Posted: August/14/2005 at 10:05pm | IP Logged

LadyNiko wrote: Okay, I have one of Goose. Where did you obtain it? Did you get it through a anime cel dealer? What episode is your cel from? The ones Ive found so far haven't been up to my standards. But, the whole series?  I don't know.  That would be a question Bulnub might know about.

Posted: August/14/2005 at 10:33pm | IP Logged

hyperchild wrote: Robert has a sad story about the cells...he had all of them and then none of them...see if he wants to shed some light on it.

I'm crying already. 

Posted: August/17/2005 at 3:40am | IP Logged

[QUOTE=hyperchild]Robert has a sad story about the cells...he had all of them and then none of them...see if he wants to shed some light on it.

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Really?  I just figured they were all still in Japan...

Posted: August/17/2005 at 10:04pm | IP Logged

back in the day of hand painted cels, a studio would destroy all cels at the end of production.  For 65 episodes you're talking hundreds of thousands of cels.  I asked TMS to send me 200 boxes (about 100 scene folders in each).  Only a fraction of the total but it was better than nothing.  When the boxes showed up, they almost filled the entire office!  Everyone knew I was crazy anyway insisting on keeping the cels and I finally agreed we couldn't possibly keep the boxes in the office and it was a fortune to store them in air controlled storage.  So we opened a few and let everyone take what they wanted then stored the remaining boxes in a cheap warehouse.  As the years slipped away, the cost of keeping the space just got to be too much. And the cels themselves were degrading in hot NY summers and freezing winters. And well...eventually they got tossed.  So there are some original cels flying about the universe.

There are serio-cels or something that Disney does, collectible "reprint" cels with seals of authenticity but I never really explored that license.  Anyone have any insight into those kind of cels?

Posted: August/21/2005 at 2:38pm | IP Logged

Several years ago some of the anime dealers had a few, which led me to believe the cels were in Japan. Perhaps they didn't actually destroy all of them.

Thanks Bulnub,  for the story. It  really shows your passion and appretiation towards the Galaxy Rangers.

Posted: August/24/2005 at 5:09pm | IP Logged

bummer.

Everyone got proto-types of the Galaxy Ranger badges that were being produced when there was the chance of a toy.  I lent mine to my nephew for show & tell.  He lost it.  sigh.

But I still have the original cardboard fold-out that was used to pitch the series.

And all the Roy Rodger Kids Meals...