With their latest San Diego Comic-Con 2014 Exclusive, Gentle Giant has revealed a truly fantastic item. Many long time Star Wars fans know the story of R2-KT. For those that may not know, R2-KT a droid created by a loving father for a young girl by the name of Katie Johnson, who always wanted a pink droid like R2-D2. Katie, sadly, passed away at the age of just 7 years old. Her legacy lives on in the form of R2-KT, as the droid visits children and helps to raise awareness of childhood cancer. You can read more at the R2-KT Home Page.
R2-KT SDCC 2014 Exclusive Maquette
The R2-KT Maquette by Gentle Giant will help raise awareness even further. With every purchase, $10 will be donated to San Diego Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. See more images and get more info by reading on.
R2-KT Maquette – SDCC 2014 Exclusive
Regular Price: $80.00
Scale: 1:8
Dimensions: H 6.80’’x W 5’’x D 4.5’’
Release Date: SDCC 2014
Edition Size: 500
Availability: Pre-Order – Ships after the Convention
R2-KT was created by Albin Johnson, founder of the 501st Legion, master droid builder Jerry Greene and the R2 Builders Club, for Johnson’s daughter Katie (the ‘KT’ in the droid’s name is a tribute to her). In real life, R2-KT makes appearances at children’s hospitals, Star Wars Celebration and charity events in the southeastern United States. In the Star Wars universe, the character had a cameo in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film, and has been made an official part of the universe’s canon.
Gentle Giant Ltd. is excited to realize our own incarnation of this character with the R2-KT Maquette.
More importantly, we’re proud to announce that $10 from each R2-KT Maquette sold will go to the San Diego Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Digitally sculpted by the master artisans at Gentle Giant Ltd., the R2-KT maquette uses the top photo reference available for top-notch accuracy. Cold cast in high quality polystone and hand painted, each limited edition maquette comes individually numbered and includes a matching certificate of authenticity. Available at SDCC 2014. May the Force be with you.
CompaniesGentle Giant
CharactersR2-KT
Scale1/8