Toy Legacy
Some popular Marx tooling is still used today to produce toys and trains. A company called Marx Trains, Inc. produced lithographed tin trains, both of original design and based on former Louis Marx patterns. Plastic O scale train cars and scenery using former Marx molds, are now marketed under the 'K-Line by Lionel' brand name. Model Power produces HO scale trains from old Marx molds. The Big Wheel rolls on, as a property of Alpha International, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), which has now been acquired by J. Lloyd International, Inc. also of Cedar Rapids. Mattel reintroduced Rock'em Sock'em Robots around 2000 (albeit, at a smaller size than the original). Marx's toy soldiers and other plastic figures are in constant production today in China for the North American market and are mostly targeted at collectors, although they sometimes appear on the general consumer market, particularly in dollar stores.
The Marx company name itself has changed hands numerous times as well. However, despite the similar name, none of the Marx-branded companies of today can claim a direct lineage to the original Louis Marx and Company.
Original Marx toys of all types — whether made of metal or plastic — are highly regarded, and actively sought by collectors all over the world today.
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