They mean that the item WAS produced at least during the dates listed. The dates listed DO NOT mean that those are the only dates an item was produced. a small selection of information that we will hopefully be able to add a good amount to as time allows in the future. It is unrealistic to say that there will ever be a complete and accurate database of production dates for all Marx Toys. This list is nowhere near complete. This is actually just the beginning calling it "the tip of the iceberg" would be an understatement. Imagine the eBay auction stating a Johnny West doll was from the 1950's, years before an "action figure" was even conceived! Hopefully some of this information listed here may help just a little. Misinformation runs rampant, especially on eBay and other internet markets, where people either make up their own dates or try to take a guess at what date an item appears to be from. It was also common practice to take parts from older toys and incorporate them with other old parts or new designs to make a "new" product (recycling at its' finest!). Many times the ingenius minds at Marx re-issued items periodically, and recycled older items with newer lithography or decoration. For example, there are some tin toys that were produced on and off for many years, and such toys are commonly thought to have only been produced for a few years or only in an early period, whereas some were produced for many more years after that. The following is a list of some toys that Marx produced and a sampling of dates of known production. I thought this might prove helpful to some people, as many times it is difficult to date an item, and the actual production years of many Marx Toys are confused.
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