Aurora Customizing Monster Kit Vulture & Mad Dog AFA 85 ** POP 1, Highest Grade ** (Aurora, 1964)....

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Aurora Customizing Monster Kit Vulture & Mad Dog AFA 85 ** POP 1, Highest Grade ** (Aurora, 1964). Aurora's Customizing Monster Kits were a madcap celebration of 1960s creativity, inviting young hobbyists to play Dr. Frankenstein with parts from the company's wildly popular monster line. The Vulture & Mad Dog set embodied that offbeat spirit perfectly-equal parts sinister and humorous, with grotesque detail that captured the decade's fascination with camp horror. Released during the height of Aurora's monster craze, it remains one of the most memorable spin-offs from the studio that defined plastic fright. This NM+ 85 example is graded by AFA as the POP 1, Highest Grade, standing alone at the top of the census for this particular kit. Its preservation is outstanding, retaining the sharp structure and bold mid-century artwork that make Aurora packaging so collectible today. A bizarre and beautiful relic from the golden age of monster modeling, this piece distills everything fans love about Aurora's legacy-wild imagination, fearless design, and irresistible shelf presence. Whether you build, collect, or simply admire, few kits better showcase the monstrous magic that made Aurora immortal.

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