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 ...

In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. Marx capitalized on the popularity of ...

Q: I have a Roy Rogers Ranch Set, Marx No. 3979-3980. Everything is new. It has been opened but never bent into shape and assembled. Is this a common item or scarce piece? What is its value? J.L., ...

Q: I have a tin wind-up car. It says “old jalopy” on the hood. The black body contains dozens of phrases such as “Heart Brakes,” “Cawtiow,” “Tall, Dark and Gruesome,” “Hop Inn,” etc. There is a red ...

Yes, there is. Or there was. Santa was Louis Marx, a chubby, cigar-chomping captain of industry who created the Marx toy company, once the largest manufacturer of toys in the world. With his wife, ...

The last gift my wife had for me under our tree this past Christmas took me back in time. The big box she’d carefully wrapped held an original “Fort Apache” playset, not much worse for wear than when ...

Do you like Lionel, Marx, MTH, K-Line, Menards, and other 3-rail O gauge trains? Do you like big trains but have a small budget? This is the channel for you! Novices are welcome here! I received my ...