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'''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 principle actors from [[Peter Jackson's Lord of the Ring's]] trilogy while on set/location in New Zealand during filming. | '''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 principle actors from [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Ring's]] trilogy 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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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* Witchking on Fellbeast (Rumored) | * Witchking on Fellbeast (Rumored) | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Comic-Con_2006#Gentle_Giant|Gentle Giant at Comic-Con 2006]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.gentlegiantltd.com/ Official website] | * [http://www.gentlegiantltd.com/ Official website] |
Revision as of 21:53, 1 April 2007
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 principle actors from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Ring's trilogy 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
Mini-busts
- Strider - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007
- Ringwraith - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date February 2007
As a special promotion, Gentle Giant Ltd. randomly inserted 100 One Rings from Noble Collection - Sterling Edition into the secret compartments of the Strider and Ringwraith busts.
Maquettes
- None
Upcoming
Mini-busts
- Gandlaf - Limited to 3,000 pieces - Available May 2007
- Balrog - Limited to 3,000 pieces - Available May 2007
- Saruman- Limited to 3,500 pieces - Availalbe July 2007
- Elrond - Limited to 2,500 pieces - Available July 2007
- Sam in Orc Armor - Edition size TBD - Available September 2007
- Frodo in Orc Armor - Edition size TBD - Available September 2007
- Glorfindel - seen at Toy Fair 2007 - Rumored to be a convention exclusive
Maquettes
- Gandalf - Limited to 1,500 pieces - Available June 2007
- Saruman - Limited to 1,500 pieces - Available May 2007
- Ringwraith on Steed - Edition size TBD - Available October 2007
- Legolas & Gimli
Statues
- Witchking on Fellbeast (Rumored)