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Tyrannosaurus Rex

Allosaurus


TYRANNOSAURUS REX - SNAP TOGETHER - 1:13 SCALE
kit # 746 Designed by Dave Cockrum Sculpted by Bill Lemon Box Art - Dave Cockrum Instruction Illustration - Dave Cockrum
53 pieces. Molded in red-orange with glow pieces. This is an wonderful design. So much articulation and the size is huge! Popular in all versions, but the original is highly sought after for the glow parts. You're looking at over $100 easy for a crappy built-up that has the glow pieces. You find a nice box and contents to go with it and you are talking about the most expensive and chased kit of the series. Jaw, head, neck, arms, paws, legs, feet, and 3 tail sections move. Another one that doesn't change it's name in the reissues. And the only normally reissued kit to not be put out again in 2007.

Aurora box
Click image to go to page with more info

Monogram #6043

Revell-Germany # 6470

Box, instructions, inserts, and backdrop

Monogram # 6077

Revell #6339

I've got a question for anyone with information.
Look at the picture below and let me know if you know what version that packing configuration might have been used for.
It has already been determined that is was no the JCPenny's catalog version.

Entier contents would fit in a 12x12x12 box.

A look at all the parts

To veiw a parts list for this model, ckick on the link. It is in .txt format. You are more than welcome to copy this list.

PARTS LIST

NAMEPLATE TEXT

TYRANNOSAURUS REX
75 MILLION YEARS AGO
CREATACEOUS PERIOD
WESTERN UNITED STATES

An interesting auction item. Some replacement parts in an Aurora shipping box.
Yet another neat item I lost out on.

Here is another interesting variation that Ian was nice enough to let me know about.
Note :
the teeth and such are green instead of white.

Also note the different plastic color.
Left - normal color . right - this kit color.

Revell model

The picture of this backdrop has been supplied by Ray Miller. He's letting me display it on my site, it is for reference only.
DO NOT COPY this image.
Ray is considering making reproductions of this. So to keep anyone from reproducing this themselves, this image has been marked with Ray's name and my watermark.
Enjoy!

A very intersting book cover.
Kind of looks familiar doesn't it

Ok, here is another odd thing.
About a month ago, I got an email from Jeff at http://www.handmadehorrors.com/. He wanted to let me know that he spotted the rex model in an episode of the Greatest American Hero.

After asking around at the clubhouse, I found out the episode name is
"The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
from season 2. It is only shown at the very end of the episode.
Randy at Killing Time was kind enough to get a screen grab for me.

Just to give you an idea of how big the kit is

Above and Below : A couple of pics of John Vespucci's Rex. A very good idea using an aquarium for storage.

			This model is huge. Over 18" tall and 30" long. The original was molded in red plastic and had glow-in-the-dark eyes, teeth, claws and nameplate. I think this one might have been the model that got me completely hooked on the whole perhistoric scenes line. This model was made so that almost everything moves. The mouth opens and closes. The head turns and moves up and down.The arms move and the paws rotate. The legs move. The tail has 2 rotating sections, plus it pivots up and down. I'm sorry to say that mine is nowhere near done. It's been assembled since sometime in 1988 (shortly after I found it at Toys-R-Us). The holdup has been filling all the gaps. This is a snap together model, so the fit isn't the greatest. Usually not much problem, but on this scale it turns out to be a major undertaking. So I just can't seem to be able to get around to doing the putty and painting. Also, since it is so large, it keeps getting tucked away in corners and such. So over the years I have managed to lose the left "hand" and the outer claws on both feet. I just got another for replacement parts. Someday, I will finish it and find somewhere to display it. I almost have all the parts I need to build an original. I am building this with no paint or putty, just to display clean. The reissue I have will get the full treatment. I also have ideas for a base I want to try my hand at sculpting. It is designed to fit several locations with the other models. The original kit was molded in red plastic and came with glow-in-the-dark eyes, teeth, claw, and nameplate. The reissues I have seen are dark green with no glow parts. The original model comes with a 3 color backdrop. Except for the JCPenny's catalogue version. This came in a plain box that was too small for the backdrop to fit into. If you want to see an example of the box and read more about it, check out Ray Millers PS kit on CultTVman's site. Check the links section. I discovered from Mr. Cockrum that when it came time to do the box art for this kit, no one at Aurora had any ideas. So they used Dave's design picture. Notice the smaller teeth on the box art. That was how it was originally designed, but Aurora wanted the teeth bigger to make it look more fierce. The jaw moves up and down. The head swivels. The neck moves up and down. The arms, paws, legs, and feet move. The tail pivots up and down and has 2 other sections that swivel.

			NEW SECTION : to show examples of each version of the models
			Aurora	Monogram 79
			Monogram 87	Revell 92
			Revell-Germany
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