Actor Sam Neill to sell cast-autographed Jurassic Park collection to support child refugees

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 12 Aug 2024 – Actor Sir Sam Neill, best known for his role in the “Jurassic Park” movies,  is helping bring much-needed support to child refugees supported by Save the Children by putting his collection of unopened, star-signed Jurassic Park figurines up for auction.

Neill, 76, who plays Dr Alan Grant in Stephen Spielberg’s  “Jurassic Park” films, is selling cast-autographed Funko Pops! figurines from various Jurassic Park films through Propstore, one of the world’s leading vendors of entertainment memorabilia.

The auction closes 17 August with all proceeds going to Save the Children’s work supporting children living in refugee camps.

In a video to promote the auction, the New Zealand actor shows each of the items up for grabs for movie buffs everywhere. Funko Pops are small body, big headed vinyl figures of characters from movies, videogames and other pop culture:

“They’re all signed. They’re unopened. No one else has this set in the world. They’re absolutely invaluable. And you will want to go for the auction and get these.

“Look here’s me, rather cruelly with a grey beard and a hat of course… you won’t want to miss out on this, will you?” 

The set includes five unboxed Funko Pops! of No. 39 Park Vehicle, which comes with an Ellie Sattler figure; No. 547 Dr. Ian Malcolm; No. 585 Owen Grady; No. 590 Claire Dearing; and No. 1221 Dr. Alan Grant. Each figure features an autograph by their respective actors - Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Sam Neill, on the plastic windows of the box.

Save the Children New Zealand Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee said:

“Latest figures show that at least 117 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and persecution, and at a time when half of the world's refugees are children, Sir Sam’s generous contribution for child refugees is more important than ever.”

Neill's donation will go towards helping the nearly one million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, the largest refugee settlement in the world. Save the Children is providing services including primary health care, learning centres and child protection programmes for refugees and the local host community in Cox’s Bazar. 

Neill is the recipient of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Longford Lyell Award, the New Zealand Film Award and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies.

Propstore auction listing here.

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