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Sports Figure kits from the '60's??

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Sports Figure kits from the '60's??
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:03 PM
I am back into modeling after a 25 year break and was having deja vu about these cool sports diorama kits i built as a kid. I think they were 1/16" and i remember a Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Johnny Unites, Jimmy Brown and Jack Dempsey kit. They each had 1-3 figures in them on a good sized base. Aurora comes to mind as a manufacturer but I could be making that up. Any historians out there????
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:59 AM
Don't know about those, but Airfix used to have (a looooong time ago) a set of (English) soccer players, and they recently released another, larger scale set that has not done too well given the fairly lackustre performances of the National team at the latest major international tournament...
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Posted by gregbale on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:17 AM
Aurora had 6 "Great Moments in Sport" figure/diorama kits, all issued in 1965. You remembered them pretty well: they were Willie Mays (1 figure), "Jimmy" Brown (3 figures), Johnny Unitas (3 figures), Dempsey vs. Firpo (3 figures), Jerry West (2 figures), and Babe Ruth (3 figures). According to my copy of Bill Bruegman's "Aurora History and Price Guide," they were a pretty resounding failure sales-wise, and were never reissued.
I thought they were pretty neat when I saw them in the book, because, though I seem to remember almost everything else Aurora ever produced, I don't remember ever seeing any of those (and I was 9 at the time, so I'm sure the trademark Aurora colorful box art would have made an impression).
I have no idea if they'd be available on e-bay, but the price guide gives (1992, pre-ebay) prices from 60-350 dollars unbuilt, 30-125 built up; I shudder to think what they'd go for these days.
Good luck and good hunting.

Greg

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:08 AM
The show up once in a while on ebay. Don't really know what they sell for as I usually don't watch them. Just have to watch ebay and maybe get lucky.
Rob
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:59 PM
Thanks for the great feedback! Wow, I was that close. I must have been no older than 8 when I first got my hands on one. It was then I learned the power of paint thinner when i put willy's glove in a thinner bath to remove bad paint and poof, glove disappears.
Anyways, If anybody's got one or two...
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:49 AM
Hey Bergy
Check out ebay, there is a Johnny Unitas kit (built up) and Jim Brown Kit on there right now. Just search in models for the names or aurora. Good Luck.
Rob
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