Doing a little bit of a deep dive on the beach towel used for Prototype/Supertrooper Boba Fett.
I've noticed that there seems to be two companies that used the same graphic during the late 70s that was used on the Prototype Costume. Bibb Manufacturing Company and Cannon Mills Company. There are two major differences in the towels that were produced by their respected company.
Cannon: Towel has fringes on the bottom and no copy right information underneath the Stormtroopers graphic.
Bibb: No fringe and copy right information underneath the Stormtroopers graphic.
Ben Burtt with Duwayne Dunham along with a towel with fringes.
From looking at vintage examples, and waiting on a few more to confirm, I have the following examples:
Cannon: (My personal towel)
eBay auction 1:
eBay auction 2:
BIBB: (Courtesy from Syper)
I've noticed that there seems to be two companies that used the same graphic during the late 70s that was used on the Prototype Costume. Bibb Manufacturing Company and Cannon Mills Company. There are two major differences in the towels that were produced by their respected company.
Cannon: Towel has fringes on the bottom and no copy right information underneath the Stormtroopers graphic.
Bibb: No fringe and copy right information underneath the Stormtroopers graphic.
Ben Burtt with Duwayne Dunham along with a towel with fringes.
From looking at vintage examples, and waiting on a few more to confirm, I have the following examples:
Cannon: (My personal towel)
eBay auction 1:
eBay auction 2:
BIBB: (Courtesy from Syper)
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