MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread

[horrorhunter]

Did the bad photos hold down the price?

Yeah, I think that had some to do with it. The seller never showed a good pic of it complete in the box which would have been the money shot. The way it was photographed made it look like it was missing pieces. The seller even stated it was missing "Skull Island" which was wrong. That middle cardboard insert is the "Skull Island" of the piece. It's actually complete and had a crapload of extra pieces that are worth most of what I paid for the whole thing. I needed several of those HTF extra MPC jungle playset pieces to complete my King Kong Jungle Set posted earlier in this thread. There were even a couple of nice Palmer King Kongs and some of those big rubber snakes and lizards from the '60s in there.

I think the scarcity of the piece had a lot to do with the low winning bid as well. That King Kong Jungle Set complete and in nice condition should bring $400 or more in a well publicized high profile auction, and it's only scarce. The window box must be much more scarce than the Jungle Set and could bring out some stupid-money bids in the right kind of auction. I wouldn't sell it though. I got one of the Jungle Sets for Christmas in 1967 when I was 8 years old, loved the cartoon, and would have been nuts about that window box set if I had seen one as a kid. It ain't a boxed Haunted Hulk, but to me it's pretty darn close. That piece isn't leaving my collection. 

Here's the auction listing for the sold window box set: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rare-Magnetic-King-Kong-Jungle-Set-By-Multiple-Toy-Makers-/121749198210?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=SnN5xgaJbMBiNYhpWRomBCi3CFk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[jimm]

Lucky! Went to the right collection

[Hepcat]

I got one of the Jungle Sets for Christmas in 1967 when I was 8 years old, loved the cartoon, and would have been nuts about that window box set if I had seen one as a kid. It ain't a boxed Haunted Hulk, but to me it's pretty darn close.

Oh man, that's just perfect!

[Allhallowsday]

What a cool toy! 

Here's a closed auction so these must be around, but the box is trashed: 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Vtg-King-Kong-freinds-Cartoon-series-set-Very-RARE-/151838668644?hash=item235a4a3764%3Ag%3AsLoAAOSw37tWEdX2&nma=true&si=KLxB9WFLlcxKWotTPuFO%252BMCT28o%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 

[horrorhunter]

What a cool toy! 

Here's a closed auction so these must be around, but the box is trashed: 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Vtg-King-Kong-freinds-Cartoon-series-set-Very-RARE-/151838668644?hash=item235a4a3764%3Ag%3AsLoAAOSw37tWEdX2&nma=true&si=KLxB9WFLlcxKWotTPuFO%252BMCT28o%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 

Whoa! That's the only other one I've seen or heard of, and I've checked everywhere. They must be extremely rare. I know that back in the '60s places like supermarkets had exclusive toys that were very limited so maybe it was something like that. I certainly wouldn't part with mine. That '60s MPC packaging is the coolest. 

[horrorhunter]

Here's mine:



My box has some foxing, scuffing, and is a little dirty, but it's structurally intact and the cello window is in great condition. It's unfortunate that the other one is crushed like that with the cello window torn out. Can't be many of these around or there would be pictures on the net. The King Kong Jungle Set is pretty scarce, but it must be downright common compared to these Window Box Playsets.

[Monsters For Sale]

What a cool toy! 

... these must be around, but the box is trashed: 

I like the look of the trashed box.  It looks like Kong was trying to escape.

[Hepcat]

The crumpled box is also clean and white which counts with me.

[horrorhunter]

Here's an example of a seller turning eBay into evilBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1960S-MPC-KING-KONG-BLUE-PLASTIC-GORILLA-JUNGLE-SET-TOY-FIGURINE-/321898047876?hash=item4af29e6984:g:vJoAAOSwEetV8MgI



The auction is worded to suggest the MPC gorilla figure is King Kong. In the description they kind of say it's a gorilla from the Jungle Set, and they also say it's "rare", which is BS we keep reading over and over from these sellers, and they say it "still looks great", which is more BS to most people because it's badly mismolded. That common MPC gorilla figure is worth maybe a buck or two in excellent condition. One with a bad molding defect like this one wouldn't be worth buying unless you collect freaky molding mistakes. Yet another example of Buyer Beware. 

[horrorhunter]

Haunted Hulk sighting on evilBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221948540137?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT



This is not my auction, but these come up so rarely I thought it worth posting. The sail and spider-web rigging have some problems. It looks like someone took a black marker to some of the white parts. One of the stickers is original but it looks pretty ragged. The wheel is from a MPC pirate ship- same part, different color. It has six of the eight original MPC Unbreakable Weird Monsters, but the Haunted Hulk originally only came with a couple of them. The price is high for an example with these condition flaws. There is a "Make Offer" option, so the seller is fishing for top dollar and would probably settle for considerably less. Nice ones have been known to sell for around $700 in the past, but that price probably wouldn't buy a nice one nowadays unless you were lucky. One with these condition flaws I wouldn't value at more than $600. Still, with something this rare and sought after it just depends on how bad someone wants it and how much they're willing to pay, and past sales may not play into it very much.

[Hepcat]

I understand that this example of the MPC Horror House sold for $760 or so a couple of years ago.

[horrorhunter]

I understand that this example of the MPC Horror House sold for $760 or so a couple of years ago.

I'm not sure what those normally sell for but that sounds like a fair deal to me. Maybe Shannon (darkmonkeygod) can share with us his knowledge of what the fair market value of the MPC Horror House MIB should be. Howzaboutit Shannon? And thanks in advance. 

[darkmonkeygod]

I'm not sure what those normally sell for but that sounds like a fair deal to me. Maybe Shannon (darkmonkeygod) can share with us his knowledge of what the fair market value of the MPC Horror House MIB should be. Howzaboutit Shannon? And thanks in advance. 

I'm not as conversant with these as I'm only casually in the market (I'd have to get it cheap, but I'd consider cheap to be the $400 range). These don't pop up often (once every year or two?) and I think they tend to sell for $1200 to 2K with shrink intact, but nothing is really surprising when the closer you get to case fresh the dollars dropped on them rises nearly exponentially.

[jimm]

great condition!

[horrorhunter]

Haunted Hulk sighting on evilBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221948540137?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT



This is not my auction, but these come up so rarely I thought it worth posting. The sail and spider-web rigging have some problems. It looks like someone took a black marker to some of the white parts. One of the stickers is original but it looks pretty ragged. The wheel is from a MPC pirate ship- same part, different color. It has six of the eight original MPC Unbreakable Weird Monsters, but the Haunted Hulk originally only came with a couple of them. The price is high for an example with these condition flaws. There is a "Make Offer" option, so the seller is fishing for top dollar and would probably settle for considerably less. Nice ones have been known to sell for around $700 in the past, but that price probably wouldn't buy a nice one nowadays unless you were lucky. One with these condition flaws I wouldn't value at more than $600. Still, with something this rare and sought after it just depends on how bad someone wants it and how much they're willing to pay, and past sales may not play into it very much.

Looks like the seller with the HH changed their auction to $99.99 min. bid with a reserve, instead of the high BIN of $974 with "Make Offer".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221950819541?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I don't know which is worse, but I do know that I hate reserves in general. It feels like you struggle against the seller as well as the other bidders.