ciorac Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 It doesn't get much cooler than that Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Got this in 1937 for Christmas...still runs. IMG MY MARX ELECTRIC TRAIN_0001 mm Cool Marty! I fixed up my Dad's old American Flyers for my son one Christmas. We had an under the bed layout for awhile but now just bring them out around the tree at Christimas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 While most of you guys were fishing in the big HA pond today, I managed to hook a few nice horror books locally. At guide or slightly under with no buyer's premium! That is a great score!! Those Phantom Strangers are hard to come by; finally picked up an issue at SD two years ago at about guide. They are routinely marked well over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Got this in 1937 for Christmas...still runs. IMG MY MARX ELECTRIC TRAIN_0001 mm Cool Marty! I fixed up my Dad's old American Flyers for my son one Christmas. We had an under the bed layout for awhile but now just bring them out around the tree at Christimas. Forgot these two cars. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2848/10208581384_4f2ece3f38_z.jpg' alt='10208581384_4f2ece3f38_z.jpg'>IMG MY MARX ELECTRIC TRAIN_0002 mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What's great is that even then you knew enough to keep the boxes the trains came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What's great is that even then you knew enough to keep the boxes the trains came in. It was really the best way to store them as they only came out at Christmas time over the years. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Got this in 1937 for Christmas...still runs. IMG MY MARX ELECTRIC TRAIN_0001 mm Very cool Marty! I have a lot of stuff but I don't usually do trains. I like the "streamlined" ones like yours the most. It is amazing that you have so much stuff from your childhood. I didn't have a lot of toys as a kid and pretty much everything got tossed when I moved out. Maybe that's why I have so many today. About all I still have is my MAD magazines and my Musters lunch box still full of my monster cards that got stuck down in the basement and I retrieved when my dad sold the house we grew up in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What's great is that even then you knew enough to keep the boxes the trains came in. It was really the best way to store them as they only came out at Christmas time over the years. mm That's wonderful. That it stills runs is a tribute to your care with it or the quality of Marx's workmanship or both. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Marx made great toys and if you played with them in a fairly reasonable manner, they work forever. This Marx "Busy Bridge" is from the late 1920's. It still winds up smooth and runs well. The cars and busses run the loop quickly untill it runs down. Edited June 1, 2015 by Robot Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimebuster Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Oh, the postman came a little while ago and brought me this. It is a hard bound giant annual. I have never seen one of these before. Very cool. Give to daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 How about some "Birthday" covers today? Often comics put out birthday covers when they celebrated a milestone (or thought they did). Usually it featured a cake as well as the characters included in the book. Here are some I have. Famous Funnies #100 The first comic to reach 100 issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Whiz was another long running title. Here is their 100th issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Another Famous Funnies issue celebrating 12 years of publication. Issue #144. This one combined a birthday AND the 4th of July! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Black Cat #11. She couldn't wait and had to have her birthday cover after only a mere 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Big Shot #100. Annother long running title. Again, combining an Easter cover with their birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 And finally a big person favorite and personal mile stone. MAD Magazine #72. This is the one that kind of started this crazy journey. This is the first issue of MAD I'd ever seen. My grandpa bought it for me. I have bought every issue up until the current issue with out missing one. Shortly after getting "MAD fever", I started looking for all the issues up to this one. (a lot harder task then than it would be today). First comic I paid more than cover price was MAD #9 at Cherokee bookshop ($2.00) I was hooked and officially became a "collector". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 As always, I emplore you guys to add to this parade and show your birthday covers that I haven't shown. I'm sure there are more. Give 'em up you lurkers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 As always, I emplore you guys to add to this parade and show your birthday covers that I haven't shown. I'm sure there are more. Give 'em up you lurkers! Give it a couple' days and maybe I'll oblige. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 I wish there was a way to charge for the "junk" experience, I'd have a lot better collection. In the mean time, I'm just glad I can give you people a couple minutes of fun and hope you will return the favor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I wish there was a way to charge for the "junk" experience, I'd have a lot better collection. In the mean time, I'm just glad I can give you people a couple minutes of fun and hope you will return the favor... There's a reason for waiting 'til the 4th to post my b-day covers. Bob, you should know by now that I have an angle (it should be obvious). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
