MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread

Started by horrorhunter, August 30, 2013, 10:03:17 PM

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horrorhunter

White Pop-Top sold for around $74 total on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267422927322





This is a repop, probably made in Mexico. The base is badly cracked as well.

Real vintage 1964 Pop-Top Horrors were only made in orange, purple, and yellow, and only in the flat/matte finish plastic. Any other color is a repop. Repops are marked on the bottom with the MPC logo in the circle just as the real ones are. They've been pumping these out for years south of the border in different colors as well as the slightly translucent "neon" type plastic like the original Marx orange Monsters from 1964 are made of. Originals and repops show up commonly on eBay and sellers seem to price them all about the same (around $75 each). The newer flat finish plastic the repops are made of usually has a slicker glossier look than the originals, and is probably more brittle like the Uncle Milton Marx Monsters repops from '91.

As far as I know the molds for MPC Weird Monsters and Palmers are not being used for recasts and may be lost. If you see a white Palmer, it's probably a rare find. A white MPC Pop-Top is probably just another repop.
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Mike Scott

Quote from: horrorhunter on October 03, 2025, 02:53:22 PMWhite Pop-Top sold for around $74 total on eBay.

Albino werewolves are rare!  ;)
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horrorhunter

Quote from: Mike Scott on October 03, 2025, 03:44:46 PMAlbino werewolves are rare!  ;)
Yeah, buddy! If I had a buck for every time a seller called something RARE, I could buy every monster toy in existence and then some. Sheesh!  ::)
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horrorhunter

Grabbed some MPC Weird Monsters that are weird even for them.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/197739001922





The plastic looked strange in the photo, so I bought them. They are in the slightly translucent "neon" plastic as the green glow ones from the '80s/'90s but they are purple and orange. They're marked like the originals on the bases. They were only $22.50 + cheap shipping for the lot.

I don't know if these things are a weird variant from the '80s or more recent repops probably from Mexico. As far as I know the molds haven't been used since the '90s, but I only know what I see on eBay and read about here and there for these niche figures. I've seen the Pop-Top repops in this type of plastic from Mexico so I can't help wondering if the molds resurfaced and some repoppage is going on. It looks like many would be cranked out and listed if they were being repopped recently and that isn't the case so it's probably just a few odd ones from the '80s or '90s in these non-green colors.

Anyway, they're cool variants and display well on my MPC Monsters shelf, and, yes, I'm still able to squeeze these things in (gettin' pretty crowded though).
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Mike Scott

Quote from: horrorhunter on October 06, 2025, 12:42:16 PMGrabbed some MPC Weird Monsters

Do they alwats have that hole in the base?
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horrorhunter

Quote from: Mike Scott on October 06, 2025, 03:01:17 PMDo they alwats have that hole in the base?
Yes, it's common with MPC figures. Some of their playset pieces have little posts that the figures fit onto that hold them in place. In the case of the MPC Monsters they fit onto posts on the Haunted Hulk, checkers on the Monster Checker Set, and maybe something on that Dragon Crest playset from the '80s. I never bought the Dragon Crest set so I'm not sure about that one.
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darkmonkeygod

Quote from: horrorhunter on October 06, 2025, 03:33:54 PM,,,and maybe something on that Dragon Crest playset from the '80s. I never bought the Dragon Crest set so I'm not sure about that one.

There are no pegs on the Miner sets, neither Dragon Crest nor "Mysterious Castle".

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