Star Wars™ - Starkiller Hero™ (Concept) Mini Bust

[TheChildNC]

A Gentle Giant, Ltd. Cyber Monday Premier Guild Exclusive! Before there was Luke Skywalker™ there was an idea for another galactic hero entirely. In our newest Mini Bust, we take you back to the origins of the epic Star Wars saga with Starkiller Hero™! Based on the original concept art, this Premier Guild exclusive Mini Bust depicts the original, female appearance of Starkiller Hero, holding a Lightsaber in one hand and a blaster in the other. Standing approximately 6-inches tall, she is limited to only 750 pieces. - $130

Master Members
Monday, November 28th at
9 AM EST/ 12 PM EST
Apprentice Members
Wednesday, November 30th at
9 AM EST/ 12 PM EST

 

[jwh1974]

Fantastic - looking forward to this one

 

[ATATDRIVER]

Nice. The email says 3000 pieces. But I'm guessing the site's listed 750 is actually correct.

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[DarthWenger]

Definite purchase for me. Hopefully I can get hold of one. 750 isn’t the biggest ES.

 

[spudmanski]

Well this got me to sign up for PG. looking forward to this one and will pick up the Concept Vader statue.

 

[LightSword]

Glad to see this one has finally made it to the preorder stage. I'm glad as well to see they've chosen to go back to the origin of this concept line in 2009 and what called the attention of many: the artwork of Ralph McQuarrie and his instrumental effort to bring Lucas's idea to the big screen with his creations. The mini bust looks really cool and I only hope that, at $130.00 now, it gets delivered to us ( Jul-Sep 2023) maintaining the same painting and sculpting quality/attractiviness the prototype appears to have. I'll be pre-ordering one if I get to it on time. Considering two mini busts per account can now be pre-ordered and some people have two accounts, not just collectors but Ebay flippers as well, that leaves less chances to those of us with an "Apprentice" membership having to wait until day 2 to preorder it. We'll see.

 

[JohnBonas]

Yes please. That should round out the collection nicely.
Now let’s hope they don’t mess it up.

 

[BobaFerret]

Looks great! So glad they’re making another McQuarrie bust.

 

[Skywalker13]

I never was interested in McQuarrie line, but I'm happy for the ones that collect this bust line and it's good to see different bust apart from OT and TV shows.
I would love to see more bust from prequels and sequels too.

 

[disgruntledjawa]

Nice to see this one getting offered but I wish that DST would have continued the GG tradition of making the McQuarrie busts a SDCC exclusive. It was always something nice to look forward to. Also give McQuarrie credit, don't just call these concept busts.

 

[LightSword]

Nice to see this one getting offered but I wish that DST would have continued the GG tradition of making the McQuarrie busts a SDCC exclusive. It was always something nice to look forward to. Also give McQuarrie credit, don't just call these concept busts.

Completely agree with this! "Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar..."

 

[Kneel_Before_Zod]

This looks a lot better than the show photos we saw. Looking forward to it.

 

[BenObi_70]

Looks great. Good luck to scummers going for one of these. I don't collect McQ busts (no room) so I won't be in your way.

 

[SpecialOpsUnit]

Awesome to see this finally going up. Not a huge fan of hiding it behind the PGM but I'm sure collectors can help one another out with members being able to order 2.

 

[Yoda]

Looks like I'm rejoining the PGM.

 

[ATATDRIVER]

Ordered !

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[DarthWenger]

Got my pre-order in.

 

[Yoda]

This one is too good to pass up. Even if my pre order days are few and far between.

 

[dyetye]

Hopefully this makes it to Wednesday so I can pre-order.

 

[Force Strong]

Do "masters" have two full days to order this or is it just one? I'm a little concerned since just 750 mini busts are offered but people can buy two, only 375 accounts would be needed buying two mini busts to sell out. It should have been limited to one per account to give a greater chance to the second tier on Wednesday, then after that having had the ordering open to anyone. I'm happy for everyone that's ordered it so far.

 

[Kneel_Before_Zod]

Got my order in. Would be nice if the PGM discounts went in convention exclusives too, but his sure beats having to deal with conventions to get them…

 

[jwh1974]

Live for Apprentice members to order.

 

[Santiago1970]

Whew! I got mine. I was worried that since I was at Apprentice level, they would sell out.

 

[dyetye]

Same here, but I was able to grab one as well...

 

[LightSword]

I got to order mine yesterday without any issues so that was a relief!

 

[BobaFerret]

Still available for pre-order now, so I guess the concept busts aren't that popular...

 

[Darth_Poppycock]

Still available for pre-order now, so I guess the concept busts aren't that popular...

even at 2 per order I just guess there isn't that many premium club members.

 

[JoePrince]

Sucks. i joined just to get this. Should have waited!

 

[LightSword]

Still available for pre-order now, so I guess the concept busts aren't that popular...

Yeah. They're a niche kind of collectible. Not that many people are into the visual origins of Star Wars, or simply don't care. One has to have a certain level of curiousity wanting to know how characters were first created, an appreciation for the artwork that went into them and a desire to own their 3D representations. Most folks are attracted to the familiar look/designs seen on film. Still, I think there are enough fans of conceptual art out there to warrant these mini busts continue to get produced.

 

[BobaFerret]

Still, I think there are enough fans of conceptual art out there to warrant these mini busts continue to get produced.

I hope so!

 

[stylie_steve]

I only buy the concept busts now and I’d completely missed this announcemen. Is it still available?

 

[JohnBonas]

I only buy the concept busts now and I’d completely missed this announcemen. Is it still available?

Looks like it’s still available. It’s listed under PG exclusives.
Nothing sells out very fast these days.

 

[Kneel_Before_Zod]

This one is shipping soon too.

When it rains it pours with Gentle Giant.

 

[dyetye]

No joke...luckily this one was free for me as I used all my points, so there is that.

 

[LightSword]

Looking forward to receiving my sample and adding it to the concept sculpts of my collection.

 

[Jedi534]

It's very rare when I can say "my collection is complete". This is one of those occasions!

 

[Force Strong]

Looks good, Jedi534. Just needing a little dusting. What did you use to elevate Vader?

 

[JoePrince]

Jedi534....Looks great!

 

[DarthBeek]

Looks good, Jedi534. Just needing a little dusting.

Ahhh, the ole back handed compliment approach.

Posts like that annoy me to no end.

As usual Jedi534, looking great. Do you still do the Kenner shots ole pal?

 

[Force Strong]

Ahhh, the ole back handed compliment approach.

Posts like that annoy me to no end.

If it annoys you what I wrote, that's your problem. I said nothing that was not true: Nice display needing dusting, which is obvious. So what? LOL