Finally, I found a photo gallery of Gentle Giant Lord of the Rings stuff on display at Comic Con. While most of it is very cool to finally see in person (on my computer, natch), there is very little new stuff. But, there is an awesome bust of Sauron on display and a Lord of the Rings line of Classics busts. Go to Cool Toy Review to see the gallery.
The Classics busts are similar to the Star Wars Classics busts in that they appear to be smaller in scale and are armless. The busts they are showing are Legolas, Gimli and Eowyn. These retail for $30. While they look nice, they are out of scale with the 6 inch line of busts. I don’t have the dough to collect more than one of these lines, so I will just have to wait until they make larger versions of those characters.
Finally, there is another bust of one of the Orcs, but it appears they aren’t allowing photography of that one. You can see it in one of the CTR photographs here, but they apparently respected Gentle Giant wishes and did not publish any close up photography. I say to hell with Gentle Giants wishes and snap away! They are displaying product in a public place with thousands of people coming through hourly. I think it is mostly because they are unapproved prototypes that they post that. Anyway, as soon as I get some close up photos of the Orc bust, I will post them here. Update: Here is a close up pic of the new Gentle Giant Lord of the Rings Orc Bust up for display at Comic Con. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view.
