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WILD WEST AND JUNGLE TOY SOLDIERS AND FIGURES FOR SALE

AMERICAN WILD WEST FIGURES AND ITEMS

NONE IN STOCK - Western Frontier Village Set, 1972, boxed set as seen in the above picture. The building pieces are wood (Made in E. Germany), and the figures are rubbery swoppets (probably based on Timpo but made in Hong Kong). Mostly complete missing one or two small pieces. No window over hole on box front but the entire box may have been sold shrink wrapped. Certainly an unusual item from MPC.

- NONE - #621 200 Cowboys, Indians, Horses. 1/72 "HO" scale copies of Giant brand figures who had copies Britains 54mm figures down to 1/72. ()

MPC had hard plastic figures of the Lone Ranger and Tonto produced at their Hong Kong facility. They used these figures with their regular soft plastic unpainted figures.

In 1976 Multiple Toys reused their Lone Ranger & Tonto figures as Buffalo Bill (painting the Lone Ranger's mask flesh color) and Sitting Bull for a Wild West Show set. Picture courtesy Lynn Graves.

Photo courtesy Fred Hartman.

Two piece (bends at the corners) western fort made for the 45mm western figures. Decal mostly gone as seen above. Soft plastic.

Fort Boone sign lettering white on redbrown plastic.

MPC Grant's exclusive. Box says; wagon, stagecoach, canoe and two teepees which are not included. Also says 40 pieces but there are 60 figures, 4 horses, 2 pc fort and teepee frame. Fort in good shape.

Streetfront, yellow, reissue.

- Winneco (Payton) copies of MPC cowboys and Indians header card bag, circa 1965-75, about 15-20 figures.

The above photo is of RECAST figures (circa 2003). Most original MPC 45mm Cavalry were made in metallic blue (a few in gray as ACW rebs). Earlier RECASTS (circa 1990)can be found in a stiff light blue plastic.

NONE - Teepee, vinyl on SP frame. (1)

MPC 2nd version Stockade, gate has ATTACHED 2 doors NO BAR, & 4 straight walls, redbrown.

RINGHAND FIGURES

Headercard dated 1958. Picture courtesy Atomic Candy Cold War Era Collectibles.

Marshall Dillon.

- Paladin, standard rider made in black only for the Have Gun Will Travel playset.

Ringhand cowboys

Please note there are two slight variations of each pose in existence. Most often found in a redbrown color.

-Toy Toter Western Horses & Riders. About six horses with riders and accessories.

Ringhand Indians

Difference between the kneeling poses is the shape of the base (one is egg shaped the other is an elongate oval).

There are two slightly different ring hand Indian accessory sprues. The one with 12 pieces has three arrows and a quiver the one with 10 pieces has one arrow and a feather lance. Otherwise they have the same contents. Most are bright green but we have pictured an example of the harder to find dark green accessories (shield) in between the two sprues as seen above ( and red may also have been used).

MPC copied three of the Tim-Mee 60mm Indians (they copied Marx in a 45mm size). Sometime these figures have holes in their bases and were sold with the three peg large (13 inch long) canoe.

Large seven peg canoe.

Three peg canoe.

HP War Canoe with three matching Indians as found. Circa 1955.

Wagons

MPC made some nice wagons and coaches. However they never made a good hitch and most wagons are pulled by what must be one very tired horse in a single hitch.

- Vinyl Horse blanket. ()

MPC big 8 inch long body Frontier Supply Wagon + two double hitches & four horses.

Large wagon with drivers and horses, brown.

HORSES

Large 4-5 inch wagon horse.

MPC made an intricate cabin for use in their western playsets. Windows and doors clipped onto the frame and at least three different front were used. These were used in their Gunsmoke playset and a few others but are scarce. The mold still exists and has been run to include with later "Marx" Fort Apache playsets. MPC switched to a simpler, cheaper building which is easier to find.

Above shows some of the building fronts used with the MPC buildings. Bottom row with the older building and top row with the later building. Later buildings were also used with police, construction and military themed sets.

The later building is more flimsy and does not have a rear wall so you could place figures inside. Also the door was molded in and was often cut out by the owner. Two styles of assembly have been noted; with "pegs" and with "tabs". Tab versions connect better.

Later style buildings and parts.

Large Western Items

- 1977 catalog picture.

The five inch cowboys and Indians have been found in many colors including; brown, red, green, yellow and shades of blue.

MPC made five different cowboys and five different Indians in the 5 inch scale. Each figure originally came with two detachable accessories. Most of these were soon lost when children played with them.

Picture courtesy David Schafer. NONE IN STOCK

REISSUE Jungle tree walkway + 2 trees.

MPC Trading Post.

Jungle Canoe.

6.00 Paddle; NONE.

reissue Jungle hut all in yellow.

Jungle and Wild Animals

The MPC animals came in many colors and shade variations.

Jungle Hunter, made in HK for MPC jungle set. -

MPC made an interesting playset based upon the King Kong books and movies. Using their generic jungle figures, animals and accessories all they added was a large King Kong with magnetic hands and several character figures (with magnets so Kong could pick them up).