{"product_id":"star-wars-1981-kenner-vintage-2-1b-packaging-original-artwork","title":"Star Wars 1981 Kenner Vintage ESB 2-1B Packaging Original Artwork","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunning one of a kind 2-1B original artwork was created by Kenner's packaging vendor in 1980, and would appear on all blister cards for the character between 1981 and 1985. It was photographed by a color separation camera, where colors were divided into CMYK layers,  and then mastered to print Cromalins and then proof cards for 2-1B, before being sent to printing vendors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original packaging art was then used on all subsequent releases of the action figure, in more than ten formats across ESB, ROTJ, Revenge (proof card designs only)  – including the planned (unreleased) 1985 POTF package. It was also used on all foreign releases, from vendors around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenner's Star Wars packaging art was created by hand using the photoart process, which was the industry standard prior to the arrival of digitization. It offers a view into old world design, and was assembled and re-touched by hand long be prior to the Graphic Design world moved across to Photoshop, Indesign and other digital editing software. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork features the original crop marks, percentage ratio, and character name written along the bottom edge. It shows significant air brush retouching across much of the image, with the entire ceiling dropped in, as well as other details including 2-1B's left arm, areas inside his right arm, and the left wall portion. Hand crated pieces such as this are scarce in number, primarily because all are one of a kind items, and not every character from Kenner's 93 action figure line escaped the dumpster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e99 percent of all surviving packaging artwork examples trace back to a single find from former Kenner Marketing Executive Tom Neiheisel. He was fortunate to rescue the majority of vintage Star Wars character packaging artwork from the trash when Kenner 'cleaned house' in the early 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collectible Investment Brokerage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45734029394103,"sku":null,"price":140000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/4822\/1251\/files\/IMG_8947.jpg?v=1768418235","url":"https:\/\/collectinvest.com\/products\/star-wars-1981-kenner-vintage-2-1b-packaging-original-artwork","provider":"Collectible Investment Brokerage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}