Far-Out new hobby kits from Aurora

What's the ad for?
Movie themed model kits from Aurora
Year
1969

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The Scoop

 See pictures of the finished models below. The Land of the Giants spaceship looks kinda lame but the other two look cool. I guess the Land of the Giants ship is just a bit too simple for me.

Young America Record Club

What's the ad for?
Young America Record Club Top Hit Records
Year
1969

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Summer at HOME can be FUN!

What's the ad for?

Public service announcement from the National Social Welfare Assembly coordinating with the Organization for National Health, Welfare and Recreation Agencies of the U.S.?????
Year
1965

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The scoop

What the hell is the scoop with this one? Jack wasn't able to visit his friend Hank in the city but that's okay he still had a good summer. Meanwhile Hank wasn't able to visit his friend Jack in the Country but that's okay because he went to the zoo and the museum. Who cares? What's the deal? Were they worried in 1965 about a revolution lead by bored children? Maybe the UK could have used some of these ads....too soon?

House ads - The 1960's - The Spectre #3

House ads - The 1960's - Batman # 200

House ads - The 1960's - Avengers King Size Special # 2

Avengers King Size Special # 2 from 1968.

House ads - The 1960's - Flash #169, 80 pg Giant

House ads - The 1960's - Action Comics #360, 80 pg Giant

For the next month I will be posting house ads from comics ranging from the 1960's to the 1990's. Each week will feature ads from each of the decades starting this week with the sixties. New ads will be posted every weekday making 5 new ads for you all per week.

House ads are those which advertise comics being sold by the publisher of the comic featured in. You can find them in comics ranging from the golden age to the present. I'm starting from the sixties as that's where my collection starts.

Action comics #360 was an 80-page giant issue (March 1968 G45). DC started the 80-page giant series in 1964. They primarily featured reprint stories and this is no different. I love the board game cover.

Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" hobby kit

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What's the ad for?

Green Hornet's "Black Beauty" hobby kit
Year
1967

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The scoop
Aurora Plastics Corporation was a successful plastic model company that existed between 1952-1977. They were well known for the figure models they produced especially of Hollywood Monsters. The company ended up being owned by rival Monogram. Monogram ended up destroying many of Auroras model molds making the kits highly collectible.

On Monday starts a new series of ads that will see a new post five times a week!

Peter Duncun- "Dropout"

I don't even remember where I scanned this from. I am going to reckon it came from a comic in the late sixties. This was a very successful advertising campaign for ICS. A history of the school can be found here.

Win a real Spacecraft!

This incredible ad was found in a tattered copy of Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #73, from 1967 (hilarious cover). What makes this incredible is the prize is that you could actually win a genuine Gemini Spacecraft prototype! Can you imagine having that sit in your backyard? Nineteen feet of crazy fun. Wow, that would put even the coolest tree-house to shame.

When I saw this ad I had to find out what the story was. Who won this prize and where is this space capsule now? All the credit has to go to Comic Coverage website. That's where I found most of this information.

So the winner of the price was a 13 year old scout named Alen Hanshew from Portland, Oregon. So what did young Alen do with his new space capsule? He gave it to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Not that he had much choice in the matter. Reading the ad it says;


"How will it feel to present your spacecraft to your city for a park or a museum? Famous, that's how"

So all the winner won was the capsule to be donated to his or her local museum. Kind of let down don't you think? I bet you that kid had grand plans of what to do with his new space capsule. I bet you he was mighty disappointed to find out he didn't actually get to keep the capsule. I guess it wasn't even delivered by airplane but rather by train. At least Alen Hanshew became famous right? Or maybe he just felt that way.

Today I am off to the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. This will be my second year attending. It's going to be a great weekend.