I'm struggling to find the space and robot toys scene in Eliott's room in ET so in the meantime here's some classic Aurora Monsters being painted by the hero kid in SALEM'S LOT. OK, they're not space-related but those model kits, which my big Brother Steve had in our house, we're as essential as a Johnny Seven and a Secret Sam Attache Case back in the mid-60's! Salem's Lot, starring one David Soul (very approprite surname given his role in this film), was a rather scary mini-series, which was condensed into a great vampire flick in 1979. If you've seen it you'll never forget James Mason playing the sinister Straker, the nosferatuesque rat-toothed Barlow and in the creepiest scene of the film, when one of the Glick boys floats outside the window tapping on the glass! Uuuugh! The Aurora models (late 70's versions I presume) feature off and on between the 4.50 and 7.30 minute slots in this You Tube part 10. Be warned though, if you don't like Vampire movies don't watch!
My brother gave all his Aurora models away to his girlfriend! I'd have kissed him for 'em! The only surviving model was the Witch, which I had until 1981 when my other brother chucked it by mistake! That was that. Auroraless!
ReplyDeleteA girl who likes model kits? Does she have a sister?
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hee hee - not sure. It's odd how she never got the Witch. Maybe she was a rival!
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