Which monster kits should Aurora have added to their line in the mid-sixties in place of the controversial monsters in hot rods?
My nominees are these in rough order:
REGULAR SCALE
Moleman
Flying Saucer Man (from "Invasion of the Flying Saucer Men")
Metaluna Mutant
LARGER SCALE
Rodan
Ghidrah
Gorgo
Reptilicus
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LOL...I was going to recommend Me based on the subject line!
Nice picks there Hepcat,totally agree.
A Chaney Jr. Wolf Man with matching boxart...no doubt sales would have spiked when boys finally got to buy the REAL Universal Wolf Man.
Plus, the original (current) Wolf Man kit would now be one of the most valuable due to rarity.
THe Thing (arness)
It the Terror from Beyond Space.
Cyclops from 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
Doc Savage
The Shadow
Dorian Gray
Cthulhu
The Fly
Colossal Beast
Ebenezer Scrooge cowering at the feet of Death (skeletal)...
The Munsters' House 1313 Mockingbird Lane
Mcdee
I agree with the saucerman and add Dr. Frankenstein with lab diorama.
Green Hornet & Kato kits
INVISIBLE MAN (moebius caught it up), nosferatu (monarch caught this), villain from house of wax, abominable snowman, bigfoot (other than the prototype), larger scale vampirella, flying wraith... the blob... rue morgue...
the ghost is a nice original if it ever gets here...
hard to disagree with any but would have liked to see the thing, the fly, gray, dr. phibes
a good place to look is at the morbid monster website. they sell faux aurora / horrora model boxes.
they have a paor of GH/kato boxes where they are angled apart and flank the front corners of the black beauty. kewell if they existed. keweller if that size car model did too.
they also have a dorian gray pic/box, decaying face along with what would have to be a decal of the portrait. differing portraits and hands/face would be kewell.
the fantastic four and dr. doom are all drawn as to interlock together
Those are all excellent choices. I agree with every one of them. Some that i would add in addition to those mentioned already:
Gamera
the Hideous Sun Demon
Mothra(larva and adult)
Vincent Price from Pit and the Pendulum
Barbara Steele from Black Sunday
Christopher Lee Dracula
Curse of Frankenstein
Curse of the Werewolf
Werewolf of London
Dracula's Daughter
Ardath Bey Mummy
The Joker
The Shadow
the Addams Family Living Room
And two huge connecting diorama series similar to the Prehistoric Scened series- one based on Destroy All Monsters with big scale movable versions of all of the Toho monsters from that movie: Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Angilas, Minya, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Varan, Manda, and Spiga along with the Moonlight SY-3 earth ship and some Kilaak UFOs.
And the other based on the Universal Monsters with connecting mad lab bases and big scale figures of Dracula, Frankenstein(on a lab table), the Mummy, the Wolf Man, the Creature the Phantom and Dr Frankenstein!
would have like to have seen a line of Hammer Aurora kits too.
speaking of other than monster models, certainly using morbid monster as a help, there are all kinds of DC/marvel characters that could have been done. or still could be done. i just dont think most of the box art from morbid monster, other than the few i mentioned, really would transfer that well to "action - simulated" styrene modeling.
when they were cheap several years ago., i bought numerous batman, superman, robin models. the idea, assuming i got time and energy for it, was to kitbash them into other figures. have seen web pics where folks converted superman to hawkman and space ghost. got a few ideas...
Quote from: hammerfan on January 13, 2011, 07:50:07 PM
would have like to have seen a line of Hammer Aurora kits too.
Yes, very much so!
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Quote from: empty13 on January 13, 2011, 09:30:34 PM
speaking of other than monster models, certainly using morbid monster as a help, there are all kinds of DC/marvel characters that could have been done. or still could be done. i just dont think most of the box art from morbid monster, other than the few i mentioned, really would transfer that well to "action - simulated" styrene modeling.
when they were cheap several years ago., i bought numerous batman, superman, robin models. the idea, assuming i got time and energy for it, was to kitbash them into other figures. have seen web pics where folks converted superman to hawkman and space ghost. got a few ideas...
I kick myself in the ass for not stocking up on the Supes, Bats and Robin kits back in 2000! They are fairly expensive now but I did manage to pick up a Batman for 10 bucks a couple months ago. I've seen some awesome conversion jobs using the Superman kit-Aquaman, Green Lantern and Captain Marvel to name a few.
A Green Lantern kit would be awesome! Green Lantern is my favourite superhero and is super hot right now with the pending release of his movie on the horizon in mid year.
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yes i would think superman could convert without that much pain into green lantern, aquaman... guys with hair...
batman would be trickier but yes i think that could convert to hawkman and the flash
Quote from: empty13 on January 13, 2011, 06:16:00 PM
a good place to look is at the morbid monster website. they sell faux aurora / horrora model boxes.
I agree! The Morbid Monster website has some fantastic faux Aurora box art:
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DCMisterFantastic.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DCThing.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DCSheena.jpg)
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Those all should have been Aurora kits! I never thought of Sheena, but she's a natural!
How about a kit with maybe 3 zombies aproaching a terrified victim......Bud
i like the original aurora kits but some of them... wolfman, dracula... needed a bit better surroundings.
phantom and hyde could have used more but there are aftermarket background kits that fill in nicely.
the morbid monster hero boxes look cool but most of them dont seem to be model-quality scenes to me.
i could see green lantern striking a pose and recharging the ring. flash has to be running but either he and/or the surroundings have to show the effects of speed in play.
aquaman for instance should be battling a disobedient sea monster *that box works)... or commanding a fish. remember the thought waves?
i could see hawkman battling the shadow thief for instance. that would be a huge model if not descaled, however.
doom and the fantastic four would be a dynamite set of linked models. those boxes work.
Polar Lights did great updates of the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera. As for the classic monster's, I wish Aurora had done Dracula's Daughter, the 1931 Frankenstein's Monster (their kit was based on "Bride of Frankenstein"), a more accurate Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Invisible Man.
Ya'll do realize Moebius has a Green Lanern in the works for a spring/summer release?
Yes. I really hope it becomes a smash hit because for whatever reason Green Lantern has never gotten the recognition from the general public that he so richly deserves:
Here's the trailer:
The Green Lantern | OFFICIAL trailer #1 US (2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_axLoYlwwmU#ws)
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Best of all would have been Loana from One Million Years B.C.
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It's tough to forgive Aurora for passing over Loana.
>:(
i found talk about a GL model but no confirmation. hope it isnt like iron man, not much action there.
Quote from: Hepcat on January 29, 2011, 12:27:50 PM
Best of all would have been Loana from One Million Years B.C.
(http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/raquel-welch-one-million-years-de.jpg)
It's tough to forgive Aurora for passing over Loana.
Are you calling Loana a monster?! Besides, she would've been better suited for the Prehistoric Scenes kit line.
No, I'm not calling Loana a monster. We've expanded the subject of this thread beyond monsters to figures in general.
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she has some giganta style features (of which i approve), but no, she isnt "monstrous".
Hepcat,
I'm referring to the model of Green Lantern - it is slated for a spring/summer release. I think Moebius will unveil the prototype at Wonderfest.
Cool! Hopefully it's Hal Jordan.
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