Nutty Mads are

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, injection-molded

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toy figures originally manufactured in 1963–1964 by the Marx Toy Company. Comically grotesque and minutely detailed, the series was a contemporary of the stylized

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graphics of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (whose bizarre Rat Fink character was being licensed by

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for

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at the time), as well as of the comic art of popular magazine

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s Basil Wolverton and Don Martin. Generally about tall, each figure stands on a flat base in a fixed pose, complete with bulging, bloodshot eyes and maniacal expression. They originally sold in five and dime stores like

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and G. C. Murphy. Each figure was available in a variety of colors. Their popularity led Marx to expand the product line with several similar series, including ''Weird-Ohs'', ''Blame-Its'' and ''Cartoon Soldiers'' (commonly referred to as "Nutty Generals"). Marx manufactured other toys based on the ''Nutty Mad'' brand as well, including battery-operated tin toys made in Japan, wind-up toys, water pistols, a

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-style

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game, and even an enclosed, tabletop target-shooting game. Recastings from the original Marx molds began to appear from PlastiMarx out of

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several years after Marx was sold to

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in 1972. These were also produced in various colors, and do not bear the Marx copyright on the bottom. Series 1: *Roddy the Hot Rod (driver) *Manny the Reckless Mariner *Waldo the Weightlifter *Rocco the Champ (

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) *Dippy the Deep Diver ( scuba diver) *Donald the Demon (driver) Series 2: *All-Heart Hogan (

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) *Bull Pen Boo Boo (

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) *Chief Lost Teepee ( Native American) *End Zone (

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player) *Suburban Sidney (tricyclist) *The Thinker (

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parody) Series 3: *Smokey Sam (

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) *U.S. Male (

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) *Gutterball Annie ( bowler) *Hippo Crit (

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) *Mudder (

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) *Now! Children ( school teacher) Weird-Ohs: (A similar Marx-produced series of plastic figures, based on the Hawk Model kits created by illustrator and cartoonist Bill Campbell.) *Drag Hag (racer) *Daddy the Swingin' Suburbanite (racer) *Endsville Eddie (racer) *Freddy Flameout (

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) *Davey the Psycho Cyclist ( outlaw biker) *Digger (racer)

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