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Vintage 1964 Superman Model Kit Aurora No. 462 - Rare!

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Plastic Model Figure from 1963/1964. Aurora Kit No. 462-100. The original assembly instruction sheet is included! Unfortunately, there are a few pieces missing, but still a rare find for Aurora Kit collectors!

Aurora Plastics Corporation - Brief History

The Aurora Plastics Corporation is a U.S. toy and hobby manufacturing and marketing company. It is known primarily for its production of plastic model kits in the 1960s. Aurora Plastics Corporation was founded in March, 1950 by engineer Joseph E. Giammarino (1916-1992) and businessman Abe Shikes (1908-1997) in Brooklyn, New York (in West Hempstead, Long Island from 1954), as a contract manufacturer of injection molded plastics.

With the hiring in 1952 of salesman John Cuomo (1901-1971), the company began the manufacture of its own line of plastic model kits. These kits were marketed to young hobbyists, as were the kits of rivals Monogram and Revell. Aurora profitably targeted to a younger demographic than their competitors, creating smaller-sized models at a lower price point.

Although their first offerings were aircraft kits in a "Famous Fighters" line, it is with their figure kits that Aurora is most associated and had their biggest success. Following a series of "knights in armor" and historical figures, Aurora acquired a license from Universal Studios to create a line of kits based on Universal monsters, which became the company’s most popular offerings. Together with their other licensed models based on characters from movies, TV shows and comic books, Aurora’s figure kits continue to be highly valued by collectors. Aurora used artist James Bama for some of their box art.

(Source: Wikipedia)