Archive for the 'Indiana Jones' Category
— December 13, 2007
Gentle Giant updated their blog today with info on the Indiana Jones mini bust and statue. Releasing in July, the Indiana Jones mini bust depicts Indy in his trademarked leather jacket, fedora and whip from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It will stand 7.5 inches tall and retails for $55. Here is the picture we have of this so far.
In addition to the Indiana Jones mini bust, comes the Indiana Jones on Horse Statue, a 7-inch scale statue of Indy, standing 11 inches tall and retails for $210. Here is the official image.
Gentle Giant is now taking pre-orders on both of these items. See Gentle Giant Gets the Indiana Jones License! and Future Indiana Jones Products from Gentle Giant for previous coverage.
— October 12, 2007
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a movie coming out next year about a guy called Indiana Jones. Ring any bells? Anyway, it’s coming out in May 2008 to be exact, and Hasbro happens to have the license to produce the toys based on the movie. They debuted the packaging yesterday on starwars.com. Here is an image so that you can view Hasbro’s Indiana Jones packaging in all its glory!
— August 21, 2007
Yesterday, I posted a summary of a Q and A with Amanda from Gentle Giant on the Rebelscum Gentle Giant forum. Read the full Q and A plus responses on Rebelscum here.
At San Diego Comic Con, Gentle Giant announced that they are a licensee for the Indiana Jones movies. See the original post here. One of the things Amanda said in the Q and A about the Indiana Jones license is that it covers the same product lines as they currently have for Star Wars.
What does this mean for Indiana Jones? Well, we have already seen a bronze bust and 2 statues. Here is what we could see based on what Amanda revealed.
- Indiana Jones mini bust line
- Indiana Jones Bust-ups
- Indiana Jones (Animated?) Maquettes
- Indiana Jones Classics Busts
- Indiana Jones Kustomz?
- Indiana Jones Chubbies?
- Chrome Indiana?
- Black and White Indiana?
Okay, so I’m kidding on some of those, especially the last two. But, only halfway kidding.
This is the first official news we’ve gotten on the Indiana Jones license from Gentle Giant, so I don’t believe fans knew everything that the license covers until now.
— July 26, 2007
Well, you can bank on this news now that I have enough info to officially release this here. Gentle Giant has a license to produce collectibles for the Indiana Jones franchise. No pictures yet, but word on the street that on display in San Diego is a statue of Indiana riding a horse and a bronze bust of Indiana. There is also supposed to be another statue of Indiana riding a motorcycle, but it isn’t on display yet. As soon as good pics come out, I will link to them here. Here is a link to a good pic of the horse statue and bronze bust. Update: below is a link to the Indiana Jones with motorcycle unpainted prototype statue. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version.
It seems Lucasfilm was out shopping around the license for Indiana Jones because of all the companies announcing that they have licensing deals this year at San Diego Comic Con. Star Wars has a historic licensing deal, but toys and other merchandise from Indiana Jones have never been plentiful, until now that is.
So far, Hasbro, Sideshow and Gentle Giant all have announced their Indiana Jones licensing deals. With a new movie coming out, I’m sure there will be more to come. It is a great time for collectors. We will be drooling over these products for the next few years to come!
