Return of the Monsters: History of the Aurora Monster Models.

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  • @frankquarters
    @frankquarters 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m 63 and just spent the last year revisiting these models by building them up again. Now with airbrush and fancy glue it’s a blast and the higher quality gives the adult in me a kick. Especially w new add on options you can retrofit to enhance the original. I’m building up the classic cars too that I had in early life. Fun stuff.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is an awesome way to not only rediscover a hobby but to improve on the original product. We would love to see them.

  • @dannyorozco4
    @dannyorozco4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this video.

  • @allthesepaiges
    @allthesepaiges ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video was really informative! Great job!

  • @Ynot_Art
    @Ynot_Art ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome vid! Subbed

  • @paulselph2721
    @paulselph2721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had most of these when I was a kid. The Big Frankie model was my friend when I was young, went to parties with me and even went to college with me, he met a horrible death when I left him in the back glass of a hatch back Mustang on a long trip and he melted.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is great to hear, love these kind if stories. Two questions, did you ever replace Big Frankie and what degree did he earn in college?

  • @jameskahn6556
    @jameskahn6556 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Had most of them. My Older brother started our collection. 1966 Great memories. Would beg my mother to buy one. .98 cents.
    Jim from Maryland

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  ปีที่แล้ว

      Jim thanks for sharing. Glad we could spark a happy memory. Thanks for watching

    • @JB-hl1qx
      @JB-hl1qx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A fellow Marylander ! Man EVERYTHING about the 60s sounds AWESOME from the models to the comics & music sadly. Born in 1980 I missed out lol

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We just missed it also, but had lots of 1970’s fun! Toys were great back then!

    • @JB-hl1qx
      @JB-hl1qx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions lol. Yes I loved growing up in the 80s. Still have most of my toys still .

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @JB-hl1qx Toys of the 80’s were great to! So many big toy lines then. Funny how most of them are being re-released now

  • @anthonyjames4478
    @anthonyjames4478 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Major aspect of my growing-up years. I still have the models, but how I wish I had kept the boxes, especially the long rectangular ones!

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were a lot of fun. Boxes would be great but it was so much fun putting them together.

  • @Jeff-cv4qn
    @Jeff-cv4qn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember seeing the movies in the seventies then went out and bought the Aurora kits
    I have since bought all of them again and did them properly this time round as a more skilled model maker.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  ปีที่แล้ว

      We also watched the Universal Monster movies in the 70’s. So much fun as a kid. Never had the models but had the Remco toys which we also did a video about th-cam.com/video/RLYtxfWYP40/w-d-xo.html

    • @frankquarters
      @frankquarters 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad I’m not alone! Back then we grew older and used them for BB gun targets. Crazy. Now I’m buying display lights and building shelves.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny how we cherish the nostalgia of the past and take way better care of it than we did. Thanks for sharing the story we love hearing them

  • @1701ALLEN
    @1701ALLEN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm revisiting those wonderful models now. I just finished The Wolfman's Wagon. The first time I built this kit, I was 7 years old, or so. This version looks a lot better. lol.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is awesome! Glad to hear others are getting back into the things they loved during their childhood! Thanks for watching our video

    • @1701ALLEN
      @1701ALLEN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions I only wish I could post a picture here of my, The Wolfman's Wagon. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @1701ALLEN email it to us and we can post it up on TH-cam collectorsconfessions@gmail.com

    • @1701ALLEN
      @1701ALLEN 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions Done.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@1701ALLEN we put it in a TH-cam post also are you a member of our Facebook group, we have tons of posts from other collectors each days, it’s an awesome growing collectors group!

  • @bluedoober9194
    @bluedoober9194 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember I would walk to the Coronet 5 & 10 store with my $1 weekly allowance to buy the latest model for 98 cents. Only problem was the cashier was a snooty old turd and said there is 4 cents tax so the total is $1.02. She would not let me slide for that lousy 2 cents, my Mom would not give me a 2 cent increase on my allowance as that was the agreement. So I found out the grumpy cashiers day off and went on the day she was off. I still remember that prune face cashier to this day.🤷🏼‍♂️😂

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you had a way around the fun police, sad someone really wanted to ruin it for only .02. Some people are just miserable

  • @JB-hl1qx
    @JB-hl1qx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm already a comic guy but I REALLY want to get into making monster models and collecting them. Is it better to build them or leave them in the box for display?

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Honestly in our opinion we think it’s best to build them and then display them with the box. Which we feel is a piece of the art.

    • @JB-hl1qx
      @JB-hl1qx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions thanks ! That was exactly what I was planning on doing I LOVE the boxes !

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @JB-hl1qx so many people don’t realize how much work goes into the box and the art on them is awesome!

    • @JB-hl1qx
      @JB-hl1qx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions Agreed!!

  • @godofzombi
    @godofzombi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Actually Lovecraft wasn't a fan of the movie.
    "I haven’t been able to get around to any cinemas except “Frankenstein”-which vastly disappointed me. The book has been altered beyond recognition, & everything is toned down to an insufferable cheapness & relative tameness. I fear the cinema is no place to get horror-thrills!" -H. P. Lovecraft to J. Vernon Shea, 9 Dec 1931, Letters to J. Vernon Shea 85

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      From what we read Lovecraft didn’t like about of things. Wonder how he would feel about the movies based on his material.

    • @godofzombi
      @godofzombi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions Yeah I don't think he would like those. 🙂

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @godofzombi maybe he’d like Carpenters “In the Mouth of Madness” which is more of a homage to his work.

    • @godofzombi
      @godofzombi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Collectorsconfessions I was wondering about that too. But he'd probaly complain about not enough gambrel roofed houses in Hobb's end.

    • @Collectorsconfessions
      @Collectorsconfessions  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @godofzombi 🤣