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Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.
The 1970s were a golden era for toys, with several iconic brands and characters emerging that are still celebrated today, such as all things Star Wars. Following the release of this culturally ...
The fraction form looks like a fraction, with a numerator and a denominator. The numerator consists of two parts separated by a dash. The prefix (no longer used in check processing, yet still printed on most checks) is a 1 or 2 digit code (P or PP) indicating the region where the bank is located.
Unassembled parts of a Hasegawa 1/72 F/A-18E kit. The frame surrounding the various parts is called the injection moulding "runner" or "sprue" The first plastic models were injection molded in cellulose acetate (e.g. Frog Penguin and Varney Trains), but currently most plastic models are injection-molded in polystyrene, and the parts are bonded together, usually with a plastic solvent-based ...
Thanks to the puzzle’s enduring popularity, early models — especially those in original packaging — can sell for around $100, especially in mint condition. 9. Fisher-Price Little People Playsets
The company's Early Iron series featured variants of Ford Model As. [5] During the 1970s, the company also hired modeler Sheperd Paine to construct and paint aircraft models and dioramas, which were used for photographs on boxes and instruction booklets. [6] Some metal kits, like a 1953 Corvette, also appeared. [7]
Though the King Seeley "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox from 1968 is worth up to $1,300, an original Smokey Bear lunchbox from the early 1970s can go for over $1,100 on eBay. The most valuable ...
In 1946, Hawk produced one of the first all-plastic model kits, the Curtiss R3C-1 racer. [8] Four additional kits (all classic 1930s racers) were added in 1948; the Gee Bee, Howard Ike, Laird Solution and Supermarine S6B. These early kits were molded in acetate plastic, but from 1949 Hawk employed polystyrene in its injection-molding process. [9]