Gaming Heads have revealed the latest statue in their 20 Years of Tomb Raider Collection. This statue celebrates the reboot era with Rise of the Tomb Raider and Lara donning her snow gear from the beginning of the game. She stands over 20" tall and is available in three different editions. The Regular Edition, the Exclusive Edition, and the Collective Edition.
The Exclusive Edition is limited to 500 pieces and includes interchangeable arms with dual axes and glow stick as well as the option of Lara wearing her beanie and goggles.
Tomb Raider has once again been honored in a collection of stamps by Royal Mail as part of a special selection based on video games. There are full sheets, miniatures, and bundles available for purchase via the Royal Mail website. As you may recall, this isn't the first time Lara has been stamped. There was also a limited edition stamp packet celebrating 20 Years of Tomb Raider in the Square Enix Store UK and France ran a video game stamp sheet featuring The Angel of Darkness.
Gaming Heads have finally revealed the first statue from the "20 Years of Tomb Raider" collection originally announced in 2016! It looks as though it was well worth the wait! The original Lara Croft in all her glory in the striking pose from the cover of the classic game! Such nostalgia!
The statue is available for pre-order now in three different versions to tickle your fancy. The regular edition, the exclusive edition which includes an alternate set of arms for more display options as well as the small medi-pak, and the collective edition which is an unpainted variant. Each edition will run you $279.99 + S&H. Payment plans are available.
This is just the first statue in the set of six to come! Don't forget that they all can be put together to make the ultimate Lara display!
We finally get a look at the ever secretive "20 Years of an Icon" statue collection by Gaming Heads! The image above is a mock-up of how the statues will look and how they all can fit together in one hell of a gorgeous display!
The statues were originally going to be cast in 1/4 scale which would have made the collection massive with a massive price tag. Plans have changed and now they will be cast in 1/6 scale making the collection much more feasible for collector's such as myself. There will be exclusive variations of each statue with slight differences, more on that later.
The first to be released will be the "Tomb Raider I" statue, hopefully coming later this year, followed by the "Tomb Raider III" statue early next year. The other statues will follow consecutively.
Below are the first 3D printed statues of the collection. You can imagine how wonderfully detailed these statues will be. Note how the Tomb Raider I statue's arms are posed differently...hmm.
The details of the statue collection were first shown by Meagan and Morrigan in the Crystal Compass Live stream. Check it out here: Crystal Compass Live - Episode #2
2016 was the 20 year anniversary of Tomb Raider, the original game from 1996. It was a year full of celebration and unique events showcasing everyone's love for our heroine Lara Croft. It went by pretty fast and boy was it a whirlwind of fun, but you may have missed some things. So I decided to put together a reminiscent post of the happenings of last year.
In the Tomb Raider 20 Year Challenge famous YouTubers and Gamers competed against each other in true adventurer style to win the ultimate prize: The Golden Axe. Check out both episodes below.
Tomb Raider 20 Year Challenge: Episode 1
Tomb Raider 20 Year Challenge: Episode 2
See how these Lara Croft cosplayers celebrated at San Diego Comic Con...oh and the bear.
A Day with Lara Crofts at SDCC 2016
Sit down with the panel at Comic Con to discuss Lara's massive multimedia empire. Speaker include the one and only Meagan Marie, the fabulous Camilla Luddington, the amazing Andy Park, the phenomenal Noah Hughes, the wonderful Debbie Lash, and the Kinda Funny Greg Miller.
SDCC 2016 Panel: 20 Years of Tomb Raider - Lara Croft's Multimedia Empire
It was a fantastic year for Tomb Raider and if you wanna see more or if you feel that there is something else that you missed, fiddle through the official Tomb Raider YouTube channel to find out.
GameFaceShow recently interviewed Nathan McCree on The Tomb Raider Suite and his progress on the project.
Nathan is hard at work getting The Tomb Raider Suite all set for production! Over the last month he has been going through all of the orders of the backers tallying up everything that needs to be made. He is about half way through, so hang in there if you haven't heard from him yet. He will confirm your add-ons and such via e-mail.
The stretch goals are also looking like they indeed will be possible. Nathan has confirmed that the choir will be increased from 20 to 40 members and a 5th recording session will be held at Abbey Road Studios. Hopefully the rest of the goals can be made as well.
The Tomb Raider Suite website will soon be updated with options to purchase select Kickstarter merchandise and the retail version of the album!
The Tomb Raider Suite has just over an hour left and we have seen such tremendous support! With a main goal of about $207,000 USD, we are currently sitting at a whopping $247,827 USD! That's almost 120% funded!
We can only assume that the stretch goals of mastering the original synthesizer soundtracks and the documentary are within reach, but we'll just have to wait to hear from Nathan himself. I am so happy for Nathan McCree and all of us Tomb Raider fans can rejoice in cherishing his music all over again in a brand new masterpiece.
The Tomb Raider Suite has successfully met it's goal and keeps on climbing! With 22 hours still remaining and pledges still rolling in, I have faith that we will reach all of the stretch goals as well!
Stretch Goals:
Increase the size of the Choir for the recording at Abbey Road
Increase the size of the Brass Section for the recording at Abbey Road
Increase the size of the Woodwind Section for the recording at Abbey Road
Record and release the synthesizer only version of The Tomb Raider Suite
Remaster and release the original, unchanged game soundtracks for Tomb Raider I, II, and III
Film and release a TV/DVD documentary about the making of The Tomb Raider Suite
I knew we could do it Raiders! I am so excited and cannot wait for all of us to get this iconic piece of Tomb Raider History in our hands!
Also: Upgrade your pledge to get this amazing 3D Acrylic Logo!!!
(NOTE: THE IPHONE PRIZE DRAW HAS BEEN PULLED BY KICKSTARTER - If you upgraded your pledge specifically for this prize draw, you can keep your pledge the same (message Nathan on Kickstarter if you want to be rewarded with merchandise equal to your iPhone pledge), or downgrade your pledge.
