For as absolutely thrilled as I am with Gandalf overall, I have to echo what others about this God Awful base. I very much like the look of it, and the idea behind the use of the magnets is both innovative and cool, but they either need to COMPLETELY re-engineer the design with MUCH stronger magnets over the ENTIRE surface of the base, or scrap the whole idea ENTIRELY!
It just doesn’t work as is. The magnets are so weak that even if you find them and get Gandalf’s feet over one or both perfectly, he’s just not very stable. My Gandalf has taken at least two or three tumbles already (the most recent one only a moment ago which is why I had to get on and post this right away). Thing is, you don’t need to bump into him or have another figure domino him, all you have to do is lightly GRAZE his cloak when reaching for him to have the magnets lose him. No way to overstate the frustration of watching the centerpiece of my collection just fall off the table.
All these instances have been either just falling off the base onto the surface the base was sitting on, or tumbling off a low table onto carpet, so there’s been no damage, but it’s still nerve wracking!
Maybe
@Cocoboloboy or someone can design a crotch grabber mounted at the back of a slim but study plastic base about the same dimensions of the InArt base the we can set the InArt base on top of so the crotch grabber will hold Gandalf more securely and still have the look of the stone base.
Or, even better, just a crotch grabber built onto a base that resembles the InArt base. I’d buy that at the speed of light!
I checked and he quite literally has it for 2 seconds and then it disappears. Funny that they had him wear it for such a quick blink and you miss it moment. Neat detail though! Still learning something new about these movies today.
