From The Dinosaur Collector
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Retro Classic Cretaceous Judith River Group Dinosaurs of the 1950's and 60's |
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The Yale mural painted by Zallinger for the Peabody Museum does not reflect the current popular view of Mesozoic life but it has certainly influenced the public view of dinosaurs to the present day. Marx gave Zallinger?s work a 3 dimensional life. Like Zallingers mural the Marx figures and their followers are silent and unmoving designating their place in time (it is stamped onto the Marx figures while the mural shows it to us by the position in the relentless march right to left from the Carboniferous birth to late Cretaceous doom ). You always felt that the Mural was teaching you something just as the figures taught you by having the names and lengths stamped on them. Anyone familiar with the Marx toy line cannot fail to notice a similarity in subject matter between Marx and Zallinger. Three decades of children and their parents had their knowledge of dinosaurs primarily from Marx and his competitors Miller and MPC. Marx produced 19 Mesozoic and Paleozoic figures 14 of whom are in the Zallinger mural.
Knock offs, Recasts and Marx ghosts are still relatively common. Mostly
made in China. The JA RU figures being most wide spread. They
imitate Marx, MPC and Inpro figures but also produce original figures in the
Marx style. The production quality is low but still with a little
attention they can make attractive custom pieces. The biggest change is
that high end companies paint their figures and there is often more attention
to scale.
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Zallinger and Charles Knight are the best known paleo artists of the 50's and 60's. The toys of the time reflect their art. Zallinger did not show the Cretaceous of Judith River in his mural
but they show up in his book illustrations. Marx acknowledged the Judith River faun with
Styracosaurus and Parasaurolophus. ROM (Royal Ontario Museum ) high
lighted the Judith River with its series of dinosaur figures in the Marx style.
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Recast Marx Struthiomimus custom PHOTO AND ART WORK BY....Fred R Hinojosa".. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recast Marx Parasaurolophus custom PHOTO AND ART WORK BY....Fred R Hinojosa". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recast Marx Styracosaurus custom PHOTO AND ART WORK BY....Fred R Hinojosa".. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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