Gentle Giant
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Gentle Giant Studios is a company located in Burbank, California that was founded by animator Karl Meyer. They are pioneers 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.
The company also has a collectibles division, known as "'Gentle Giant, Ltd.'" which was founded in 2002 and produces polystone mini-busts and animated maquettes from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
Collectibles
Mini-busts
- Strider - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date March 2007
- Ringwraith - Limited to 2000 pieces - release date March 2007
Maruettes
- None
Upcoming
Mini-busts
- Gandlaf
- Balrog
- Saruman
- Elrond
- Sam in Orc Armor
- Frodo in Orc Armor
- Glorfindel - seen at Toy Fair 2007 - Rumored to be a convention exclusive
Maquettes
- Gandalf
- Saruman
- Ringwraith on Steed
- Legolas & Gimli
Statues
- Witchking on Fellbeast (Rumored)
