Aurora Monster Scenes model kits caused a national scandal in 1971. ... In 1977, Nabisco unloaded Aurora’s kit fabrication business onto Monogram, one of Aurora’s competitors.

And while many companies made model kits, ... audience than the 11- to 14-year-olds that such established model makers as Monogram and Revell ... doing the Frankenstein’s monster.

Perhaps the oldest plastic model kit in America, the Varney PT‑17 arrived ca. 1946. Now one of the rarest of all styrene models, it sells for close to $1,000. Monogram B-24 Liberator ...