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Monday, November 3, 2025
Monday, October 6, 2025
Cave Finds: Marx Training Center Metallic Blue Accessories - Pt 4 (Final) 30cal MG on Tripod
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Cave Finds: Marx Training Center Metallic Blue Accessories - Pt 3 Non-firing 50cal Water Cooled MG on Tripod
Marx made two versions of the 50cal machine gun: a larger firing version, and this smaller non-firing version. The firing gun came in silver and OD HP while the non-firing guns came in silver, olive green, and metallic blue SP. There may have been an olive drab or brown version as well - that needs to be verified.
Ed
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Cave Finds: Marx Training Center Metallic Blue Accessories - Pt 2 Recoilless Rifle on Tripod
The recoilless rifle looks awfully big when next to Marx's 45mm figures but they were in fact a rather large-ish weapon. Marx's version appears to be the M20 which didn't become common until 1945.
Ed
Friday, October 3, 2025
Cave Finds: Marx Training Center Metallic Blue Accessories - Pt 1
Along with the plethora of figures I found out in The Cave, there were a bunch of metallic blue accessories in the same box. This comes just a couple of weeks after a friend sent me a couple of blue pieces I didn't realize I already had! DOH! Sorry Billy!
These would have been in early Training Center playsets and I believe represent all of the metallic blue accessories Marx produced. Let me know if you know of any more (did they do the office furniture in metallic blue???).
Here's the rundown:
- Pup tent
-Garbage cans
-Rifle stack
-Bazooka
-Recoilless rifle on tripod
-50cal water-cooled machine gun on tripod
-30cal machine gun on tripod
Ed