Maquettes are used by animators and artists as references when creating cartoons. Warner Brothers produced this limited-edition maquette in 2000 for the New Batman Adventures Animated Series. This was purchased at the Warner Brothers Studio Store during Comic Con in July of 2000 when the voice of the Joker (and Luke Skywalker) Mark Hamill was doing a signing of select WBSS items. The autograph is on a brass plate (Mark was not signing the maquettes), and that plate is included along with the COA and the original box. This piece is #282 out of 2500 pieces.