1970 Multiple Toymakers W.T. Grant Western Frontier Boxed Playset MPC No. 500 / Grant Item W.T.G. 87700

This is a great little set made by Multiple Toymakers (aka MPC or Miner Industries) and offered by the W.T. Grant Dimestore chain back in 1970. It has everything a little kid needed to play Cowboys and Indians: A Fort for the Cowboys, Teepees for the Indians, two wagons, and a whole bunch of figures. The compact stockade comes in two pieces and sports the Fort Frontier name. The walls are attached at the corners by a sliver-thin piece of plastic allowing them to be folded. The two pieces attach to each other via small tabs. While the wagons included four yellow 60mm ringhand generic driver type figures, the remaining figs were all 45mm. The wagons are oversized when compared with the small figures but hey, this was MPC/Multiple/Miner - scale was not a consideration. Play value was. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Set contents (as found in my set)

2-piece stockade

Stagecoach

Buckboard

2 plastic-&-vinyl teepees

Canoe with two oars

3 60mm ringhand figures for the wagons

Partial set of Western accessories for the ringhand figures

33 45mm figures

all four sides

The stockade is small measuring  11 1/4" (28.57cm) W x 5 1/2" (13.97cm) D x 5 1/2"H

Tabs on the parapets allow the figures to stand without falling

the canoe appears to be from the jungle playset