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**warlock664** · Mar 13, '16, 7:35 AM

Nice! I love those Aurora superhero kits! I had several of the mid-70s re-issue "Comic Scenes" versions back in the day, and have a complete set of the comics/instruction manuals that were included.

**Earth 2 Chris** · Mar 13, '16, 8:50 AM

Looks great!

Chris

**boss** · Mar 13, '16, 8:59 AM

Nice paints.

**nobody** · Mar 13, '16, 10:05 AM

Thats what doc cyclops sells. I used it on my red son superman. Nice.

**dr_cyclops** · Mar 13, '16, 10:08 AM

Beautiful paints. Which edition of the kit are you working on?

**enyawd72** · Mar 13, '16, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by dr_cyclops

Beautiful paints. Which edition of the kit are you working on?

Thanks! It's the original issue with the painted box art. I wanted that one because the "S" shield is sculpted on his chest rather than a decal.

**PNGwynne** · Mar 13, '16, 11:12 AM

^I wondered about that; I've only had reissues, and of course the later ones had new head sculpts.

**toys2cool** · Mar 13, '16, 11:29 AM

looks great man

**GlobalObserver** · Mar 13, '16, 11:42 AM

That has always been one of my favorite Superman head sculpts. Beautifully painted as always.

**dr_cyclops** · Mar 13, '16, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by enyawd72

Thanks! It's the original issue with the painted box art. I wanted that one because the "S" shield is sculpted on his chest rather than a decal.

Do you have the nameplate too?

**dr_cyclops** · Mar 13, '16, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by PNGwynne

^I wondered about that; I've only had reissues, and of course the later ones had new head sculpts.

I can't stand that second Superman head sculpt!
Original Aurora: Embossed logo on chest/cape and nameplate for base.
Comic Scene Aurora: Embossed logos remove and no nameplate.
Monogram reissue: Same as Aurora Comic Scene.
MPC Super Powers reissue: New head sculpt.
Revell reissue: Same as MPC Super Powers.

**enyawd72** · Mar 13, '16, 2:31 PM

Originally posted by dr_cyclops

Do you have the nameplate too?

Yep. And you're spot on in your descriptions of all re-releases. Very impressive sir.

**dr_cyclops** · Mar 13, '16, 4:21 PM

Originally posted by enyawd72

Yep. And you're spot on in your descriptions of all re-releases. Very impressive sir.

Not anywhere near as impressive as your museum quality builds! Luv them.
I've heard different stories at different times, as to why these kits heads were redone. One, was that the molds were damaged in a train wreck. Another, was that MPC wanted to update the look of the kits to reflect the current looks in comics at the time.
Did MPC rework Robin's head along with the others, only to not release it in their Super Powers reissues? Revell's Robin head has a more Burt Ward hairstyle.

**enyawd72** · Mar 13, '16, 4:43 PM

Originally posted by dr_cyclops

Not anywhere near as impressive as your museum quality builds! Luv them.
I've heard different stories at different times, as to why these kits heads were redone. One, was that the molds were damaged in a train wreck. Another, was that MPC wanted to update the look of the kits to reflect the current looks in comics at the time.
Did MPC rework Robin's head along with the others, only to not release it in their Super Powers reissues? Revell's Robin head has a more Burt Ward hairstyle.

Thanks for the compliment!
The Comic Scenes Superman was retooled along with Batman to get rid of the out-of-date chest emblems, which were replaced with decals of the current logos. The MPC Super Powers versions went a step farther. The heads were completely resculpted to match the Kenner Super Powers toy heads.

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