Gone from this set was the Plateosaurus, Cynognathus, Sphenacodon, broad-horned Triceratops and first issue Dimetrodon.Įven in more recent recast sets, these Marx figures are absent.
MARX NAVARONE PLAYSET SERIES
The second series prehistoric animals were produced in a reddish brown plastic. The biggest difference was that the first series dinosaurs were now cast in a ghastly cobalt blue and bright banana yellow plastic.
MARX NAVARONE PLAYSET PLUS
The remaining contents were similar cavemen, palm trees and ferns, a booklet plus now a vinyl play mat was included. The three piece terrain mountain was now cast in a gray plastic. The box top again showed a photograph of the contents set up in a diorama scene. In 1978, Marx again released a version of this playset #4208. The hard plastic mountain is a yellow-brown color. The prehistoric mountain playsets included the green, gray and red-brown colored prehistoric animal figures as seen in the 1970 #3398 set. In 1977, the prehistoric mountain set came out again as “Giant Prehistoric Mountain #4304.
In 1975, a different version of this playset came out now titled, “Prehistoric Mountain #3414.” The new box’s packaging showed a photograph of the playset instead of litho art. (Using similar mountains, Marx also released a western playset and a “Guns of Navarone” playset at about the same time.) Two plastic boulders were included for dropping on the heads of unwary dinosaurs below. The hard plastic terrain piece was made up of a river base and two large mountains with connecting bridges of wood and of stone. The large box portrayed the playset in fine litho artwork. In the mid seventies, Marx produced a new idea for a prehistoric playset involving a huge mountain. Likewise the gray was a very consistent light pale gray color. Most collectors refer to it as “mint” green in color. In other words, the 1970’s green was always identical in look style and feel.
It should be noted the grays and greens used in this production were very consistent and really showed no variation as most Marx originals did, even in individual color. The dinosaurs were green and gray, now in the waxy-colored plastic that Marx was using for easier mold release.įigures in this later style of plastic are sometimes called the Heritage version as Marx first starting using this plastic exclusively with their Heritage series of playsets in the late 1960s. A booklet was again included along with the same cavemen figures but now in a dark tan colored plastic. The set included the same three piece mountain in hard plastic minus any marbling of the plastic that the 1961 version had and a set of palm trees and ferns. The large box that contained the contents featured a photograph of the toys on the lid apparently a prototype, as the photo doesn’t exactly match the contents in color or in figures provided.
In 1970, Marx re-issued their Prehistoric set #3398, originally released in 1961. While the classic years of Marx playsets had passed, new versions of the still popular toy sets were still being produced at the Glen Dale, West Virginia factory and it was at this time that Marx decided dinosaurs could be a good seller again. Marx dinosaurs and playsets 1970 to 1980:īy 1969, Marx Toys was a division of the Quaker Oats Company and had not produced a prehistoric themed playset for half a dozen years. Marx Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Playsets 1955 to 1980-Marx Mold Dinosaurs post 1980 The Marx Playset Monograph Part One (1955-1969) Can Be Found Here The Marx Playset Monograph Part 2 Begins Here
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