Adventures in Chat GPT - MPC River Patrol Boat

I absolutely love seeing my toy collection presented in a realistic setting and Chat GPT allows me to do that when I don't have space, time, money, or energy to do 3D modeling. In any case, I would never have immersed a vintage MPC boat in a river made from resin which would ruin the piece, so it makes sense to do a computer enhanced presentation. I really like how this one turned out!

Speaking of 3D modeling, once I'm through with that small MPC Royal Canadian Mounted Police set I started posting the other day, I'll have a nice project to show here on the blog.

Ed

MPC Royal Canadian Mounted Police Set UNK YR (No Box) - Pt 2 Jail

Back in March 2023 I posted the jail but it had a brown front that matched the walls and roof. This one of course has a blue front. The door is missing - as is often the case - and there most likely would have been a Canadian flag that would be placed on the roof - also missing. The jail measures 5 1/2" (13,97cm) W x 3 1/4" (8,25cm) D x 4 5/8" (11,74cm) H.

Ed

That small pipe-looking affair towards the front of the roof is meant to accommodate a flag which MPC liked to put in its playsets.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 96 Set #93704 (2008) US 82nd Airborne Division - Carded Pt 4 Pose 4

The third of five poses in Set #93704.

Ed

FOV U.S. Infantry Pose 4

MPC Royal Canadian Mounted Police Set UNK YR (No Box) - Pt 1

I just got this set in a couple of weeks ago. While doing random searches in fleaBay I came across this lot containing a bunch of MPC's early slot-hand figures, accessories, and a jail with blue front wall. The seller listed it as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) set and I'm okay with that as the accessories included bear that out - most especially the wide-brimmed 'ranger' hats. Okay, I hear what you're saying: maybe they were a part of an American park ranger or Boy Scout set. Also plausible, but then too I have never seen sets like those from MPC.  

After a quick follow-up with the seller he stated that the set was acquired a couple of years ago at the Chicago Toy Soldier Show and it was identified and sold as a RCMP set. Even without the original packaging that is a plausible assumption, based on MPC's prolific re-packaging of its buildings and figures into a myriad of sets. And they did of course sell a lot of them in Canada. Without the original packaging or a catalog reference (did these appear in any Eaton's or Simpsons-Sears catalogs???) I can't pin down a year.

You can see all the pieces that came in the set in the following photo. I'll be posting the jail and figures separately.

Ed

Several wide-brimmed ranger hats (plus what appears to be a baseball cap??), a Billy club, handcuffs, and a sign that says 'QUIET ZONE' may all be indicative of a Canadian set as I have yet to see an MPC American police set with those accessories.

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 95 Set #93704 (2008) US 82nd Airborne Division - Carded Pt 3 Pose 3

The second of five poses in Set #93704. I noticed that when the Thompson machine gun was glued into the hands of this guy that it had a distinct downward lean to it. I couldn't take it out to reposition so there it is - pointing downward.

Ed

FOV U.S. Infantry Pose 3