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1980s Tom and Jerry arcade lunch box that never came to be.
I collect "Vintage" lunch boxes. I came across something that I had to get. In the late 70's, Aladdin Industries started producing plastic lunch boxes. Rather then being embossed, they simply had printed stickers. Years back, Aladdin sold their old stock artwork from their archives, to interested collectors.
This seller said, " This sticker has lined backing that is identical to other stickers I have from Aladdin that were pre-production samples for approvals. I cannot guarantee this to be a samples only sticker. I have done research an cannot find out anything on the subject matter."
I was able to track down another collector involved in the original sale. They agreed that it is likely a pre-production sample as well. The dealer I spoke to has only seen two of these, this one and another that sold with a collection in 2008.
Either way, it was never produced for sale and children missed out on a sweet lunch box. I'm not sure I want to keep it, but I thought it should go to an arcade collector rather than a lunch box collector.
I collect "Vintage" lunch boxes. I came across something that I had to get. In the late 70's, Aladdin Industries started producing plastic lunch boxes. Rather then being embossed, they simply had printed stickers. Years back, Aladdin sold their old stock artwork from their archives, to interested collectors.
This seller said, " This sticker has lined backing that is identical to other stickers I have from Aladdin that were pre-production samples for approvals. I cannot guarantee this to be a samples only sticker. I have done research an cannot find out anything on the subject matter."
I was able to track down another collector involved in the original sale. They agreed that it is likely a pre-production sample as well. The dealer I spoke to has only seen two of these, this one and another that sold with a collection in 2008.
Either way, it was never produced for sale and children missed out on a sweet lunch box. I'm not sure I want to keep it, but I thought it should go to an arcade collector rather than a lunch box collector.