 
02/15/05
I just received some great news!
There is going to be another of the never-were
kits produced!
The Parasaurolophus
As you can see from the photo above, this is
another one of Dave Cockrum's designs for Aurora
that never saw the light of day.
Well, now it will.
Thanks to Action Hobbies.
Larry is hoping it will be ready by WF 2005
If you want to
see more pics, and find out more about it,
check this
page
Other ideas that never
hit the shelves.
The following information
comes from Modeler's Resource #13 (October 1996)
The information is from an interview with Dave
Cockrum who was a kit designer and artist that
worked for Aurora.
His work on the prehistoric scenes line includes,
designing the Trex. Illustrating the instruction
sheets for the Trex and the Sailback Reptile.
Dave also designed and illustrated the
Stegosaurus that got as far as being sculpted (by
Bill Lemon), but never produced.
There were a few other dinosaurs that were
considered, but nothing ever came from them.
There was a billed dino with a horn on the back
of it's head (Parasaurolophus), which Dave had
done design sketches of.
The first feathered bird (Archeaopteryx), which
would have been life-sized, but was shot down
because the poor sales of the Giant Bird
And another one that was similar to the
Raptor.(Deinonychus)
There was even an idea of doing a series of space
heroes Vs a legless cyborg that would come with a
1:12 time machine that would link the series to
the prehistoric scenes. Aurora was trying make
their models more toy-like to compete with action
figures. Unfortunately things never got past the
design stage
Found these auction pics with some of Dave's
concept stuff for the above mentioned line to go
with the PS kits.
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