Auction Name: 2026 February 15 Action Figures & Toys Showcase Extended Bidding Auction

Lot Number: 89027

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/49184*89027

Marx 12" Action Figures Lot of 6 Featuring Vikings, Knights, & More - Open Boxes (Marx, 1965-70). During the 1960s, Marx stood at the forefront of American action figure innovation, offering large-scale figures that blended historical fantasy, adventure fiction, and Cold War intrigue into a unified play philosophy. This lot brings together several of the company's most recognizable 12-inch releases, spanning espionage with Mike Hazard: Double Agent, frontier mythology with Daniel Boone, and medieval heroics through the Knights and Vikings lines. Figures like Brave Erik the Viking and the Noble Knight series exemplify Marx's commitment to versatility and imagination, designed to cross genres and eras without strict narrative boundaries. Together, these characters reflect a time when action figures were meant to populate entire worlds, allowing knights, spies, and frontiersmen to take the lead in childhood storytelling. Condition across the lot reflects heavy wear to the packaging overall, with variation from box to box. The edges and corners show extensive scuffing, dents, tearing, and crushing, with many box lids exhibiting torn corners; some interior lid repairs were attempted with tape, though much of that tape has since lifted or failed. The box faces display pronounced surface wear, including scuffing, creasing, veining, foxing, and areas of tape residue, with the Gold Knight box additionally showing writing at the top. The figures themselves appear largely complete and display only minimal signs of wear consistent with age and handling, with the notable exception of Daniel Boone, whose right arm has become detached. For collectors of vintage Marx figures, lots like this capture the full breadth of the company's mid-century ambition, where scale, durability, and imaginative scope mattered more than strict screen accuracy. The juxtaposition of genres highlights why Marx figures remain so evocative; they were designed to endure play while still commanding shelf presence decades later. Open-box examples with intact accessories and strong visual presence are increasingly difficult to assemble individually. This grouping offers a rare opportunity to secure a cross-section of Marx's most iconic 12-inch characters in one acquisition, a ready-made snapshot of an era when adventure came in many forms, all standing a foot tall.

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