The Guns (1950s and 1960s-Japan)
(Click on the photo or titles below to learn more about each series.)
Early Japan "Collector's Series" (1950s)
  • Single gun elastic banded to card.
  • "Japan" appears under Marx logo
  • Orange wood grain frame around a green field.
  • "Collector's Series" on gold plaque on top run of frame.
  • "A Marx Miniature" text in various position on card
  • "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?" across the bottom of the cards.
  • Guns smaller than later Collector's Series made in USA 
"A Marx Miniature" Black Triangle Series (1950s)
  • "A Marx Miniature" in a black triangle on various graphics
  • "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?" across the bottom of the cards.
  • Marx logo contains "Made in Japan"
  • "A Marx Miniature" six shooter variations (1950s-1960s)
    • There are many versions of the card for the Six Shooter
    •  Made in Japan and the USA
    • ?Other guns in these series?
    "Line-Mar" Guns Japan (1950s)
    • Made in Japan
    • "One of the many Linemar toys, have you all of them?" across the bottom of the cards.
    • "Linemar Best by far"

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