Aurora/Revel model question

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So;

I've got the "Mosnters of the Movies" snap Dracula and Frankenstein kits from Revel. I know the Dracula one is a reissue of an Aurora Monster Scenes kit that saw limited release, and I'm wondering:

-how accurate is it to the Aurora kit?
-was Frankenstein another one from that line?
-any more? I know ther was a Mr Hyde planned....

Don C.

[Werewolf]

The Revel Monsters of the Movies Dracula and Frankenstein are reissues of the Aurora Monsters of the Movies Drac and Frank. They are spot on except they are missing the optional glow parts. The Aurora set also had The Wolfman, Mr. Hyde, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Rodan, Ghidorah and Dr. Jekyll.

Polar Lights reissued Ghidorah and Rodan under the Aurora name in 2000.

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>They are spot on except they are missing the optional glow parts.

Are you thinking of the glue ones, or the snap ones? (I got them mixed up a lot 'til I saw one up close.) The ones I have are like the "Monster Scenes" kits; snap kits, jointed at the shoulder and neck. These two are weird released ones.... 1999 I think.... and I'd never seen them ANYWHERE 'til winning them on ebay. Drac I remember from when I was a kid; he's walking down a staircase. (I saw them ONCE; built as part of a display.) Frankenstein I'd never seen.

Don C.

[Werewolf]

The Monster Scenes Drac and Frank are different. Now, the Monsters of the Movies Drac was remade from the earlier Monsters Scenes kit but has a different base. It comes with very small stand that looks like a piece of stone floor. The MS and MOTM Frank are totally different molds.

The Revell ones are re-issues of the Aurora Monsters of the Movies series. The Monsters of the Movies are also snap kits with limited articulation.

Moebius has recently reissued the Monster Scenes Frankenstein along with several other Monster Scenes kits.

[kryptosmaster]

I'm pretty sure I saw those in the stores (Toys R Us?) within the last 10 years.
Rich

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>Moebius has recently reissued the Monster Scenes Frankenstein along with several other Monster Scenes kits.

Including the Giant Insect! I jumped on these as soon as they were out. I've been trying to finish my set for a long time. (That's why I was wonderin' about the Drac kit.)

>MS and MOTM Frank are totally different molds.

Oh yeah.... I wonder if the Frank was SUPPOSED to be a new one for the Monster Scenes set. He's in scale, and he LOOKS like an Aurora cast (including the same kind of gaps....) but I've never seen refrence to a new MS Frankenstein. Just Drac and Hyde.

>I'm pretty sure I saw those in the stores (Toys R Us?) within the last 10 years.

They came out in '99, so it's possible. I was told they were a short run, and didn't sell so good.

Don C.

[AAAAA]

Model kits seem to be on the decline,in general.
I remember geting at least 2 to 5 model kits for xmas and my birthday every year.
and remenber a whole isle Just from models kits and supplies.

[kryptosmaster]

Model kits seem to be on the decline,in general.
I remember geting at least 2 to 5 model kits for xmas and my birthday every year.
and remenber a whole isle Just from models kits and supplies.

Tell me about it. I remember going to Toy R Us and they had a whole long aisle of models and then all of a sudden they got crammed down into this tiny area when they redesigned the stores. I'm not sure if they even carry models anymore.
Heck there were whole stores that sold nothing but models when I was a kid.
Rich

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Tell me about it. I remember going to Toy R Us and they had a whole long aisle of models and then all of a sudden they got crammed down into this tiny area when they redesigned the stores. I'm not sure if they even carry models anymore.
Heck there were whole stores that sold nothing but models when I was a kid.
Rich

I loved the weekly trip to main street model shop.

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>there were whole stores that sold nothing but models when I was a kid.

Overall there's been a noticable decline since the late 80's.... right around the time garage kits started up. Nowadays there's still a thriving garage kit market. It's all mail order though; so you don't see a lot of it unless you know where to look.

Don C.

[tay666]

Here is the MS frank
Monster Scenes

Here is the MOTM frank
frankenstein

Here is the MS Dracula
Monster Scenes

As mentioned earlier in this thread. Dracula himself is the same for both the MS and MOTM releases. Just that the MOTM version doesn't have the second set of arms and legsm and comes with a full base, instead of the little tiny one for the MS release.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, I didn't know about that Frankenstein with the club, or Dracula with the candle. I have Revel/Monogram reissues of the original 60s Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman, and I knew of the Monster Scenes Frank from the old ads on the backs of 70s DC Comics.

As far as model kits in decline, our local Super Wal-Mart carries ZERO model kits now. Not even cars. Sad.

Chris

[tay666]

Just so you know, the MS and MOTM kits are much smaller than the original monster kits.
For example, that Frankenstein with the club is only about 7" tall, including the base.
They are supposed to be 1/13 scale, though they seem more like about 1/12.

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Hmmmm....

This is gettin' complicated....

>Here is the MOTM frank

That's him! I really thought this might be based on an original Aurora; since it goes together just like an Aurora kit; including the weird, not always quite right joinings. Mine had a lot of flash on it too, of a sort often associated with old molds. (So there's a lot of what looks like pooling around the sharper edges, where the mold would have worn down.)

>MS and MOTM kits are much smaller than the original monster kits.

Oh yeah; the movie monster glue kits are Mego 8" scaled, the MOTM and MS snap kits are closer to that weird 5" figure scale they started making toys in during the 90's. (The Prehistoric Scenes kits are the same scale as the monster snap kits.... more or less. Some of the dinos are a bit small, and the Cro-Magnon Man seems kinda big.) I'd bought the Revel kits 'cos I wanted a Dracula; and the MOTM one is super-rare. I was worried when I got them, since the boxes are huge.... I thought they might be in the bigger glue-kit scale. Bummer about the extra legs for Drac; the star walking ones kinda limit him to the issued base, or Animal Pit kit.

Drac comes with the base mentioned in the article; not the small one the original had. The three monsters on the base are from the Prehistoric Scenes line: a skeletal critter, giant spider (both from the Dimetrodon kit) and a frog.

>that Frankenstein with the club is only about 7" tall, including the base.

Frank seems kinda big; but he's only a head or so taller than Doctor Deadly; so he's pretty close. Drac is the right size.

I know there was also a Mr Hyde. Seems weird they'd issue a Frankenstein and not the Hyde; since the molds presumably already exist.

I've been trying to finish the Monster Scenes set, 'cos it's always been a fave of mine. Odd story: when I was a kid there was a place in Toronto called "The Science Shop." They sold model kits, and them do it yourself science project sets. (as well as a bunch of other odd science class items. I'll always remember the big jar of preserved cow eyes....) In the window they had a display of Monster Scenes kits; including several Draculas, and Giant Insects. (Two Insects were attacking a model plane.) There was one Hyde; and a fireplace. I remember 'cos I'd never seen them before and tried talking the woman who ran the store into selling a few. No luck though. (This was around 1980.)

And to this day I have no idea what the fireplace was from....

Don C.

[tay666]

Hmmmm....

This is gettin' complicated....

>Here is the MOTM frank

That's him! I really thought this might be based on an original Aurora; since it goes together just like an Aurora kit; including the weird, not always quite right joinings. .

The MOTM kits are Aurora kits, that Revell kept and still produce occasionally.
They came out in the 70's. After the Monster Scenes got pulled.
Which is why they re-used Dracula, Jeckyl and Hyde.