JOE BIDEN FIGURINE - ADD TO YOUR MARX COLLECTION

Description

JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR.
46th President of the United States
Individually and Sequentially Numbered Figurine
This listing is for a 3D-printed, handpainted plastic figurine of U.S. President Joe Biden, made to look like the 3-inch Marx Presidents figurines of the 1950s and '60s.
Tens of thousands of presidential figurines made by the Marx Toy Company were sold over the years.  Thousands of these vintage collectors items have appeared on eBay as individual listings and in sets, with the most recent president being Richard Nixon.  Infrequently, the rare Ronald Reagan figure appears (made when he was a candidate for president in 1968).  Because Marx was sold in 1972, they never made figurines of presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump or Joe Biden.  Starting in 2003, collector Patric M. Verrone began producing figurines in the Marx tradition.  Thousands of these new figurines have been produced and have been featured in
WIRED Magazine
(www.wired.com/2009/10/st-verrone-futurama/)
and
The New Yorker
(www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/a-comedy-writer-makes-trump-collectibles).
Like the vintage Marx product, this figurine is about three inches tall (60mm), 3D-printed with a resin plastic, and painted with enamel paint.  The name "BIDEN" appears on the front of the base.  The back of the base is blank.  Unlike the Marx figurines, each figurine is individually and sequentially numbered on the bottom of the base.  The figurine is packaged in replica Marx packaging, duplicating the "Pretested Promotions" header card from more than fifty years ago.
Also for sale separately are figurines of U.S. presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.  Those eight figurines are also available as a set.  Also available is a plastic display stand, designed in the manner of the Styrofoam stand that accompanied the 1970 releases of the Marx sets.  It can hold up to 49 figurines.  These stands are also individually and sequentially numbered.
Elsewhere in my eBay store, figurines of presidential candidates, Supreme Court justices, and other Famous Americans designed in the Marx tradition will be available in the weeks to come.  Additionally, a figurine of Vice President Kamala Harris, is also available.