Rex Mars Planet Patrol Sparkling Space Tank
Clockwork Space Toy
1953 (manufactured)
1953 (manufactured)
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This clockwork toy is made from printed and pressed mild steel with two driving wheels and one steering wheel which changes the direction of travel at random. There is a sniper figure which pops out of the top to fire. If fitted with a flint, a noise and sparks would be made. The box is blue and red cardboard, printed with the title, an illustration and and Louis Marx and Company Ltd., 200 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Rex Mars Planet Patrol Sparkling Space Tank (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pressed mild steel, printed |
| Brief description | Boxed metal vehicle, Sparkling Space Tank, made in the USA by Louis Marx & Co Ltd in the early 1950s |
| Physical description | This clockwork toy is made from printed and pressed mild steel with two driving wheels and one steering wheel which changes the direction of travel at random. There is a sniper figure which pops out of the top to fire. If fitted with a flint, a noise and sparks would be made. The box is blue and red cardboard, printed with the title, an illustration and and Louis Marx and Company Ltd., 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | Purchased at Sotheby's in 1978, along with MISC.20, 21, 22-1978 [77/1309] |
| Production | This toy was an updated version of an earlier vehicle produced by Marx (see MISC.20-1978) |
| Associated object | misc.20-1978 (Version) |
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| Accession number | MISC.19&A-1978 |
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| Record created | January 26, 2004 |
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