MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread

[horrorhunter]

He advertised it in multiple venues.

It may have been sold through another venue legitimately. I don't know about this specific deal.

I was being sarcastic referring to the possibility of the item being sold without going through eBay to avoid the fees after the buyer being made aware of the item by the eBay listing. This seems fairly common on expensive items. eBay makes it as difficult to bypass them as possible, but it can be done.

[horrorhunter]

One of the Weird Monsters 8-Packs sold at eBay auction for $510 + $25 shipping + tax (around $585 total).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406164655607



Piece missing from the lower right corner. Another 8-Pack was "ended by seller" recently. These things used to sell for around $800 with good condition packaging and they still might. It's more than I would pay but I would like to eventually get one for a good price. I wouldn't give $500 for one with damaged packaging.

There doesn't seem to be much interest in this stuff around here anymore, but I like to keep up with info on MPC Monsters here to have a record of it I can easily access. It's just as easy as keeping a private record and one never knows when it might scare up some conversation on this niche for monster collecting.

[Mike Scott]

It's amazing what prople (including me) will pay for tiny pieces of plastic (especially in original packaging)! 

[horrorhunter]

It's amazing what prople (including me) will pay for tiny pieces of plastic (especially in original packaging)! 

Yep. I won't pay as much as I used to.

[horrorhunter]

A lot of 4 MPC Weird Monsters in the dark purple sold at eBay auction for $29.88 + $8 shipping + tax (around $41 total).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257084818226





The buyer got a great deal here! I'm kicking myself for not bidding, but I thought they would sell for at least twice that. What's significant about these are that the dark purple was phased out for the lighter/bright purple early on (see last pic) so aside from the red ones which were only sold with the checker set the dark purple ones are the hardest to find and are nostalgic for people who bought these as kids in '64-'65. I have a couple of them in the dark purple which may be the two that came with my original Haunted Hulk.

[Mike Scott]

The buyer got a great deal here!

I thought that sounded a little low, though I'm no expert (on anything).

[horrorhunter]

I thought that sounded a little low, though I'm no expert (on anything).

Yeah, the Weirds seem to sell for around $20 each these days except for the red ones from the checker set which sell for 2-3 times that, and the green ones from the '80s (glow and non-glow) which sell for a little less (maybe $10-$15). Of course, prices are all over the place on this more obscure stuff.

[horrorhunter]

1960s MPC Creatures of the Sea (MIP) listed on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286811866414

Not really monsters but most of us who played with MPC Monsters as kids also played with the Sea Creatures.





I still have my 12 original ones as well as several of the later cereal premiums. I had totally forgotten what the great MPC packaging looked like. In those days we couldn't wait to rip through the packaging and discard it so we could play with the toys. Later we came to realize the packaging was the best part of it, especially MPC Monster and Dino packaging from the '60s into the early '70s. I would certainly like to have the sealed package in the listing but like most things these days it's priced beyond what I'd be willing to pay. Sure is cool to see though.

[Mike Scott]

Not really monsters

Tell that to the guy who has Dopy Dick closing in on him!

[horrorhunter]

1960s MPC Creatures of the Sea (MIP) listed on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286811866414

Not really monsters but most of us who played with MPC Monsters as kids also played with the Sea Creatures.





I still have my 12 original ones as well as several of the later cereal premiums. I had totally forgotten what the great MPC packaging looked like. In those days we couldn't wait to rip through the packaging and discard it so we could play with the toys. Later we came to realize the packaging was the best part of it, especially MPC Monster and Dino packaging from the '60s into the early '70s. I would certainly like to have the sealed package in the listing but like most things these days it's priced beyond what I'd be willing to pay. Sure is cool to see though.

Looks like it already sold for best offer. The seller had it listed BIN for $99.99 so I'm sure it sold for more than I was comfortable paying. It's just great to get pics of the classic MPC packaging to jog little-kid-me's recollection of yet another ripped through and discarded piece of toy history. A Wayback Machine would be a dangerous thing. I might kill me. 

[horrorhunter]

One of the Weird Monsters 8-Packs sold at eBay auction for $510 + $25 shipping + tax (around $585 total).

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406164655607



Piece missing from the lower right corner. Another 8-Pack was "ended by seller" recently. These things used to sell for around $800 with good condition packaging and they still might. It's more than I would pay but I would like to eventually get one for a good price. I wouldn't give $500 for one with damaged packaging.

There doesn't seem to be much interest in this stuff around here anymore, but I like to keep up with info on MPC Monsters here to have a record of it I can easily access. It's just as easy as keeping a private record and one never knows when it might scare up some conversation on this niche for monster collecting.

This thing sold again this morning? I guess the previous buyer returned it and the seller listed it again selling it immediately. On my saved search email it said it was listed for $399 as an auction but when I checked the listing it said it was sold as a BIN for an amount unknown to me since I didn't have a chance to get it on my Watch list. Weird Monster weirdness.

[Mike Scott]

I checked the listing it said it was sold as a BIN for an amount unknown to me

It doesn't show the price it sold for?   

[horrorhunter]

It doesn't show the price it sold for?   

Under Sold Listings it says it sold for $0.00 with 1 bid. 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mpc+weird+monsters&_sacat=0&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

[Mike Scott]

Under Sold Listings it says it sold for $0.00 with 1 bid.

That's weird!

[horrorhunter]

Grabbed another Becker MPC Witch knockoff (1 1/2").



I have all 3 of the Becker mini MPC Weirds so it's a duplicate. It's even orange like my other Becker Witch, but I won't complain about good fortune. The seller listed this figure in an eBay auction with a $2.99 min. bid and I was the only bidder. These things are so scarce not many people know about them, but they are far scarcer than the 2 1/2" MPC Weird Monsters. They hardly ever turn up on eBay which is constantly full of MPC Weird Monsters listings. My other Becker Witch was gifted to me by a seller I had bought some other monster toys from about 15 years ago. Back then I didn't know what it was, and it would be a few years before I discovered it was one of 3 smaller MPC knockoffs that L.M. Becker & Co. sold in the 5 cent grab bags called Spooky Surprise in the '60s. I never did find out who actually made them (whether Becker, MPC for Becker, or someone else) but you don't see them often nowadays.

Here's a video I did explaining what I know about the Becker figures and the Spooky Surprise grab bags. That info comes after coverage of the Horror Monsters Grab Bags.