Which got us here at the Workshop thinking. What other EPIC worlds could we deliver to film fans and collectors of cool stuff across the globe?
Let’s start with the basics, we said. We’re tackling the A-team: Apes, Aliens, and Angels! We’ve grown the MINI EPICS family to include not only more figures from The Lord of the Rings, but your favourite characters from Planet of the Apes, District 9, and Alita: Battle Angel – each figure as highly stylised as the next.
Endlessly collectible. Totally adorable. These pint-sized figures have BIG personalities. And we’re only just getting started…
Ready. Set. Collect. The Mini Epics ménage just got bigger!
Alita: Battle Angel reimagines the post-apocalyptic manga series created by Yukito Kishiro in 1990, featuring astonishing visual effects by Weta Digital. The film follows Alita, a cyborg whose faulty memory can recall just one fact: she is the practitioner of a legendary – and lethal – martial art…
To celebrate the release of Alita: Battle Angel, we set about crafting our favourite Alita characters as Mini Epics with characters including:
Alita - Bad-Ass Battle Angel. Scrapyard-salvaged Cyborg. With one rather terrifying talent.
Dr. Ido - Hunter-gatherer of cybernetic scraps. And hunter-warrior against criminal cyborgs. Dr. Ido wields a rocket hammer that’s almost as big as him.
Zapan - As fractured as they come, Zapan’s part hunter-warrior, part hell-bent on revenge.
Our favourite primates have landed – but not as you know them. Weta Workshop’s new characters have stepped straight out of the iconic sci-fi franchise, Planet of the Apes! Complete with the trademark flourishes of our 3D sculptor Mauro Santini, of course.
Joining the MINI EPICS range:
Cornelius - The humble paper plane: an aerodynamic conundrum, at least to Cornelius.
Dr. Zaius - The question of simian survival is always at the forefront of Dr. Zaius’ mind.
Zira - Bright-eyed and bushy, Dr. Zira is ready to observe the fascinating subject of homo sapiens.
An instant science fiction classic, Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 was one of the most successful movies of 2009. The guns, the aliens, the vehicles, the graphics – the world of District 9 was designed and developed here at Weta Workshop.
Which is why we’ve taken the liberty to reincarnate your favourite non-humans (and human-hybrids – we don’t discriminate) in MINI EPIC form!
District 9 characters in the Mini Epics mix:
Christopher Johnson - Not your average MNU Prawn Cocktail. Assault rifle in hand, Christopher Johnson’s about to shake things up.
Wikus - Wikus van der Merwe is not prepared for prawn life. His alien eye spies a chance at a cure and he’s going to take it. No matter how many rounds must be fired at his old comrades in arms.
All of the new WETA Mini Epics Vinyl Figures are set to release in late 2018.
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