Prior to this post, I was unfamiliar with Aurora. According to wikipedia: In the 1960s, the now-defunct firm Aurora produced for the popular market cheap plastic models of movie monsters, comic book heroes, and movie and television characters in 1:8 size (about 9 inches or 23 cm in height). Such a market disappeared and no firm currently produces anything to match Aurora’s quantity of many thousands from each mould. I realized afterwards that I have a sealed kit by Aurora, of Dr. Zais from Planet of the Apes.