Origins - back in the early 60's, the classic Universal Studios horror films got released to TV, which proved quite popular with children. After a bit of discussion with psychologists, Aurora released one of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein creature. Sold so well they had to make multiple molds and followed up by 12 other such kits. These are still around today, re-released by other companies. Anyone here build such a kit, either during Aurora's time or more recently?

Monster Scenes - came about from a contest Aurora ran with Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, challenging model makers to create a scene with one or more kits. Found many creative and the notion of smaller scale kits one could combine to make dioramas. Problem was the content and wording. Settings like a Pendulum or Hanging Cage. Scantily clad Vampirella or The Victim (Vickie by fans). Not to mention label saying "Rated X for X-citement". Needless to say, Aurora started getting letters from parents. Speaking of, if you have children, would you let them build such a kit?

Downfall - outcome of all that was that The Victim got renamed Dr. Deadly's Daughter, pretty darn strange since he's a hunchback mad doctor of the set. Others yet released made only available in Canada or scraped production, though all have since been under other companies. Do you build model kits as a hobby? If so, feel free to let us know in replies.

Monsters of the Movies - didn't stop Aurora putting out this series some years later, using kits from Monster Scenes only available in Canada such as Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde. Some were totally new characters yet seen. All that said, do you find children playing with monster toys or building kits of them all that harmful to mental health?