NECA Balrog

[Reefer Shark]

Was it made by NECA? I thought that was a ToyBiz piece.

I really wanted this back when I collected those figures, but yeah - had stopped collecting figures by the time it actually came out. This thing is a massive beast and beautiful IIRC..

 

[Batfreak]

whats IIRC mean?


and no, this is Neca, not toybiz, though it could easily have been. but if you look at the prototype pics of toybiz's balrog, im sure you would agree that it was a good idea to wait those few years to get a really good, accuratly scaled and amazingly sculpted balrog by neca.

heres the pics at this site:

https://www.alteredstatesmag.com/mar2002/toybiz_lotr.shtml


not that it looks horrible, its pretty good actually, but im much happier that we got the neca one.

 

[El Skutto]

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly

 

[LOTRFan]

I think I have one collecting dust somewhere in my garage.

 

[The Ringer]

Mine is in several pieces.

 

[Batfreak]

Mine is in several pieces.

what the...did you chop him up and put him under your floorboards or somethin?

 

[The Ringer]

what the...did you chop him up and put him under your floorboards or somethin?

Well, he just started falling apart. The wings were the first to go because the pegs had broke. Then the ankles went so all I have left is the head.

 

[Batfreak]

that is weird....did you try super glue? worked wonders for me.

 

[The Ringer]

that is weird....did you try super glue? worked wonders for me.

I tried everything bro, even caulk. The problem was it was just waay too top heavy.

 

[Batfreak]

yeah, thats true. it is pretty heavy on top. so you just have it in pieces? never to display again? what a shame!

 

[Blu Falcon]

I actually considered picking this one up once upon a time. Nice figure for sure.

 

[The Ringer]

yeah, thats true. it is pretty heavy on top. so you just have it in pieces? never to display again? what a shame!

pretty much

 

[Husker75]

I have mine in a crate in the next room until i have my own place. When I lived in Michigan for 2 years, I had it on display, and it was amazing. A bit top heavy, and loose on the bottom.. but it didn't fall until I had a flood in the basement, and someone knocked it over in the chaos. As a result, in the move, the wings tabs broke. So I just took them off and put him into a crate. Once I have my own place though, he's getting glued and set back up. He is amazing for being a "toy". And gandalf with him just looks amazing.. let me see if i can dig up some pics from my old albums or something..

 

[Husker75]

k. sorry for the bad quality. these were from my camera phone at the time.

with the 18 inch gandalf...

 

[Batfreak]

yep, that thing is GIGANTO. but i love that!

 

[Husker75]

Yeah, the size is imposing.. so you really do need some room for it. But seriously, i nearly shat myself when i got him. He is SO COOL! I think I got him for like 79 dollars too. One of the first ones shipped out I think. I don't know how the heck i lucked out on that one.

 

[Geb]

I've had my Balrog on top of my office cabinet for almost 3 years now...looks GREAT next to the Sideshow Premium Formats:

 

[galactiboy]

That Toybiz version was godawful... I can see why it was never released.

MWCtoys did a great review of this piece as well. Definitely a must have if you collected the ToyBiz line.

 

[Restaurajones]

This is like I have exposed mine

 

[Geb]

Yeah the toybiz version looked pretty cool, but the size was WAY underscaled...looked like the Balrog's little one.