MPC Missile Carrier

Another of MPC's iconic Little Green Army Men toys is their Missile Carrier based on...? Their imagination I guess. It doesn't matter really, it's only a toy and a cool one at that. It shares that same hard-edged, clunky, sharp-angled look as their Personnel Carrier and sports the same launcher and missile as the stand-alone missile launch pad. The sample shown here in OD is the most common although I believe some of MPC's space sets had red and possibly blue missile carriers. The launcher and missile each came in a variety of colors. The missiles were launched via a rubber band which attached to the front of the launcher and was stretched back and attached to the rear of the missile. One carefully lifted up on the tail of the missile freeing it from the launcher and it was supposed to launch. Sometimes it worked pretty good, other times not so much. My photos don't show any rubber band because, ummm, we don't use them at the house! Yup, I know, sounds funny but we really have very little use for them and they end up drying out and going brittle in this dry desert air. You may also notice as we run through this series of MPC toys that many of them have gone crooked and wonky through the years. That is the bane of plastic toy collector's and we pretty much just have to live with it. The launcher measures 7 1/2" (19.05cm) L x 3 3/4" (9.52cm) W x 2 7/8" (7.30cm) H to top of hull. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina