Lara Croft were produced by Toy Biz, based on the video game version of the character. Playmates Toys released a series of action figures that depict Croft in different outfits and accessories from the video games, later producing figures modelled after Jolie for "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider". Graphic designer Marc Klinnert of Studio OXMOX released scale model kits of the character, and later built a full-scale version. "Arcade: The Videogame Magazine" and "PlayStation Magazine" promoted life-size Croft statues as contest prizes. Spurred by a rumour that Eidos provided Lara Croft autographs, fans wrote to the company to obtain them. The quantity prompted
Lara Croft a 2003 novel written by Mike Resnick; "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult", a 2004 novel written by E. E. Knight; and "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze", a 2005 novel written by James Alan Gardner. Lara Croft has appeared in three motion pictures. The first, "", released in 2001, follows Croft as she encounters the Illuminati, a group searching for a relic able to control time. The film depicted Croft's backstory differently from the version in the early games. In the films, Lara Croft's mother died in a plane crash and her father disappeared in Cambodia;