{"id":10725,"date":"2006-11-09T18:56:33","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T01:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/11\/09\/memories-of-the-presidents.html"},"modified":"2006-11-09T18:56:33","modified_gmt":"2006-11-10T01:56:33","slug":"memories_of_the_president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/09\/memories_of_the_president.html","title":{"rendered":"Memories &#8230; of the Presidents &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"US Presidents, by Marx\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/marx_pres_full.jpg\" width=\"469\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/08\/mister_bear.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Bear<\/a>, I recently had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/doingwrite\/2006\/11\/childhood_toys.html\" target=\"_blank\">cause<\/a> to remember &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retrothing.com\/2006\/02\/marx_plastic_us.html#comment-25139743\" target=\"_blank\">The US Presidents.<\/a>  By, ironically, Marx.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>had <\/em>this set.  The painted one.  Complete with styrofoam amphitheater and columns.  These guys helped me learn all the presidents &#8212; and served as army men, too, in a pinch.<\/p>\n<p>I loved these guys.  Yes, I was a weird kid, but I thought these things were the greatest things since sliced bread.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect they got tossed out ages ago &#8212; but I&#8217;ll never forget these guys.  And, through the wonders of the Internet, I&#8217;ll never have to.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmm &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/search.ebay.com\/search\/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&#038;fkr=1&#038;from=R8&#038;satitle=marx+presidents&#038;category0=&#038;submitSearch=Search\" target=\"_blank\">eBay<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside Mr. Bear, I recently had cause to remember &#8230; The US Presidents. By, ironically, Marx. I had this set. The painted one. Complete with styrofoam amphitheater and columns. 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