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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5939
    #1

    The MAC Commando/Rescue Team


    This ad from 1976 makes me happy, Matchbox MAC (Mobile Action Command) was a really fun series of figures and vehicles that are unfairly forgotten. MAC never gave kids any back story (much like the Metal Men) and let their imaginations run wild.







    Below is the link to the 1977 MAC catalog, enjoy!





    For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com


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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32885
      #2
      I don't think I've ever seen these guys out in the wild, but maybe I've just looked over them. This stuff looks amazingly fun. With that size, they seem somewhat like a forerunner of M.A.S.K.

      Chris
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        • nazgul
          Lord of Light
          • May 2, 2011
          • 1040
          #3
          Loved MAC when I was a kid. I remember playing with the Wing Thing till it broke, then mom bought me another and played with that one till it broke! Good times...
          You will always be your child's favorite toy. ~Vicki Lansky

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            • bigdicebuddha
              Member
              • Sep 20, 2012
              • 64
              #4
              Never seen those before, pretty cool.

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                • ubermanx
                  Career Member
                  • Jul 3, 2013
                  • 946
                  #5
                  I had quite a few of these sets as a kid. I think there must have been a big retail push here in Canada as I recall getting some for my birthday in October and again for Christmas that year. Must ahve been just the right price point for Polish aunts and uncles buying for their least liked, bratty born in Canada nephew

                  - Marty

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                    • HardyGirl
                      Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                      • Apr 3, 2007
                      • 13949
                      #6
                      Never heard of these, but they look like a lot of fun!
                      "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                      'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                      Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                      If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                        • Falstaff13
                          Persistent Member
                          • May 28, 2008
                          • 1256
                          #7
                          Except for posts here, I'd never heard of them either. However, I am pretty sure I once had that mountain, only it was stripped down to just the "rock" structure. When I was 4 or 5 (1979 or 1980), my grandmother took me (and my sister & cousin) to a thrift store, where she was getting scraps for quilts. I found this rocky structure, and she got it for me, even though I knew the set was barebones. I used it for the next couple of years with my Legends of the West figures as part of the landscape, until we moved (which was in 1981, the reason I've got these estimated dates in my head), and my mom decided we wouldn't move the mountain with us. I am about 90% certain this was what it was from but couldn't have IDed it until now.
                          Hugh H. Davis

                          Wanted: Legends of the West (Empire & Excel) and other western historically-based figures. Send me an offer.
                          Also interested in figures based on literary characters.

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                            • mazinz
                              Persistent Member
                              • Jul 2, 2007
                              • 2249
                              #8
                              Quite possibly my favorite toyline.
                              "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

                              Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"

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