Marx Tin-litho Batt-Op F-86 Sabre

We've covered Sabre's a number of times here on Toys and Stuff and today we have yet another. I won't go into the Sabre history as that's been done here before but needless to say it was a very popular and famous warbird back in the day and it seemed as if nearly every toy maker produced at least one. This Marx version is the '50s version of a remote controlled toy. There is a battery compartment, which holds two D-cell batteries and attached by cord to the jet. Two buttons on the battery box allow the plane to go forwards or backwards. Not spectacular by today's standards but an awful lot of fun if you were a child of the Nifty '50s. I ended up with two of these. One has had the cord cut off so I used that one for the still photos. The other one is complete and fully functional. The jet measures 7' (17.8cm) L x 3" (7.6cm) H Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Haji Mansei Toys #FU-881 F-86D Sabre

Being a child of the '50s I'm constantly torn between tin-litho and plastic. As collectibles I like them both but clearly tin-litho is the most colorful of the two mediums and one I'm drawn to probably a little more. The tin-litho Cold War arsenal wouldn't be complete without a colorful jet like this in the hangar and what a nice example of '50s/'60s toymaking it is. Measuring 5 3/8" (13.7cm) L x 4 7/8" (12.4cm) wingspan x 2 1/4" 5.7cm) H, it follows the standard convention of having a detachable wing on which the friction motor is mounted. Enjoy!

Marx F-86 Sabre

The workhorse of American airpower during the Korean Conflict, the F-86 Sabre (also known as the Sabrejet) was the swept-wing adversary to Russia's MiG-15. The aircraft was long-lived, having first flown in 1947 and ending in 1994 when the Bolivian Air Force retired its last operational birds.

The Marx F-86, today shown in blue hard plastic, is a very nice toy representation of the plane measuring 5 1/2" (14cm) L x 4 7/8" (12.4) wingspan x 2" (5.1cm) H, and having three free-rolling wheels. I like toy airplanes which have free-rolling wheels versus static struts, they just seem to have more play value. As to when exactly Marx made these it's hard to say. While Marx liked to produce aircraft which were on the cutting edge of technology, the F-86 was around for so long the toy could have been made any time during the '50s or '60s.We all Enjoy it so Everybody can Enjoy it.From The Berg's :)

My photos: taken at the 2012 Nellis Aviation Nation