Final 24 Hours To Pre-Order Weta Workshop's "The Lost Valley" Statue

We're in the final twenty four hours of Weta Workshop's pre-order window to reserve their limited edition Lara Croft The Lost Valley Statue. While we know the statue will be incredibly rare, we don't know quite how rare. The final edition size will be determined by the total number of orders made during their pre-order period. However a statue this size, by such an iconic company, which takes several hundred hours to produce does not come cheap, and if you want one of these, you're going to really want one.

Excluding shipping costs and applicable taxes, the statue will cost $1,499.00. If you're interested in learning more (and about their Payment Plan with the cost spread out between two to six months) visit the Weta Workshop store!

With the 25th anniversary in mind, the team took inspiration from one of the most iconic levels in the series, that memorable Lost Valley moment in the original game. Originally teased at San-Diego Comic-Con 2020, the full announcement of the 1:4 scale statue was made in October, coinciding with the twenty-fourth anniversary of the original game's launch. The original concept wowed fans and collectors but it's only in this recent video that we're seeing just how much work is going into this magnificent beast. 

Following work on their previous statue, "Queen of the Jungle" for "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", Crystal Dynamics approached Weta Workshop to create something special once more for their twenty-fifth anniversary. As work began on the project, Gus Hunt (Senior Concept Designers at Weta Workshop) created three digital sketches of what the statue could be. The team voted on the piece they wanted to expand upon; a design featuring Lara battling two raptors across treacherous terrain, with dynamic and action-driven at the heart of the plans that followed. A 3D model was then created to get an idea of the scope, with real-life actors, traditional wire and clay models, and photographs used as reference. The biggest challenge for the team was the distribution of weight, to create a stable statue that looks like a snapshot from a scene mid-action.

The upcoming statue won't be the studio's first exploration into Tomb Raider merchandise, having already produced three incredible props for the launch of "Shadow of the Tomb Raider". The work they do is of exceptionally high quality, with a portfolio featuring a full-scale bow, Lara's necklace carved from jade inside a wooden puzzle box, and an impressive limited edition 1:4 scale statue of Lara wading through the jungle.