The Forgotten Prisoner of Castel-Mare.

These models are my attempt to create a similar outcome of the original 1960s Auroa model kit. I loved this kit as a kid and had several of them. I wish I still had one, but alas no. I will be adding to this post due to having many photos of the construction of them. Here is a little information about the origin of the Auroa kit.

 What was the story behind the Forgotten Prisoner of Castle-Mare?

According to Greenberg’s Guide to Aurora Models, Aurora’s Bill Silverstein made a deal with Warren Publishing to create and promote new monster related kits, and in 1966 the Forgotten Prisoner was introduced. It featured the Famous Monsters logo on the box. Later, in 1970, issue 34 of Creepy Magazine features a comic story of the Prisoner. Shane Johnson described it this way on the Aurora mail list:

The story is something of a retelling of Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado,’ and tells of a Baron Sorgi and his archrival, Lord Basti, who were vying to tax the same small populace. One gets the other drunk, chains him to the wall of a hidden wine cellar, and then is killed himself as he tries to leave the room. Both men are forgotten, and never seen again. It was written by Robert Rosen, and illustrated by Tony Williamsune.