Darth Sheba
Super Freak
Haldir doesn't have to be in armor, though. He could be in his Galadrim gear, even though we didn't see him in it for that long.
So now that hobbits are representin' in the 1/6 line, do we REALLY need Merry and Pippin? What do you think?
It's like saying they should make a Death Star Gunner or an Endor commando before Leia or Old Ben.
Since the Fellowship is composed of nine characters, I think Sideshow could go a long way to restoring some good will with collectors by following their current release schedule. I am thinking that it was a good move to release three members of the fellowship, then a secondary character. This showed me that Sideshow was committed to create a line with some depth. If they could release Frodo, Sam, and then Gandalf or Gimli, and then inserting another secondary character, hopefully a villian, kinda keeping with the same trend. This move would again show a move towards a complete fellowship while also illustrating how deep this line can be. After that, finish the fellowship with Merry and Pippin (in SHIRE gear) and releasing another character, maybe a female character. After that, they can move onto secondary characters, and I think people will be more prone to snap them up. They could even start recycling characters. I would love to get Aragorn and Legolas from Helm's Deep, Rohan Merry and Citadel Pippen, Sam and Frodo in Orc gear (or even distressed Mount Doom clothes) at some point, but this line needs a good starting block.
I am still to burned by Buffy and Angel to think of those lines as complete, and as much as I enjoy the secondary monsters, I would have kept buying those anyway, for a long, long time. A cool monster like the D'Hoffryn figure from Buffy didn't cover up that core of that line fell far short of complete.
Orcs, Uruks, Elves, Soldiers...this line needs army builders too!
and a cave troll....
Sorry to rant, but I love the LOTR line, and I hope that it continues for a long time, and I think a strong base with the Fellowship would go a long way to reconciling any hurt feelings from the SSW line. After all, I still collect SS, and sold my complete SSW collection to pursue the 1:6 and PF lines.
I concur--we really, REALLY need the two of them quick. I say we get Gandalf next, then Saruman, then the little hobbits, and then finally Gimli. After that start churning them out as fast as you can!
I concur--we really, REALLY need the two of them quick. I say we get Gandalf next, then Saruman, then the little hobbits, and then finally Gimli. After that start churning them out as fast as you can!
Lots of folks still feel burned by Weta with the Fellowship not being done in Fellowship gear. To face facts the company linked to Weta and the the LOTR line is Sideshow. I think the Fellowship is important if we only have a few left I would rather see a complete fellowship than nothing at all. After all the Title of the First book as well as the first movie is "THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING". They have spent the $$$ on the body so why not put a Gimli, Merry and Pippin head on it I would also love to have a Bilbo. The only Character left to complete for Fellowship is Gandalf the Grey. If they do not complete the Fellowship then I fully expect a Fellowship diorama with them all crossing the hilltop. LOTR was Sideshows first big hit and I think it would be shame to see the Fellowship slip away yet again.
Not for $70 each...
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