Animaniacs Plastic Lunchbox

This molded plastic lunchbox, featuring images of the Animaniacs characters Yakko, Wakko, and Dot - the Warner Siblings - was sold in 1996 by Aladdin Industries, an American vendor of lunchboxes & thermal food storage containers. Aladdin Industries was created as a subsidiary of Mantle Lamp Company in 1914, specifically to manufacture vacuum bottles. In 1950 they produced the first licensed character lunchbox featuring Hopalong Cassidy, and became instrumental in tying lunch boxes to pop culture. Aladdin continued manufacturing various lunchbox designs until 1998. This lunchbox comes complete with its original thermos, and is in overall fantastic shape!

‘Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs’ is an American animated comedy television series that first aired on Fox Kids from 1993 to 1995, and then on The WB from 1995 to 1998. Each episode usually consisted of two or three cartoon shorts of various lengths, from bridging segments less than a minute long to episodes spanning the entire show length. The Warner siblings functioned to tie the show together by appearing in and introducing other characters' segments. In 1996, Animaniacs won two Daytime Emmy Awards, one for "Outstanding Animated Children's Program" and the other for "Outstanding Achievement in Animation". During its run, Animaniacs became the second-most popular children's show of children ages 2–11 (behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)!

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Promotional Theater Cup

 

On the original theatrical release of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm in 1993, this theater cup was included as part of a promotional “Combo” that could be purchased from the theater concession. The cup itself has a beautiful full color image depicting Batman and his adversary, with the name of the theatre chain on the reverse side. The cup lid is a jet black, 3D plastic sculpt of the Batman's cowl, which has a hole in the top to allow for a straw. The total height of the cup and lid is 26.5cm.

 

 

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is a 1993 American animated superhero mystery film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, and is a spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning TV series Batman: The Animated Series. Although critically acclaimed (Empire cited it as the best animated film of 1993), the film only went on to gross slightly more than $5.6 million in total domestic box office intake. The filmmakers blamed Warner Bros. for an unsuccessful marketing campaign. Needless to say, with a poor initial box-office run, these promotional cups are exceedingly scarce.