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CROMALIN PROOF SHEETKENNER DEVELOPMENT INDEX · PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT

Star Wars 12-Back Cromalin Proof Sheet

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

A full 12-back Cromalin proof sheet preserves Kenner’s color-separation and print-approval stage for the earliest Star Wars action-figure packaging. Unlike a retail card, the sheet is production artwork used to verify printing before mass manufacture.

Development OriginUSA

Developer / LicenseeKenner

Development PeriodUnknown

Research ConfidenceHigh

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Development storyThe Star Wars 12-Back Cromalin Proof Sheet preserves the color-approval stage behind the earliest Kenner action-figure cardbacks, when the visual language of the entire toy line was still being established. A Cromalin was not a retail card and not merely a printer’s leftover. It was a controlled color proof used before production printing so Kenner and its printer could evaluate how separated inks, photography, logos, typography, and cardback graphics would reproduce together. On a full proof sheet, several…

How to identify itPre-production color proof on proofing stock; not a normal retail package. A full 12-back Cromalin proof sheet preserves Kenner’s color-separation and print-approval stage for the earliest Star Wars action-figure packaging. Unlike a retail card, the sheet is production artwork used to verify printing before mass manufacture.

Production outcomeReleased product packaging development · Related production family/listing is documented in the Production Index.

Surviving evidencePackaging evidence documented · At least one pre-production color proof is documented.

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