For no other reason than I'm extremely proud of it, I'd thought I'd share another photo of my AURORA SUPERMAN kit from 1974. I built and painted it myself, hand-painting the 'S' emblems on the costume and cape, rather than using the adhesive labels supplied. This second release of the famous hobby kit was not issued with the nameplate included with the original 1964 version (nor were subsequent releases), but I added a spare one anyway because I think the model looks better with it.
This kit has been released five times over the years, and I have all of them, plus an unbuilt and boxed spare of the original version. Here are the dates and companies involved:
1964 by Aurora. * 1974 by Aurora. * 1978 by Monogram. * 1984 by MPC. * 1999 by Revell.
As I said, only the '64 kit included a nameplate (and had moulded 'S' emblems), and the '84 and '99 kits had a different head.
Perhaps MOEBIUS Models will rerelease the original kit sometime soon.
This kit has been released five times over the years, and I have all of them, plus an unbuilt and boxed spare of the original version. Here are the dates and companies involved:
1964 by Aurora. * 1974 by Aurora. * 1978 by Monogram. * 1984 by MPC. * 1999 by Revell.
As I said, only the '64 kit included a nameplate (and had moulded 'S' emblems), and the '84 and '99 kits had a different head.
Perhaps MOEBIUS Models will rerelease the original kit sometime soon.
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