Most often when cataloging we come across incomplete prototypes. This area is what I refer to as the land of the heads. You can see the different scaling that the artists worked with back in late 1990's and early 2000's. Most of the actors had their heads only, scanned by a company called Gentle Giant, and these files were what created most of the early heads. Some of the figure did have sculpted likeness by artists. The bodies were done completely by designers and sculptors. To learn how figures were made by companies like Toy Biz go HERE!
I decided to make a video of one of the Detolf shelves in our archives. These are mostly prototype 1UP/2UP/3UP ORIGINAL wax or resin heads, from the Toy Biz line with a few exceptions from other toy lines. Some are fully painted, some partially, and some bare resin. There's even a unreleased Gandalf with real looking hair. The large green wax Gollum is from NECA's head-knockers line. The grey Gimli is actually a 2UP resin PEZ!
To see more than 100 more Toy Biz Lord of the Rings prototypes go HERE!
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