The Aurora KING KONG Model kit from the 1960' and 70'.
- Brand new...professionally screen printed...NOT an iron-on transfer...
- GILDAN ULTRA COTTON brand 100% pre-shrunk cotton...click here to check reviews.
- combined shipping for each additional only $1.00 ea...
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| Sizes | S | M | L | XL | 2XL | 3XL |
| Width inches | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
| Length inches | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
AURORA MONSTER MODELS
In 1960, a 15 year-old-boy came up with an thought that took the Aurora Plastics industry to heights they never could have thought of. The Aurora model company sponsored a contest asking for ideas for a new line of model kits. Out of 3,000 entries, one, from a young boy caught the eye of the business. He suggested a line of monster models and the rest is plastic model history.
In the sixties Aurora produced a line of classic monster models the likes of which have never been repeated. Aurora Models used the backing of Universal Studios, the distribution routes of Famous Monsters magazine and they coupled it with an attention to detail and an eye for art. Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolfman dominated for 10 years, Aurora was booming. Aurora added the Mummy, the Creature and The Phantom of the Opera. Then they added glow-in-the-dark parts and they couldn't turn them out of the molds quickly enough. But, like the monsters they made, Aurora was on a collision course with an ticked off mob of villagers.
In 1971, Nabisco bought Aurora and they had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. The ‘family oriented’ cookie company soon found itself at the sympathy of protesters, striking out against the maniacal monster images that made Aurora so popular. Not wanting to risk the wrath of the cookie buying public, Nabisco changed the companies line to ‘cute’ models and sales began to erode. Without its monsters, Aurora faded faster than the Invisible Man and by 1977, they stopped production.