diablien wrote:It looks like it might be one of the episodes where megatron is holding spike or some other unlucky person, his hand is a bit strangely drawn to be making just a fist.
You should turn it over and show us the other side of the cell (the painted side)
You're right! I always thought his fist looked kinda weird. It'd be really cool to know what episode this frame is from. Any G1 fan with a photographic memory recognize it? Guess I'll have to revisit all G1 episodes soon.
Here's some shots I took of the other side. I also (carefully) removed the cell from its protective sheet. If I look closely I can actually see bits of paint that were spilled on it during the painting process. It's not very noticeable in the pics I posted here, because I resized them to a smaller size before posting, but if you look closely you can see a yellow spot in the top right of the cell that looks like it's the same paint that was used for the yellow rectangle in Megatron's lower torso. The spilled yellow paint at the top looks darker, but that's due to the flash used when I made this photograph. IRL it looks exactly the same.
There are two letter/number combos written in black ink at the top of the frame. From what I can see those are '293' (I think) and 'B5'. I can also see two rectangular perforations along the top on each side of the cell and a circular perforation in the middle. This would probably allow for the cell to be held in place accurately during photography?? (just guessing here, I should probably do some Wiki'ing on how 80s cartoon were actually made).
edit: @ megagene: Thanks !
