Talk:Nutty Mads

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Not sure why you are singling out this point -- It's not an subjective assumption, it's an objective statement that I'm making based on personal knowledge. If you are actually familiar with the three progressive series of character sculptures you would know that by the time Marx got to the third grouping of six the artist went 'all out' with the little hidden 'jokes' worked into the sculpts, and that nearly every one of the figures in the third series holds small integrally molded 'accessories', or has small pieces attached to the casting; for example, there are the (literally) paper-thin envelopes flying from the fingers of "U.S. Male", and the small drop of water at the end of "Smoky Sam's" firehose.

VALUE of Marx plastic figures depends VERY STRONGLY on how close their condition is to "mint" (or as they came out of the mold, more accurately), and the fact that -- more often than not -- those small pieces on the 3rd ser. figures are broken and/or missing (not to mention the baseline 'rarity' of the 3rd ser.) supports the claim. If you have the figures, as I do, you would realize this without doubt. Perhaps as time allows, I'll prove it with pictures, but until then, please don't change my words unless you can provide something definitive to the contrary. Also, regarding the reformatting of the Hawk character names: I'm inclined to parenthesize anything that does NOT actually appear on the bottom of the figures. In the case of Davy the term "Psycho Cyclist" is something that Hawk used, but not something that appears formally on the figure. Kindly, --Chachap (talk) 08:31, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

With all due respect Chachap--you're not the only person who has seen and/or owns all of these figures, and I simply don't agree. (The policeman, for instance, is at least as detailed as any figure in the 3rd series.) In any case, the real reason the 3rd series is more expensive is because it's the rarest, having sold the weakest originally. The novelty quotient having apparently run its course, the Nutty Mad brand was discontinued shortly thereafter. It has nothing to do with detail, so your point, which was dubious at best, is also moot. (Rackinfrackin (talk) 00:27, 19 September 2010 (UTC)).

The original series was sculpted by the artist Howard Jackson from Butler Pa. He hid his initials on the early figures. The boxer has the initials HJ on his belt buckle.

I am one of his nephews of which the pieces were modeled after.

184.99.237.81 (talk) 00:32, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Nephew - I am writing a book on "weird" toy history, and I want to make sure I assign proper credit for the artist(s) who made Nutty Mads. I was able to find a grave for Howard Jackson in Zelienople, PA, near Butler, who died in 1995, and was married to a G. Jackson. I contacted their son N., and he tells me that this Howard was not the artist on Nutty Mads. Of course I'm sure there was more than one Howard Jackson in that area, and may just not have a grave that can be found online. If you ever read this, Nephew, please get in contact with me! Caseyroberson (talk) 14:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)