Pictures of some my Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Collection

[wyldpny]

Some of these I have had since I first bought them at Toy Castle in Claremont NH in the early 70's:


Allosaurus:


Allosaurus smaller box version with added Sabertooth art:


The two boxes side by side for comparison:


Armored Dinosaur:

[wyldpny]

Cave:




Cave Bear:



Cro-Magnon Man & Woman:

[kryptosmaster]

I love how they are so historically inaccurate with all those creatures having lived millions of years apart; nevermind the way they drag their tails, etc which is now generally believed to be inaccurate as well.
Still love 'em!
First thing I think of when I see these is the little hobby shop across the street from Woolworth's that I used to go to as a kid. I can still see them on the shelf there in my mind's eye.
I always wanted that cave and the cavemen kits but I never got them. :(
Rich

[ramsey37]

I was lucky enough to own almost all of the Prehistoric Scenes models as a kid, but I only have pics of one of them:

That's me, circa 1973, with my Allosaurus model and some Marx dinosaurs.
George

[wyldpny]

kryptosmaster, I have similar fond memories of the hobby shop that my Dad used to take me to
ramsey37, cool vintage pic!

Here are a few more...

Flying Reptile:



Giant Bird:



Jungle Swamp:

[wyldpny]

Neanderthal Man:


Neanderthal Man (w/Allosaurus image) and Saber Tooth Tiger (smaller box version):



Saber Tooth Tiger:





Sail Back Reptile:



Spiked Dinosaur:





Tar Pit:




Woolly Mammoth:

[kryptosmaster]

Too bad these can't be retooled with new pieces to make them more "accurate" because I think they'd sell today except for the fact that all the kids know they don't look like Jurassic Park dinosaurs. Most sales would be to people our age because of that.
I wonder if Aurora would've made all new ones if they were still in business?
Rich

[ctc]

AAAHHHHH!!!!!

AURORA DINOSAURS!!!!!!! ONe of the greatest things humanity has ever created! I've been trying to finish my set and get them all built; now that I have a table to set them up on.

>I think they'd sell today

They come around again every so often. Last year Revel reissued a bunch.

>I wonder if Aurora would've made all new ones if they were still in business?

They would have made a few:

Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Models - Never Produced

Don C.

[wyldpny]

AAAHHHHH!!!!!

AURORA DINOSAURS!!!!!!! ONe of the greatest things humanity has ever created!

Don C.

Agreed!!


Here are some of my loose models:

[toys2cool]

wow!! what a collection!!

[generic]

I think the Cro-Magnon woman was the first model I ever put together. I have no idea where it came from or why I had it, but I remember being too young to paint it well. Whenever I think about these models, I wonder what happened to that one.

[tay666]

Wow.
Nice collection you have there.

IF you ever want to learn anything more about the series, feel free to check out my site.
Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Models

And if you have any info to add, I would love to hear it.
I really like seeing your shelf with the built kits.

[Meule]

Pretty cool collection you got there

[vulcan2074]

I Love these Kits. I was so into models growing up. You have a Great collection. Now You have me wanting to start collecting these
Sammy

[z3zep]

I had a bunch of those when I was a kid. What fun!

Nice collection you got there, thanks for sharing the pictures!