I've enjoyed this. I'm presently getting back in touch with my inner child. I'm working on the old Aurora kits. I finished The Wolfman's Wagon and wish I could post a picture of it here. I'm presently putting paint to Frankenstein's Flivver. And as soon as Frank's Flivver is done, it's on to The Mummy's Chariot. Talk about getting in touch. There were some major problems with these models. And as a retired person, I'm encountering the same issues. But, I've got more patience now and am enjoying the challenges.
❤ YOUR COLLECTION!!!! IT IS SOOOO COOOOL 2 👀 ACOLLECTION ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!! 👀'S FANTASTIC!! CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!! THANK YOU 4 SHARING!!! OH YHA, YOUR PAINTING IS JUCT PERFACT!!!!! THANK'S AGAIN!!!❤🙏🫶👍❤😂
This would definitely be worthy of a large coffee table book, with incidentals & details about each model. I know I would buy one & love to have one on my coffee table. How is this extensive of a collection even possible? Practically unbelievable!
I am a collector of top notch Warren publications series of the Famous Monsters of Filmland and my YT algorithims sent me here to this unbelievable collection. What a display!
I had all of the Aurora Monster Kits when I was a kid, and have many of the re-issues since then. I also had most of the Monster Scenes Kits (with Dr. Deadly and The Pendulum), and a majority of the Prehistoric Scenes Kits. I had all of the Planet of the Apes models except for the Gorilla Soldier on Horseback. I had an assortment of dinosaur/caveman models from various companies. I still love to build/paint monster models, and my skills have improved vastly over the decades. I also had quite the collection of monster magazines when I was a kid, all lost through time, and I’m proud to be a current contributor (illustrations and articles) for Scary Monsters Magazine. I even wrote an article about building/painting monster kits that was published in Scary Monsters titled BE A MODEL CITIZEN!
Wow !!!.It's like seeing what an Aurora Model Museum would look like,had they had the forethought to do something like this,back in the day !.An amazing collection Phil !.Thanks for sharing this !.Well done !!!.
Back in the day (1970's) I had the whole set of Aurora glow-in-the-dark monster diorama kits... They were pretty sweet, each kit had a piece of the monster or part of the diorama that would glow in the dark ! There was Frankenstein, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Creature of the Black Lagoon, Mad Doctor, and a couple others
Very very cool collection; brings back memories of when I was a kid and had all of the original Aurora box kits of the universal monsters. Though for Godzilla I had gotten him premade/pre-painted from some place. But yeah now that I remember: The hunchback: He had the long hair on the box but the short AQ hair on the actual model. The Phantom: I remember that scene with the prisoner holding the bars. I didn't glue his mask to his hand because I wanted it loose to also put on his face. I painted him flesh not green but that looks cool on yours. The Wolfman: the original box was the one with his face and hands glowing, not behind the tree. The Creature: It had no big background wall and just one lizard. Dracula: cape was weird to me with 2 pieces flowing over the front but that's how they made him. Jeckyl/Hyde: was the one with the table and stool lying on its side. The forgotten Prisoner reminded me more of Pirates of the Caribbean. I used the glow bones. I never saw Bride of Frankenstein, Invisible man or Dracula's daughter I don't think they were part of the first series. I remember most of the boxes being more square than tall rectangle. I would keep the boxes with the unused parts, but not in their plastic wrap covering. The model parts were either black or glow colored. I didn't like using other glow body parts because I wanted them fully painted so I just used some of the glowing scenery pieces like the skulls, rats, plants or branches and maybe a few of those mummy shrouds. Last one I got was the witch just to complete the set. I wasn't really into that one too much. I had that same Spock model too! Aiming his phaser at the 3-headed serpent. I didn't glue him down, I wanted him loose to be able to play with. From the prehistoric series I had the big green dinosaur, the sabertooth and the neanderthal man. I also had those Aurora planet of the apes kits of Zaius, Cornelius, and Ursus. Just saw him now, I had that Revell Rat Fink Sleazy Rider with a motorcycle too! Fink pieces in bright green plastic. I remember those monster scenes and Vampirella and Dr. Deadly but my neighbor friends had some of those. 1 model I had that I didn't see here was the Revell Peter Pan Pirate ship Jolly Roger (a tough build for a kid my age). Came in orange plastic parts that I never painted, just put the flag stickers on.
Just a fascinating and painstakingly complete collection of Aurora models. A bygone era never to be seen again. I was unaware of all the seemingly endless figure models such as the old west, the presidents collection, and the gladiators. I'm envious of the JFK and Washington models. Would love to own them. Thank you so much for documenting your collection. Would love to see Moebius or Atlantis re-issue more of these. They haven't scratched the surface on what Aurora had. I hope they do more. So many childhood memories brought back in times when we need them. Thank again for showing this.
Hello there what a collection you have” quite a lot of the aurora figures you have came out in the sixties I had quite a lot of these myself most of mine, I gave away after painting them to friends it has brought back a lot of memories I thank you for doing this video am not at the age now to collect them but thanks again for the memories Phil my best, Mike👌👌👍👏😀
What an incredible collection! Bravo! Would love to see these in person if you ever give tours, LOL. Even saw one of my pieces in there (the Aurora Hunchback backdrop) and have to wonder how you dust these things? I too would love to see the Phantom in styrene, but that would be a big project. The MOM Mirror for Jeckyl would be a must if you ever released it. Again, thanks for sharing your collection. The best video I have ever seen on you tube! Jim
WOW~You have a few of my pieces in your collection! I see one of my Bama Box art Creatures at 9:34, Looks like my Rodan at 13:38 (?) My Glow-box Forgotten Prisoner at 17:44 also! Possibly my Frankenstein's Flivver at 18:00. Gary Makatura from Stratten/Holland painted the imaginary "What-If" Glow boxes.
Such an amazing collection...thank you for sharing. I'm completely blown away! I also thank you for releasing the Mutant and Godzilla. I bought four of each, and they were worth every penny.
Great collection ! The historic value alone is on a par with the sheer volume of kits ! As a collector of kits and toys I really admire how you have these displayed and the security you've got in place is warranted ! A real museum of rare pieces ! As a kid who grew up in the 50's I recognize so many of your kits (and have some of in my own home). But your store displays and prototypes really blew me away ! About the only thing I didn't see were the Universal Monster wallets from the 60's. Perhaps I missed them as you were recording. Like I said before, Great Stuff !
Thanks for the tour of your amazing collection, Phil! Seeing all the factory paints, store displays, and prototypes is especially thrilling. If any more prototypes are produced as kits, I know I, for personal reasons, would love for The Phantom to get the styrene treatment. I know that's likely a pipe dream -- but I'll keep on dreaming. I'm flattered to see the Green Lantern kit I designed and did box art for among your kits. And now any time my wife is tempted to tell me I have too many model kits, I can always refer her to your video! I'm extremely grateful!
I should also say I'm grateful for you giving us the Mutant and Big G prototype styrene kits -- what a total thrill it was, all these years after the fact, to be able to build a NEW Aurora kit again! Nothing like it.
Yes - worthy of a museum collection - so may shrink-wrapped items!!!! I have the Aurora books but never knew about the Wacky Racers prototypes - could you do a more detailed video on these and the other prototypes please?
Hey Phil, my buddies and I talked with you at breakfast at the last Chiller. I want to connect with you. I texted the number in you Godzilla’s business card but didn’t hear back. If you see this please comment back. - Bob
Fantastic! What a great start to my day off watching with a coffee on a super cold day! Incredible collection Philip! Did you grow up near the west Hempstead Aurora factory by chance? Sound like a new Yorker 😆
My father and I just watched both of your videos. Unbelievable. We would love to hear how you amassed such a collection. Must have taken a lifetime.
Love it, wow, factory.
A very historical historical collection of vintage Aurora Hora models.Awesome thank you for sharing
I've enjoyed this. I'm presently getting back in touch with my inner child. I'm working on the old Aurora kits. I finished The Wolfman's Wagon and wish I could post a picture of it here. I'm presently putting paint to Frankenstein's Flivver. And as soon as Frank's Flivver is done, it's on to The Mummy's Chariot. Talk about getting in touch. There were some major problems with these models. And as a retired person, I'm encountering the same issues. But, I've got more patience now and am enjoying the challenges.
MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION.
❤ YOUR COLLECTION!!!! IT IS SOOOO COOOOL 2 👀 ACOLLECTION ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!! 👀'S FANTASTIC!! CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!! THANK YOU 4 SHARING!!! OH YHA, YOUR PAINTING IS JUCT PERFACT!!!!! THANK'S AGAIN!!!❤🙏🫶👍❤😂
My idea of Styrene Heaven !!! Lots of memories in there . Thank You for sharing ! Tony
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it.
You have the best collection I have ever seen! I could watch this video over and over!
Dear Lord, Thank you!! you brought back SO MANY childhood memories.
Really beautiful varied collection, The model of the giant ants from the movie "Them" are a first time viewing for me.
This would definitely be worthy of a large coffee table book, with incidentals & details about each model. I know I would buy one & love to have one on my coffee table. How is this extensive of a collection even possible? Practically unbelievable!
INCREDIBLE ..... THANK YOU.
Stunning collection! Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding collection..!! Brings back some wondeful memeories..
And to think I was still watching your old channel! Love your museum. Can’t get enough!!
You have an amazing collection. Thank you for showing it.
truly spectacular collection , pleasure to see all your goodness, monster collectors dream
I am a collector of top notch Warren publications series of the Famous Monsters of Filmland and my YT algorithims sent me here to this unbelievable collection. What a display!
Incredible collection Phil. I am impressed.
Beautiful collection man, guys like you are preserving Americana I dig it!
Incredible collection. Blown away by the display models.
What is the story on the Batcopter. I didn't think it ever went into production but you have one boxed in celo.
I had all of the Aurora Monster Kits when I was a kid, and have many of the re-issues since then. I also had most of the Monster Scenes Kits (with Dr. Deadly and The Pendulum), and a majority of the Prehistoric Scenes Kits. I had all of the Planet of the Apes models except for the Gorilla Soldier on Horseback. I had an assortment of dinosaur/caveman models from various companies. I still love to build/paint monster models, and my skills have improved vastly over the decades.
I also had quite the collection of monster magazines when I was a kid, all lost through time, and I’m proud to be a current contributor (illustrations and articles) for Scary Monsters Magazine. I even wrote an article about building/painting monster kits that was published in Scary Monsters titled BE A MODEL CITIZEN!
A splendid collection and one of the most comprehensive videos I've seen. Thank you!
Amazing collection, thanks for sharing!
Great collection I just started building monsters kits thanks
Wow !!!.It's like seeing what an Aurora Model Museum would look like,had they had the forethought to do something like this,back in the day !.An amazing collection Phil !.Thanks for sharing this !.Well done !!!.
Wow, what a great collection, thanks for sharing.
i never knew there was a Beast from 20,000 Fathoms model..this was fun to watch!! 🙂
Back in the day (1970's) I had the whole set of Aurora glow-in-the-dark monster diorama kits...
They were pretty sweet, each kit had a piece of the monster or part of the diorama that would glow in the dark !
There was Frankenstein, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Creature of the Black Lagoon, Mad Doctor, and a couple others
I had The Wolfman, Phantom of The Opera, and The Mummy. My favorite was The Forgotten Prisoner.
Very very cool collection; brings back memories of when I was a kid and had all of the original Aurora box kits of the universal monsters. Though for Godzilla I had gotten him premade/pre-painted from some place. But yeah now that I remember:
The hunchback: He had the long hair on the box but the short AQ hair on the actual model.
The Phantom: I remember that scene with the prisoner holding the bars. I didn't glue his mask to his hand because I wanted it loose to also put on his face. I painted him flesh not green but that looks cool on yours.
The Wolfman: the original box was the one with his face and hands glowing, not behind the tree.
The Creature: It had no big background wall and just one lizard.
Dracula: cape was weird to me with 2 pieces flowing over the front but that's how they made him.
Jeckyl/Hyde: was the one with the table and stool lying on its side.
The forgotten Prisoner reminded me more of Pirates of the Caribbean. I used the glow bones.
I never saw Bride of Frankenstein, Invisible man or Dracula's daughter I don't think they were part of the first series.
I remember most of the boxes being more square than tall rectangle. I would keep the boxes with the unused parts, but not in their plastic wrap covering. The model parts were either black or glow colored.
I didn't like using other glow body parts because I wanted them fully painted so I just used some of the glowing scenery pieces like the skulls, rats, plants or branches and maybe a few of those mummy shrouds.
Last one I got was the witch just to complete the set. I wasn't really into that one too much.
I had that same Spock model too! Aiming his phaser at the 3-headed serpent. I didn't glue him down, I wanted him loose to be able to play with.
From the prehistoric series I had the big green dinosaur, the sabertooth and the neanderthal man.
I also had those Aurora planet of the apes kits of Zaius, Cornelius, and Ursus.
Just saw him now, I had that Revell Rat Fink Sleazy Rider with a motorcycle too! Fink pieces in bright green plastic.
I remember those monster scenes and Vampirella and Dr. Deadly but my neighbor friends had some of those.
1 model I had that I didn't see here was the Revell Peter Pan Pirate ship Jolly Roger (a tough build for a kid my age). Came in orange plastic parts that I never painted, just put the flag stickers on.
Amazing collection!
lot of stuff I have never seen before, love the Hornet and Kato, thanks for sharing
WOW!!!! what a collection. Mr. Ceparano you out did yourself. Thank you once again for this wonderful walk down memory lane.
Just a fascinating and painstakingly complete collection of Aurora models. A bygone era never to be seen again. I was unaware of all the seemingly endless figure models such as the old west, the presidents collection, and the gladiators. I'm envious of the JFK and Washington models. Would love to own them. Thank you so much for documenting your collection. Would love to see Moebius or Atlantis re-issue more of these. They haven't scratched the surface on what Aurora had. I hope they do more. So many childhood memories brought back in times when we need them. Thank again for showing this.
the more I watch it just gets better and better, havnt seen a lot of these in years !!!
Amazing collection.Thank you for the opportunity to see it. I would love to see The Phantom produced! Sorry to hear about Andy....
Truly amazing collection, wow!
Thank you for sharing it with the world, sir.
Nice
fantastic collection,great to see this amount in one place.
WOW!!!!!!!!!
Those chipmunks are real cool!
Amazing!
0:36 I would love to have a Them figurine.
Hello there what a collection you have” quite a lot of the aurora figures you have came out in the sixties I had quite a lot of these myself most of mine, I gave away after painting them to friends it has brought back a lot of memories I thank you for doing this video am not at the age now to collect them but thanks again for the memories Phil my best, Mike👌👌👍👏😀
I love the Aurora model kits.
Jim Keeler here! Great collection! I really miss Andy!
Une collection incroyable et exceptionnelle ! C'est toute une époque de culture et d'art populaire sous vitrine. A préserver absolument !
This is not a collection its a museum of film and TV memorabilia .Wow
agreed
What an incredible collection! Bravo! Would love to see these in person if you ever give tours, LOL. Even saw one of my pieces in there (the Aurora Hunchback backdrop) and have to wonder how you dust these things?
I too would love to see the Phantom in styrene, but that would be a big project. The MOM Mirror for Jeckyl would be a must if you ever released it.
Again, thanks for sharing your collection. The best video I have ever seen on you tube!
Jim
Also I will be contacting you soon for an MOM Godzilla! If there's any left.
WOW~You have a few of my pieces in your collection! I see one of my Bama Box art Creatures at 9:34, Looks like my Rodan at 13:38 (?) My Glow-box Forgotten Prisoner at 17:44 also! Possibly my Frankenstein's Flivver at 18:00. Gary Makatura from Stratten/Holland painted the imaginary "What-If" Glow boxes.
Such an amazing collection...thank you for sharing. I'm completely blown away! I also thank you for releasing the Mutant and Godzilla. I bought four of each, and they were worth every penny.
Great collection ! The historic value alone is on a par with the sheer volume of kits ! As a collector of kits and toys I really admire how you have these displayed and the security you've got in place is warranted ! A real museum of rare pieces ! As a kid who grew up in the 50's I recognize so many of your kits (and have some of in my own home). But your store displays and prototypes really blew me away ! About the only thing I didn't see were the Universal Monster wallets from the 60's. Perhaps I missed them as you were recording. Like I said before, Great Stuff !
Thanks for the tour of your amazing collection, Phil! Seeing all the factory paints, store displays, and prototypes is especially thrilling. If any more prototypes are produced as kits, I know I, for personal reasons, would love for The Phantom to get the styrene treatment. I know that's likely a pipe dream -- but I'll keep on dreaming.
I'm flattered to see the Green Lantern kit I designed and did box art for among your kits.
And now any time my wife is tempted to tell me I have too many model kits, I can always refer her to your video! I'm extremely grateful!
I should also say I'm grateful for you giving us the Mutant and Big G prototype styrene kits -- what a total thrill it was, all these years after the fact, to be able to build a NEW Aurora kit again! Nothing like it.
Love the "Christine" figure prototype. Would compliment the Phantom of the Opera model.
Yes - worthy of a museum collection - so may shrink-wrapped items!!!! I have the Aurora books but never knew about the Wacky Racers prototypes - could you do a more detailed video on these and the other prototypes please?
Amazing collection
Very nice.
Love it Phil! Can I request a vid dedicated to the Aurora Mad Barber/Doctor/Dentist?
Incredible collection. Is the Aquaman model a prototype?
😅 I sent it before you did the last part on the box it looks great enjoy...I love VRP 😊
do you have the 1976 aurora model kit catalog
Where is this "Model Museum"?
Could you tell me what the models called of 2 Boxers fighting in ring please? Thank You
That was probably the Aurora 'Dempsey vs. Firpo' kit.
Hey Phil, my buddies and I talked with you at breakfast at the last Chiller. I want to connect with you. I texted the number in you Godzilla’s business card but didn’t hear back.
If you see this please comment back. - Bob
Incredible. Should make an appearance on MeTV's Collector's Call. I have a 20th of your collection and have no room. I can't imagine....
Fantastic! What a great start to my day off watching with a coffee on a super cold day!
Incredible collection Philip! Did you grow up near the west Hempstead Aurora factory by chance? Sound like a new Yorker 😆