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Linemar Popeye Tin Windup Bicycle *SOLD*

Popeye Tin Windup Bicycle by Linemar 

Our windup bicycle by Linemar works well and is an absolute classic.  Linemar was Marx’s branding for Japanese made toys; we suspect this a TPS Japan toy (but maker was always hidden).

The toy works well and has a replacement bell and replacement pants.

Louis Marx & Company New York, New York
1919 – 1979
Founder: Louis Marx
Specialty: Lithographed, tin wind-up toys; Marx successfully revived the Yo-Yo in 1928; it sold well even through the Depression. Marx was one of the big four among American electric train manufacturers.

Line Mar toys 
1950s – 1960s

Line Mar was founded in the 1950s as a manufacturing and import subsidiary of the successful American toy manufacturer Louis Marx & Co.

The Japanese company was responsible for overseas manufacturing and distribution relationships involving the importation of mechanical and battery-operated toys made in Japan.

Marx was able to secure several important character licenses, such as Popeye and the Flintstones and had the toys made in Japan to keep the cost down. This meant huge profits when the tin toys were sold in the US. Linemar continued to produce a variety of character toys until it went out of business in the late 1960s.

Mechanical toys produced by Linemar include a variety of licensed character toys that performed multiple actions when the toys were wound. The packaging was always colorful and eye-catching.

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