Tom West put his heart and soul into those kits - and damn if they were not best-ever in category.

But the builders wanted the big names - Jungle Jim, Ed "The Ace" McCoullugh, et. al - a lot more than they wanted the minute detail differences.

Securing the license for the name would have well and truly papered over the issues of distribution, reputation and cost that dogged Aurora.

Never heard what happened to the tooling, wondering if it got scooped up in the Great Train Wreck and sent off to the smelter?