Sunday, July 24, 2005

Sideshow Joins Forces with Weta

Here I am once again and guess what today's topic is...
If you said the 4400 your wrong, try again.
No it's not the Dead Zone!
That was last week, but thanks for bringing those great shows up.
Can't forget to see them especially last weeks episode going all alternate reality.
No today we'll talk about the outstanding job being done in the shops of Weta.
Weta is the design company who did all the models for Lord of the Rings.
After performing amazing feats of realism in their work, Peter Jackson and Weta decided to allow the average folk the opportunity to own something good enough for the movies.
So Peter went to Weta's shop and they came up with doing different characters from the trilogy to grace the homes across the globe.
But how were they going to distribute all these pieces of art?
Weta was only a shop that designed models for movies, they were not big enough for such a task.
Along came Sideshow who produces some of the finest statues on the market today.
Their attention to detail is remarkable.
Where Bowen has an amazing knack for producing finely detailed, pleasing pieces for the eye to see, Sideshow has a more realistic look.
I swear sometimes I think Gandalf is looking right at me and I almost expect Arwen to sing to me an elfin song.
They are so lifelike it's spooky.
And that's why Sideshow/Weta pieces go for thousands of dollars on the market today.
And if you don't believe me just pop over to eBay and check yourself.
Just keep in mind, the earlier stuff goes for more then the later stuff.
That's how it works, where the harder Fellowship of the Ring pieces have an asking price of over a thousand and the more recent Return of the King asks much less.
Well you have an idea of where Sideshow/Weta is and how they got there.
So if you want to own a piece of history then check out Sideshow.
You won't be sorry you did.

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