A Look at MPC's Breech Loading Cannon's - Pt 4 Blue SP with Spoked Wheels

MPC really got a lot of mileage out of their cannon tooling. Same basic cannon, but if you swap pneumatic tires for spoked wheels now you have a toy appropriate for an entirely different era. MPC sold these spoked wheel toys in their Rev War playsets as well as American Civil War and modern military! Funny, but I have yet to see a cannon in a MPC Western playset - hmmmm. Oh well, maybe I'll come across one some day. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

From Rev War...

(MPC Playset No. 1203 Battle of Bunker Hill)

...to modern era

(Miner Industries Playset No. 1753 Army Action Squadron Task Force)

I have to wonder why they chose to put an earlier type cannon in what is most definitely mid-1900's style playset

These are older photos and my editing is a bit off but good nuff for now

A full cannon crew would have consisted of at least six personnel per artillery piece. MPC made a limited amount of poses and totally failed to make a limber and/or caisson for theirs.

This is a slightly lighter shade of blue. This came from the Battle of Bunker Hill set pictured above and shows what a pristine set is comprised of