Now! 50% bigger! Over the years new sets have surfaced, a few typos appeared, and bigger photos were made. Features Full Color photo pages of sets laid out to show contents or displayed diorama style, original vintage ads, vintage boxes, never before shown Marx factory displays and original documents, plus More in depth contents lists to make this the only fantastic, authoritative reference guide to Every Fort Apache Playset made by Marx. 

 MARX FORT APACHE: KING OF PLAYSETS

  • Brand New! Same Low Price!
  • The "ULTIMATE VERSION" 
  • 157 pages
  • 3RD EDITION! ISBN 979-8-21-733443

MARX FORT APACHE

King of Playsets – Ultimate!

Exciting new ULTIMATE Fort Apache, The King of Playsets! This Christmas favorite and came in an illustrated carton with big plastic fort, Indians and Calvary or Pioneers, log cabin or Headquarters, cannon, horses and many other accessories -- This book covers every Fort Apache playset known, with special sections for TV’s Rin Tin Tin set, the Cheerios set, and other popular versions with insight from the world's best authorities and the publishers of Playset Magazine.

Ultimate Edition - 50% Larger – Now over 150 pages but same price

More photos than ever! New! Now 2 pages of contents (double the original)

 

The exciting and definitive story of the greatest toy of the 1950's and 1960's -- Marx Fort Apache!

  • Authoritative text on every set
  • Mint in Box Contents Lists
  • Expands coverage of many sets

New! Adds previously unrecorded sets made for small retailers

  •  Adds Carry All coverage
  • Adds Giant set coverage with lots more photos!
  • Adds new sets of the 1960’s like the No. 3683 “Cavalry Post” set
  • Many other updates and improvements throughout
  • For those who own previous edition  Free Updates posted online www.playsetmagazine.com

BONUS! NEW 'wrap-up' page recapping 'SETS WITH WAGONS -- SETS WITH BLOCKHOUSE OVER GATE -- Sets With Falling Horse & Riders, more! Great quick guide

-           ** Note: Two different covers are available for Soft and Deluxe Hard Cover editions **

 -          Get answers from the men who actually designed the set, profusely illustrated with 100's of spectacular full color photos (some two pages wide!) of displays of mint sets, boxes, figure groups, contents lists, instruction sheets and more.

 -          This is a fun read taking you from the release of the John Wayne movie Fort Apache, through the first sets, the Giant sets of the 60's, and beyond. By the publishers of Playset Magazine which concentrates on vintage Marx toys of the atomic era and beyond

Spectacular photos and detailed text tell for the first time the exciting complete history of the Marx Fort Apache vintage toy play set, one of the most popular toys in history. Its many versions have confused enthusiasts and collectors for years now detailed with dioramas, mint sets, exact contents listings, instructions, boxes, and factory records, plus hear from the Marx men who designed the sets. Plus vintage ads from the 50's and 60's Features every Fort Apache set Louis Marx & Co. made from the earliest Stockades through the giant sets of the 1960's until the end of the company in 1982. 

Savor 100's of lustrous detailed photos of three decades of forts, cannon, horses and figures, from the earliest pioneers and Indians through every revision and the conversion to cavalry and Indians. Special sections detail the most popular era of 1959 - 1963, TV's Rin Tin Tin special sets, Famous American sets, and "lost" unnumbered sets.  Exacting information and entertainment with spectacular color photos throughout by author/photographer Rusty Kern and the Editor Kathy Kern, from the publishers of Playset

DVD FORT APACHE PLAYSETS also available on eBay with fast moving narrative, shows many sets being set up or opened in mint condition, filmed on location where the movie was made, 1 hr color stereo