Hi guys, I recently picked up a 1 inch MPC Monsters witch on EBAY. The seller was kind enough to break up a huge lot (past my budget) and sell me the missing one. The seller has a complete set and a set with two different figures. Thought I'd pass this along to anyone who may be interested. Good luck!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251173525909&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251173525909&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271089320771&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271089320771&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
Apparently, there is a single.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271089320967&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271089320967&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123)
Those look like resin repros.
I'll let you know when mine comes in.
Received my witch in the mail yesterday. It is plastic. Like the 2 1/2 version. It is crisp in detail, appropriate flash and what seems like older dust/dirt in the nooks and crannies. Just saying it looks good to me. Caveat emptor.
Never mind, I'm a dum dum. I forgot these are the really small ones. :-[ The white color made me think resin. I should have noticed the lack of the scythe. To my knowledge they have not been recast, reprod etc...
What were the small ones for? The checkers set? Or were they giveaways of some sort?
Found my 1st one a few years ago at a toy show. The 2nd at a flea market. Several people here on the forum said they, too, had some. They had said they were made to be distributed via a gumball machine and were probably unauthorized knock-offs. Also, they said that, as far as they know, only the skeleton, the witch and the grim reaper exist. I am always on the lookout for them. I think they are neat!!!
These were the type of figures that came with the "Haunted Hulk" Playset. So are the white figures on Ebay original 1960's?
No, they are not like the type of figures in the Haunted Hulk playset. The ones with the Haunted Hulk are 2 1/2" tall. These white ones are not only even smaller but they're not even complete. They have missing items, e.g. the bats on the witch's and skeleton's shoulders and the grim reaper's scythe.
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Quote from: Gaberax on October 26, 2012, 11:35:38 AMThey had said they were made to be distributed via a gumball machine and were probably unauthorized knock-offs. Also, they said that, as far as they know, only the skeleton, the witch and the grim reaper exist.
If they were made for as formal a distribution channel as gumball machines, perhaps they may indeed have been produced by MPC.
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I just sent the gidget of a seller on Ebay a frank email on how a toy seller should know that Marx and MPC are not the same company.
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I just received a frantic email from the seller. She (I assume) was upset about that email and wanted some advise as to if she should change the description. She had done some research on the figures after our transaction and had based her description on what she had found out. I advised her that the listing was fine. Sure, she could change the description to be more technically correct but it hits all the bases for someone looking for MPC and/or Marx monsters (or little plastic monsters in general.) In fact, for the observant buyer, it might be a good thing if the description isn't 100%.
I looked at the lady's "other" items. She is not a hardcore toy seller. Just someone selling stuff on Ebay.
As I said, I bought the witch. It is legit. A one inch plastic figure that was either made by MPC or as a knockoff. Either way, the item I purchased was in great shape, with sharp, clean lines, soft plastic like the 2 1/2 inch figures, with some flash (like my other figures.) For me, it was a great find and, for anyone here who is interested in these things, I thought it might be as well.
Quote from: Gaberax on October 27, 2012, 02:13:03 PM
I just received a frantic email from the seller. She (I assume) was upset about that email....
Good!
Quote from: Gaberax on October 27, 2012, 02:13:03 PMI looked at the lady's "other" items. She is not a hardcore toy seller. Just someone selling stuff on Ebay.
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
Quote from: Gaberax on October 27, 2012, 02:13:03 PM
As I said, I bought the witch. It is legit. A one inch plastic figure that was either made by MPC or as a knockoff. Either way, the item I purchased was in great shape, with sharp, clean lines, soft plastic like the 2 1/2 inch figures, with some flash (like my other figures.) For me, it was a great find and, for anyone here who is interested in these things, I thought it might be as well.
That's fine. But she should still know that Marx and MPC are not the same company!
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Quote from: Hepcat on October 27, 2012, 02:49:00 PM
Good!
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
That's fine. But she should still know that Marx and MPC are not the same company!
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Seriously? I really hope you are joking here.
Why should I be joking? This is not something she does out of the goodness of her heart. This is something she does for money. I therefore judge her by the standards I judge any pro.
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Hey, what's your ebay handle?
Quote from: Hepcat on October 27, 2012, 02:49:00 PM
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
Wow, I sure hope you're not holding me to those same standards. I may be the General here at UMA, but that doesn't mean I know what I'm doing. :)
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Ebay is like an online Garage Sale, or as people like to call them today to make them seem nicer an "Estate Sale". And we all know at Garage sales are always full of sellers who know their items backwards and forwards. ::)
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
Seriously, this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
Seriously, you can get a much better price for something if the seller DOESN'T know what he has. There is no university degree needed to sell on Ebay, and what you often have is an individual, who finds he has something he doesn't need, and wants to unload it. Then there are those who see the Superman comic first issue is going for Big bucks, so obviously that "True Romance" comic from 1954 must be worth at least six figures.
Quote from: Dr.Terror on October 28, 2012, 01:30:45 PM
No excuses. Ebay or a full fledged store, I have the right to expect a retailer to know his product line like the back of his hand.
Seriously, this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Well then you either don't listen to the people around you or else you have comprehension problems. Just because I have the
right to expect something doesn't mean that my expectations will always or even often be met. It just means I reserve the right to treat sellers as if they should be knowledgeable individuals, and believe me, I do reserve that right.
I had no idea those tiny little figures even existed. I seem to recall getting a purple skeleton in the larger size in grade school during a swap with some other monster fans at recess, but he got lost or traded off somewhere along the line. It wasn't until I was an adult I finally got that whole set when they were reissued in green glowing plastic. (Ditto the Marx monsters; had the orange Frankenstein back in the day, but never had the complete set until those glow reissues came along.)
As for e-Bay, talk about hit & miss. Was trying to fill in some missing titles in my 8mm/Super 8 collection. Some films listed there are priced low, while others are way over the top in price...and both stem from people who don't know and haven't really tried to find out what an average asking price should be. (Some of the sellers have found the films in with a bunch of other stuff, or maybe it had once belonged to a relative that's passed away, etc.) Have also had films sent to me that had been listed as being in great shape and the first few feet of film were missing. (In one extreme case, half the footage was gone. If you don't know about film you may not know about leader, but you should be able to tell that a large reel normally would not have just a tiny amount of movie on it.)
Quote from: Gaberax on October 26, 2012, 11:35:38 AMThey had said they were made to be distributed via a gumball machine and were probably unauthorized knock-offs.
Can anyone confirm getting these in gumball machines?
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Finding a vending machine card for these would perhaps answer some questions but would be awesome in any event.
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Quote from: Hepcat on November 08, 2012, 10:26:38 AM
Can anyone confirm getting these in gumball machines?
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Finding a vending machine card for these would perhaps answer some questions but would be awesome in any event.
:-\
I have the small 1 1/2" orange witch which is a near exact version of the 2 1/2" MPC witch (minus the bat). It has great detail right down to the spoon and hat buckle. Strangely, it even has a small round hole in the middle of the base just like the small MPC monsters. I don't remember where, but I recall hearing these midget monsters were included in the Horror Monster Grab Bags from the '60s and '70s with the 5 cent price on the bag. I've been looking for one of these bags to display on my shelf but they haven't reared their hoary little heads in awhile (unless you count the one on evilBay now for $50!...Yeah, Right.)
If these were produced by MPC it seems they would have the little MPC-in-a-circle logo on the base bottom just like the 2 1/2" versions do. My witch is unmarked. If they were knocked off by another company they did a great job. With the exception of the missing small details that stick out away from the figure (bat), these little figures have awesome detail. Vending machine distribution looks like a good bet as well judging from the size. It seems they would fit well in one of those little vending machine eggs.
I got the witch a few years ago in an eBay auction with some other monster figs. I don't remember seeing them when I grew up in the '60s/'70s. I haven't seen the small skeleton or grim reaper reported in this thread, but if I ever saw them I would try to pick them up. I think they're cool, and they look great on the shelf with the MPC monsters (Unbreakable Weird & Pop-Top Horror alike). I hope some of you guys can shed more light on these little guys.
QuoteI don't remember where, but I recall hearing these midget monsters were included in the Horror Monster Grab Bags from the '60s and '70s with the 5 cent price on the bag.
No one in my area carried those, or I'd have gone through a lot of nickles!
This little figure ended recently. I purchased from this lady and it is legit. You might be able to contact the seller and work something out if you are interested. Good luck.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-MPC-8-white-plastic-ghoulish-goblin-vintage-1960s-monster-1-5-8-/370735830188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item565193d4ac (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-MPC-8-white-plastic-ghoulish-goblin-vintage-1960s-monster-1-5-8-/370735830188?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item565193d4ac)
I just thought I'd post this photo so you can see the size difference in all three. On the left is the large purple MPC
Pop-Top Horror, these are the one's who's heads pop off. In the middle is a green 2 and 1/2 inch -this is the size that came as a set of carded Weird Monsters and that came with the Haunted Hulk and the same size that came in Fritos.
And on the right is the smallest 1 and 1/2 inch. This little 1 and 1/2 inch I've had since i was a kid, i may have got it
in a vending machine or in a grab bag, the memory is a bit foggy, it's been so long. I've had it almost as long as i can remember.
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/IMG_3690.jpg)
Fabulous cool photo!
Quote from: Gaberax on February 07, 2013, 03:32:05 PMThis little figure ended recently. I purchased from this lady and it is legit.
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legit I take it you mean vintage. You're not implying that it was produced or even licensed by MPC, are you?
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Quote from: Hepcat on February 07, 2013, 04:07:45 PM
Fabulous cool photo!
By legit I take it you mean vintage. You're not implying that it was produced or even licensed by MPC, are you?
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Yes, sorry, I mean vintage. I have no idea who produced or licensed it. But the one I received had age to it.
I just picked up TWO of the 1 inch Marx MPC Monsters on Ebay for less than $10. I am attaching a photo.
If someone is interested in the yellow one, I would be willing to sell it for $5. AND I might have another available as soon as I find the first one I bought.
Let me know.
Photo from original owner. I have them in hand and they look great.
(http://i.imgur.com/NIEHPiQ.jpg)
But those are based on MPC Pop-Tops as opposed to on anything that Marx did.
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MPC, Fixed. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
I have been contacted by one member for the yellow mpc figure and another member for the "other" one I have around here somewhere.
Hepcat, I haven't forgotten how "freakie" things get. ;) The search is on in earnest.
Quote from: Gaberax on February 28, 2013, 03:31:44 PM
I just picked up TWO of the 1 inch Marx MPC Monsters on Ebay for less than $10. I am attaching a photo.
If someone is interested in the yellow one, I would be willing to sell it for $5. AND I might have another available as soon as I find the first one I bought.
Let me know.
Photo from original owner. I have them in hand and they look great.
(http://i.imgur.com/NIEHPiQ.jpg)
I picked up the white Creature Of Doom (Grim Reaper) 1 1/2" from an eBay auction. Very nice with sharp details. Now I just need a skeleton. Now, we need to figure out who exactly made these, and how they were distributed. Was it MPC or some other company doing MPC knockoffs for gumball machine distribution? Were they only sold in gumball machines, or maybe also in those little 5 cent Horror Monster Grab Bags? The only little monsters I know for sure that were sold in the Grab Bags were Palmer flats, but these little 1 1/2" MPC types would be the right size and time period ('60s-early '70s). Anybody know the dirty lowdown on these burning questions???
They were vending machine knock offs of the MPC monsters.
Quote from: poseablemonster on March 11, 2013, 04:03:45 PM
They were vending machine knock offs of the MPC monsters.
Do you know who made them? Do you know of any pics of a vending machine display card of them?
Aren't they a bit too tall to fit in a capsule?
The 1 1/2" knock-offs in question would fit into vending machine capsules.
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Heads up. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-light-blue-skeleton-figure-1-3-4-tall-vintage-creepy-plastic-toy-monster-/251248394662?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f9241a6 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marx-light-blue-skeleton-figure-1-3-4-tall-vintage-creepy-plastic-toy-monster-/251248394662?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7f9241a6)
"Marx"? Another clueless seller.
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So far we know of three MPC monsters that were knocked off by whichever company did these little 1 1/2" versions: Witch, Creature Of Doom, Skeleton. What puzzles me is why they chose the three with the most small bits sticking out (bats, scythe) that had to be left off of the smaller sculpt. Maybe they thought by leaving off the small details the sculpt was changed enough to keep from being sued by MPC. They are still obviously knock offs. If the only reason they left off those small details was for molding/encapsulating purposes then why did they pick the three with the most protruding small details? These little guys are a bit of a mystery. ???
Quote from: Monster Bob on March 11, 2013, 05:29:52 PM
Aren't they a bit too tall to fit in a capsule?
When did the larger size vending capsules become common? Seems like it was into the 70's. The small ones were a nickel and later a dime. Large ones were a quarter. Nobody would have paid a quarter in the 60s for a mini plastic figure.
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Quote from: horrorhunter on March 21, 2013, 09:43:29 AMIf the only reason they left off those small details was for molding/encapsulating purposes then why did they pick the three with the most protruding small details?
Good point!
Quote from: Toy Ranch on March 21, 2013, 09:55:05 AM
When did the larger size vending capsules become common? Seems like it was into the 70's. The small ones were a nickel and later a dime. Large ones were a quarter. Nobody would have paid a quarter in the 60s for a mini plastic figure.
Even these little 1 1/2" figures would not have fit into the little nickel or dime capsules I remember from the sixties. This would seem to imply that these figures must have been knocked off in the seventies or later to be sold for a quarter in the bigger capsules.
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I think they may have come in little party prize bags or something, but they would need to be flatter for that I think. The mini Palmer flats came in those (although there are many newer ones out there from the 90's that didn't come in those bags). Don't think they were vending items.
Pretty sure this larger one was a cake decoration.
(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1236/531741585_324a8ac480_o.jpg)
Quote from: Toy Ranch on March 21, 2013, 01:19:01 PM
I think they may have come in little party prize bags or something, but they would need to be flatter for that I think. The mini Palmer flats came in those (although there are many newer ones out there from the 90's that didn't come in those bags). Don't think they were vending items.
Pretty sure this larger one was a cake decoration.
(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1236/531741585_324a8ac480_o.jpg)
For "National Mother in Law day"? :P
Thought I'd dig up this old thread to see if anyone knows more about these little 1 1/2" MPC Monster knock-offs. Below is a picture of the three I've accumulated behind my Monster Head Rings. Does anyone know if there are more types than those three? How about how they were sold, or who made them? It's this kind of meaningless monster minutiae that keeps some of us ::) a little too occupied. :D
(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/7913/jn5w.jpg)
Quote from: horrorhunter on October 14, 2013, 03:38:43 PM
It's this kind of meaningless monster minutiae that keeps some of us ::) a little too occupied. :D
I have the three you have. I am still looking for the others. :)