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The Beatles Prototype Bobb'n Head Nodders with Box

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Pinbacks, Bobbles, Lunchboxes Start Price:NA Estimated At:4,500.00 - 6,500.00 USD
The Beatles Prototype Bobb'n Head Nodders with Box
1964. This is a real rarity. This set of Beatle Bobb’n Head car mascots are the original prototypes! The box is as well. Here the first casts are made and hand-painted, but the company still needs to work out the details. The models look pretty close to the mass marketed ones that we are all too familiar with. The prototypes still need the official signatures, and in that space on these bases you will see a distinctly different lettering, hand done in cursive. The bottom of all four bases has “© 1964 Car Mascots, Inc. ... Los Angeles, Calif.” written on the bottom in fine point marker instead of being printed on. The paint job on these seems to be a little bit brighter than you would normally find, and Ringo’s drumsticks are made of softer copper wires. The box is carefully silk-screen printed in the color and style of the final lithographed box. The inside lid has pencil lines notating where the die-cut windows should be shaped/cut. You have seen the original nodders many times, and you have seen the giant sized versions of these nodders a few times, but you have never seen these before! A truly one-of-a-kind set! EX/NM. The box has some minor edge wear and one small neat tear on one edge. There is some yellow pencil or marker coloring on the middle division line of the box as well. The nodders are perfect.