Marxman Bros. Creations and Best of the West Hospital

Howdy Fellow Marx Fans!

Welcome to the site. We hope you enjoy your stay.

After you've browsed around here, we'd like to invite you to visit the new Johnny West Collector Group.

We have a lot of fun and a lot of valuable information is shared there, as well. You'll find member submitted photo albums in the PHOTOS section of the site. Click around, there's lots to see! We'd love to have you join, be sure to say Noah sent ya!

If it's an auction you're in the mood for, maybe Terri or I have something on eBay you'd like to add to your collection.

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Looking for that special vintage figure? Like to own a copy of the only comprehensive resourse for Marx Action figures (or replace your worn out copy like I've had to do twice?). Haven’t picked up the NEW guide to JWA Johnny West figures? Then head on over to Tom Heaton's Vintage Toy Room ~!

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The following photos are of figures we've made for our own and other folk's collections. They are not for sale. To see the latest from Marxman, check out:

Marxman Bros. Creations - the home of Marx Toys Co., Inc.

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This first figure is a representation of the Marx prototype figure named simply The Ranch Hand. He was made from a vintage Johnny West body and a vintage Daniel Boone head that was flocked with "life-like" hair, just like Marx used.

Pictures and a brief history of the origin of the original prototype figure can be found in the "Encyclopedia Of Marx Action Figures" on pages 36 & 37.

The Ranch Hand

Colonel John Marlowe "The Horse Soldiers"

"THE HORSE SOLDIERS" 1959, John Ford's only attempt at tackling the subject of the Civil War, is based on Grierson's Raid, part of the Union's assault on Vicksburg in April 1863.

After a number of failed efforts at taking the Southern stronghold, Union leaders assign Colonel John Marlowe (John Wayne), a railroad designer in civilian life, to lead a cavalry detachment to destroy a vital railroad hub at Newton Station, far behind Confederate lines.

Marlowe's unit includes Major Kendall (William Holden), a cynical physician disgusted by the notion that there's glory in the carnage, and the politically ambitious Colonel Secord (Willis Bouchey).

Marlowe temporarily appropriates the plantation of Southerner Hannah Hunter (Constance Towers) while in transit and is forced to take her along, in lieu of killing her, after she overhears his plans for Newton Station.

As their journey continues, Marlowe realizes that he is much more interested in Hannah than in her political sympathies.

".... A film that delves beneath simplistic notions of heroism to reveal something more complicated, grisly, and real."