PERS are awful and can go wrong VERY easily.
Not necessarily. In my experience, of 2 figs with PERS I've had, both rocked.
But I don't think Asmus is going to do PERS. It would be a great improvement, but they won't bother or dare.
Since they are so familiar with rooted hair, they should go the whole distance and root the eyebrows. That might be easier for them to pull.
And they REALLY should get their act together once and for all regarding headsculpt accuracy. If they fixed that, I wouldn't mind anything else, really...
Accessories:
- Balin's log? (since they seem to have a Balin's tomb in the works)
- Shadowfax? (since Asmus has done horses in the past successfully; sold separately)
- His chariot? (same)
- A Balrog-themed diorama base? I have an idea for it: below the figure, the base would be a bunch of bricks of the Khazad-Dûm's bridge, from which a plume of black smoke would emerge upwards towards the front. Once the plume reached some height and distance from Gandalf, the fume would spread a bit and let see a bit of some huge, irate Balrog head!!
This base would ship disassembled, of course, and choosing the right materials, it wouldn't necessarily weight a lot. It might be feasible in terms of increased cost and shipping.
This will never happen... but it would rock! And the "ultimate Gandalf the Gray" deserves it!
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What they said!! 
