Aurora Model Kits - Original Monsters

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[@dalepetrush4121]

72 year old sixties monster kid here. Built them all still building monster kits, Love these Aurora vids, Thanks

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@dalepetrush4121]

@@TheModelVault You are welcome!

[@mikehilton4204]

So cool, I remember building at least 10 of these back in the day.

[@TheModelVault]

I built one and not very well, lol. Thanks for watching!

[@mikehilton4204]

@@TheModelVault my builds back then were globs of glue and paint streaks. Loved every minute.

[@charlie418791]

Great memories. I started building the figures at 8 yrs old. I think I built everyone that was out at the time. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.👍

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching Charlie!

[@williamburke7383]

I still have all of these classic model kits! Unfortunately, they’re all in pieces now, due to damages suffered when I moved to another place a few years ago. I’ve GOT to get them repaired and reassembled, if I want to re-live the former glory of my childhood!

[@TheModelVault]

Love it!

[@bobscott6223]

Thank you for posting this video. I have not seen these models in many decades. My older brother would make these models when they came out in the 60's. He even won a prize for the best model from some contest that was held.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks! That's awesome!

[@joebernard618]

Those were certainly amazing kits to have. I had almost all of them. Wish I could go back.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Rhett-j4k]

Me to

[@StratBurst92]

71 Years old, still have my original wolman, dracula, & witch.all are still complete as built.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@iaindouglas4829]

Can I remember having Frankenstein and Dracula as a kid, totally forgot, thanks for the memories👍👌

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@vincentlussier8264]

I remember them so well. Dracula and Frankenstein were my favorite ones !

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@malcolmharing3744]

Had them all in the early 60's. What memories ❤

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@modelermark172]

I was nine years old in 1969, and I was fortunate to have built the Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman in the "Frightening Lightning" long box. The others I built were all in the square box, but I'm thankful I had the chance to build those as well. Funny story about the Dracula kit. In the summer of 1969, I had helped my then teenage cousins with something, and they took me to Woolworth and let me pick out a model kit for my assistance. I chose the Dracula kit, and as we were leaving, my oldest cousin sagely told me that, "Vampires don't 'glow-in-the-dark.'" Flash forward some half a century, and I bought one of their daughters a figure they wanted of Edward Cullen from "Twilight." I couldn't resist telling her that, "Vampires don't 'sparkle.'" It took her dad a second, but he smiled broadly when he got the reference . . . . Thanks for sharing this! 85th Like.

[@TheModelVault]

my first was Frankenstein and my brother had the Godzilla, so many great memories. Thanks for watching!

[@chrispaul7849]

built all those and the Mummy too--what a time to be a kid! Great anecdote@

[@RichardNogan]

Wonderful, well spent time. Had so many other great models and you can paint them. What talent!

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@jamespuleo3269]

I had most of these, except those customizing kits, the guillotine, and the Bride of F. ~~ which I never saw before, even though my family ran a "variety store." I got all these, plus all those quarter-ounce jars of Testors model paints, with our "family discount." (The $0.99 models only cost me 66 cents !) Some models I bought twice, when they came out with the glow-in-the-dark versions. I would thin the paints with the turpentine so the parts had a wash of color, but still glowed at night. Also had Batman, Zorro, and the Starship Enterprise. Zorro sat on a horse reared up on its hind legs, and it was difficult to get it glued, it took 2 or 3 tries.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ThomasNaylor-dc4sn]

Great models! Still worth searching for.! Aurora still lives in this kids heart.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@davidbaise5137]

This is great! I was busy with the 1968 Corvette kit and the ‘69 Grand Prix. Thanks.

[@TheModelVault]

i love watching modeling vids while modeling too!!

[@bobscott6223]

I liked the "Boot Hill Express" kit.

[@davidbaise5137]

@ I love watching models.

[@nickbutler7935]

They bring back fond memories of my Childhood.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@williamgottlieb8723]

As a kid in the 1970s I had the King Kong model at least 4 times as I would build, then play with until it completely broke and disappeared. The earliest one of mine had the dinner-mint green details and the last one, which was still lingering on the shelf of a discount-variety store just before 1980 had tan details. All of the kits were the glow versions in the square box. I thought that was the only box the kit ever came in, until I saw pictures of the other versions in the late 1990s.

[@TheModelVault]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!!

[@garydiamond9615]

Takes me back, had em all.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@richardwilloubly8285]

I remember building every one of them growing up. I joined a model builders club. It cost a dime you sent back folded in a card you got in the kit. I also seem to remember a mummy kit of the sarcophagus that had a key in the foot of the sarcophagus. And when you opened it and turned the key the mummy inside turned over and it “came alive “.

[@jamespuleo3269]

That one was really fun to paint, so much detail in the casket.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@franken-pattern]

My cousin, Kenny, had a good many of the early, long box versions of these models, and just seeing them again, makes me feel so nostalgic 💙 Rest in peace, Ken. You are missed!

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!

[@franken-pattern]

@TheModelVault The pleasure is all mine! TY!

[@francisorielly9698]

Happy memories. My older brother had to make them for me as a child. Great job. Had to replace the 'glow in the dark' pieces as he couldn't get to sleep straightaway with me. 'Tom, Tommy, Tommy, they 're moving Tommmm.' He would have to get up and put them face down. However 'Tom, Tommy, Tommmm' they're still moving Tommmm. Back up again, empty a draw and stash them away. 😂😂

[@TheModelVault]

lol, thats funny!

[@muffassa6739]

I had everyone of these wonderful models but I lost them all in a home fire 😢I had so much fun putting them together ❤.

[@TheModelVault]

Sorry to hear that

[@jessiejames2155]

I remember 1974 getting a glow-in-the-dark, snap-together Frankenstein model. It glowed green . I was 7. It scared me so bad in my dark room when I woke, that I threw it away...

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@bluedoober9194]

My fave was the Creature from the Black Lagoon model. More detail with scales and well made. I had Franky, Dracula, the Hunchback and a kit I believe called the custom graveyard kit. All about monsters and hot rod models when I was a kid.💪🏼

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@mariogramegna4601]

Great video. I still have most of these models, and they have held up pretty good through the years. Unfortunately when I was a kid, I threw out the boxes. Who knew!

[@TheModelVault]

Awesome! I don't think any of us have the boxes, lol

[@bluesbondsman]

So much fun! I had all of the glow models.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!

[@d.bcooper7819]

I always bought the Forgotten Prisoner. It was the glow-in-the-dark kit

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@Panzer4F2]

I have seen The Creature From The Black Lagoon painted up like a Turtle shell pattern, and it was very striking. Agree about the Mummy being fun to weather. The surface details were just waiting to be dry brushed.

[@TheModelVault]

Yes the Creature can be done so many different ways.

[@Clay-605]

We got all of these from an older cousin in the 60’s. My dad threw them all away!

[@TheModelVault]

Yes, so many stories of parents throwing out items that are worth so much now...

[@larrrevenga49]

Oh the pain All the stuff my mom through out 😂

[@nealrepetti2396]

I bought and built all of these models back in the day. At 13 I had a paper route like all the boys of the day. All money went to buying these models. They were expensive at that time. About 7 to15 dollars depending on the kit. Also built WW2 airplanes and tanks. After building the planes, used to take a hot pin and make bullet holes and with black paint make it look like oil was coming out of the holes. They looked really good. But, I guess like most people, moving around they got broken or lost . Heartbreaking 😢. Always got high as a kite from the glue.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@mlongpre100]

0:41 I remember being 7 years old waking up with the moonlight shining on this guy on my dresser. arms extended towards me . I freaked out

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@rkoenig100]

I loved Universal and Hammer horror movies growing up. I made a few of these model kits in my youth.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@altonbunnjr]

I built most of these as a kid and loved it. I’ve managed to get some of the reissue kits though I’ve only assembled one so far.

[@TheModelVault]

Keep at it!

[@dannyorozco4]

Thank you for this video. I have all 13 kits all versions.

[@TheModelVault]

Thank you for watching!

[@wallyandellen5099]

What are the differences between the lightening issue kits and the standard model? Wish they made a durable 1:1 scale version of the forgotten prisoner, would look nice on the outside wall before entering your house.

[@TheModelVault]

I'm not sure?

[@kennethlee494]

I have a re-issue if the Guillotine from a few years ago that used magnets to hold the head in place. You needed to add some lead slugs to the blade carriage so it had enough force to sever the head. I modified mine because two magnets would continue to hold the head in place after the blade went through the neck, the head would just spin 180 degrees and be facing straight up after the blade fell. I left the magnet in the part of the neck on the head and installed a screw into the neck on the body part, the head comes off now every time the blade falls.

[@TheModelVault]

lol, awesome!

[@francisorielly9698]

LOL wonder if the head bit ever happened for real? 😂

[@duncanstone8758]

In the latter half of the 60's I built the Wolfman, Godzilla, and the Witch. My brush painting skills were lacking, so they didn't look too great. My recent builds of the Atlantis repops are much better. You older folks may remember the Dick Van Dyke tv show from the 1960's. One of the last episodes in the spring of 1966 had scenes in the son Richie's bedroom. He had some monster models including the Guillotine.

[@TheModelVault]

I remember back then the hair from the brushes from the drug store would come off when painting and stick to the model. i would always make a mess...

[@nsbd90now]

Those models were so fun as you had to paint them and glue things together.

[@TheModelVault]

yes, modeling is a great escape!

[@milton1448]

I had some of these- they were great

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@brewcrew5854]

got have the square box versions they rocked ! had most all as a 6 year old in 72 but the memory i have most "what did that guy do to end up chained to wall ?" yikes !

[@TheModelVault]

lol, thats funny!

[@ErrolConner-p8p]

My older brother in the early to mid 60s built “ Frankenstein “, “ The Wolfman “, “ The Mummy “ Phantom Of The Opera “, “ Creature From The Black Lagoon “, and “ King Kong “. Those were great models from Aurora.

[@ErrolConner-p8p]

Also “ Dracula “.

[@TheModelVault]

Awesome!

[@TheModelVault]

Don't forget Godzilla!!

[@spellman46]

I had the glow Frankenstein - he's always been my go to Monster. The Karloff version - which the model captured perfectly.

[@TheModelVault]

it was the best one!

[@markchoma9822]

Great video. Thanks for making it. I had The Witch and The Phantom of the Opera when I was young. I think I blew them up with firecrackers. What a shame.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching! Yes i did that with my G.I.Joes lol

[@MitchBast-xu7jg]

As a kid between 1969 and 72, I built every Aurora monster model I could find, and the ALL had glow in the dark parts

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@ThinkerMan-v6g]

I had Frankenstein and Phantom. Couldn't get Frank's feet to fit the grave. The whole Phantom set scared the crsp out of me. And how cool was the mask?

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@versacifyy]

I bought the VHS for this entire video 3 times😂 I wore it out I watched it so much

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@m.coldren9328]

I built all of those as a child and I remember in the 70s they came out with torture chamber models which I also built 😊.

[@TheModelVault]

Check my library, there is a video of those too!

[@Xavier-k2p6x]

Build practically all of these in the 70s....invisible man was my favorite...great pose.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@MalcolmJames-sg3zg]

Yer i remember these models , i use to buy one every week

[@TheModelVault]

Awesome!!

[@stepanbandera5206]

The best part was the Testors glue. 😵‍💫👍🏼

[@TheModelVault]

hahaha, so true

[@hollywood3190]

Groovy and far-out😊

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@stevenspringer1599]

I had all the 'universal' models, hand painted, on a shelf over the wall that I had covered with cut out pictures from Famous Monsters of Filmland...at least until I started replacing the monster pictures with hippie-chicks...

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@johnnytoobad7785]

I remember building just about all of the "Universal Monster" models..then I skipped to the Guillotine which was my personal favorite since you could "demo" it.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Aurora had the coolest stuff . I collect Aurora slot cars .

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@58MrMike]

I still have the Wolfman and Creature models. Would like to get the Dracula and Frankenstein kits

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@ibisrox1]

I had them all except the Wolfnan guillatine and Bride of Frankenstein my Disneyland souvenir was the Godzilla kit as it was in shop in Disneyland in 1976

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@apemoon1731]

I had 'The Forgotten Prisoner' Loved the glow in the dark

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@1225328]

I’ve been buying the past two years NECA horror, figures. They are great figures purchase them on Amazon.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@markmckie843]

I have a photo of me in my bed at a very early age with some monsters on the headboard and a Marx Spooky Kooky tree tin toy.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@HaroldReam-w3w]

I have all these and I kept them in their box. , same with 2001 Space Odyssey Lost in Space Star Trek,Planet of the Apes and the Beatles .

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Ciotog-m4g]

I only had the Frankenstein walking from the tomb stone. And the mummy models. The only two I had. I had a lot of car and airplane models. Plus the lunar Apollo model. The twenty mule team borax wagons model. After high school I moved out and my mother threw them away.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@garysteinert8040]

I had em all… some double with and without glow in the dark.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@cesarponcejr3216]

Had several , but my fav has always been The Creature , lost them all in a 1979 move .

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jameskuzianik9564]

I had all the kits! Had a great display set up! When i went in the Army, my mother tooj them and gave them to my sister and i came home on leave and was upset so i went to get them back bur my nephews were little and broke and destroyed them all! I was peeved! I said to my mother what gave her the righr? We had an argument before i left so it was done for spite!

[@TheModelVault]

that's too bad.

[@fredbalandran3182]

Those are all cool

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Fabuladico]

I had a lot of these when I was a kid.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@buckshot_V]

I had the glow in the dark Phantom of The Opera when I was a kid

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@buckshot_V]

@ thanks for bringing back the awesome memories!

[@derradune6722]

As a kid back in the late ‘60s, I made Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster and the Phantom of the Opera. Are they still available? I’d love to have another go at them.

[@CarliCoppolaOfSavoca]

I tried commenting to you but KZbin censors me, but if you see this, yes you can find them on the place that starts with E. They are reproduction kits, exactly like the original ones and they don’t cost much, and the S. ite ends with. Bay. The boxes are just like the original ones, they’re awesome

[@CarliCoppolaOfSavoca]

I guess KZbin won’t let me tell you the site but I’m sure you can guess (E sits on the bay ) get on there and look up monster model kits

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@TheModelVault]

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[@ianclarke3627]

I had frankie , glowing across the room giving me nightmares

[@TheModelVault]

lol, i like that one best myself!

[@bev5708]

I had the frankenstien one with glow in the dark head and hands.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

I used to love these kits,back in the day.I've thought about getting them again,now that I can afford them much easier.However,there's some things, that,for some,should stay buried.

[@TheModelVault]

Do it! lol

[@DavidkSeger-sn6nf]

2024 Aurora catalog ....Biden the leader of the walking dead Democrat corpse model ,also available Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer ....get the whole walking dead dem.Aurora set, Not for young children under 12 years old (too frightening, may cause nightmares!)

[@Mitchell-lc5kj]

I used to dumpster dive at Aurora plastics in West Hempstead, New York

[@TheModelVault]

that must have been cool when you found stuff!

[@kimnewling5728]

Bought alot of these as a kid

[@TheModelVault]

The super heroes were my favorites!

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

Brother had the Glow in the Dark “Werewolf” and the “Green Beret” Soldier…

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! Thanks for watching!!

[@tomryan914]

4:50, "Where's the beautiful Julie Adams with 'The Creature' ?"

[@TheModelVault]

That would have been nice!

[@donaldballman2825]

I had the glow in the dark Godzilla when I was a kid

[@TheModelVault]

Nice!!

[@756ollie]

Wow I had the glow Frankenstein.

[@TheModelVault]

Yea, it was one of the better ones i thought.

[@SierraJohn]

Still got mine.

[@jamespuleo3269]

I wish I did. My Mom sold all mine at her garage sale in the 80's.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

If the molds of the Bride were broken,how is it that Polar Lights was able to produce a kit?

[@TheModelVault]

i'm not sure?

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

Someone suggested that kits like the bride and jeckyll and Hyde might have been reversed Engeneered...as we are not sure what molds we're destroyed because of that "train derailment And other scrapped because deemed not popular enough.Iknow that Atlantis owns most Of the Aurora monster molds and released some in 70's style square boxes and some in long box Format.Even one of the Creature in transparent plastic(abomination!!!).I just wish they would Release them in long box format again and in original plastic color.

[@TheModelVault]

@@pierrebenoit-j1q That makes sense. I've never seen the creature Atlantis one yet, i'll have to check into it.

[@edcharbonneau-c3e]

i had them all.

[@TheModelVault]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@markscheetz1608]

I had the glow in the dark Frankenstein his head would glow and scare me when i turned out the lights. I was 5 or 6

[@TheModelVault]

lol, awesome!

[@AQUARIUMFREAK123]

i had the CREATURE model and i put it in my 10 gal fish tank only to kill my 2 JACK DEMPSIES with the toxic glue that i used to build it... TESTORS PLASTIC GLUE... killed them

[@TheModelVault]

so sad...

[@mymidnightconfessions1457]

I had the Phantom of the Opera. Black plastic. I never painted it.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

I wish Atlantis would reissue all original Aurora monster in long boxes...

[@TheModelVault]

That would be nice!

[@pierrebenoit-j1q]

Amen brother,even better a reissue of the bride of Frankenstein

[@bobkarigan4512]

I built all these models, while I was serving during Vietnam 🇻🇳 they all disappeared.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice you had them to escape with during that time.

[@michaelkoon3431]

No mention of Big Frankie??!

[@TheModelVault]

Should be in one of the another Aurora videos

[@danielbritton8588]

These & Tom Daniel hot rods.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@h.carson5414]

Weren't these models cool? Thanks for the memories.

[@TheModelVault]

You bet

[@2bn2life62]

Anyone tried sand casting a kit ..for aluminum? Not plastic

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!

[@kimmergonzales9792]

I had Godzilla 🐲.

[@TheModelVault]

i loved that one as a kid!

[@alanoconnor6921]

"bueller",,,,,,,"bueller"

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@AR-ki7hg]

My friends and I all had these kits. Loved them all especially Godzilla. Built them then somehow broke them wish they had them now.

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jeffreygreene1042]

I was 6 years old and had the Godzilla model. I loved that damn thing. If I had the money I would have bought them all

[@TheModelVault]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Danzinger-wk5wh]

Sadly most of the kids who were into these kits back In the day are in prison now...🤷

[@TheModelVault]

lol