Thursday, March 26, 2026

MPC Metallic Blue Figures

MPC weasel and ring hand figures.
60mm figures in the snow.
I am not sure who made the machine gun but it's very cool.
New production Tim Mee 2 1/2 ton trucks with MPC soldiers.
Tim Mee Jeeps in the snow with MPC figures.
When I get snow, I always like to take my 60mm figures out and play in the snow.  Growing up in Southern California I did not get to play in snow until I moved to Kentucky after I retired. It only snows a few days a year so I have to act fast.  This year it snowed rather a lot and so I had a little more time to do a set up.
These tall, thin 60mm figures were made by MPC decades ago.  I have these metallic blue ones, also green figures that are also 50 - 60 years old; and a 100 or so recast light green ones too.
 

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4 comments:

  1. RogerMarch 27, 2026 at 3:16 AM

    The Jeeps and Weasels seems to be more correct size for these figures than for 'regular' 54mms.

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  2. Mike Bunkermeister CreekMarch 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM

    Yes, the original MPC and Tim Mee figures were more in the 60mm range than 54mm. MPC used to make rather larger toys than Marx and Tim Mee often did.

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  3. WayneMarch 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM

    I had a bunch of them when I was a kid. It was wish for Marx, usually got a Marx set Christmas, then MPC for birthdays. I remember the blue guys (both their 45mm and larger 60mm being Marines, I got some with a battleship I wish I still had. Of course green was Army, and I got an Air Force/missile base that had the 45mm guys in silver for Air Force. It worked for me when I was 7 years old.

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    1. Mike Bunkermeister CreekMarch 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM

      Yes, I had some as a kid and just kept buying a few here and there. Ebay and hobby shows were good places to find them. Thanks for sharing Wayne. Scale was less important when we were 7!

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