Below is a pair of original animation cels of Zoar from He-Man & the Masters of the Universe. Zoar was originally He-Man's Fighting Falcon, an over-sized orange bird. The character was re-purposed as the Sorceress' falcon form that she uses to leave Castle Grayskull. The two cels are part of a series of images that create a stock flying sequence for Zoar. Dozens of images of this bird were put together to create a flying scene used in several episodes of the series.
In the cartoon series Zoar was the size of a normal falcon, but the toy was very over-sized because it was actually reused tooling. Like Battle Cat, Zoar used tooling from Mattel's Big Jim toy line. There was also plans to reuse a Big Jim gorilla in the He-Man line, but the figure of Gygor was not released until the Classics line.
One of these cels is still in my collection. The other was donated to the T
oonseum in Pittsburgh, PA.
Nice! I have a couple of Cells from Bravestarr and one of Whiplash from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Did you donate the one to the Toonseum?
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I also have a couple of Bravestarr and one of Whiplash. I've donated a couple dozen cels to the Toonseum. They had a "pop-up" MOTU exhibit last summer that was predominantly stuff I donated.
DeleteI love these old animation cells and kudos to you for donating one to the Toonseum! It's keeps the memories, lore, & love moving around.
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