from Weta:
What a year we’ve had!
District 9, Avatar, Under the Mountain and The Lovely Bones all saw the flicker of projector lights in 2009.
A new website. We can’t thank you enough for making this a success and for being so patient with us while we iron out the kinks.
Weta started design on The Hobbit and welcomed Guillermo del Toro, John Howe, Alan Lee and many other old friends back in the workshop.
A new forum, run so professionally and enthusiastically by Charles and our great friends at the Shadow and Flame.
Greg Broadmore wrote and published his second book, VICTORY!
The Weta Cave will at the end of the year have seen over 100,000 visitors.
Reepicheep and the other Prince Caspian statues saw the light of day.
The Exceptional Exhibition reached Chengdu and helped support Sichuan Earthquake victims.
We returned to Middle-earth with a bang. Peter Lyon swords, environments, Gollum.
Weta’s Mermaid Tail sparked imagination all over the world.
The WotWots took the world’s pre-school children by storm.
Dr. Grordbort’s travelled to Oamaru.
John Howe chose Weta to sculpt and release his Middle-earth sculpture range.
Grorbort Industries released 3 miniatures, one light-weight, one NEW full size gun (today) and 13 one-of-a-kind custom rayguns. And the first Venusian insect specimen! Today!
Our Doctor Who statues and helmets arrived in the warehouses and have been enjoyed by fans the world over.
To summarise — We have all had a blast and we’re looking forward to 2010 like you wouldn’t believe. There will be exciting announcements, new licenses, new products and much much more! Until then, we will be taking a break. There will be people here for urgent queries and web orders, but please bear with us for the next few weeks.
Season’s Greetings from the Weta team
Anna, Susan, Darren, Tim, Magnus, Greg, Dave, Daniel, Steve, Carlos, Emily, Sophie and Mark + Richard and the whole crew at Weta Workshop!