Post #419142 by twitch on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 1:38 PM

My Uncle Denny - considered the 'strange' one of the family (in a good way, and I'm often compared to him! And, thinking about it, looks-wise just picture Bamboo Ben with a few extra pounds added. Uncle Denny, not me, that is) gave me several boxes of his stuff he'd grown tired of when I was about 10-12 years old. Completed Aurora Monster model kit figures were part of the treasure (originals from 1961, which, unfortunately - since they were already built - I loved to break apart and rebuild over & over until they were in pretty bad shape. But I still have them in a box somewhere, along with "Madame Tussaud's Guillotine" model which I took to school for show and tell and consequently freaked out the teacher with).
In another box was a small stack of Famous Monsters, issues 23 thru 45, which quickly became my favorite reading material - even with mom giving me the "You're going to have nightmares!" warning every time she saw me with one. Still have 'em all, too, but in a little less pristine shape than when they were handed to me...