Aurora Model Kits - Silly Kits

[@emsleywyatt3400]

I built the Newman kit as a kid. Salvaged it when my mom moved out of the old house. The base had vanished, goodness knows where. Rebuilt it as an adult, looking much better. The idea wasn't to pick one of the four poses, but to not glue the removable arms into place so that they (and the signs) could be swapped out. Since the base, but the signpost, was missing, I simply whomped up a new one with a compartment underneath to stow the spare arms and signs.

[@TheModelVault]

Nice! i would like to get the re issue by Revell one day myself.

[@cliffnelson1174]

I wish I still had my Alfred E.Neuman model....l9ved Mad Magazine as a kid and still as an adult

[@TheModelVault]

Revell did a re-release of it, i would like to get one myself one day too.

[@cliffnelson1174]

@TheModelVault I did not know this..do you know if they are still available?

[@TheModelVault]

on ebay you can find them.

[@modelermark172]

My guess is these kits were Aurora's answer to Hawk's "Weird-Ohs," Lindberg's "Lindy Loonies," and Revell's "Roth Finks." These look like fun, but I can see why these kits weren't big sellers, (though I wouldn't turn down a chance to build and paint The Vampire shown at 3:28.) But back when they were new, most kids I knew preferred models of cars, ships, aircraft and tanks. The Aurora Monster kits were a notable exception. I did get the Revell turn of the century repop of the 1965 Aurora "Alfred E. Neuman" kit. That said, if Aurora had a contract with "MAD Magazine," I would have preferred a model of the iconic MAD Zeppelin . . . . As a sidebar, the "Whoozis?" kit shown at 1:37 could be easily modified into a caricature of Taylor Swift . . . . 32nd Like.

[@TheModelVault]

I would love to get a Alfred Neuman one day. Thanks for watching!

[@Raelspark]

Big Frankie's face looks like the older Peter Lorre.

[@modelermark172]

Definitely!