{"product_id":"a-boxed-complete-ready-to-use-mar-streamline-e50-speedway-by-louis-marx-co-ltd-abw19","title":"A Boxed, Complete \u0026 Ready To Use, MAR Streamline E50 Speedway by Louis Marx \u0026 Co. Ltd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin: British\u003cbr\u003ePeriod: Early Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Unknown\u003cbr\u003eDate: c.1930\u003cbr\u003eBox Height: 4.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eBox Width: 13 inches\u003cbr\u003eBox Depth: 9 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDifficult to find in such presentable order, this wonderfully stimulating toy consists of sixteen parts of interlocking track, including a two-part tinplate bridge, which, once assembled, resembles a figure of eight. The wind up toy cars are then duly wound and pitted against each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in the box (which is in immaculate order) are three cars, two blue and one red (one blue car is defunct), and three keys for which to wind them, all in their individual boxes. Additionally, the original instructions are also present and are headed 'Marx E50 Figure 8 Speedway'. The box reads \"MANUFACTURED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LOUIS MARX \u0026amp; CO. LTD”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis Marx and company began in 1918, and by the 1950s became the most successful toy manufacturer in the world, with in 1955 Louis Marx heralded as 'the Henry Ford of the toy industry'. However by 1972 the company was sold, and by 1978 the brand had all but disappeared, in part because of a failure to spend on advertising, and to develop electronic toys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether intending to use or just admire, this Speedway is the Scalextric of its time, and dare we say it, provides a copiously more satisfying experience than that of its eventual replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":52562608062744,"sku":"ABW19","price":175.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/5800\/5784\/files\/main-image11.jpg?v=1787572513","url":"https:\/\/doeandhope.shop\/products\/a-boxed-complete-ready-to-use-mar-streamline-e50-speedway-by-louis-marx-co-ltd-abw19","provider":"doeandhope.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}