So here is the story of this find. The lady (she was about 70ish) that I purchased this from told me her friend worked for the company that designed the happy meal boxes for the Burger King promotion back in the 80’s.
There were two main people who worked on the production. Her lady friend and another guy. Each of them took 2 prints from the production. From my knowledge of what she told me, there are only 4 total of these prints. One for each of the happy meal boxes. Making this cel a 1 of 1. She told me she’s had this about 15 years and that her friend was getting rid of them and asked if she wanted them or something like that. Last week this cel was up on ebay along with the Cheetara box cel.
I put bids on both of the cels but only won this one. (hoping someone from this board purchased the other one) She also had original unused uncirculated happy meal boxes. Which I also purchased from her. It was the set of 4. She mentioned the name [FONT=Arial]JIM BOLLES as being the creator but I haven’t had a chance to research this.[/FONT]
Does anyone know anymore information about this cel or the other 3? The cel came framed like in the picture and on the back on the frame is a stamp of a NYC framing company. I would love to know more about this. Oh btw the framed cel cost me $48 the 4 unused uncirculated boxes cost me $35 (the cel when it was listed on ebay had errors in the listing (i.e Thunder cats origninal cell) which I guess I was the only one who picked up on that. The boxes I expected to pay around $35 I’ve been wanting them for years. Probably my greatest Thundercats find ever!!!
Take a good look at the pics, they are awesome.
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