Plastic Figure Showcase Mysteries, we start off with some questions of Jeff Imel of BMC. Jeff has acquired some molds and needs some answers. I have some rail cars which might be from MPC. We will also look at some other items.
Plastic Figure Showcase Mysteries Jeff Imel
MPC Ore Cars?
Odds and Ends
Aren’t the rail cars from the MPC ” Have Gun Will Travel ” playset. Does Jeff have any plans to produce the Figures,Wagons,& Western signs?? I’d purchase them.
You may be right. I thought it was from an MPC playset. Jeff has no plans at the moment for the signs. It might be a while for them to come to the surface.
I’m not saying MPC didn’t use the rail cars on other sets but I received them in my “Have Gun Will Travel ” set, too. MPC (and Marx and others) did know how to get the most out of their molds.
Your pic of the ring hand guy brought back memories. I used toothpicks, too. Did anyone else use sword shaped cocktail picks with their ring hand guys?
I have the same rapid fire gun from my dad and is from 50s least.
As admin say it fire rapid while u rotate the hand swivel part.
You can feed round bullets in large amount as soft BB gun .
Mine is dark OD color hard plastic.
It has a patent number and brand engraved if not mistake.
I think by Payton but I could be wrong as nor remember well and storage x many years.
I will have to dig it out.
I use as boy to target my figures or space gun.as is a complete toy design not related to any real gun at all.
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The MPC ore car set that I had came with a beautiful steam engine, with track. There was also a bag of plastic “gold dust” that ended up in the carpet sweeper by the end of the week.
The nice Cane Bersaglieri might lend itself to the War between the States also
I agree.Mark
It can be use easy with minor painting/and or conversion in many conflit as well most other 5 poses of set .
Why sign of mold have spelled (ARIZZONA?)with two ZZ and rest is nothing to be with spanish words ,neither name of such factory ever existed.
If the spelling was done by spanish people do not need to change spelling as word and /or name Arizona is in spanish written correct same way as known;while S-LOUIS does spell San Luis as is correct translated from original French spelling .
But then TEXAS is spell wrong if was in spanish .No even in portuguese ,italian or vazquez would spell/write as in the mold sign(TEXSAS).
TEXAS,ARIZONA,CALIFORNIA,LOS ANGELES,SAN FRANCISCO,NEVADA ,OREGON ,COLORADO are all spanish words of old settlement founded by spaniards many centuries ago and words were created by Spaniards in some base in old native words .
The spelling in mold signs was done incorrect in purpose by actually NARDI-MORELIA to avoid copyrights of other forts and houses sold with correct names in signs western toys buildings by other makers .
The correct answer/history of that mold to the sign is it is belong to old former mold from Morelia – Nardi
Morelia was an old metal -lead toy figures maker from Uruguay that did production business in 1965 with Nardi from Italy till 1979
Nardi send molds to then(MORELIA) and co-founded a factory there to produce their toy figures/fort and houses but NARDI had a short history producing because of large factory fire in Italy .
In 1979/80.The molds they have from Nardi after Nardi close in italy after large fire were sold to
Almost all Nardi-morelia figures produced with molds in Uruguay by Morelia carry a engraved that read – (Industria Uruguay) Along NARDI words
It could be the reason it was misinterpreted as being made by factory named “”Toys of Uruguay”””
The words “Bienvenidos a Uruguay” means literally -Welcome to Uruguay
Molds Unlimited was re integrated and absorbed by another company name Molds Unlimited Inc that sold off all toys molds in late 80s and dedicate to household mainly products today.
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(sold to Molds Unlimited Inc).sorry i forgot write it above