Star Wars Royal Guard Mini-busts Now Shipping

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.

Clone Commander 5 Pack Premiere Guild Raffle

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.

Senate Guard Statue Now Available for Premiere Guild Members

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!