Weta Workshops The Hobbit Motherload Of Goodies
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Another thing is very interesting here. In many ways I felt LOTR had an elven aesthetic, more to Tolkien's liking for sure. Here we see the heavy influence of the dwarven aesthetic on the merchandising so far. Of course this make sense but didnt really think about it until today. Weta has done a great job capturing dwarfdom but think about these weapon replicas vs the LOTR ones and they have such a different feel.
willocrew
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Don't forget sting glamdring and orcrist. Those are elvish. Their curved designs will really stand out amongst all that dwarfish geometry.
I was going to get the pair of axes and mace but made of high impact polyurethane. It's great looking but will pass. Key is made of zinc alloy so got that. Not getting any of the statues although gandalf looks great. Just too many versions of him, don't want another. Hope the other stuff coming down the pike is more interesting.
That really is a motherload, it's awesome to see all those wonderful items 
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Don't really care about the weapons but I'm really digging the parchments and maps.
TURINS~BANE
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not bothered about mini weapens really, too small. nice though.
FrodoEyes
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Probably, certainly for the open edition stuff, but really you can't go wrong ordering direct from Weta - they have warehouses in the US, UK and NZ, and you earn Weta Dollars on every order which you can use to get money off future orders.
After getting Rivendell, Barad-Dur etc, i'd probably be able to get Bilbo and Gandalf for free!
Boromir
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Three reasons I'm gonna pass:
- overpriced
- plastic toys
- open edition
- overpriced
- plastic toys
- open edition
Don't think these are mini weapons, they appear 1:1.
FrodoEyes
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Plastic toys?
And yet you buy Sideshow stuff? They're the same thing!
And i would hardly call prop replicas plastic toys! It's the same freakin guy doing the maps, replicas and swords who done it for the film you...... silly person!
Seriously, this post makes you very hard to take seriously, why don't you add this reason to your list:
-Sideshow didn't get the license and i'm gonna cry cos obviously no-one else is allowed to produce merchandise from Middle-Earth
Good grief!
Boromir
Super Freak
Weapons got to be made of steel, periode..
Hopefully UC will do better.
Seriously, you can't tell me that anyone would prefere a plastic sword over a real forged steel blade just because they used those on screen.
You seem to have a serious problem with Sideshow, so why be on the forum?
Hopefully UC will do better.
Seriously, you can't tell me that anyone would prefere a plastic sword over a real forged steel blade just because they used those on screen.
You seem to have a serious problem with Sideshow, so why be on the forum?
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Prices are spot on to where the market is. So you either buy or don't.
Polystone is plastic but these aren't toys like Sideshow's statues aren't toys.
Open Editions are as collectible as anything. The first statues from the original line were opens as well.
Frodo you need to chill. While I think the post is off the mark this makes you look like a homer who can't let Weta take some criticism but take a couple pot shots at Sideshow. Deep breath man
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