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Showing posts with label MPC. Show all posts
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Pirates of the MPC

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In the late 50s and early 60s, the Multiple Plastics Corporation (known as MPC) produced 60mm soft plastic figures known as "ringhands...
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC WWII JAPANESE

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These 2 1/4 inch soldiers came a little late to the war, showing up sometime in the early '60s, but they've made up for it by f...
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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC WWII Germans

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We were visited by a platoon of MPC WWII Russians a couple of weeks ago. Now it's equal time for the Germans. They're not up to...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC WWII RUSSIANS

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We've seen three examples of MPC Ringhand figures (Pirates, Spacemen and GIs), but the Multiple Plastics Co also did more traditional...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC RINGHAND GIs

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I mentioned these GIs when I posted the MPC Spacemen a couple of weeks ago ( HERE ). Those spacemen figures were made from these same m...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Toy Soldier Saturday: MPC SPACEMEN

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Toy soldiers made by the Multiple Plastics Corporation were always inferior to those of Marx, but while Marx merely toyed around with t...
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This Jim Bowie lookalike was the proud recipient of the Mystery Writers of America 2011 Robert L. Fish Award for his EQMM story "Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man." His AHMM story "The Continental Opposite" was nominated for a Shamus award and selected for Best American Mystery Stories 2016. His novel CROCKETT'S DEVIL was published last year by Steeger Books, and a follow-up, BOWIE'S GOLD has just been released. Buy 'em both! Baby needs a new pair of shoes.
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