If, like me, you cut your teeth on the old Aurora Universal horror kits from the 60s and 70s you should find this interesting.

These figures are full sized and are intricately detailed. You will see the actual kit in front of each figure.





If, like me, your model looked like this


Then you have to be impressed by this new work.
John

By gum !

Paul.

That is pretty damn good, I was never allowed those kits, by the parents alas

Thanks John - you've emphasised what a normal adjusted human being I am...

Freakishly good!

-Rich

Amazing work Where would one keep them?

Alan

In the crypt,where else?

That's where I put mine but they all crypt away .
Thank's for the nostalgia hit John . Actually mine didn't look like that, with the idiot logic of a ten year old I painted mine black and white cause that's how they were in the films .

The logic is not that of an idiot IMHO but reflects observance and awareness of surroundings. I had the Jekyll and Hyde figure I think but preferred the Aurora caveman series.

Cheers

Huw


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Thanks Huw

Thanks for the replies guys. A little nostalgia is a nice thing. Its great to see how these kits are still revered after all these years. Nowadays the original kits fetch a hefty price, even the empty boxes are sought after. I thought about buying one or two to see if my painting had improved but I couldn't afford one these days.
Gary, I totally understand where you're coming from with the B&W angle. We didnt get a colour tv until 1979. It was the mid 90s before I saw the full gory glory of a Hammer horror!
Kev, your kit was the Forgotten Prisoner of Castlemane. This was the last in the series issued and was one of the few not to feature an actual Universal monster. My best mate had this one and covered it in real cobwebs sprayed over in hair laquer. Thirteen of the original monsters were produced from 1961. In order, they were; Frankensteins monster in 1961, Dracula and the Wolfman in 1962, the Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Phantom of the Opera in 1963, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, King Kong, Godzilla and Mr Hyde in 1964, the Salem witch and Bride of Frankenstein in 1965, and finally in 1966 the Forgotten Prisoner of Castlemare.
Later were produced smaller variations of the monsters and monsters in hot rod cars which IMO were a bit lame. Identical versions of the originals this time with glow in the dark pieces came out in the early 70s. It was at this time that I got interested in them. The kits are still being produced by Polar Lights now but they are still quite expensive.
Huw, I remember the Caveman series too. I had a giant bird, an Allosaurus, and the Cro Magnon Man. There was also a Planet of the Apes collection of kits out at the same time. All of these kits were corny and simply made and without the detail that we are used to today but as I say, nostalgia is nice.
John

Those are excellent figures--the full-size ones--and thanks for a little nostalgia for Aurora. I built Godzilla and King Kong (both with and without the glow-in-the-dark bits) and the Phantom of the Opera. My little brother build a couple of the other movie monsters. And it tied in with my love of monster movies, watching them Saturday afternoons on Channel 17's monster movie show, hosted by Doctor Shock. Great times!

I built all of the Prehistoric Creatures kits, too, except the T-rex. They're now available from Revell-Monogram, I think.

Prost!
Brad

Those might have been by Marx, if they were that small. I had a Marx prehistoric playset when I was a kid. It included two bases, with a little pond in the one, a cave ledge on the other, and a natural stone bridge between them. The dinosaurs and cavemen were all cast in soft plastic. The cavemen were a sort of tan plastic, while the dinosaurs were in various colors.

The Aurora cavemen were close to 120mm, I think. At least, the two Cro-Magnons were about 5 1/2 inches tall, and the Neanderthal was about 5 inches tall. He came with optional arms, to pose him holding a boulder over his head with both hands, ready to hurl it down (according to the image on the original box, he was dropping it on the Allosaurus) or holding a crude club in one hand with the other hand free. The Cro-Magnon man had a spear or a stone axe, and the Cro-Magnon woman, in keeping with the spirit of the movie monster series, was pure victim all the way, with her hands raised in fright. Her role was prey for the various beasts.

Prost!
Brad

Steve, forgive the swearing but if you go on, Wickipedia, and type in model kit manufactureres 1960's, they have a full (ish) list. It might jog your memory .

Cheers, Gary.

BTW, when I was a kid the first horror movie I was allowed to stay up and see was "Curse of the Werewolf". When I crept along the passage to bed, my Dad jumped out of the bathroom at me snarling and growling . I don't think I actually wet myself but it was a damn close run thing .

Gary.

This was the first one I saw too Gary. One of the very best of the Hammer horrors. I still think Oliver Reeds werewolf was the best one.
I remember seeing Salems Lot for the first time as a youth with my brother in law. It was really scary for its time. At the end I went into the dark kitchen to make a cup of tea and saw two red eyes staring at me. I also nearly wet myself before I realised they were the cooker lights!