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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #285 on: October 22, 2019, 12:33:38 PM »
Under the Multiple Toymakers moniker, MPC itself dipped a toe into the model kit market in 1966 with this repugnant line of Ripley's Believe It or Not kits:















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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #286 on: October 25, 2019, 02:09:43 PM »
The three Multiple Toymakers Ripley's Believe It or Not! model kits from 1966 were reissued by Hawk in 2011 under the Weird-Ohs Medieval Torture title. While I don't approve of the Weird-Ohs brand name being applied to these kits since they don't in any way fit the spirit of the original Weird-Ohs, I must admit that our own master modeler Jim Bertges did a great job assembling a couple of them:









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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #287 on: February 24, 2020, 05:39:14 PM »
Here's a really good write-up on the Multiple Products Corporation(MPC):

History of Multiple Products Corporation - Kent Sprecher

MPC was evidently already in business by 1950. Loral Corporation bought MPC in 1965 and then Loral sold MPC to Miner Industries in 1967. Miner Industries soon began using the name Multiple Toys on its toy packaging. This was probably an effort to better differentiate its product offerings from those of Model Plastics Corporation whose main business was car model kits such as this one:



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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #288 on: March 24, 2020, 12:06:16 AM »
New pics of my MPC Monsters shelf:

Well here anyway is one of the pics that horrorhunter lost due to Photobucket's machinations:



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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #289 on: April 01, 2020, 05:09:44 PM »
Very scarce monster toy (Haunted Hulk) from 1963. My parents bought mine for me in 1964. My hull survived the toy box wars and I found the other parts to restore mine a couple of years ago. Here's a pic of mine (I use a pic of it for my avatar).

Here are a couple of pictures that we've lost of horrorhunter's Haunted Hulk:





Here in horrorhunter's own words is how he cobbled together a complete Haunted Hulk starting with an original hull from the own he had as a kid:

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The hull is from the original Haunted Hulk my parents bought me at the age of 5 in 1964. The sail, skull standard, and spiderweb rigging are original pieces I luckily purchased in a rare eBay lot. The stickers are repros that I convinced an eBay seller to make for resale (he still sells sets of them). The wheel is from an MPC pirate ship (identical to the HH wheel except it isn't green). The set of 8 Weird Monsters are my originals from childhood.

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« Reply #290 on: April 15, 2020, 09:03:06 PM »
Here are two really good pictures of a custom "Ghost Galleon" vessel that horrorhunter cobbled together:





Here in his own words he describes how he put it together:

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This is just a custom Haunted Hulk I put together using a repopped MPC pirate ship. The monsters, however, are original '60s MPC Weird Monsters. The skulls on the hull are buttons that I finally found after a long search. The skulls are attached by running wires and toothpicks through the holes.

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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #291 on: May 07, 2020, 07:02:58 PM »
Finished eBay auction for a carded set of MPC Unbreakable Weird Monsters:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Multiple-Products-MPC-Plastic-Monsters-Sealed-Grrrr8/283861001810?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649



As much as I would like to have one of these I had to pass on this. To beat it all I even have the missing corner piece from the upper left of the card (from another copy of the set, of course). I could have done some amateur restoration and replaced the missing corner with another vintage one. It sold for less than $200 but this thing is rough. The whole point of having one is to admire it on your shelf, but with the condition issues present I would have trouble doing that.

In nice condition these have been selling in the $800 range. Maybe $200 isn't that bad for a beat up example compared to $800 for a nice one. I really like this stuff but some of it just sells for more than I'm willing to pay. My limit would be about $300-$400 for a nice one and less than $100 for a beater. I'll probably never own one but I can live with that. Best to focus more on what we have and less on what we don't.
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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #292 on: May 07, 2020, 09:04:55 PM »
It's amazing, what with all the other damage, that the punch out is still intact!
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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #293 on: May 07, 2020, 10:35:46 PM »
It's amazing, what with all the other damage, that the punch out is still intact!
It's unpunched!

I shoulda bid!! *facepalm*

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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #294 on: May 14, 2020, 06:30:16 PM »
Just thought I'd show my MPC Monsters appreciation. There's a few of the 2" sized ones that Ive had since childhood. All the others I collected over the years. I have some more of each monster in different colors but just wanted to take a photo with each monster in one color.

1960's MPC Monsters by donald deveau, on Flickr

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« Reply #295 on: May 15, 2020, 12:17:04 AM »
That's a cool collection, Don!  :)
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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #296 on: November 16, 2020, 10:21:28 AM »
Haunted Hulk siting on evilBay!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1960s-MPC-The-Haunted-Hulk-Horror-of-the-Seven-Seas-monster-ship-EX-used/164515197968?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649





It currently has 24 watchers and 1 bid at $699.99. Finally a seller's claims that something is "rare" in a listing is correct! These things only show up one or two every year or three so if anything qualifies as rare it's the HH. This one looks pretty nice and is complete except for the green wheel, and original box of course. The seller is correct that they only came with two Weird Monsters, but didn't mention the missing green wheel. They probably didn't know about the wheel, though they stated it was researched. The original stickers look kinda ratty but that's almost always going to be the case with 57 year old paper stickers. BTW, a common MPC pirate ship's wheel will work with the Haunted Hulk but just won't be the correct color (green). Anyway, I thought this listing might be of interest to this board. The auction has 6 days to go and my mention here shouldn't affect it much since it was correctly listed and already has several watchers. If it helps the seller or a prospective buyer then...you're welcome. And, if it leads to the winner having to pay a little more then apologies for that. But, this is news, folks, Monster News! The best kind.

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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #297 on: November 17, 2020, 11:19:53 AM »
Haunted Hulk siting on evilBay!
The listing above was ended "because the item was lost or broken".  ::)

We can make a good guess what really happened here. I wanted to see the market in action on this one, too. Oh well, maybe the new owner is a UMA member and they will post their new HH.
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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #298 on: November 17, 2020, 10:16:59 PM »
I won this headless Pop-Top Purple Witch body in an eBay auction.



I had a purple witch head on a yellow witch body in my MPC Monsters display, so I bid low on this purple witch body. I knew not many other people would have a purple witch head and it would go cheap, and it did, just over $6. A steal in Pop-Top terms.
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Re: MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread
« Reply #299 on: November 20, 2020, 04:03:44 PM »
Here's an eBay listing for something unusual:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-MUMMY-POP-TOP-MONSTER-TOY-IN-RARE-BIG-BOY-XMAS-GIVEAWAY-BAG/133581827638?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

   

It's a Mummy Pop-Top with some other cheap toys in a bag given away at a Big Boy restaurant back in the day. If it is legit then the Pop-Top was removed and it's head was taken off of the leg sprues and put on his neck, then the header card was stapled back to the bag. Of course something like this could be faked to sell a $50 Pop-Top and a $10 advertising bag of cheap toys as a scarce monster toy. If it is faked then the faker should have used a Pop-Top with the head still attached to the leg to sell the idea of legitimacy. I'm not saying it's faked but the Pop-Top wearing it's head pointing to the fact that the bag had to have been opened and re-closed is suspect. The price would be fair for the item if it were legit, but who knows? If the current seller didn't fake it then maybe it was faked years ago before they got it. The seller uses the old "satisfaction guaranteed" line, but there is no way they can guarantee the piece is legit. Still it's an interesting item.
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