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Aurora FAQ: 11. What are these monster kits showing up with the Aurora logo...
11. What are these monster kits showing up with the Aurora logo in the original long boxes? For a while, Polar Lights had rights to use the original Aurora logo. The Creature, Mummy, Frankenstein,...
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Aurora FAQ: 12 What’s this rumor about “lost molds” and the return of...
12. What’s this rumor about “lost molds” and the return of Aurora/LAPCO? In August of 1999, a person named Gennaro Giammarino aka Jerry Giammarino started contacting a number of Aurora fans online. He...
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Aurora FAQ: 13. Why do I see new models with the classic Aurora logo?
13. Why do I see new models with the classic Aurora logo? Polar Lights, a division of Playing Mantis,licensed the original Aurora logo and used it on a number of models including the reissued Aurora...
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Aurora FAQ: 14. Why does the Creature from the Black Lagoon kit have a ridge...
14. Why does the Creature from the Black Lagoon kit have a ridge on his head? The Creature actually had a ridge on his head, though not quite as prominent as is featured on the model. The alignment of...
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Aurora FAQ: 16. What was the story behind the Forgotten Prisoner of Castle Mare?
16. What was the story behind the Forgotten Prisoner of Castle Mare? According to Greenberg’s Guide to Aurora Models, Aurora’s Bill Silverstein made a deal with Warren Publishing to create and promote...
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Aurora FAQ: 17. What happened to Polar Lights and the monster figure kits?
17. What happened to Polar Lights and the monster figure kits? In July 2004, Playing Mantis, the parent company of Polar Lights was sold to the RC2 corporation. RC2 was primarily interested in the...
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Aurora FAQ: 18. What is the current status of Aurora kit production?
18. What is the current status of Aurora kit production? As of May 2010, there are a number of classic Aurora kits in production: Revell has reissues of the Red Knight and Black Knight in stores. 5...
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Aurora FAQ: 15. What happened to the palm leaves on the King Kong model?
15. What happened to the palm leaves on the King Kong model? Dean Milano from Revell/Monogram reports: “At one point, many years ago, possibly when MPC had the Kong molds, the tooling was changed....
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New Graveyard Scenes base!
Here’s another new product that we’ll have available at Wonderfest. This is the Graveyard Scenes Mad Doctor base and it is designed for the classic 70’s Aurora figures in the 1:12 scale. The base is...
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The Vampire Bride – New Graveyard Scenes kit
Here’s a sneak peak of the new Vampire Bride figure and base for the Graveyard Scenes. This is a 1:12 scale figure in the style of the classic 70’s Aurora monsters. The Vampire bride was sculpted...
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Lost Aurora: Luminator Superman
In the early nineties, Monogram was releasing a number of models in this “Luminator” plastic, including many of the classic monsters. The “Luminators” would glow under a black light. The novelty was...
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Lost Aurora: Fay Wray
In 1974, Aurora was looking to expand their line of kits. The Prehistoric Scenes had been very successful, and as part of that series, Aurora had produced a large 1/12 scale Tyrannosaurus Rex. Just...
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Lost Aurora: The Animal Pit and The Dungeon
The Animal Pit and the Dungeon were scheduled to be the next kits in the Aurora Monster Scenes series at the time the models were discontinued. Pictured here are the very rare original paintings for...
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Lost Aurora: The Metaluna Mutant
After the Monster Scenes, Comic Scenes, and Prehistoric Scenes, Aurora planned to produce a series of Science Fiction Scenes. These models were to include the Time Machine, the War of the Worlds space...
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Lost Aurora: The Phantom
One more “Lost Aurora” model from the 1970’s. Aurora was hoping to expand their Comic Scenes line of kits. They tried to license the Revell molds for Flash Gordon and The Phantom but when they were...
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Damon Wright’s Voyager
This is the famous miniaturization of the ship, the Voyager, from the 1968 Saturday morning cartoon Fantastic Voyager. Even though it did not require any lighting, I created my own light kit for it....
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Angel Negrin’s Frankenstein
I built and painted this Aurora Frankenstein reissue and I hope you can include it into your site. I painted Frankie’s jacket and pants flat black and dry-brushed charcoal-grey to give an old,...
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Steve Tanski’s Aurora Monsters
Here are some of my models. No specific info except that they are reissues. Steve Tanski The post Steve Tanski’s Aurora Monsters appeared first on CultTVman Fantastic Modeling.
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Richard Travers Retooled Frankenstein
This is the modified Frankie from Polar Lights with an aftermarket head. The neck was a little skinny for the kit and required some sculpting to make it look right but was definitely worth it just to...
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Tory Mucaro’s Triceratops
Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Triceratops plus a very vivid imagination. Tory Mucaro The post Tory Mucaro’s Triceratops appeared first on CultTVman Fantastic Modeling.
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