Python Kit Issued: 1999

Never Issued by Aurora

This grisly tableau was designed as part of the Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors series, but never got past the prototype stage at Aurora. The subject matter was probably
just a little too dark for its day. Luckily, the prototypes did survive, and a recast kit has been issued through Python. They show up on eBay now and then, and are also for sale at Monsters in Motion.
Recast BU
Cool Box Art
This was a great deal on eBay!
Victim
ORIGINAL SPECS:
KIT # ?
SCALE: 1/15
PLASTIC: White Resin
BOX SIZE: 13"X5"X2"
What a gruesome little kit this is! I'm reminded of that great spaghetti western, Hang 'em High, with ol' Clint coming back from a hanging to avenge his "death."

The bookend to this item was the Gallows Kit, another charming little knick-knack!

THE HANGING TREE - 1959

Starring: Gary Cooper, Karl Malden, George C. Scott, Maria
Schell, Ben Piazza

Directed by: Delmer Daves

Gary Cooper stars as a mysterious frontier doctor, Joe Frail, in THE HANGING TREE. When a blind and ailing Swiss girl, Elizabeth Mahler, is placed under his care, Frail treats her, and then falls for her. However, it's not long before her miscreant partner, Frency Plante (Karl Malden), begins to stir up trouble for the couple. Director Delmer Daves delivers a hit with this film. It combines the psychodramatic elements of his war thriller DESTINATION TOKYO with the romance of NEVER LET ME GO. Featuring fine performances from all of its players, it marks the film debut of George C. Scott as Frail’s mentor. A thinking man’s western, THE HANGING TREE is a winning film.

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Model kit available from
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