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 Posted - May 14 2014 : 9:56:39 PM
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My SOTW is an old Marx survivor that I found a few years ago in a box at an antique store.
    
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 10:15:35 PM
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Ah, Marx. The Lionel for poor people. At least I think that's what they are. Nothing wrong with that! Good set though!
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 10:21:51 PM
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I don't think Marx ever had any aspirations to be a great model maker, they were building fun toys for kids
I like the look of the set, well used from plenty of play time.
Of course there are dedicated Marx collectors out there, I browsed some of their sites and they get pretty in-depth (kind of like GIC). Nothing in this set that's particularly rare.
http://tycodepot.com/
Edited by - JNXT 7707 on May 14 2014 10:24:58 PM
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 10:34:23 PM
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quote:I don't think Marx ever had any aspirations to be a great model maker, they were building fun toys for kids
I like the look of the set, well used from plenty of play time.
Of course there are dedicated Marx collectors out there, I browsed some of their sites and they get pretty in-depth (kind of like GIC). Nothing in this set that's particularly rare.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â May 14 2014Â :Â 10:21:51 PM
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I know that very well. I've seen all of this set's contents at trains shows at least once or twice at every train show I've been too so far.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 11:04:21 PM
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Nice set, and a fabulous piece of wall art for the train room!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 12:22:19 AM
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| Cool Jerry. I have one O gauge Lionel tank car that I bought by mistake; I don't know how I thought it was standard gauge . . . must be that's why it was such a bargain! It's all beat up, but then I think about how some real tank cars of that age look just sittin' around rusting in the yard with grass growing up pretty tall between the cars.
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 1:20:49 PM
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I has a bunch of Marx trains Even the loco with the missing side rod & wheel actually WORKS!
I always thought that Marx trains were like EU or UK type of cars Since they all only had 4 wheels instead of the usual 8
Marx later went to plastic in the final years
But I still don't want my Marx trains 
Dedicated collectors eh, JNXT? Well couple me up to them!
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 1:55:19 PM
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quote: I've seen some of their plastic sets at shows and stuff. They are not very good quality compared to the old tinplate ones.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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