Plastic Figure Showcase: Part Five Marx 6″ French, Spanish Pirate we have several interest items to share. First we have one of the Marx 6″ French to share. Next I have a Spanish pirate that someone has wrong. finally we have mounted figure that I do not know if it is real or not.
Plastic Figure Showcase: Part Five Marx 6″ French, Spanish Pirate Marx French
Marx did several six inch figures that were only sold in Europe. Marx did British and French. There are four French poses. Two of the French poses are the clubbing and kneeling with submachine gun. The other two poses are kneeling with rifle with right hand on bayonet and marching.
Plastic Figure Showcase: Part Five Marx 6″ French, Spanish Pirate Spanish Pirate
On another site the owner put up the above figure up. The owner knew that it was Spanish, but he stated he could not find anything about it and another figure. He said he had checked the Spanish blogs and found nothing. Both figures he felt were Teixido. As to above figure he felt it was a shepherd boy.
Sadly once again the party has his information totally wrong. The figure is not Teixido but Pech Hermanos. I have had this figure for several years. Naturally I had to get information to back up my assertion. I turned to “Historia del Soldadito de Plastico Espanol.” This book was written on plastic Spanish figures by Juan Hermida. On page 362, the figure is shown. It is not shepherd boy, but a pirate. He is one of 12 different pirates that Pech Hermanos did. Several of the pirate figures were reissued by Bum. I figure the wire is for a pirate flag. None of three pirate figures have the flag.
As to the other figure the person showed it is also Pech Hermanos. It is an Aztec one of four poses they did. It is on page 350 of the same book.
Plastic Figure Showcase: Part Five Marx 6″ French, Spanish Pirate Deetail?
I have a Christmas tradition of doing a flea market. I usually find something of interest. This year I found a bag of Britains English riders. One of figures was the above figure. It is English rider on Britains Deetail horse. I am not sure if this figure is correct do you?
Hi Paul, yes the Britains rider you have here is correct, the horse was originally issued with the Military Rider as part of the Show Jumping set, then later issued with this civilian rider.
And yes the Pech Hermanus pirate did have a paper skull and crossbones flag on the wire he holds, it is always missing but they used this figure in their advertising and that’s how we know about it.
There were six figures in the Marx WW1 six inch French, the other two poses were advancing and charging. There were also six WW2 British and six Scottish infantry in mixed period uniforms.
Finally may we wish you, Laurie and the boys a very peaceful Christmas and the best of health in 2018 from all here in London, Brian and Jane
Hello Brian
First I wish you and Jane a Merry Christmas.
Thank you for the updates and correction. I like err on the side of caution sometimes on figures. Especially when my book on Britains is hiding. LOL The civilan rider I do not remember seeing before. It came in the bag with earlier Britains English riders. He will be a welcome addition to the collection.
Thanking for the update on Marx six inch English made figures. It is surprising that no one has done a site on their six inch figures that I know of.
I was really surprise the other party could not find anything on the Pech Hermanos pirate. I went to my copy of Juan’s book and found confirmation in about ten minutes. I was also surprise he assume it was a shepherd boy with the style of clothing and pose.
I liked the Marx 6-inch figures (U. S. Army, Germans, Japanese, Russians, Vikings, Knights, Frontiersmen, Cowboys, Indians, 7th Cavalry) so much that I really wish we had an opportunity here in U.S. to also acquire the 6-inch British, Scottish, and French). But I never saw them here in the U.S. when I was growing up, and now at the shows I only see an occasional solitary figure, never a complete set. And hence they are always quite pricey.
In any event, Merry Christmas to our British cousins (Darren Hatley, Brian McIver, Brian Carrick, Les White, Peter Cole — it seems I’m leaving out at least one other English collector who appears on this site from time to time) from your American cousins.
And Merry Christmas to our fellow German, French, Canadian, and Russian collectors who also join us here from time to time.
Pictures of the Marx 6″ figures can be viewed on Eric Johns website Marx Wild West.
Of all the 6″ sets I liked the Japanese the best, I still remember the feeling when I saw them for the first time. I thought they were the coolest thing ever.
All the 6 inch Marx figures were great – and I had a bunch, from GIs to Universal monsters. My personal favorites were the knights. Imagine an army of them on the floor going up against the equally splendid Vikings. Just the thought of that makes me feel 10 years old again!
I had a lot of 6″ figures, the Americans, Germans, Japanese, Russians, Cavemen, Vikings, none of them touched me like the Japanese set did, I took them home and studied them for like an hour without even playing with them.
Does anyone know which 6″ figures are in re-issue and who sells them?
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Willie Forrester had a lot of them at one time, not sure if he still does. He had The Germans and the Russians, a lot of others you can get from Mexico, just search Marx of Mexico on E-Bay.
The caveman and viking as well others molds end in former Soviet Union still reissued by 90s .
Many sets could be bough still at ebay from Russian and Ukraine sellers .
Thanks. There were some blue russians reissued out of mexico at one time. They were very brittle. I have some original 6″ Vikings in the flat green color . They still have the original price stickers on them – 10 cents each!
I remember buying a Marx Miniature Charge of the Light Brigade, $4.99. The 6 inch figures were 39 cents here at Wolworths. Man, that was a great store, sorry to see them go.
Woolworths probably could have survived if they had added pharmacies to their stores. The giant drugstores such as Walgreens and CVS took off after Woolworths closed. Now Footlocker owns the name but sits on it.
Woolworth made several mistakes one was they had started a series of stores called Woolco. It was like Walmart’s but they discontinued the business. It was thestart of the end of the company.
hi Paul,
Brian already gave you the correct info. like the military show rider, the civilian show rider has the mounting hole in his chest, and the corresponding pin is on the horse’s mane. less squeamish than the pin and hole combo of the regular Deetail figures in the rider’s…uh…seat.
there is also a Deetail horse and red-jacketed female rider combo leaping a fence. see ebay item 173047333260.
i like to buy these horses when i can find them loose, and use them as alternate mounts for my deetail acw/7th cavalry.
there were also a number of other civilian riding poses in the herald(?) line. see ebay 391946611130.
merry Christmas to all.
I like the figure. It has been awhile since I have found something from Britains for the collection.
John Stengal had all but one of the 6 inch French for sale at the Chicago show this year. They were from his dad’s private collection.
Yeah, he was selling a lot of things from his Dad’s collection.
As add on on Admin correct correction of wrong named by other on Spain figures I like add few information .
PH =Pech Hermanos was a very varied set/figures set makers but for short run unfortunately company. As I stated before in other post regarding history of this company in this forum and also reason back their many Tarzan depiction(6 poses plus Jane and boy )Some reissued by BUM in 1996 from Former Oliver company that by 1978 had acquired all PH molds .
PH did produced 12 pirates poses was a mix set done in two times and part is base in book then film the treasure island ,many figure indicating the charters from Book and film from Disney .Such John Silver and boys plus others .The pose with banner originally was not made as a boy and listed as pose number P-12 from sale catalog 1961 to 1966 indicating by spaniard standart pose mold order the last pose of set made of three plate(4 poses each mold sets).The pose was not intended to have a banner first and instead it was to be holding from ship rope intended to be sold and realized by (Artesanias SA that produced many wood forts and castles for PH,REAMSA and Jecsan in early 50s till mid 650s when forts and castles become all plastic.)
The pose was THEN sold pack in case in a set of of wood raft with pose #8 that for some odd not explicable reason was not pose (P11 John Silver ).The pose in question was then used intentional depicting the boy Jim in raft with the other pose(8) and is base in almost final scenes of book when Silver use Jim to escape back to ship along with part of treasure after keeling others and taking Ben made build raft that he intend to use to leave island .That is when banner wired pole was add to figure pose.
The boy is more correct represented as a in book in pose number 9 also in same set in a more small children pose with an anchor ship hook with left hand over it and also a knife.
The entire set is very interesting and done in early flexible rubber then later grade rubber/PVC type plastic till production end by PH,the set was never released under Oliver when they took over on PH molds but did come to light in a 4 poses partial set under BUM who rented part of molds to Oliver in 1988-1998.(Again as I had indicated before typical Spaniard molds of set have from 2 to 4 poses maximum in most main production and that reason BUM test market using only part of original larger set.
I had submitted catalog pictures from my two catalog of PH to admin to show the poses and way sold.
The main maker of sheppard nativity figures in sets were PUIG,PUCHOL and Oliver of what I owe a vast personal collection I had post with photos in many Spaniards and french -Italian blogs as well. And have their many sale catalog also to easy identify every single pose.
Pech Hermano did few sets of early nativity figures but not their main production as soon they change over to military series sets
It is very important emphasis that most factories of militarist and toy soldiers toy never produced nativity sets with Sheppard or else in SPAIN. Texido was not a maker of nativity and sheppard figures AT ALL and they produce metal-lead soldiers-figures since 1895 till 60s when change to rubber and produced many military figures as well farmers and bullfighter sets till 1975.
Yet Texido Was first spaniard brand to introduce swivel arms in rubber figures in 1952
Founder Agustin Teixido was the founder and owner x many years .Most figures from Texido are derivative direct from many same exact did in lead -metal sets;same way Timpo and many French brand did as well too.Curious too Texido was first introduce a plastic motorcycle military sidecar spain civil war era model as well and i own one of it .
It is understanding many will not recognized and often mis identify PECH HERMANOS figures in magazines and blogs as I had noticed because factory stop short producing and barely exported outside Spain as opposite to Reamsa,Jecsan,Comansi,but to assume is not acceptable in identification in my opinion.
Thanks To J-Herminia and other Spaniard books as well blogs and my original many brand catalog I had found way to identify most Spaniard produced figures from all their brands way more easy .I also got hand and become familiar in many old Spaniards figures and full set as child-via priest friends from Spain that often bring to me and I still conserve very well
Last the PH Aztecs(not a “A-American (Peruvian)”!!! as other called it .Are extremely rare find today and high priced .
There is a question as to why PH did not produce other poses and else for same set ,apparently is involved in popularity sale or stop production of company but not my assumption neither theory only what i had red please.So far other doing these era figures was Reamsa and a rare very extremely rare conquest early Caribbean charter historical era set that admin(Paul Stadinger) owed till today and extremely hard to see made by obscure Spain maker.a real treasure one day i wish find -own as well.
I like add that i’m very close friend of main toy soldier Spaniards collectors and book writers and every time I need reference or data ask then for information before assume or say any as well they have my supports in responses.
All in behalf to expand information to hobby is my main interest.
My thoughts.
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Good day! Tell me, do You have sales figures toy soldiers Marx, a height of 6 inches? Interested in the original.
I do not have any 6 inch figures for sale at this time. If someone has any for sale I wll pass you his email.