By BST do you meant Buy, Sell, Trade? I know of three, all of which you have to apply to join.
Lord of the Rings Collectors, which probably the largest of the three
Weta Collectors
Flame of Udun (S&F - Forum)
I loved the movie and would very much like to get this. I love that it's made out of metal!
But isn't it a bit undersized/short? The stated height is 72" (183cm) but when you see
Jason Momoa with the Trident in hand it's always taller than him and he's a tall guy,
6'3 or 6'4 or 75-76"...
This is (unfortunately) correct. The prices on the webshop does not include VAT/tax since it's the same webpage that is accessible from all over the world. They have to add/charge VAT in EU (they have to do it according to law, they wouldn'd do it if they didn't have to and Weta don't get this...
It sucks that you had the order cancelled. I agree that inventory should have been checked before the auction was held. I actually think it is out of stock now though. It does say on the product page that it's shipping from EU and NZ but if you put it in your cart it says there that it's out of...
I'm afraid that will not be possible since number 1-9 apparently is set aside by Weta. The order page says " The statues in this edition are numbered #10 - #110."
Over at Flame of Udûn Leonard from Weta wrote this:
And then added:
According to this Sideshow page the SSW Cave Troll is 36cm high.
Leonard will try to take a pic of the Cave Troll and War Troll side by side sometime soon and post it and I'm sure it will find it's way here :)
Edit: I just...
That is the Azog - Commander of Legions statue, not the Azog the Defiler on Warg which opened for pre-orders
some 2 1/2 years ago and started shipping almost 2 years ago and was by then already sold out. ;)
Grond was made by Dave Tremont and Leonard Ellis. Over at the Flame of Udûn Weta forum Leonard posted this the other day:
I then aksed about the height and the reply was:
Glassary over at the Flame of Udûn managed to speak to Mike Gonzo at Weta and asked about details of Grond and this is...
Weta missed to add information about the early bird bonus on the order page when it went up. They have now added the following information:
The Early-Bird offer has now expired! The last order to receive US$50 discount was placed at 09:16:31 AM New Zealand Time.