MPC Monsters Appreciation Thread

[bigbud]

Horrorhunter...the Kong set is magnificent! Hey, is the Haunted Hulk ship a generic MPC ship? Are there special holes to hold the 3-skull item onto the deck?

[Hepcat]

No, the Haunted Hulk was not generic. It had a hull designed to take just the single mast. MPC also put out a twin-masted pirate ship very similar to but not identical to the Haunted Hulk.

[horrorhunter]

Horrorhunter...the Kong set is magnificent! Hey, is the Haunted Hulk ship a generic MPC ship? Are there special holes to hold the 3-skull item onto the deck?

Hep's right, Bud. The common MPC pirate ship just had the two smaller mast holes without the big center hole for the HH mast. Here's a pic:



MPC also made pirate ships identical to the Haunted Hulk hull in different colors. If you can find one, or one of the repops, then it will have the two small holes for the HH Skull Standard, and could be used in place of the green HH hull since it's really the same except for color.

[horrorhunter]

Another Haunted Hulk came and went on evilBay. Actually, it's the same one I posted about before, but this time the seller put it in a regular auction and got a nice price for it.

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/222043174042?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT



It has a few condition problems but around 750 bucks including shipping is probably a fair price since these are so scarce. A really nice loose one with all 8 MPC monsters should scare up around a grand if this auction is any indication. A boxed one in nice packaging could bring out the stupid money (maybe from me  ).

[Rockshasa]

I've never heard of these things. Musta been before my time. I like 'em though!!

[horrorhunter]

I've never heard of these things. Musta been before my time. I like 'em though!!

Very scarce monster toy 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).

[Hepcat]

MPC also made pirate ships identical to the Haunted Hulk hull in different colors. If you can find one, or one of the repops, then it will have the two small holes for the HH Skull Standard, and could be used in place of the green HH hull since it's really the same except for color.

I've never actually seen an MPC enthusiast rig up an off-colour Haunted Hulk but it would I suspect still look very cool. It would only make sense though if there's a scarcity of green Haunted Hulk hulls relative to the sails and other pieces.

[horrorhunter]

I've never actually seen an MPC enthusiast rig up an off-colour Haunted Hulk but it would I suspect still look very cool. It would only make sense though if there's a scarcity of green Haunted Hulk hulls relative to the sails and other pieces.

I haven't either. The thing is, all of those parts are so scarce you just gladly take what you can find, like bigbud did when he scored that Skull Standard with those model parts. I can see the possibility of someone just having some, or all, of the other parts, and using a compatible pirate ship hull until they scored an original green HH hull (if ever). I got EXTREMELY lucky when those original parts I needed all popped up on eBay in one auction and I got them for the minimum bid of $150.00. I remember passing on those parts from Toy Ranch just before that because I thought they were overpriced at $350.00. Now that I think back I was foolish for passing on that deal from Toy Ranch because that was a fair price for the parts. Like I said, just pure luck the parts popped up on eBay. Who knows how many years it would take to find all 3 of those original parts in nice condition (Skull Standard, Sail, Spider-Web Rigging). Could be decades waiting unless you just pony up for the whole HH, and even the complete ship only comes up every year or two.

[horrorhunter]

Here is a completed eBay auction for a boxed Haunted Hulk. It sold for $1,313.00.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1964-034-Haunted-Hulk-034-The-Horror-of-The-Seven-Seas-Monster-Ship-MP-Inc-/222347142378?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=8uWcWgvJT7S5JYWXcbJKxuajGdw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc



The box is a little pushed in on top and the cello is torn off the front. It didn't help the look of the listing that the ship itself is presented in disarray. The spider-web rigging is attached to the wrong deck tabs which makes it looked warped, the sail isn't placed properly into the deck hole, the wheel isn't on the stem properly, and there is dirt and scraps inside the hull. The ship is very nice if presented properly. The packaging isn't bad if the box was straightened out and new cello added. I think the buyer got a pretty good deal. Some of these sellers are lacking when it comes to listing presentation. If this item were presented properly the seller would have probably realized a few hundred extra bucks.

[Darkside1]

I agree, could have been presented better and I was a bit shocked it didn't go
for more. I do not know if I have ever seen a boxed example come up for sale.
The seller mentioned it was missing several of the monster figures.

Is that true, or did the boxed Hulk only come with 2 monsters?
I would think they would have wanted you to buy more monsters to
fill the ship.

[horrorhunter]

I agree, could have been presented better and I was a bit shocked it didn't go
for more. I do not know if I have ever seen a boxed example come up for sale.
The seller mentioned it was missing several of the monster figures.

Is that true, or did the boxed Hulk only come with 2 monsters?
I would think they would have wanted you to buy more monsters to
fill the ship.

I've never seen a sealed MIB Haunted Hulk in person but I've gotten pics off the internet of two different ones and both only had two monsters included. I agree that MPC probably marketed it that way to get kids to buy the carded Unbreakable Weird Monsters sets to fill up their HH.

I was going to bid but it ended up going for more than I wanted to pay in my situation. Since I already have a nice loose Haunted Hulk I want a sealed one with nice packaging if I drop over $1K on it. If I ever get one like I want I'll probably have to pay more like $2K but that's where I'm at on it. If I didn't already have one I would have bid $1.5K on this auction... don't know if that would have won it, either. I may never own a sealed MIB HH, may never even see one come up for sale in my lifetime, but I'm at peace on it either way. The one I have is the original hull from the one my parents bought me in 1964 and it means more to me than a sealed MIB example would... still, I would love a MIB HH to display.

[Darkside1]

Right there with you. What a terrible time for a piece like this to surface!
Christmas just killed my funds.
I was going to bid if the seller would have let me make a few payments,
but they refused to do so. Which I understood, but still very painful news.

[skully]

I placed a bid on this piece with just a little under 2 minutes to go, but got smoked. I too was a "little light" because of Christmas. When I saw the listing, I said "why now", not good. 

[Hepcat]

I've never seen a sealed MIB Haunted Hulk in person but I've gotten pics off the internet of two different ones and both only had two monsters included. I agree that MPC probably marketed it that way to get kids to buy the carded Unbreakable Weird Monsters sets to fill up their HH.

Here's a picture of a sealed Haunted Hulk with only two monster figures.

[Allhallowsday]