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'''Gentle Giant Studios''' is a company located in Burbank, California that was founded | [[Image:Gentle Giant logo.jpg|right|200px]] | ||
{{quote|They will take you into a dark room, [[Théoden|my Lord]], an scan your very skull. They will make toys of your Lordship, ten thousand at least, for children to play stupid games with.|[[Viggo Mortensen]], [http://tinyurl.com/6mr9vr YouTube].}} | |||
'''Gentle Giant Studios''' is a company located in Burbank, California that was founded by animator Karl Meyer. The company is a pioneer in digital 3-D scanning and scanned many of the principal actors from [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]] while on set/location in [[New Zealand]] during filming. | |||
The company also has a collectibles division, known as | The company also has a collectibles division, known as '''Gentle Giant, Ltd.'''. Founded in 2002, they produce polystone mini-busts, animated maquettes and statues from ''Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings''. | ||
==Collectibles== | |||
===Mini-busts=== | |||
* Strider Ringbearer - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007 | |||
* Ringwraith Ringbearer - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007 | |||
* Gandalf - Limited to 3,000 pieces - release date May 2007 | |||
* Glorfindel - Limited to 500 Pieces - San Diego Comic-Con 2007 exclusive | |||
Strider | As a special promotion, Gentle Giant Ltd. randomly inserted 100 of the One Ring from [[Noble Collection]] - Sterling Edition into the secret compartments of the Strider and Ringwraith busts. | ||
Ringwraith | |||
===Maquettes=== | |||
* Saruman - Limited to 1,500 pieces - release date May 2007 | |||
* Gandalf - Limited to 1,500 pieces - release date June 2007 | |||
===Mini-busts=== | |||
Balrog | * Balrog - Limited to 3,000 pieces - release date May 2007 | ||
Saruman | * Saruman- Limited to 3,500 pieces - release date July 2007 | ||
Elrond | * Elrond - Limited to 2,500 pieces - release date July 2007 | ||
Sam in Orc Armor | * Sam in Orc Armor - Limited to 3000 pieces - release date September 2007 | ||
Frodo in Orc Armor | * Frodo in Orc Armor - Limited to 3000 pieces - release date September 2007 | ||
* Sauron - Edition Size TBD - release date late 2007 | |||
* Orc - Edition Size TBD - release date late 2007 | |||
===Classics busts=== | |||
* Éowyn - release date March 2008 | |||
* Gimli - release date March 2008 | |||
* Legolas - release date March 2008 | |||
===Maquettes=== | |||
* Ringwraith on Steed - Edition size TBD - release date October 2007 | |||
Ringwraith on Steed | * Gilmi - Edition size TBD - release date November 2007 | ||
Legolas | * Legolas - Edition size TBD - release date January 2008 | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[List of Gentle Giant Collectibles]] | |||
*[[:Category:Images of Gentle Giant collectibles|Images of Gentle Giant collectibles]] | |||
* [[Comic-Con_2006#Gentle_Giant|Gentle Giant at Comic-Con 2006]] | |||
* [[Sideshow Collectibles]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.gentlegiantltd.com/ Official website] | * '''[http://www.gentlegiantltd.com/ Official website]''' | ||
* [http://www.gentlegiantcollectors.com/ Gentle Giant Collectors] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Businesses]] | ||
[[Category:American businesses]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:47, 10 December 2012
- "They will take you into a dark room, my Lord, an scan your very skull. They will make toys of your Lordship, ten thousand at least, for children to play stupid games with."
- ― Viggo Mortensen, YouTube.
Gentle Giant Studios is a company located in Burbank, California that was founded by animator Karl Meyer. The company is a pioneer in digital 3-D scanning and scanned many of the principal actors from The Lord of the Rings (film series) while on set/location in New Zealand during filming.
The company also has a collectibles division, known as Gentle Giant, Ltd.. Founded in 2002, they produce polystone mini-busts, animated maquettes and statues from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
Collectibles[edit | edit source]
Mini-busts[edit | edit source]
- Strider Ringbearer - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007
- Ringwraith Ringbearer - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007
- Gandalf - Limited to 3,000 pieces - release date May 2007
- Glorfindel - Limited to 500 Pieces - San Diego Comic-Con 2007 exclusive
As a special promotion, Gentle Giant Ltd. randomly inserted 100 of the One Ring from Noble Collection - Sterling Edition into the secret compartments of the Strider and Ringwraith busts.
Maquettes[edit | edit source]
- Saruman - Limited to 1,500 pieces - release date May 2007
- Gandalf - Limited to 1,500 pieces - release date June 2007
Mini-busts[edit | edit source]
- Balrog - Limited to 3,000 pieces - release date May 2007
- Saruman- Limited to 3,500 pieces - release date July 2007
- Elrond - Limited to 2,500 pieces - release date July 2007
- Sam in Orc Armor - Limited to 3000 pieces - release date September 2007
- Frodo in Orc Armor - Limited to 3000 pieces - release date September 2007
- Sauron - Edition Size TBD - release date late 2007
- Orc - Edition Size TBD - release date late 2007
Classics busts[edit | edit source]
- Éowyn - release date March 2008
- Gimli - release date March 2008
- Legolas - release date March 2008
Maquettes[edit | edit source]
- Ringwraith on Steed - Edition size TBD - release date October 2007
- Gilmi - Edition size TBD - release date November 2007
- Legolas - Edition size TBD - release date January 2008
See also[edit | edit source]
- List of Gentle Giant Collectibles
- Images of Gentle Giant collectibles
- Gentle Giant at Comic-Con 2006
- Sideshow Collectibles
