Post by hobbybobby on Aug 17, 2012 15:25:46 GMT -5
The Go Cart
The Aurora Godzilla's Go Cart
www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/popup_image/pID/15934
The Aurora Godzilla's Go Cart kit was manufactuered in 1966.
A 1/12 scale model kit molded in green and yellow plastic, this was kit number 485 in the Aurora line.
This kit is considered by many to be the single most desirable and most elusive of all Aurora monster kits, and the box alone can cost a small fortune.
Aurora was forced to stop production on the kit by Toho because it apparently "demeaned" Godzilla's trademark.
Meaning, one supposes, that Goji wouldn't ride a go cart.
Soo...
The Polar Lights Go Cart
www.timemachinetoys.com/polarlights/PLGoCart.JPG
Reproduced from the original rare Aurora kit by Polar Lights, in 1999, this kit was only on the market for about a year, before Polar Lights discontinued production.
Polar Lights did not have the proper licensing to produce and sell this kit with the likeness of Godzilla.
The subsequent law suit made the production run and public sales limited.
I have the Polar Lights version, The Go Cart... ;D
The main body of the cart was sprayed with Tamya Spray cans, light Blue, covered with clear…
… the rest and Goji himself were hand painted in enamels and acrylics, and I dry brushed a lot...
The kit has always been a grail for me, It took many years to get it, and even more to build it, finally I made it!
Almost boxstock, a few small changes, the wheels are modified DW `s, therefore the brake had to be repositioned and some engine details...
The only thing missing is this, eye glass, I've searched everywhere, no idea where that is, so I leave this hole in the nose, if this part shows up again someday...
Here are the pics, hope, you like it.
The Aurora Godzilla's Go Cart
www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/popup_image/pID/15934
The Aurora Godzilla's Go Cart kit was manufactuered in 1966.
A 1/12 scale model kit molded in green and yellow plastic, this was kit number 485 in the Aurora line.
This kit is considered by many to be the single most desirable and most elusive of all Aurora monster kits, and the box alone can cost a small fortune.
Aurora was forced to stop production on the kit by Toho because it apparently "demeaned" Godzilla's trademark.
Meaning, one supposes, that Goji wouldn't ride a go cart.
Soo...
The Polar Lights Go Cart
www.timemachinetoys.com/polarlights/PLGoCart.JPG
Reproduced from the original rare Aurora kit by Polar Lights, in 1999, this kit was only on the market for about a year, before Polar Lights discontinued production.
Polar Lights did not have the proper licensing to produce and sell this kit with the likeness of Godzilla.
The subsequent law suit made the production run and public sales limited.
I have the Polar Lights version, The Go Cart... ;D
The main body of the cart was sprayed with Tamya Spray cans, light Blue, covered with clear…
… the rest and Goji himself were hand painted in enamels and acrylics, and I dry brushed a lot...
The kit has always been a grail for me, It took many years to get it, and even more to build it, finally I made it!
Almost boxstock, a few small changes, the wheels are modified DW `s, therefore the brake had to be repositioned and some engine details...
The only thing missing is this, eye glass, I've searched everywhere, no idea where that is, so I leave this hole in the nose, if this part shows up again someday...
Here are the pics, hope, you like it.
