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— December 21, 2007
Today we have some more bad news for Gentle Giant. The company announced today that the R2-D2 statue has been canceled.
The R2-D2 statue originally scheduled to ship December 2007, is being canceled and will be resolicited. At this time, we don’t know what the new ship date will be or if the pricing will remain the same, but as soon as we have new information, we will be posting it on our website and sending out an email. For those members of our collectors club who have already placed a pre-order through our website and would like to keep your original pre-order, please confirm this AFTER the new information is sent out.
I think this is another sign that Gentle Giant is struggling in the market. My guess is that the R2-D2 statue is being canceled because there was not enough orders for it. The question is will it ever be made? If you read their announcement, they don’t sound too confident.
There are some other possibilities. One is that production on the statue has been held up for one reason or another. A second possibility is that Gentle Giant is making more of an effort to sell direct through their web site. In this case, it is possible that orders were low so Gentle Giant canceled it to resolicit through their web site to make more of a profit on it. Either way Gentle Giant isn’t saying, but we will see what happens in 2008.
— November 14, 2007
According to Rebelscum, the 30th Anniversary wave 8 Star Wars figures are now being found at retail stores. They are starting to show up on eBay as well. Here is a list of the figures in this wave. Click on the links to find them on eBay.
Clone Trooper (Training Fatigues)
Padmé Amidala
Jango Fett
Voolvif Monn
Destroyer Droid
McQuarrie Concept Rebel Trooper
Stormtrooper
I think there is some confusion because these were supposed to be in wave 9 according to Hasbro. According to the report, the outside case lists these as wave 8. Here are the pictures. Click on each one for a larger image.
— November 14, 2007
Gentle Giant recently announced that the Royal Guard and Senate Guard mini busts are now shipping to retailers near you. Retail is $50 on each. The edition size is 10,000, but the ratio for Royal Guards to Senate Guards is 2 to 1. Here is the numbers breakdown on each.
- Edition size of 10,000 pieces total
- 6667 - Royal Guard
- 3333 - Senate Guard
They are also starting to show up on eBay. You can find the Royal Guard bust here and the Senate Guard bust here.
— November 5, 2007
Gentle Giant e-mailed the Premiere Guild members to let us know that the raffle for the Clone Commander 5 Pack will start this Thursday, November 8th.
Update - 11/8/07: The premiere guild member raffle for the Clone Commander 5 pack is now live. Click here to enter. You have to be logged in for the link to work. Here are the details.
- Edition size: 500
- Price: $250
- All 5 of the Clone Commanders will have the same edition number
- Raffle will start today (11/8/07) and run for six(6) days, ending on November 13, 2007 at 11:59pm Pacific
- Open to all Premiere Guild Members worldwide
They have also included an important note this time about damage to any of the busts. Here it is the full text taken from the blog post.
Because of the limited quantities of this item and the fact that all pieces are numbered with the same edition number in each pack, our return policy for damage items is slightly different. If one or more of the 5 commanders is damage we will take it on a case by case basis as our damage replacement allocation for each of the commanders is close to being depleted as these items have already been out on the market for a while and we have already replaced some of the individual damaged items. Please be aware that we will not be able to replace the piece with the same edition number.
To recap, Gentle Giant announced their World Tour Exclusives this year would be 5 Clone Commander busts. Part of these would be available at 5 shows held at different times around the world, and part of the them would be raffled off after the shows to the premiere guild members. It was also announced at the end of the year 500 of each bust would be raffled off as a 5 pack to the premiere guild members. Here is the list of where each Clone Commander was available and the edition size of each.
- Commander Gree mini bust – 2500 - Star Wars Celebration IV
- Commander Neyo mini bust – 1500 - Gentle Giant @ Blister Event Tokyo
- Commander Bly mini bust – 2000 - Gentle Giant @ Forbidden Planet Event UK
- Commander Cody mini bust – 3500 - San Diego Comic-Con 2007
- Commander Bacara mini bust – 2000 - Baltimore Comic-Con
Here is an image I created with all five Clone Commander busts. Click on the link for a desktop background sized image at 1024×768.
Watch this post for updates.
— November 2, 2007
Gentle Giant has announced that the Senate Guard statue will only be available online. Premiere Guild members can order a week in advance starting tonight. It will not be available to the Collectors Club members until next Friday, November 9th. Click here to order the Senate Guard statue or check out the image below. The link only works if you are logged into your account.
The price is $165. The Senate Guard statue is limited to 1500, so get yours soon. You don’t want to end up paying high prices for it on eBay!
— October 19, 2007
Finishing up Gentle Giant’s list of Star Wars items for next summer is the Animated Palpatine maquette. It retails for $80 and is scheduled for release in May 2008. Here is the image.
— October 19, 2007
Gentle Giant continues their list of announcements for next summer with this statue of Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress. It is based on a recent Star Wars Insider covers and will retail for $230. Release is scheduled for May 2008. Here is the image below.
— October 18, 2007
We have just gotten several new solicitations from Gentle Giant. Hot on the trail of Shaak Ti, we have another silhouette. This time its super hot blue Jedi chick Aayla Secura in a 1/6th scale mini bust from Gentle Giant. All we have currently is a silhouette, but that will have to be enough. I would suggest getting your pre-orders in now. Aayla Secura is scheduled for release in May 2008. Update: Gentle Giant just updated their blog with the image.
— October 18, 2007
We have just gotten several new solicitations from Gentle Giant. This one is hot! Tonight, we have Jedi Master Skaak Ti in a 1/6th scale mini bust from Gentle Giant. All we have currently is a silhouette, but that will have to be enough. I would suggest getting your pre-orders in now. Shaak Ti is scheduled for release in June 2008. Update: Gentle Giant just updated their blog with the image.
— October 17, 2007
Gentle Giant finally updated their blog last night to let us know that the Jawa Mini Bust 2 pack will be shipping to retailers and distributors this week, which means we should be seeing it at retail in the next few weeks. You can get the Jawa busts on eBay now.
The Jawas come in a limited edition of 7000 and stand 4.75 inches tall in 1/6 scale. The Jawas will be sold as a 2-pack and one comes with interchangeable arms/guns. Both busts feature light-up eyes. Click on the thumbnail below for the image.
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