Gentle Giant have announced that they will release a mini bust of Kili from The Hobbit movies at the end of the year, around the time that the third and final movie, The Hobbit: There And Back Again, hits theaters.
The 1/6 scale mini bust of Kili — the brother of Fili and the nephew of Thorin — was sculpted using reference materials from the movies.
It was also recently announced that the second movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, would be released on DVD, in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack, in a 3D DVD/Blu-ray combo pack, and in a limited edition 3D DVD/Blu-ray combo pack on April 8th. In addition to the movies, all four versions will include production videos, making-of featurettes, a look at the locations, a music video, and a digital copy of the film. In addition, the 3D editions will include both the 2D and 3D versions of the movie, while the limited collector’s edition — of which only 25,000 will be available in the U.S. — comes with a pair of Gates Of Erebor replica bookends from The Noble Collection. The DVD edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug will retail for $28.98, the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will be $35.99, the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will be $44.95, while the Limited Collector’s Edition DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will be $105.43.
As for the Kili mini bust, it will retail for $75.00 when it comes out at the end of the year.
You can find more information about this and their other mini busts at Gentle Giant’s website.
