MPC Playset No. 4500 Missile Attack Force Instructions

Here's a set I don't have but wish I did: MPC's No. 4500 Missile Attack Force playset. However, I do have the instructions for it so will post them here. Something is better than nothing. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

MPC Launching Control Building - Blue/Gray SP

Here's the fourth of five buildings that I'm aware of that came with MPC's Space/Missile/Air Force related playsets. Of course there may be more color combinations than what I've shown so far but I think this'll do for now. You may notice in the photos that the door has been taped in place from behind! The doors have a tendency to separate from the hinges and come off so this was an expedient necessity for taking pics. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

MPC Missile Base HQ - Blue SP

Here's another variation of the MPC Missile Base HQ, this one with a blue front. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

MPC Missile Base HQ - White SP

MPC wasn't exactly known for their top quality playset buildings. They did have a couple but far too many, regardless of genre, were of this type - cheaply made interlocking panels! If you had several buildings you could swap out the sides or roofs to form different color combinations. The building measures 5 1/4"W (13.33cm) x 3 1/4" (8.25cm D x 4 1/4" (10.79cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

 

MPC 'Samson' & 'Colossus' Missile Launching Pad

In my humble opinion, this has got to be one of the coolest toys to come out of MPC's design works back in the '60s, the 'Samson' and 'Colossus' Misisle Launc Pad. The pad is octagonal with an elevating launch rack and slots for additional missiles on either side of the rack, however all the illustrations I've seen to date show only two missiles with the assembly and not three. Although the elevation of the rack can be changed unfortunately these old plastics tend to go brittle and I have to be extremely cautious in changing anything. Like other MPC missile launchers, this one was meant to be rubber band operated - and of course there's no rubber band shown in my photos cuz, hey I just don't use them, they dry out too quick in the hot/dry desert climate. The missiles themselves are designed such that you can mate two of them end to end to form a longer missile. The top of the platform is  4 3/4" (12.06cm) W x 6 1/2" (16.51cm) leg spread, 2 1/4" (5.71cm) H to top of platform Missiles 5" (12.7cm) L. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

You'll notice an empty missile storage slot to the left of the launch rack. Maybe MPC did include three missiles with some of their sets but I've only seen two

I thought MPC lavished a lot more detail on the underside of this unit than they did on other missile launchers

...and of course one can't have a missile platform without a place for the ringhand figures to stand. Here's a couple of MPC ringhand figures decked out in astronaut gear