The Merchandise GuideRound 2
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise GuideRound 2 is a company founded in 2005 in Indiana, USA. It owns the brands, and some of the original tooling, for major plastic kit and die-cast model brands including AMT, MPC and Johnny Lightning. Among the licenses were the original MPC/Ertl Space: 1999 kits, with the MPC Eagle first to be reissued in 2013. At the start of 2014 they reissued the MPC Alien kit, followed by Alpha Moonbase.
The success of the reissues led to an updated Eagle Deluxe Edition in 2015. In 2015, Round 2, under the MPC branding, created new tooling for a very accurate 22 inch Eagle. This popular kit had a number of accessory packs, and eventually variation kits, the main versions being Eagle With Cargo Pod (2017), Eagle 2 Laboratory Pod (2020).
The kit was also released as a pre-built model in three configurations Eagle transporter (2018), Rescue Eagle (2018), and Eagle 2 (2020).
A third scale Eagle, a 14 inch Eagle was introduced in 2019, with similar accuracy to the 22 inch.
Other related kits included an in-scale Nuclear Waste Area 2 with astronauts and moonbuggies, Commlock and stun gun kit (2021), and Hawk (a new tooling, accurate the studio filming model, not the 1977 MPC original)..
| Product | SKU | Release Date | Box | Accessories |
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| Eagle 1 Transporter | MPC791/12 | December 2013 |  |
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| The Alien | MPC795/12 | January 2014 |  |
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| Alpha Moonbase | MPC803/12 | August 2014 |  |
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| Eagle 1 Transporter Deluxe Edition | MPC816/06 | January 2015 |  |
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| 22 inch Eagle | MPC825/06 | January 2016 |  |
MKA014 Deluxe Accessory Pack MKA016 Small Metal Parts Set MKA028 Weathering Panel Decals (2018) MKA051 Weathering Panel Decals (2021)  |
| Eagle With Cargo Pod | MPC838/06 | July 2017 |  |
MKA025/24 Nuclear waste cannisters |
| Nuclear Waste Area 2 | MPC860/06 | December 2017 |  |
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| Eagle Transporter Display Model | MPC875/02 | January 2018 |  |
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| Hawk Mark IX | MPC881/12 | June 2018 |  |
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| Eagle With Rescue Pod Display Model | MPC903/02 | December 2018 |  |
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| 14 inch Eagle | MPC913/12 | November 2019 |  |
MKA038 Metal Engine Bell Set
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| Eagle 2 Display Model | MPC917/02 | March 2020 |  |
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| Spine Booster | MKA043/06 | May 2020 |  |
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| Eagle 2 Laboratory Pod | MPC923/06 | May 2020 |  |
MKA044 Metal Parts Pack
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| Commlock And Stun Gun | MPC941/12 | July 2021 |  |
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| 1:48 Hawk | MPC947/12 | Q4 2021 |  |
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| Moonbuggy | MPC984 | 2023 | 
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| 14 inch Eagle 4 | MPC979 | 2023 | 
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| Eagle With Cargo Pod Re-boxing of MPC838/06 |
MPC900 | May 2023 | 
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