Multiple Toymakers No 1233 Castle Attack Playset - U.S.

I hate it when this happens. So last year I was out in The Cave trying to make sense of the mayhem out there and in particular was looking for my Multiple Toymakers Castle Attack playset.  For the life of me I just couldn't find it, however I did happen upon a similar set in fleaBay - one made for distribution in Canada. The price was decent and because it was an interesting variation I went ahead and bought it. It was posted here on the blog back in December 2021.  Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago and I'm back out in The Cave and this time doing a box-by-box, shelf-by-shelf, drawer-by-drawer inventory and guess what? Yup, I found that Castle Attack playset I was looking for last year. It was in a drawer, underneath bags of miscellaneous knights!!! Soooo here it is now in all its glory. I photographed the set exactly as I received it (it's missing one of the giant crossbows - I do have an extra out in The Cave though), but appears to be complete otherwise.  Enjoy! Opa Fritz

The set has a nice compliment of 34 knights in three colors along with two horses. They're classified as 40mm but when I place my ruler next to them, they're closer to 45mm! go figure. This set shot only shows one giant crossbow but I do have an extra out in The Cave to flesh out the set.

Multiple Toymakers No 1233 Castle Attack Playset - Canada (1964)

From 1964 comes this nice Castle Attack Playset from Multiple Industries. This set was, more than likely, meant for export to Canada. The box art displays a rather hastily applied overprint in French and the instruction sheet is bi-lingual. The castle measures 14" (35.56cm) W  x 6 1/2" (16.51cm) D x 5 1/4" (13.33cm) H. My set included thirty 40mm figures in black (12), red (10), and silver (8) with two silver horses. Accessories inlcude:

2 assault breastworks (green)

2 crossbows (the gray/black unit is original to the set, the silver one I added to the set to make it more complete)

4 scaling ladders (green)

The green accessories are unique to Canadian exports from what I gather.

Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Multiple Toymakers No. 1723 Carry Case Castle (1969)

From 1969, here's another soft-case carry-all from Multiple. This one is about twice the size of those being posted here before measuring: 

Closed: 13 1/2" (34.29cm) W x 11 1/4" (28.57cm) D

Open: 13 1/2" (34.29cm) W x 25 1/2" (64.77cm) D

with 3" (7.62cm) H walls

Unlike the other smaller totes being posted here on the blog, with their HO scale figures, this one is equipped with 40mm figures. My case had 10 red and 29 silver foot knights with 2 silver mounted knights and horses. Siege equipment included a blue tower, blue catapult with 14 blue 'stones', and a red crossbow with two arrows. The foot soldiers without bases were impossible to stand up on the wavy vinyl plastic of the case - the single biggest drawback to any soft case made by any manufacturer. The case itself is near mint but playing with the knights on it would mean gluing bases to their feet - always an option! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Marx Miniature Knights and Castle Playset - Pt 3

This final post for the Marx Miniature Knights and Castle playset includes the figures and accessories which came with the set.

My normal modus operandi is to take a series of photos for each individual pose, but quite frankly I jus didn't have time to do that. Perhaps I'll be able to do it sometime in the future. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

 I'm not sure how many of the little balls came with the set originally: 6? 8? I only have one. The Marx catapult was produced in a couple of different sizes for other castle playsets

I believe the original set came with six pine trees. In my box there was a broken stump and one lone piece to a sixth tree. I remember when I first broke into HO scale model railroading and ended up with a bunch these soft plastic modular trees. At the time they just looked too funky for scale model work and I quickly discarded them for more 'realistic' looking trees.