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Certainly in the conservative early–mid 60s, it was a huge enough leap of faith for Aurora to have tackled the much more renowned Universal monsters (& Kong), with no other interested parties...
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Geez, having a Hammer model set woulda been cool. Just imagining an Oliver Reed werewolf or Christopher Lee Frankenstein/Dracula/Mummy certainly would have been more exciting than the sets Aurora put...
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Hard to imagine now in this time of hi-priced niche monster collectibles, but the Aurora kits were a rather daring marketplace phenomenon, & in fact played a major role in igniting the first...
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I remember her. Back up singer for Manfred Mann. Could hit a High C over C and shatter a Coke bottle.
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MikeHill wrote:Watch this space for Styrene Hammer.. Mike -- o yes. And I hope we can look forward to these being yer incomparable sculpts.
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That COF kit looks like Jethro Keene's work. He did a nice Horror of Dracula kit that he posted here too. Lots of very nice dinosaurs , historical figures, all tiny and made from Sculpey. I really...
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professor liebstrum wrote:That COF kit looks like Jethro Keene's work. He did a nice Horror of Dracula kit that he posted here too. Lots of very nice dinosaurs , historical figures, all tiny and made...
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Yes Matt, he also did a great series of pics from THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, a very clever set of Roman Emperors from the BBC I, CLAVDIVS, and Talos from JASON A T A destroying various landmarks. A...
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Oh, I thought that was just a mock-up box design. Did Jethro do a figure for that & for DRACULA also? If so, please point me to the right link!Amen to what was said -- I love Jethro's recreations...
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Scenes From The Ancient World still has a few pics left in the Horror Comics and Art pages. I cant find the COF thread tho'. A lot of J T's pics from a lot of threads seem to have disappeared Russ
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It would be great if someone with publishing world savvy and/or connections could figure out a way to put together a book dedicated to the Art of Jethro Keen. I don't know if his work falls into the...
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<<failing eyesight>> I didn't know that, it's horrible << it would be nice to have a tangible record of his creative output that could celebrate and maybe even compensate his...
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< Too cool yet old school. > I might have that put on a t shirt Russ
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