THE NINE U.S. PRESIDENTS
THAT MARX NEVER MADE
GERALD FORD, JIMMY CARTER, RONALD REAGAN, GEORGE BUSH, BILL CLINTON, GEORGE W. BUSH, BARACK OBAMA, DONALD TRUMP,
AND JOE BIDEN
9 Individually and Sequentially Numbered Figurines
This
listing is for a set of 9 hand-painted, injection molded plastic figurines of the 38th through 46th Presidents of the U.S., made to look like the 3 inch Marx Presidents
figurines of the 1950s and '60s.
Tens of thousands of
presidential figurines made by the Marx Toy Company were sold over the
years. Thousands of these vintage collectors items have appeared on
eBay as individual listings and in sets, with the most recent president
being Richard Nixon. Infrequently, the rare Ronald Reagan figure
appears (made when he was a candidate for president in 1968). Because
Marx was sold in 1972, they never made figurines of presidents Gerald
Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Starting in 2003, collector Patric M. Verrone
began producing figurines in the Marx tradition. Thousands of these new
figurines have been produced and have been featured in WIRED Magazine (www.wired.com/2009/10/st-verrone-futurama/) and The New Yorker (www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/a-comedy-writer-makes-trump-collectibles).
Like
the vintage Marx product, these figurines are each about 3 inches tall (60mm),
machine cast in plastic, and painted with enamel paint. The last name of the president appears on the front of the base. On the back of the base,
raised letters say the president's number and the years of his term. (The exception is Joe Biden - the back of that base is blank.) Unlike the Marx figurines, each
figurine is individually and sequentially numbered on a sticker on the
bottom of the base.
Elsewhere
in my eBay store, a display stand, figurines of President Richard Nixon, Vice President Kamala Harris, presidential candidates, Supreme Court
justices, and other Famous Americans designed in the Marx tradition are available by special order.