Louis Marx Frankenstein robot - Raymond Castile's Basement of Horror - S5, Ep.6
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Louis Marx Co. battery operated Frankenstein robot from 1963. Perhaps the most iconic monster toy of all time.
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Great video, Raymond. The Frankenstein robot and it’s box have a great vintage 60’s appearance.
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Fantastic Frankenstein! Love him!
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I love how long these videos are and that there's no background music. I have your videos on repeat because they help me relax. Thank you. Keep up the great work!
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Most "monster collectors" LOVE using bad modern heavy metal music in their videos. You know- the "Cookie Monster Vocals" type . LOL
Wonderful Marx Frankenstein 's monster. Definitely a Holy Grail.
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Ray castile is absolutely magnificent, the frankenstein robot episode of course is without a doubt my very favorite episode because I have been obsessed with the frankenstein monster since I was a child. The knowledge of Ray Castile is amazing I just love to watch this man I really wish one day to you. Thank you David Q.
Thank you! It's certainly one of the most iconic monster toys of all time, maybe the most iconic.
awesome toy raymond
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Raymond Castille is just the best.
Great show, I could keep you on and listen all day.
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WOW! that is a HELL of a piece. Great toy. At this stage , its a perfect display . The giant version is SWEET. I also remember the episode with the toy. Funny stuff....
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Thanks, Ray! Highly enjoyable! I’d love to have that box art blown up to life size on my wall!
Thank you! It would make a great poster!
Terrific toy. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for doing the video and going into detail, always interesting, be safe, fist bump from Scotland :)
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@@RaymondCastile Thanks Raymond, I'll let Nessie know her Egyptian friend said hello, you and kittie cat keep safe and thanks for doing the videos :) ua-cam.com/video/iuvPpCMgA9U/v-deo.html
Amazing Toy! Never seen one up close like that and the box is a work of art,
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You have an impressive example of the iconic Marx Frankenstein Robot. The original box is gorgeous. I've been shopping for one of these for years, but due to the price I never pulled the trigger. I've mostly tapped out on it, but as long as we draw breath you never know... Very interesting and instructive video!
I checked the Sears Christmas catalog pages, and the 1963 edition is the only one with the Marx Frankenstein Robot. By '64 the fashionable trends were Marx playsets, Remco Hamilton's Invaders, Hasbro G.I. Joe, and other things. So, the fact that this toy was only widely advertised for one year helps explain its scarcity and some of the mystique surrounding it.
Thank you! I bet this toy was available in stores longer than one year. It might have only been produced for one year, but toys often lingered in stores for years and years back then. There wasn't nearly the kind of turn around there is today.
That looks really cool. Thanks for the video Raymond, keep up the great work!
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love when you bring out the gloves!
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You have a wonderful show. I never seen a channel deep dive on memorabilia like you do. For a week now I been checking out all your seasons, and damn your collection is impressive. In my head head your basement turns into a huge warehouse, and your black cat is driving a forklift. He drives the forklift to organize your collection, and he keeps feeding you boxes so your show runs smoothly.
That’s how I imagine your operation working.
Thank you! I love your incredible fantasy vision of my basement! Billy does keep things running smoothly, just as Stinker did before him.
I haven't delved into this A.I. art that everyone is so fascinated by, mostly because I am worried about data mining. But I am tempted to get into it just so I can create this image of my basement operation, with Billy driving a forklift.
Great video Raymond. As I mentioned on one of your previous posts, I had the Frankenstein robot as a kid. This would have been back in 1963/4 when I was 8 or 9 years old. Regarding the different colour shoes/boots, I read somewhere, that it was down to costs with regards to the colour? I guess they had to make up a new batch of brown paint just for the boots. Whether there's any truth to that, who knows. Mine was black booted. Nobody seems to know for sure which colour came first.
I also had at least 8 of the Aurora models too. The Hunchback and Dr Jekyll were faves, as they both had lots of extra bits n' bobs to them. For some reason or other, I don't think I had the Frankenstein model.
As a kid, I had every Aurora monster kit except the witch and Bride of Frankenstein. I still have several of my childhood Aurora kits, but they are busted up, except for my Hunchback. I restored him.
@@RaymondCastile I also had the Aurora Chamber of Horrors Guillotine model.
Great video and a very cool robot I also remember having the Aurora glow in the dark Frankenstein along with all of the monsters I believe.
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I believe there is a silicone lubricant spray that can be used for the plastic gears and parts. I know I have done some restoration and found the hardened white grease. A little heat sometimes frees the gears up also. Anyway super cool!
Thank you! I wouldn't trust myself to do any maintenance on a Marx robot. And I don't know that mine needs any maintenance. I'm just not going to take a chance and find out.
Nice one , every time you do one of these videos I jump to the comments hoping someone has found one of the items that they never knew was valuable or rare . Also , any reason to rewatch a Munsters episode is always appreciated . Thanks Raymond for the information and entertainment , Tom
Thank you! I think the word is out on this toy. And I show a lot of toys that are not valuable or rare. I try to alternate between rare and common, expensive and cheap. A little something for everyone.
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i like the gloves, what are they made of? Thats a good idea, the oils on our hands are not friends to out collectibles
Thank you! They are just cotton gloves. I have a bag of them, but I'm still using the same pair I started using on the show years ago. A book collector friend of mine told me that you should not use gloves on books and other paper collectibles. The fibers in the gloves actually damage the fibers in the paper.
The vacuform plaques would be more expensive and rare than the Marx robot. But, this is certainly up there with the best of them.
I think this robot is the symbol of monster toy collecting. It's not my favorite toy...that would be the AHI Creature. But it's the most iconic monster toy ever made. There are a lot of toys that are rarer and more expensive, including the plaques. But the plaques are much more esoteric and obscure. A mint, complete, sealed MPC Haunted Hulk would be rarer and more expensive, but also more niche. Heck, my favorite toy, a carded AHI Creature, is 10 times rarer and significantly more expensive than a boxed Marx Frank...but again...it's not as iconic.
The Frankenstein head speaker is up there in rarity. I just don’t care for that personally. The box art on this robot is epic imo. I never had this as a kid, even though I was 7 years old by 1963. I recently acquired 3 of the plaques. Frankenstein, Wolfman & the Mummy. Can’t remember if I had any as a kid, but if I had to guess, I would say no. If I had to say what I feel are the most iconic monster toys from the 60’s, I’m going with the Aurora monster models. I didn’t know any kid that didn’t have at least one of them, and usually the entire line of monsters. Anyway, nice video! I think I may have to seriously consider tracking one of these down, it’s just that cool!
Got one ,bought a robot Franky a few yrs back w box price was really fare ,it works really well and l hav the 60’s Marx Franky windup one as well w box and it works to, l wanted one for yrs in my collection and l finally gave in
Good decision! If you really want a collectible, better to get one than spend years wanting one (as the price continues to climb).
I had one in 1963 but it had brown shoes.
I'm just wondering if there ever was a wireless version like they show on The Munsters
No. I'm sure everyone would know if something like that existed. A wireless version of this toy would have been quite ahead of its time.
@@RaymondCastile The Munsters either had a custom made robot or that effects team did excellent work. I can't see any wire at all.
I have a clean version of that episode of the Munsters you can see a very fine wire going to the robot and it was just to make it walk … I had one these robots
in the early sixties when it came out I was wondering where it went one day only to find out that my sister tossed it in the garbage … my happiness wasn’t hers …. :-( I was fortunate to have gotten one on EBay for an incredible price with a repro box …. And it works … “It’s alive”!!!!! The Frankenstein Robot was also in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents “The Magic Shop”
@@TheCaveStudioFilms What do you mean by clean version. And at what moment is the wire seen, and to what part of the toy is the wire connected. I can't see the wire at all. As for your sister. Did she toss your Frankenstein in the garbage out of fear or meanness. I'm glad you found a replacement.
@@louisborselio8608 Hi Louis Thanks for the reply I bought the Munster series on iTunes you can see a very thin wire attached to the back of in the same spot that the controller wire was attached super thin but it’s there the scene is just the robot walking from behind the couch so I guess they attached a wire just needed to make the legs move… I’ll see if I could get a screen capture of it .
As far as my sister just a another miserable person picking on a four year happy kid that was into music and monsters…. All that aside I’m still happy and she’s still miserable… 😜
Thanks for putting out this video of a gem of king of all monster robots..❤️👍🏻
it looks like it was modeled off the Glenn Strange monster.
The plastic windup one’s are found w broken fingers
Good to know.
100% Correct: Monster & Science Fiction toys have an audience that back pedals on older toys . Younger audiences like SELECT older toys . NOT so for things like cowboy toys from the 1950s ! Or something like Howdy Doody . You HAD to be there . Just like young record and music collectors will go back to the Beatles , but NOT doo-wop music. Even Elvis is not very popular w/ younger collectors .
is $1,499.99 A good price for one
Yes. One without a box and with some of the functions not working just sold for almost $2,000.
@@RaymondCastile imagine stumbling on a warehouse of them new still in shipping boxes! wouldnt that be awesome
e bay has one for $1,075.00
That one has a lot of issues. There's another listed for $1,600 with a repro box, and it also has a lot of issues. I wouldn't recommend either of those, based on what I see in the listings.
Look at the sold auctions. Wow.
I LOVE eBay sellers that only reveal the REPRODUCTION BOX in tiny letters at the bottom of the listing @@RaymondCastile