Erie once was a toy capital of the world, with more "elves" making toys than in Santa's North Pole workshop. Model trains, Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots and other treasured toys were made at Marx Toys ...

Yes, there is. Or there was. Santa was Louis Marx, a chubby, cigar-chomping captain of industry who created the Marx toy company, once the largest manufacturer of toys in the world. With his wife, ...

In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. In the 1950s, Louis Marx and Company began producing elaborate plastic playsets. Marx capitalized on the popularity of ...

Q: I have a Roy Rogers Ranch Set, Marx No. 3979-3980. Everything is new. It has been opened but never bent into shape and assembled. Is this a common item or scarce piece? What is its value? J.L., ...

MOUNDSVILLE -When visitors open the door to an unassuming building on a quiet street in Moundsville, they enter into an alternative universe, populated by an amazing array of toys from playtimes past ...

The last gift my wife had for me under our tree this past Christmas took me back in time. The big box she’d carefully wrapped held an original “Fort Apache” playset, not much worse for wear than when ...

This is vintage 1930's Dump Truck model truck produced by the company Marx Wyandotte or Marx Toys. The wheels had to be remade, also the labels. Please watch till the end to see this rare dump truck ...

The 2015 Hanukkah and Christmas holidays have passed as have the sales of decorations and leftover toys. Shelves are now filled with Valentine items and candy for the next holiday. Back in the 1950s, ...

MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. – He has never set foot in the Pentagon, but Francis Turner is America’s most powerful and experienced military commander. He led both the American and German armies at Normandy; ...