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Aurora Molds - Urban Legends… Author Bob Johnson, Contributors Ed Sexton and Peter Vetri Ever since the mold inventory for plastic kits from Aurora Plastics Corporation was acquired by Monogram Models in the late 1970's, there have been no end of rumors and speculation from the "infamous Binghamton NY winter train wreck" (fact) to the disposition of various tool sets over the following years. Even reading the description of the trials and tribulations of Aurora on Wikipedia, there is no mention …

I would like to thank Bob Johnson for this excellent content. Quote "It seems there continues to be a lot of false beliefs about what took place... I know most of it."R. A. Johnson III 7.2020 For decades, "urban myths" have grown up around the acquisition of mold sets and reference material from Aurora Plastics Corporation by Monogram Models Incorprated in 1977. With each passing year, more of the people involved with this transaction; Ken Merker, Roger Harney, Bob Reder, and Tom G …