[Archive]

Posted By: J Levine

We may never know why but it is fun to speculate. I do know that many of the images used for the T205 set come from actual photos that were then changed into portraits (as with many of the T206s). I can also speculate that the original photos for the open mouth and one ear variations might have been from action shots or poses where just the head and torso was painted. I know that the others, like Matty and Lobert, were just neck up head shots that were then painted that way. It may be that the producers finally got the head shots they wanted later on and recommissioned the new paintings to fit better into the set.

If you want to see some of the original photos, reprints are being sold on ebay fairly often. Just search t205 Mathewson picture.

Joshua