These sets are fairly common on internet auction sites but are seldom found complete. You should be able to score one fairly inexpensively. Thanks for watching and commenting!
All of the Marx playsets are cool. I limit myself to mostly dinosaur and monster toys for lack of storage space and extra cash these days. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video. It put me in a time slip. My Aunt Millie and my Uncle Clarence gave this set to me for xmas in about 1974 I think but it could have been sooner. I remember that she was near apologetic (my Aunt Millie was very sweet and had an Edith Bunker quality to her) about this as I was opening it. Like she was saying, oh it's not much it's just a little something I hope that it's okay and not too silly and something that you would like it was very inexpensive etc.etc.. So I open it and I absolutely love it. I take it out on the back patio and play with it for hours, reading the instructions and descriptions of the dinosaurs and playing with the cavemen. I kept the box for years in my closet and used it to hold other toys in addition to the playset parts. So seeing it again in your video reminds me of standing in front of the closet door looking in for something to play with and deciding what to take out.
Toy time slips are awesome! Great story, man. Yeah, I think these were still being sold new in 1974. My Mom bought me my only original Marx dino playset as a kid in around 1963/1964 and it was a set that debuted in 1960/1961, so these were sold for a few years as new. Thanks, Meyer!
@@pescado121 Yep, the big retailers sold a lot of these Marx playsets. I'm pretty sure my Mom bought my original Marx dino playset for my 5th birthday in early 1964 at a hobby shop in a strip mall in Athens, Ga. I remember us walking to that strip mall from the trailer park where we lived several different times leading up to my birthday and looking in awe at that dino playset on display in all its glory. It was one of the square-box sets, probably a #3394. I have one of those complete and I'll be doing a video of it at some point. So much junk... sooo many videos to make...
This is the set I had as a kid. Trivia: The "Sleek" T-Rex's sculpt is based on the artwork of Charles R. Knight painting called "Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops Family", while the original "Pot-bellied" T-Rex was based on the Yale Peabody Museum mural, "THE AGE OF REPTILES", by artists, Rudolph Zallinger. Zallinger's mural was featured in LIFE magazine in '52 or '53 (I have a copy of the magazine somewhere). Knight's dinosaurs were more anatomically accurate, and his murals grace the walls at the American and for many years his prehistoric murals were featured in THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA volumes "D" and "P" for entries for "Dinosaurs" and for "Prehistoric Animals." Knights murals can be found at the Academy of Natural Science s in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY, and at Bethune-Cook College, Dayton Beach, Florida. I do not prefer the "Pot-bellied" T-Rex, but I don't hate it either. My main beef with it (other than the big belly anatomy) is that it is rather flat looking in the sculpt. The Knight "Sleek" version is MUCH, much nicer, and far more accurate. As a kid, I managed to have both T-Rex figures, plus a bunch of MPC smaller figures to play with, and even at an early age, I knew that the "fat" T-Rex was weird looking. lol. Today, I appreciate it a lot more, but it's not in the "Sleek"'s league. Pot-belly might be worth more, but he is harder to find, as he didn't last as long. I have both Trachedon types, both triceratops types, and both allosaurus types in my collection. Both Brontos too. I prefer the look of the mint green figures and the gray ones. I do have two of Kronosaurus. One is the larger Marx figure and the smaller one is MPC, I think.
I preferred the Sleek T-Rex as a kid. Now I appreciate both types. Yes, the smaller Kronosaurus is by MPC. I did some videos featuring MPC dinos. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@michaeldodd6902 Love your videos, Michael! Not enough love for Marx on youtube! Do you have any of the Construction playset stuff? I was just messing around with that telephone lineman and phone pole a few weeks ago, trying to figure out a good way to display it on a shelf.
@@lostonwallace1396 Thank you! No, I don't have any of the construction playset pieces. I try to limit myself to monster and dinosaur toys due to limited funds and storage space. To your point about limited Marx YT videos, I kept waiting for years for someone to do videos on dinosaur playsets and very little appeared. I finally decided to do it myself. My videos are very basic with no editing but hopefully the info and substance are there.
I imagine that it was models from the original '61 set that I had as a kid, I remember them being sold in a package of about 8 in each. It seems perhaps they discontinued some of the models, I remember a Glyptodont,,a Toxodon, and a Diatryma unless I'm mistaken.
My God, my God, my God at the hours I spent playing with this set. It was literally my whole early childhood. Funny thing is I never played with the cavemen, nor the mammals that came with this & another bigger set I got in 1978. And why? Cause they weren't dinosaurs,duhh? lol
I have just purchased the #3398 playset with the white T-Rex box with the "Time Tunnel" rings behind him. I have a question for you Michael. The owner of this set painted the hair and loin cloths of the cavemen in the set. Looks like it's the classic Testor's paint too. What's the best way to remove the paint without damaging this type of plastic? Any idea or suggestions??
Congrats on the Time Tunnel set! I did a video on that set (3398 from 1963). The 1971 version in this video is a pale imitation of the original version. Regarding your question, I've never tried to remove paint from plastic. If I were you, I'd search You Tube for a "how to" video.
@@michaeldodd6902 Seems to get mixed opinions on what does work. People have plenty of "How-To" paint removals on scale models, but haven't found a single one on removing paint from Marx toy figures. Plastics vary a lot, and removing paint from these older plastics probably won't work the same way as paint might be removed with modern plastic. Right now, I'm set to try 99.9 % alcohol to start with, as I know it won't harm the figures. Not sure if it will remove the paint though. I'll give the figures a couple days of soaking time, and I'll see what happens.
@@lostonwallace1396 I'm curious what will work. You'd think after collecting this stuff all my life I would have had to remove paint from plastic figures at some point, but I never have. The closest thing to that I've dealt with is various glue and price sticker residue and for that Goo Gone is really good. I doubt if it would do much good on dried enamel but with soaking and cleaning with a soft cloth it might be worth a try. I don't know how something harsh like mineral spirits (or paint thinner) would react with soft plastic, but it should remove the paint. I guess just trial and error is the best course of action, but I'd try harsh methods on expendable figures first. Let me know how it goes.
@@michaeldodd6902 Dettol will be the next substance that I'll try. I used that to clean off 5 layers of testors paint from an Aurora Frankenstein model years ago, and it took weeks, but it did work!
I really would love to have one. I had parts and pieces as a kid and I DO remember my pot belly T-Rex fondly. Great video.
These sets are fairly common on internet auction sites but are seldom found complete. You should be able to score one fairly inexpensively. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I had a similar set, the Civil War and WWII set as well. Cool!
All of the Marx playsets are cool. I limit myself to mostly dinosaur and monster toys for lack of storage space and extra cash these days. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video. It put me in a time slip. My Aunt Millie and my Uncle Clarence gave this set to me for xmas in about 1974 I think but it could have been sooner. I remember that she was near apologetic (my Aunt Millie was very sweet and had an Edith Bunker quality to her) about this as I was opening it. Like she was saying, oh it's not much it's just a little something I hope that it's okay and not too silly and something that you would like it was very inexpensive etc.etc.. So I open it and I absolutely love it. I take it out on the back patio and play with it for hours, reading the instructions and descriptions of the dinosaurs and playing with the cavemen. I kept the box for years in my closet and used it to hold other toys in addition to the playset parts. So seeing it again in your video reminds me of standing in front of the closet door looking in for something to play with and deciding what to take out.
Toy time slips are awesome! Great story, man. Yeah, I think these were still being sold new in 1974. My Mom bought me my only original Marx dino playset as a kid in around 1963/1964 and it was a set that debuted in 1960/1961, so these were sold for a few years as new. Thanks, Meyer!
@@michaeldodd6902 my Aunt would have bought this at Sears, J C Penney or Montgomery Wards in person in Modesto, Ca.
@@pescado121 Yep, the big retailers sold a lot of these Marx playsets. I'm pretty sure my Mom bought my original Marx dino playset for my 5th birthday in early 1964 at a hobby shop in a strip mall in Athens, Ga. I remember us walking to that strip mall from the trailer park where we lived several different times leading up to my birthday and looking in awe at that dino playset on display in all its glory. It was one of the square-box sets, probably a #3394. I have one of those complete and I'll be doing a video of it at some point. So much junk... sooo many videos to make...
This is the set I had as a kid.
Trivia: The "Sleek" T-Rex's sculpt is based on the artwork of Charles R. Knight painting called "Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops Family", while the original "Pot-bellied" T-Rex was based on the Yale Peabody Museum mural, "THE AGE OF REPTILES", by artists, Rudolph Zallinger. Zallinger's mural was featured in LIFE magazine in '52 or '53 (I have a copy of the magazine somewhere). Knight's dinosaurs were more anatomically accurate, and his murals grace the walls at the American and for many years his prehistoric murals were featured in THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA volumes "D" and "P" for entries for "Dinosaurs" and for "Prehistoric Animals." Knights murals can be found at the Academy of Natural Science s in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY, and at Bethune-Cook College, Dayton Beach, Florida.
I do not prefer the "Pot-bellied" T-Rex, but I don't hate it either. My main beef with it (other than the big belly anatomy) is that it is rather flat looking in the sculpt. The Knight "Sleek" version is MUCH, much nicer, and far more accurate. As a kid, I managed to have both T-Rex figures, plus a bunch of MPC smaller figures to play with, and even at an early age, I knew that the "fat" T-Rex was weird looking. lol. Today, I appreciate it a lot more, but it's not in the "Sleek"'s league. Pot-belly might be worth more, but he is harder to find, as he didn't last as long. I have both Trachedon types, both triceratops types, and both allosaurus types in my collection. Both Brontos too. I prefer the look of the mint green figures and the gray ones. I do have two of Kronosaurus. One is the larger Marx figure and the smaller one is MPC, I think.
I preferred the Sleek T-Rex as a kid. Now I appreciate both types. Yes, the smaller Kronosaurus is by MPC. I did some videos featuring MPC dinos. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@michaeldodd6902 Love your videos, Michael! Not enough love for Marx on youtube! Do you have any of the Construction playset stuff? I was just messing around with that telephone lineman and phone pole a few weeks ago, trying to figure out a good way to display it on a shelf.
@@lostonwallace1396 Thank you! No, I don't have any of the construction playset pieces. I try to limit myself to monster and dinosaur toys due to limited funds and storage space. To your point about limited Marx YT videos, I kept waiting for years for someone to do videos on dinosaur playsets and very little appeared. I finally decided to do it myself. My videos are very basic with no editing but hopefully the info and substance are there.
Yep, that's the one I had gotten at Christmas the Marx company made some good toys back in the day, when you showed the booklet oh the memories
Cool! We're all about stepping into that Wayback Machine on this channel.
I had this set when I was a kid. I still have most of the pieces.
That's cool! The 3398 from 1971 is the most common Marx Prehistoric Playset. Still cool that you held on to most of it.
I imagine that it was models from the original '61 set that I had as a kid, I remember them being sold in a package of about 8 in each. It seems perhaps they discontinued some of the models, I remember a Glyptodont,,a Toxodon, and a Diatryma unless I'm mistaken.
The Glyptodont and Diatryma were made by MPC. I've done MPC Dinosaur videos on my Channel which may be of interest.
@@michaeldodd6902 Aha so that explains it. Also they carried a Machrauchenia , not a Toxodon, my mistake. Thanks for the info!
My God, my God, my God at the hours I spent playing with this set. It was literally my whole early childhood. Funny thing is I never played with the cavemen, nor the mammals that came with this & another bigger set I got in 1978. And why? Cause they weren't dinosaurs,duhh? lol
These sets were a big part of our childhood for so many of us. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have just purchased the #3398 playset with the white T-Rex box with the "Time Tunnel" rings behind him. I have a question for you Michael. The owner of this set painted the hair and loin cloths of the cavemen in the set. Looks like it's the classic Testor's paint too. What's the best way to remove the paint without damaging this type of plastic? Any idea or suggestions??
Congrats on the Time Tunnel set! I did a video on that set (3398 from 1963). The 1971 version in this video is a pale imitation of the original version. Regarding your question, I've never tried to remove paint from plastic. If I were you, I'd search You Tube for a "how to" video.
@@michaeldodd6902 Seems to get mixed opinions on what does work. People have plenty of "How-To" paint removals on scale models, but haven't found a single one on removing paint from Marx toy figures. Plastics vary a lot, and removing paint from these older plastics probably won't work the same way as paint might be removed with modern plastic. Right now, I'm set to try 99.9 % alcohol to start with, as I know it won't harm the figures. Not sure if it will remove the paint though. I'll give the figures a couple days of soaking time, and I'll see what happens.
@@lostonwallace1396 I'm curious what will work. You'd think after collecting this stuff all my life I would have had to remove paint from plastic figures at some point, but I never have. The closest thing to that I've dealt with is various glue and price sticker residue and for that Goo Gone is really good. I doubt if it would do much good on dried enamel but with soaking and cleaning with a soft cloth it might be worth a try. I don't know how something harsh like mineral spirits (or paint thinner) would react with soft plastic, but it should remove the paint. I guess just trial and error is the best course of action, but I'd try harsh methods on expendable figures first. Let me know how it goes.
@@michaeldodd6902 Dettol will be the next substance that I'll try. I used that to clean off 5 layers of testors paint from an Aurora Frankenstein model years ago, and it took weeks, but it did work!
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So that’s where those bootleg mini figures come from
Bootleg mini figures?
These have been bootlegged a lot and placed in little packs with each other