WB Animation Maquettes

maquette (ma-ket) n.
A usually small model of an intended work, such as a sculpture or piece of architecture.

Maquettes are used by animators and artists as references when creating cartoons. Warner Brothers started producing these limited-edition maquettes in 1995 for the Batman-Superman Adventures Animated Series.

The regular edition maquettes came in edition sizes of 2,500. Artist proofs had an edition of 250.

To date, only the original Batman Maquette artist-proof were released through WB Stores. However, you might be able to find a "official" Superman and Batman artist proof on ebay which were given to art houses as references. You know that they are true artist proofs by the round white base (Superman) and round black base (Batman) instead of the normal logo bases that were made for the WB Stores. Rumor has it that Harly Quinn proofs were released as well in limited quantity. Some popped up at collector reception as surprise items.

Although the last maquette to be released "Batman: The Dark Knight" was an edition of 2,500, the last 500 were never produced so only 2,000 were released.

Since the closing of the WB Stores, several independent sculptures have tried to reproduce the maquettes. You might see one here or there come up on ebay. However WB continues to patrol the auctions to make sure that noone sells these statues. I will post some pics of these maquettes shortly.


	Superman This was the first maquette to be produced by the WB Store although it did have its problems with the removable cape.
	Batman (96)
	Robin
	Batmobile
	Harley Quinn
	Batman Beyond
	Batman Beyond
	Wonder Woman
	Joker