“Eggs” Stop Motion Puppet Faceplate

Own a genuine piece of stop-motion animation history. This is an original replacement faceplate created for Eggs, the young human protagonist raised by the Boxtrolls in LAIKA’s Academy Award–nominated film The Boxtrolls (2014). LAIKA pioneered the use of 3D-printed replacement faces in stop-motion filmmaking, producing tens of thousands of individual faceplates to bring nuanced, frame-by-frame by replacing the magnetic faceplates and bringing their facial performances to life. Each plate was used in conjunction with the puppet’s head to capture a specific expression or phoneme during the painstaking animation process, meaning this piece was a working component of the actual production pipeline behind one of the most ambitious stop-motion films ever made. This is a rare opportunity to own a tangible artifact from a modern animation classic for fans and collectors of LAIKA. It represents the cutting-edge artistry and craftsmanship that earned The Boxtrolls its reputation as a landmark in animated filmmaking.