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Eric Sofer
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I got the Superman and Superboy models... for the comic books inside 'em. Oh, I tried to assemble the models... but I've never had the greatest physical dexterity, and they didn't look so out.
Too bad there was never a venue where just those comics could be purchased. They're log lost... but it was a Bridwell/Swan/Anderson Superman book, as I recall. Good times...
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John Byrne
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...Revell...••• They ventured into figure models, but not so successfully as Aurora. I was pretty much addicted to plastic modeling, so I bought pretty much anything that came along, including the BONANZA kit issued by Revell. Truly exqisite sculpts of the three leads, but I was so disappointed opening the box to discover each figure was basically TWO pieces, front and back! Revell had clearly missed a major part of what made these kits FUN.
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Marc Cheek
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To this day, I've still not done a figure model. I build a lot of car models, but I've just never felt really compelled to build a figure.
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Jonathan A. Dowdell
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I remember many of these models had "glow-in-the-dark" parts you could use. I think I put the glowing hands on Frankenstein's monster but for the most part the glow in the dark parts didn't look right to me.
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David Allen Perrin
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I miss scale modeling. Every now and then I'd wander through the model kits at a toy store or hobby shop.
The classic Aurora figure kits were something that always caught my eye as a kid....until a 1/48th scale WW2 era fighter plane would drag me away.
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Bryan White
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Matt C. That's funny, my Creature never looked that good either.
OH I forgot the Batman and Man from Uncle
Also being a bit of an animal kid, I did have 7 of the 22 Bachmann Birds of the World
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John Byrne
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Don't feel too bad if your models didn't look professional quality. A while back I picked up a history of Aurora, and the assembled kits in the illustrations were universally horrid. Some were not even ASSEMBLED correctly!
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John Byrne
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One of the curious aspects of the monster models was how the box art was frequently at odds with the model itself. As I got older, and more aware of the cinematic history of the characters, I realized that the face on the Phantom of the Opera box looked more like James Cagney in MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES than it did Lon Chaney. The illustration for the Wolfman looked a whole lot like Oliver Reed in Hammer's CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF. The Hunchback art seemed to be modeled on Anthony Quinn's version. And perhaps most curiously of all, altho the box art kinda invoked Karloff, the actual model of Frankenstein's monster was clearly Glenn Strange. I had a sense James Bama was not given much in the way of reference!
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Philippe Negrin
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I expected to see some of Aurora's selection of outfits here...My bad !
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Eric Sofer
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JB: "... and the assembled kits in the illustrations were universally horri." (Emphasis added.)
I GOT that joke! Brilliant!
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John Byrne
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JB: "... and the assembled kits in the illustrations were universally horri." (Emphasis added.)I GOT that joke! Brilliant! •• Not so much, since the illustrations included all their other kits, including the various knights, superheroes, boats, planes, etc.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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I was aware of the Aurora monster kits. I'd seen them many times in old monster mags I had. But much to my dismay they were a bit before my time. I would have loved collecting them when I was a kid.
They are on my hunting list. The only thing is if I found them today. I wouldn't assemble them. I'd want to but for the price that they would cost. No way I'd risk it.
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