I grew up associating Fred's house with the larger of the two main houses included in the Marx playset. There's a good reason for this: the Marx instruction sheet said that's what it was! It seems Marx swapped Fred's house with Barney's house as the original cartoon showed Fred's house as having a detached garage. Ya know, it's nice to know little things like this, but I will forever think of the bigger house with Porte-cochère as the Flintstone family house! The Marx version measures 4.75" (12,06cm) W x 4.125" (10,47cm) D x 4.375" (11.11cm) H to top of chimney.
BTW, Fred's address is first listed as 201 Cobblestone Lane but changes throughout the franchise.
Ed
Cartoon Fred's House
The Flintstones Fandom website is a great place for trivia and tidbits.
Somewhere along the line, the people at Marx confused Fred's house and Barney's house.
Their instruction sheet clearly shows Fred's as having the Porte-cochère, however, in the original cartoon his house had the detached garage.
That said, the look of their house would change from episode to episode based on what the script
called for. Door colors would change, door and window placement would change, etc.
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Original vs. ...
...Marx
Cartoon Barney's House
The Rubble home in the original cartoon had the Porte-cochère, but Marx gave him the detached garage house instead.
Original vs. ...
...Marx
The Marx Fred's House
The green antennas are a bear to find intact and many people use the blue ones from the later '90s era ReMarx (aka New Marx / Marx of Miami) Ruby Edition playset. My set has the originals.
Flintstone Green
Green accessories like the mailboxes, antenna's, signs, etc., in the playset were molded in two different shades of green. All of the accessories in a particular set would be in the same shade, meaning you buy one set and they would all be light green, and in another next set they would all be dark green. There were three houses in the playset but only two mailboxes.
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