Hi Guys, as some of you may be aware I have recently been selling off a large part of my carded collection. Not selling up but in fact, changing focus slightly.
After a long wait and a huge hold up at customs yesterday I received my latest purchase which will mark the beginnings of a new focus.
What you see below is a Former Kenner Employee's Prototype Android 3 Pack. Although looking very similar to the production version of the Series 1 Android set, this particular pack is rather unique. You should be able to notice the difference in the Punch style (single round hole rather than a regular hanger tab) The other main difference is the black cardboard bar at the top of the window which is quite prominent.
This bar was removed before before production in order to allow better visbility for the writing on the blue background as this is clearly obscured on this version.
As far as I know, this set was only ever available from the Kenner Employee store in Cincinatti and I believe only 2 examples have surfaced so far. This set and one other which sits in the collection of Joe Barr (who also has the Heroes set and Villains set in the same prototype format)
More info can be found below at the SWCA website. You should also notice that this is the exact same set pictured on the website.
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=48695
I have also included a pic of the set next to my White ESB Test Packaging Heroes Set.
I am obviously ecstatic to own such a fantastic piece and although I have sold off a large part of what I had I dont regret it in the slightest. This marks the start of a 3 pack focus for me. I have a couple of things in the pipeline and hope to update my limelight thread in the near future.
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All the best!
Chris. 8)