Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

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Fallout420
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Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by Fallout420 » Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:02 am

Managed to grab this case for what I believe was a steal! It’s a little damaged but hoping the contents won’t be as bad. Debating on opening it or leaving it as is, those accessory packets are the real steal!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Unopened-whole ... 632-2357-0

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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by Jim_M1988 » Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:24 am

Awesome score, very cool. If you do decide to open it chuck some pictures up 🙂

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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by Amelieee1 » Fri Nov 05, 2021 4:10 am

Open it, usually MCIs have something spoil, especially 60s ones
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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by Robin heum » Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:39 am

Isnt the normal weight on these around 25lbs?
If thats correct and the one you bought weights 17lbs it might be in a bad condition i would think.

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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by Fallout420 » Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:01 am

Didn’t know the normal weight of them, probably means most if not all of the meat units are nothing but rust now. I’ll probably open it and salvage what I can before it all deteriorates

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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by texrdnec » Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:56 am

it was listed with a buy it now of $500 and i thought about buying it then just to find out how it fared.

at the very least your fruit is toast except maybe an applesauce

glad you snagged it even cheaper

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Re: Scored an unopened case of 1966 MCI’s!

Post by ViperGTS » Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:28 pm

If the accessory packs survived in good shape, you can easily make your money back, if you end up with a pile of popped/bloated cans. The fruit cans are typically time bombs.

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