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

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 94 Set #93704 (2008) US 82nd Airborne Division - Carded Pt 2 Pose 1

The first four poses in this set are same-o same-o - poses we've seen before. This was yet another set in which I got rid of the packaging many moons ago and had to dig into the tote bins and pull the pieces out for photography (BTW all the sets I've posted so far in this series are now residing in plastic bags, segregated, and contents noted for future reference). The few empty boxes I do have, have been put to the side all in one place. 

Ed

FOV U.S. Infantry Pose 1

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 93 Set #93704 (2008) US 82nd Airborne Division - Carded Pt 1 Packaging and Contents

We are in the home stretch for this series of Forces of Valor / Unimax 1:32 scale figure sets because, after this set is posted what's left is a few odds-&-ends. I'm not sure if this was ever offered as set #83704, only #93704 that I'm aware of. It is an unusual offering in a couple of ways. As a later production set it has a different terrain piece with a matching figure than any of the previous sets: a barbed-wire fence and a corresponding GI cutting it with wire cutters. It also has a sheep figure which doesn't show up in many sets.

Ed

Carded

(Photos culled from fleaBay)

Contents

-5 Figures

-Barbed-wire fence

-Corner ruined wall

-Curved sandbag emplacement

-Small barricade

-Barrel

-Coil of barbed wire

-Sheep

-Crate 4

-Crate 5

-Jerry Can