Ant Stop-Motion Puppet

This is a screen used stop-motion ant puppet from a 1995 Budweiser Beer commercial. The highly realistic, large, rigid puppet has an ant’s head, thorax and abdomen with an opposable wire skeleton. Made of black molded resin, the ant has six articulated legs with adjustable joints to simulate walking. The puppet it is in good, production-used condition overall, having been stored for decades under archival conditions. In the commercial, which debuted at the 1995 Super Bowl, a colony of ants carries a bottle of Budweiser beer to an anthill party.