx's O-gauge Army flatcars. All of the original Marx flatcar loads had the Marx herald on the underside of the vehicle. When Jay Horowitz of American Plastics (formerly Gay Toys) started up his 'Marx Toys' subsidiary using the old Marx tooling he bought, among the first offerings were all of the military flatcar loads. The loads were issued in different colors than the originals and none of them had the 'Marx' hallmark. Often times the toys weren't cast properly leaving voids where the plastic didn't flow all the way into the cavity as you can see by the repo blue truck below.
Ed
Repos (Posted in 2016)
Original Marx blue flatcar loads were a lighter shade of blue, while this repo was much darker
Repo olive green truck. Marx's olive green was darker.
Original (Never Before Posted)
Silver
Shown here with an original Marx DUKW flatcar load
Marx #4045 Army Supply Train
One of the many Marx military trains. This photo shows how the flatcar loads would have looked like in a set
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