Industry | Toy |
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Founded | 1963 |
Founder | George A. Toteff |
Defunct | 2011 |
Fate | Company defunct, remains as a brand |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Products | Plastic scale model cars, aircraft |
Owner | Round 2 (2011–pres.) |
Parent |
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Website | round2corp/mpc |
Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.
Traditionally a Michigan company, since 2011 the "MPC" brand name has been part of Round 2 of South Bend, Indiana (which was also acquired by Japanese company Tomy for $ 640 million.[1][2]