tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post6556920325048290205..comments2024-03-28T10:16:33.841+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: THE FORGOTTEN PRISONER OF CASTELMAREWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-1712259021168239802015-06-08T00:20:05.295+01:002015-06-08T00:20:05.295+01:00I always thought this kit was a bit mysterious... ...I always thought this kit was a bit mysterious... who was this guy? Who 'forgot' him?<br />When I first picked up the box at the toy store, drug it over to my parents and started the begging the comment was made, "That better not be a prisoner of war!"<br />I assured them it wasn't but really had no idea if he was or not. Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-5069432391317014412015-06-05T22:06:07.878+01:002015-06-05T22:06:07.878+01:00Some of the monster art was painted over (with dif...Some of the monster art was painted over (with different paints) and extended to make them suitable for the later square box versions of the kits. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-65349275965956589192015-06-05T18:45:05.937+01:002015-06-05T18:45:05.937+01:00I had to look up James Bama to see if he's sti...I had to look up James Bama to see if he's still alive and painting and amazingly he is! If Wikipedia is anything to go by he's lead a colourful life and his Aurora monster paintings are just a fraction of what he's done. He appears to have done Wild West paintings for much longer. Wonder if the original Aurora artwork still exists?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-78048788459251309422015-06-05T18:39:05.398+01:002015-06-05T18:39:05.398+01:00Beautiful kit. I recall it so well. The very stuff...Beautiful kit. I recall it so well. The very stuff of my childhood. Wonderful James Bama artwork, all of which capture the Sixties Monster craze like nothing else. Looks like you can still get the Moebius model on Amazon! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moebius-Forgotten-Prisoner-Castel-Mare-Kit/dp/B008VTLS76WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-78482267271559430252015-06-05T18:20:38.408+01:002015-06-05T18:20:38.408+01:00Monogram or Johnny Lightning (not sure which) also...Monogram or Johnny Lightning (not sure which) also re-released the kit about 20 years ago. The good thing about it is that it still had the Aurora name on the base, unlike other kits which had had the bases updated for later issues by Monogram, etc. The box was also the long box version, but the reference to Famous Monsters of Filmland had been removed. I've read the comic strip on which the character was based and its similar to Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado.<br /><br />If that's the Moebius kit in your pic, then it's a re-issue of the Aurora kit.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com