Marx Toys employed more than 2,000 workers at its factories, warehouses and other Erie and Girard facilities at their peak in the 1940s and '50s. From designing to assembling and packaging toys to ...
Toys under the tree on Christmas morning weren't always made at the North Pole. For a half-century, until 1980, many were made in Erie and Girard by Marx Toys. The company founded by "Toy King" Louis ...
Q — In your vast knowledge of antiques and collectibles, surely you will be able to tell me why Marx electric trains are not held in high esteem. Many price guides cover American Flyer, Lionel and ...
Did you find Rock'em Sock'em Robots under the tree one Christmas morning back when? Did you race a Big Wheel around the neighborhood before graduating to two wheels? Or maybe you worked at the Erie or ...
Erie once was a toy capital of the world, with more "elves" making toys than in Santa's North Pole workshop. Model trains, Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots and other treasured toys were made at Marx Toys ...
MOUNDSVILLE -When visitors open the door to an unassuming building on a quiet street in Moundsville, they enter into an alternative universe, populated by an amazing array of toys from playtimes past ...
Toys are favorites of children and adults. The tin windup toys of Louis Marx & Co. are especially popular because many collectors remember the toys from their childhood, and the toys are available in ...
Watch a video of model trains on display and riding tracks at Edinboro Area Historical Society. Also, check out links to ...
An attempt to revive a classic line of injection molded toys has been derailed by the arrests of six executives and investors for alleged stock fraud at Marx Toys & Entertainment Corp. Freehold, ...
This is the second in a three-part series about Marx Toys and the people who made them. Read Part 1: Marx Toys made in Erie were Christmas favorites for more than 50 years Marx Toys employed more than ...