Aurora Plastics Corporation

Aurora Plastics Corporation
Company typePrivate (1950–69)
Subsidiary (1969–80)
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1950
FounderJoseph E. Giammarino
Defunct1980; 44 years ago (1980)
FateSold to private investors in 1969, then other owners, becoming a brand
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
United States
ProductsScale model cars, airplanes, action figures, slot cars
BrandsAFX

The Aurora Plastics Corporation was an American toy and hobby manufacturing company. It is known primarily for its production of plastic scale models of cars, airplanes, and TV and movie figures in the 1960s. Its principal competition in modeling were various other plastic modeling firms like Revell and Monogram.

Established in 1950, the company was first sold in 1969, being then acquired by other firms until then-parent company Dunbee-Combex-Marx ceased operations in 1980. Since then, the Giammarino family have tried to reintroduce the Aurora brand, but their attempts never carried out.