Toy Fair 2009 - Gentle Giant Press Gallery
Date: February 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM ET
Topic: Gentle Giant
Gentle
Giant might not have been at Toy Fair in full force to show off their new products
for 2009, but they were nice enough to send along some images of what's to come,
including some very interesting San Diego Comic Con exclusives! Click through for
the full read, you DON'T want to miss out!
    
Official Gentle Giant Press
Pictures
Gentle Giant did not make the trip to Toy Fair this year, but they
sent along some nice images of some upcoming items. There are some nice surprises
in the mix, including a return of the bookends!
Online Exclusives
There are several online exclusives planned for 2009. Both AFX and
StarWarsShop.com are listed here. Information on the SDCC exclusives can be found
at the bottom of this page.
Action Figure Express
 Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise (Animated Maquette)
Count
Dooku (Animated Clone Wars Maquette)
Captain Rex (Animated Clone Wars Maquette)
Evil
Apprentice & Starkiller 2-pack (minibusts)
The Captain Rex maquette will also come with an interchangable helmet-less
head
StarWarsShop.com
Stormtrooper Commander (Mini Bust) (from The Force Unleased)
Upcoming
Items
Gentle Giant has several new
surprises announed, including the return of the very cool bookends! This time, we
get to have 2 hightly detailed scenes from the Death Star trash compactor, reminescent
of the Hasbro trash compactor sets that came out in 2002. Also on tap are two Twilek
mini busts(Oola & Darth Talen), and
an animated Wicket maquette.
Mini
Busts
Rounding out the mini bust announcements are several that we already
knew about, but get to take a look at some nice painted product. This includes the
new Snowtrooper that was teased in the Gentle Giant YouTube
video.
San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives
Gentle Giant has some interesting exclusives
lined up for the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. We can look forward to a Star Wars-heavy
set of exclusives Here's what you can expect:
Blackhole
Stormtrooper Statue
Boba
Fett (Ralph McQuarrie Concept)
Darth
Vader (breast cancer research) (helmet)
No word yet on pricing.
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