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| A brief history of the Prehistoric Scenes. |
| In 1971 Aurora Corp brought out a series of eight Prehistoric scenes. They were an instant success. In 1972 a further six scenes were introduced, equally successfully. Finally in 1974 Aurora brought out three more kits, which proved as popular as the previous fourteen. In addition to these kits a Stegosaurus got as far as the pre-mould stage (where a metal pattern was made), this was in production around 1973. Around 1978 Aurora was bought up by Monogram, who re-released eight (Ankylosaurus, Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, Pteranodon, Styracosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus & Woolly Mammoth) of the kits (1979 & 1983), but destroyed the moulds for the other nine (the decision was based on whether the moulds would be used within the next five to ten years), recycling the mould material and preventing other companies competing(??). Finally Monogram Merged with Revell, and the eight kits were again released (1987 & 1993). Revell issued a new set of dinosaurs as the MiniDinos in 1994, each a faithful (1 inch high) reproduction of the large 1/13 model it was derived from. There were six of these in all (Allosaurus, Dimetrodon, Pteranodon, Styracosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus). |
| More information is available about each kit is on the for sale pages. |
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