Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX Presidents (Part 4)

Here's a collection of nobody's favorite Presidents, the guys who occupied the White House between 1909 and 1933. As usual, the more colorful of each pair was handpainted by "artists" in Hong Kong.

    

Below, as a special attraction, we present old Woodrow as painted by a real artist, The Right Reverend Cap'n Bob Napier:

Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX Presidents (Part 3)

If this doesn't satisfy your patriotic appetite, our first batch of dead Presidents is HERE and the second HERE. I could have titled this post Forgotten Presidents if not for old Teddy down at the bottom. Some of these guys are so forgotten I couldn't even remember their first names. One I did not have that problem with is Chester Arthur, because I once named a cat after him. (Well, actually I named the cat after Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf, who was named after the prez. That's almost the same, isn't it?) Did you know that one of these dudes served two non-consecutive terms? I know it now because it said so on the back of his figure's base. Collecting toy soldiers has redeeming educational value.

More Toy Soldiers HERE.

Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX PRESIDENTS (Part 2)

The Marx parade of Presidents marches on . . .

More Toy Soldiers (including our first nine Chief Execs) HERE.

Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX PRESIDENTS (Part 1)

Sometime in the '50s, Marx issued a great set of Presidents (up through Eisenhower) done in white plastic to resemble marble statues. I got mine (at a flea market some years back) in a box with a plastic build-it-yourself White House. 

In the '60s, I believe, Marx followed up with the painted versions. These were made of cheaper white plastic and hand-painted by "artists," probably sweat-shoppers in Japan or Hong Kong. Surprisingly, the color figures look pretty good in these pics. In person they look cheap and sloppy, especially next to the classy originals. 

Old John Quincy Adams looks sort of lonely here. The painted version of him was not in the box with the others, and I can only guess he's out philandering with an intern (or maybe the Ideal princess or Tim-Mee WAC seen previously in this space). 

More (but less Presidential) Toy Soldiers HERE.