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Z Zeta Member Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 2105	Z Zeta Posted posted on Mon, Jan 4, 2010 9:48 AM I collect them and I found no post about them in TC so... I specially like the Mexican repros. made by PlastiMarx. I'll upload some pictures of my collection latter... Meanwhile,please post yours! Share your stories about them! Who really made de original scupltures? Did they came in some kind of bag or plastic blister? Nutty Mads From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Donald the Demon Nutty Mads were popular monochromatic, injection-molded polymer plastic toy figures originally manufactured in 1963-1964 by the Marx Toy Company. Comically grotesque and minutely detailed, the series was likely inspired by the stylized Kustom Kulture art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (whose bizarre Rat Fink character was being licensed by Revell for hot rod model kits at the time), and the vivid comic graphics of cartoonist Basil Wolverton. The figures were reportedly based on original designs created by veteran Mad Magazine cartoonist Jack Davis. Approximately 6 inches tall, the figures originally sold in five and dime stores like Woolworth's for 15 cents apiece. Each figure was available in a variety of different colors; the value and collectibility of these vintage toys is determined by the scarcity of the figure and color, as well as the overall condition. (The third series is the hardest to find, and usually the most expensive.) Their popularity spawned many copycats, including Weird-Ohs, Blame-Its and Nutty Generals, (all of which were also produced by Marx.) Marx manufactured other toys based on the Nutty Mad characters as well, including battery-operated tin toys, wind-up toys, water pistols, a tabletop pinball game, and even a bagatelle-style target game. In the 1980s, a company in Mexico began producing copies from the original molds. These are usually (but not always) a cream color, do not carry the Marx copyright on the bottom, and are worth considerably less than the originals. A cool article with more info about them: http://cravenlovelace.com/cravenblog/2008/08/nutty-mad-men/

I collect them and I found no post about them in TC so... I specially like the Mexican repros. made by PlastiMarx. I'll upload some pictures of my collection latter... Meanwhile,please post yours! Share your stories about them!
Who really made de original scupltures? Did they came in some kind of bag or plastic blister?

Nutty Mads
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Jump to: navigation, search
Donald the Demon

Nutty Mads were popular monochromatic, injection-molded polymer plastic toy figures originally manufactured in 1963-1964 by the Marx Toy Company. Comically grotesque and minutely detailed, the series was likely inspired by the stylized Kustom Kulture art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (whose bizarre Rat Fink character was being licensed by Revell for hot rod model kits at the time), and the vivid comic graphics of cartoonist Basil Wolverton. The figures were reportedly based on original designs created by veteran Mad Magazine cartoonist Jack Davis.

Approximately 6 inches tall, the figures originally sold in five and dime stores like Woolworth's for 15 cents apiece. Each figure was available in a variety of different colors; the value and collectibility of these vintage toys is determined by the scarcity of the figure and color, as well as the overall condition. (The third series is the hardest to find, and usually the most expensive.) Their popularity spawned many copycats, including Weird-Ohs, Blame-Its and Nutty Generals, (all of which were also produced by Marx.) Marx manufactured other toys based on the Nutty Mad characters as well, including battery-operated tin toys, wind-up toys, water pistols, a tabletop pinball game, and even a bagatelle-style target game.

In the 1980s, a company in Mexico began producing copies from the original molds. These are usually (but not always) a cream color, do not carry the Marx copyright on the bottom, and are worth considerably less than the originals.

A cool article with more info about them: http://cravenlovelace.com/cravenblog/2008/08/nutty-mad-men/

Post #502222 by Zeta on Mon, Jan 4, 2010 9:48 AM