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Although today is our first glimpse of Merry and Pippin, these figures deserve their own thread!
First and foremost, a big thank you to Asmus Toys for providing us with this wonderful line of figures. The biggest challenge in recreating accurate 1/6 scale figure of these characters are the costume colors and details. As these figures are prototypes, now is the perfect time to provide Asmus with some constructive criticism in the hopes that they can achieve a happy medium in producing the best possible figures.
The first thing that stands out here are the bright colors, especially on the cloaks and the vests. Ngila Dickson (and the many people she collaborated with for creating the costumes for the Lord of the Rings) worked with a variety of muted colors. Pippin's cloak is a good example of the type of subdued colors we see. In addition, the material needs to be a thin woven wool that fits snug over the rest of the costumes. The shirts and vest have a fair amount of detail in them and can be reproduced by using the correct material, i.e. Pippin's scarf which needs to be an Afghan cross stitch design. Similarly, Merry's vest is a more muted yellow, and has specifi detail that once again can be seen by using the correct materials such as brocade and damask.
Finally, correct stitching of the material will be key so as to avoid making the figures look too much like standard doll costumes. Eventually is will be nice to see the correct buttons, button holes, and the metal claps that are important accessories.