Hanna-Barbera Studios: The Herculoids Animation Production Cels and Pencil

THE HERCULOIDS Five-cel production setup of DORNO, ZANDOR, GLOOP and GLEEP from the 1981 NBC-TV cartoon series SPACE STARS. The bouncing Gloop cel also comes with the original production pencil drawing designated 227-11-1 G-10 on the bottom of the animation paper with notations at top (shown in image). The cels and the pencil are on full 10.5 x 12.5 inch sheets, with Dorno's head cel having the bottom peg hole strip taped on and the Zandor cel marginally trimmed on the right down to 12.25 inches. No paint chips in the cels, but the Gloop cel is missing a piece at the right peg hole, about the size of the peg hole (when matted no one will ever know). The composite breaks down as Dorno's head, Dorno's body, Zandor (labeled A), Gleep (labeled B-7), and Gloop (labeled G-10). From the head cel, you'd have to assume Dorno was talking in this scene. The Gloop and Gleep cels have the peg holes at the top, which may mean they were not originally a part of this scene, however the composite image looks sharp, so I'm offering it that way. All sizes approximate (L-R): Dorno 3.75 inches tall, Gleep 3 inches tall with shadow, Zandor 4.25 inches tall, and Gloop 5.5 inches tall with shadow. The entire combined image is roughly 6.25 inches tall x 7 inches wide. The characters in this cartoon were designed by Alex Toth. Animation cels main images overlaid and pencil shown. $275