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Dracula Super 8 film (affiliate link) —

My friend Courteney sent me this and I dig that Dracula is a swipe of the Aurora model kit. Such things were more common in the pre-style guide Wild West.

Glasslite Street Hawk figure from Brazil (eBay Link) —

I talked about Kenner’s plan for Street Hawk a while back, but Glasslite of Brazil got it done, and it’s pretty awesome! I don’t have the cash for this lot but wow, it’s pretty neat.

Captain America Cosmic Ray Light Gun (affiliate Link) —

Every kid knows that Captain America is nothing without his Cosmic Ray Light Gun with the dodgy AA battery!

Dr. Pepper/Welcome Back Kotter shirt (affiliate link) —-

I’ve never heard of this weird cross promotion between the Sweathogs and Dr. Pepper! I love the art on this. Also Lawrence Hilton Jacobs is an underrated actor IMHO.

Krofft Super Show Chalk Board (Affiliate Link) 

I have such a strong bond with the Krofft Supershow especially the season of  Wonderbug, Dr. Shrinker and Electra Woman and Dynagirl. I’d really like to own this but I can’t display it.

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This is the third Toy Flier I have from 1975 with Mego Star Trek on the cover, thank goodness for Star Trek collectors saving these.

The Fisher Price Sesame Street set is the big get here, this was the first year it was launched.

Mego’s Wizard of Oz line was also launched in 1975, it was a big year for licensed toys.

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It’s kind of weird to see the Planet of the Apes adventure set mixed in with growing up Skipper and Holly Hobbie.

Evel Knievel was still a super hot toy in 1975 and surprisingly the Mego planet of the apes dolls still sold despite the series getting canceled almost a year earlier..

Those flock haired Karate Men were under my tree that year, I always wanted to turn them into action figures.

Hedstron, Huffy and Murray….

PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures Magazine #2 is now available and it’s been called “not only an entertaining read, but it’s also an impeccable work of reference” by PopCult.

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1983 saw the Aurora monster models rise again when Monogram brought six of them back for the first time since Aurora folded. I remember being pretty excited to see them again and they would return every decade after that.


You can’t keep a good monster down.

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This month’s show starts off with Jason talking
a little bit about his BAFTA Flash Gordon event but then segways into the works
of Irwin Allen, primarily his TV work of the 1960s.

Voyage to the Bottom
of the Sea, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel as well as the
busted pilot “City Beneath the Sea” and “The Man from the 25th
Century”.

Along the way we
talk about Aurora Model Kits, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Nathan Juran,
Gerry Anderson, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Space Academy and Brian’s
preoccupation with Amazon Women on the Moon.


We also want to keep the
conversation going on the Pod Stallions Facebook page, please drop a line as to
your favourite Irwin Allen show and toys. We anxiously await your thoughts.

• The Man from the 25th Century Pilot
• Time Tunnel Pilot from 2003
• The terrific 12″ Lost in Space figure by Executive Replicas.
• The Awesome Trendmasters Jupiter 2 toy
• The Land of the Giants box set mentioned
• One if the weird Lost in Space toys by Remco
• This Land of the Giants Space Sled is actually Gerry Anderson’s Super Car!
• Remco Seaview toy
• Mattel Lost in Space Roto-Gun

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We’ve got an incredible treat this Friday before Halloween in the form of this incredible Aurora Monster Scenes store display, courtesy of my pal Matt, who will take over from here with the editorial.

This was actually assembled and painted at the Aurora factory, and then shipped built up to hobby stores.

Frankenstein doesn’t come with the set. He is a vintage one from my childhood

There is little I can say about the Monster Scenes that hasn’t already been said except that, in my opinion, they are the single greatest monster toy line to come out of the 1970s. 


They surpass even the Ahi monsters, as far as I’m concerned. If ever a toy line typified the early 1970s, this was it. 

Only in that decade could you get a model kit that was an action figure with a diorama that you built in order to reenact scenes of torture. 


No other decade would dare market a toy to kids rated “X” as a double-entendre. No other toy was made in that decade that so simply and directly tapped into that pre-adolescent boy mindset– that transitory period where one is on the verge of transitioning away from loving “kids stuff” like monsters, and starting to think about girls… 


No one else has ever released a toy with that same cheerful mix of innocence and sadism. One would consider such a feat to be near impossible. But Aurora did. And it was the rock upon which they sank.

 
Here is the set with a random assortment of boxed Monster Scenes– including the rare package variant “Victim” renamed as “Dr Deadly’s Daughter” for Canadian markets. 

Thanks to Matt for being so awesome and sharing this piece of 1970s gold. Happy Halloween Everyone!

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Torn right from the pages of Famous Monsters, the Aurora Monsters of the Movies series is easily one of the “top five” monster kit series of all time.

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• The Star Wars Issue of Cracked Magazine that Jason mentions.
• A late 1960s Collegeville Mr Spock Costume.
• Brian as Boba Fett.
• Lincoln International Monsters are some of Brian’s favourite Monster Toys and Mr Rock is their spock knockoff.
• The Aurora Girl Victim model kit got them in a lot of trouble.
• Wind Up Super Monsters were $0.99 well spent.
• Jason brings up the Tomland Famous Monsters of Legend.
• The Famous Monsters Speak Record Jason traded for.
• Power Records Monster album is on Youtube.
• Star Trek: Passage to Moav features a blonde Lt Uhura and an off model Mr Sulu.
• The AMT Gigantics kits are incredible and should be owned by you.
• Remco Mini Monsters are beloved by both of the guys.
• The Jack Davis Frankenstein Poster Jason mentioned.
• Monster Squad action figures almost happened, Brian’s pillow is soaking wet with tears every night.
• Henry Polic 2 passed away this year sadly.
• REAL dirt from Dracula’s castle captivated Jason.
• The Incredible Melting Man got a Kid’s halloween costume and a makeup kit.
• Life Force is on Blu-Ray in case you ever wanted to get us something for Christmas…
• Mattel Godzilla and Rodan are full of win, Gre-Gory the vampire bat is something Brian needs to own.
• Mattel Krusher Commercial from 1980.
• The Lee Marvin documentary that Jason mentions.

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