Monster Kid Memories - Aurora Monster Model Kits
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2020
- Monster Kid Memories takes a look back at the history of the Aurora Monster Model Kits! If you loved the models here's your chance to re-live some fond childhood memories.
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I had every single of those glow in the dark models as a kid in the 70’s. Creature from the black lagoon was my favorite. Also had every prehistoric scene kits too. Wish I still had them 😂
I built all these kits with my friends back in the 1960s.
Great show rich. I'm 62 and I've got several original Aurora monster kits. I've got a frightening lightning Frankenstein still in its original cellophane. I've got an original Bride In The box unbuilt. That was such an amazing time. Tester's paints. Such a great time to grow up. I've got an original factory built Guillotine that was used for display in the stores. I doubt there would even be a Sideshow Collectibles without Aurora.
Thank you for the comment! You are absolutely right, it was a glorious time to be a kid! I doubt any other generation of children will ever get to experience what we did. I wouldn’t change a thing.
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I've had all my stuff in boxes for so many years. I've got to display that stuff again. Such great artwork. They said those torture kits (Guillotine) would damage us psychologically. That's bullshit. I stopped chopping the heads off of small rodents by the time I was 16.
Your daughter did a great job painting that Wolfman for being only 8 years old. They said those torture kids would damage a psychologically. That's bullshit. I built that Guillotine model. I stopped chopping the heads off of small rodents by the time I was 16 and I never looked back. 😀
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I loved these as a kid
Thanks for giving credit to the artist responsible for the packaging's wonderful art! I love eventually learning my favorite artists' names! Even if it's a lifetime process!
You are very welcome my friend! Thanks for watching.
OMG this is my childhood. I still have 4 originals from the 60s built up and painted/ I have the wolfman on my desk right now. NOTHING will ever recreate that kind of excitement and ghostly atmosphere for me ever again. In the Boston Suburbs we had "FANTASMIC FEATURES" on WNAC TV CHANNEL 7 on the weekends showing everything from Low budget American International films to Universal Monster films. It was hosted by a little spaceman named "FEEP". I would just live for that show. I would prepare by going down to the little market the day before and buying a quart bottle of Coke, potato chips and the makings for chip dip (dry Lipton Onion soup mixed with sour cream.) If I could just go back and relive that period of my life, it would be like heaven.
I think many of us feel the same way. Thanks for sharing your memories.
Love these kits
Do you have any originals? I bought all of the re-issues and man, the memories that they brought back!
@@MonsterKidStudios my dad has the mummy model kit original auroa I only have re issues, my dad got me into building these kits built wolfman planing getting phantom of the opera kit soon
I used to dive in the dumpsters of Aurora and find a lot of good stuff. Don’t let Abe catch you he’ll kick you in the ass
Geez! That screaming skull at the beginning scared the shit outta me, and I'm 57 years old, ha ha! But yes, what a great trip down memory lane. And I'm proud to say that I STILL have all 13 of these classic kits!
Sorry about that William! LOL
Jealous about the kits. I wish I still had mine.
I found a completed model of The Hunchback in my grandfather's attic after he died in '88. One of my uncles must have put it together when they were teenagers in the 1960s. Wish I would have kept it.
Sorry to hear you didn’t keep it. Those things are a vital part of Monster Kid history. But at least you have a nice memory to share. Thank you.
Still have my original Aurora built ups. Witch, Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, Godzilla.
That's awesome! You should post some photos.
I had all of them in the seventies! I liked the stories on the instructions sheet. Also they were affordable back then.
Affordable is correct! My folks were broke as Hell but somehow they still managed to get me all of those model kits. I had the Monster Scenes as well.
Had the dracula, Frankenstein, mummy, glow in the dark great memories also bought many of the aurora prehistoric scene models
Those Prehistoric Scenes were great as well!
Fun fact. Frankenstein was the first kit but it was kind of a fluke. In 1962 at the Hobby Industry Annual Convention they showed off the kit, but were almost laughed out of the show. However on the last day, the members could bring their families. The attendees kids flipped over the Frankenstein model (because of the tv shows). That kicked off the movie monsters.
i guess that explains why there were so many 'shock theatre' programs in different cities. my shock theatre was hosted by dr. creep in the 70's and 80's.
Yeah, they were everywhere. LOL We had the late, great Dr.Shock in Philadelphia. He helped make me a Monster Kid for Life! Thanks for watching.
Love the kits!
James Bama also did the fantastic Doc Savage paperback cover art!
The creepy scene models you will talk about later were right up there with Superman breaking through the brick wall when I was young.👍
Yeah, the Monster Scenes are covered in another episode. I loved those things!
If you were born after 1980, you can't imagine how important those model kits were to boomer monster kids, at a time when there was no home video. In 1964, you had to watch the TV listings in the newspaper every day for a,possible showing of Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, and in order to watch the schedule that closely, you needed to know who Frankenstein and the Wolfman were, and the model kits made that possible. I can remember some kid had the Frankensten model, and he was showing it off in the back of the bus in the way to Kindergarten. Im 65, and all l of my weird obsessions come from my obsession with the classic monsters, but it wasn't just the movies that made them loom so large every day of my childhood, it was the models, the boxes, and also the instruction leaflets, which always included maybe 500 words of text recounting each monster's origin story in lurid prose that a monster kid would find irresistible. Aurora is where I first encountered every Universal Monster for the first time, and also King Kong and Godzilla.
The whole history of horror movies, from 1960 on, starts with the aurora models, followed by Forrest J. Ackerman and FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND.
I couldn’t have said it better! Those model kits were such an important part of our childhood. They encouraged our creativity and expanded our imaginations in a way not many today would understand.
Great opening montage and commentary. Thanks. I built all but two of the thirteen.
Thank you! I missed out on the witch, the bride, phantom, and forgotten prisoner. Maybe Kong too, I can’t remember. But the ones I did have were enough to make me love the monsters forever!
@@MonsterKidStudios I missed on the witch and Godzilla. I also built the hanging cage and the pendulum.
I didn't save any of them but as an adult I got the reissues of Frankenstein, The Wof Man, Dracula, and The Mummy. They are on my shelf right now.
I also had the Sabertooth Tiger, Cro Magnin Man and Pteriaactyl. What memories.
I bought up all the reissues of Monster Scenes. I loved those things when I was a kid. I also have a bunch of the Aurora reissues. What Monster Kid could resist?
Awesome video as usual 🧛🏻♂️
Thank you! I appreciate the support. Lots of new stuff coming 2022!
I remember having the whole set. 1970 . I guess they must be a pretty penny now. If only I had saved them . But unfortunately they are lost to time.
Yep, me too. The original kits are worth a nice chunk of change. Even the built ones. But if you want to build them again you can purchase the re-issues from Möbius and other companies. That’s what I’ve done. The re-issued kits are made from the molds that are almost, if not actually, identical to the original Aurora models.
Just made the forgotten prisoner 😁
Loved those Glow in the Dark kits!!!
They were the best weren't they?
When I was 12, I built their glow in the dark series of wolfman, Dracula, Mummy, Godilla, and Barnabas Collins. On the mummy- wrapped him in strip of grey clothes.
Oh yeah, I forgit to mention, I was also a big fan of Famous monsters of movieland
I was thinking about these old kits the other day and found your show again. It's got a fantastic intro and really great presentation. I could loop this thing and watch it over and over. It's a great way to relive all those wonderful memories. Great job.
Thank you so much! Feel free to subscribe if you haven’t already. I’m working on all kinds of content at the moment. We’ll be posting some pretty cool stuff in the coming days. Stay tuned!
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Sounds great. I'll subscribe.
Very Cool intro!! Lot of work!
Thanks Jim! Yeah it's taking up whatever free time I have between work and school. Glad you like it.
Ah yes, I built pretty much most of these monster models except for a few of the later ones. Sadly, all are gone except for the Adams family haunted house. My brother still has the mummy, Dracula, and King Kong
I had them all as a kid. I bought all the re-issues as an adult. I just got a Phantom of the Opera kit I needed for Christmas. It’s nice to be able to collect them again.
Great stuff!!
Thank you!!
Rad channel. Subscribed 🤘🏻🎃
Thank you! We Bid You Welcome!
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Thank you, too.
Great video s like your room . L had. A Dracula And Frankenstein.
Thank you! It’s a labor of love.
I had all of these except "The Bride of Frankenstein." That one was not re-released in the square boxes of the 1970's.
I never had the Bride or The Witch. I guess I could never find them.
I used to have the complete collection of glow in the dark monster models , in my mind I gave them life and they watch over me as I slept but then I found god suddenly they became creepy I had to make a choice worship god or my toys I choose god , biggest mistake of my life I dedicated my life to god and church and lived through 5 years of emotional hell it took another 6 years to get back to normal
I appreciate your sharing that personal story. I’m glad things finally came together for you. Those monsters we loved as kids always seemed so innocent and misunderstood to me. Just fantasy and fairy tales to enjoy. Personally, I never found them scary. I grew up in a rather disfunctional household so those monsters were a source of comfort to me. It’s good to share these memories with fellow monster kids and I thank you for your comment and for joining me on this journey.