Archive for
August, 2007
— August 10, 2007
Gentle Giant updated their blog today to let us know that the Lord of the Rings Balrog mini bust and the Pirates of the Carribean Animated Davy Jones maquette are now shipping to distributors and retailers. I imagine they will be showing up near you in the next few weeks. See the official post here.
We let you know a few weeks ago that the Balrog mini bust was delayed until August. At that time, Diamond Comics, one of Gentle Giant’s biggest distributors, listed their shipping date for the Balrog as 8/29/07. It was originally scheduled to ship in June.
Also, Davy Jones is shipping earlier than expected, I believe. If you look here at the Davy Jones maquette product page, he is scheduled to arrive in Oct. ‘07.
— August 9, 2007
What Gentle Giant San Diego Comic Con exclusives are you entering the raffles for? Which ones did you win? We want to hear from you! Post your response in the comments section on this post or e-mail us at get_real@comcast.net. Thanks!
— August 9, 2007
We had a “feeling” it would be today and it is. The Premiere Guild raffles are up for Commander Cody, Luna Lovegood, Glorfindel, Darth Vader Jumbo Chubby and Commander Bly. Here are the links with edition sizes. Those of you hoping for Glorfindel, note that there are only 75 available due to the low edition size of 500.
Commander Cody mini bust – 200 pieces
Luna Lovegood mini bust – 100 pieces
Glorfindel mini bust – 75 pieces
Jumbo Darth Vader Chubby – 400 pieces
Commander Bly mini bust – 200 pieces
The Raffle will start today (8/9/07) and run for five (5) days, ending on August 14, 2007 at 11:59pm Pacific. Remember, only one entry per club member is permitted.
— August 9, 2007
If you were able to add any of the Gentle Giant San Diego Comic Con exclusives to your wishlist in your Gentle Giant online account when they were up for order, you might notice something today. I did that originally (I always do that, specifically for this reason) and received an e-mail at 2 AM this morning letting me know that Glorfindel, an item I added to my wishlist, was available. I logged into my account and sure enough Glorfindel and Commander Cody, both exclusives which were on my wishlist, were showing as in stock.
When I clicked on the exclusives to add them to my shopping cart, I got an error and it said nothing was in my cart. Not only that but after I did that, neither one of them is in my wishlist anymore. Oh well. I sure got excited for about a second though! On the other hand, I think this is a sign that the San Diego exclusives will go up for Premiere Guild raffle today.
— August 8, 2007
I just received a shipping notice from Gentle Giant that the Premiere Guild Exclusive Animated Blackhole Stormtrooper maquette is now shipping. According to the e-mail I received, it shipped yesterday, and the tracking number shows I should receive it on Monday, August 13th.
The Animated Blackhole Stormtrooper maquette was exclusive to members of the Premiere Guild and limited to 1,000. See the following posts, here and here, for our coverage of this exclusive.
— August 7, 2007
I found this quote on the Gentle Giant blog when I was going through their archives. This was said in relation to the announcement of the Gentle Giant World Tour and the Clone Commander Exclusive busts. I will let their words speak for themselves here.
As amazing as the Clone Trooper Commanders are, Gentle Giant knows that a single exclusive does not a party make. So the company is offering multiple tour exclusives to go along with the specific location exclusives.
This kicked off the strategy that left a horrible taste in the mouths of many collectors for 2007. Gentle Giant has said they are planning less exclusives for 2008. Only time will tell, but we can hope, can’t we?
— August 6, 2007
Rebelscum recently added another Gentle Giant Star Wars exclusive photo gallery up for viewing. This time it’s the Commander Bly Exclusive Mini Bust photo gallery. The Commander Bly bust was exclusive to Forbidden Planet in London and was released last month. If you missed it, it is sold out, but you can click here to get the Commander Bly bust on eBay.
— August 6, 2007
Rebelscum just posted for your viewing pleasure a couple of Gentle Giant Star Wars exclusive photo galleries. The first one is the Mace Windu Animated Clone Wars Maquette photo gallery. See here and here for previous coverage of this exclusive.
— August 4, 2007
The Premiere Guild exclusive Animated Blackhole Stormtrooper maquette is finding its way onto eBay, at high prices I might add, even though it is still available for sale to Premiere Guild members.
Update - 8/5/07: The Blackhole Stormtrooper maquette is now sold out.
— August 4, 2007
If you watch the forums, you may already know this. Gentle Giant updated their blog today with information on items that are now shipping. Here are the items that are starting to ship or are already showing up at retailers near you.
- Clone Wars Animated Yoda on Kybuck Maquette
- Princess Leia - A New Hope mini bust
- Harry Potter Bust-Ups: Classic Moments
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