

The kits always reproduced the original packaging and tried to emulate the look of the vintage instruction sheets. Sometimes kits were completely retooled while in some cases bagged shots were purchased using existing tools. The brand went on to recreate many Aurora kits.

Polar Lights initial model kit release was a reproduction of the Addam’s Family House kit and was offered at first as an FAO Scwartz exclusive. Aurora had released many pop-culture-oriented kits based on popular superheroes, TV shows and movies most notable was their selection of Universal Monsters figure kits. It started as a brand that would re-create long out-of-production kits that had been manufactured in the ’60s and ’70s by the Aurora model company. POLAR LIGHTS was established by Tom Lowe at Playing Mantis in 1996.
