I'm sure some of you may have seen these by now on other TF sites:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=330268671550 - Optimus Prime



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=330268671541 - Megatron



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=330268671529 - Starscream



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=230288624159 - Sharkticon



The Prime and Megs ones are from their iconic battle, or rather their talk before it. Here are the corresponding frames from the movie:

"That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron..."



"I'll crush you with my bare hands!"




The Starscream one is obviously from the shuttle, but the exact pose isn't to be found. This is the closest it gets:



And the Sharkticon cel is from when Hotrod and Kup escape their Quintesson sentencing, and start fighting hand to hand:






If you still have a fondness for TF:TM, these images are pretty cool, and very iconic (Prime and Megs certainly more than the other two).

I couldn't and wouldn't pay $7,500 for one of these, especially considering how damaged and incomplete they look, but nothing's saying you couldn't offer less...

What would you offer for one of these?

From what I've learned, Toei black outlines do tend to fade and turn a sorta pink color. Many people who collect anime cells for things like Sailor Moon and DBZ have learned this. Toei did the animation for the movie so it would make sense that it would suffer from the same problem. If you look close you can see some of the lines are still there, they have just faded.
....My wife collects anime cells, that's why I know that random bit of information.

Toei also did the first two seasons of the show.

These are nice. Wouldn't mind having the one of Prime before the fight, but at a price like that, I'll happily take a replica.

I used to own a model cell of Wreck-Gar from TF:TM. It was neat to own a little piece of the movie, even if it was never seen. Plus it was in great shape compared to those...

About 15 or 16 years ago, a local comic shop here in town had two cels from TF:TM. One was of Galvatron on a transforming Unicron, and I don't remember what the other one was. They were 65 bucks each, and I wish I'd had the money to buy them back then. Of course, to a 13-year-old, 65 bucks might as well be $7,500.