Louis Marx and Company

Louis Marx and Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryToys and hobbies
Founded1919
Defunct1980
FateSold 1972, Liquidation 1980
SuccessorQuaker Oats, Dunbee-Combex-Marx
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Key people
Louis Marx (co-founder)
David Marx (co-founder)
ProductsLithographed tinplate, plastics, wood products

Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer in business from 1919 to 1980. They made many types of toys including tin toys, toy soldiers, toy guns, action figures, dolls, toy cars and model trains. Some of their notable toys are Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Big Wheel tricycles, Disney branded dollhouses and playsets based on TV shows like Gunsmoke. Its products were often imprinted with the slogan "One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?"