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 Post subject: Re: April Miniatures Release
PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:27 am 
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RangerofTheNorth wrote:
So you should have taken him back and exchanged it for free. Not hassle free,but free. Even with the new sculpts your still going to get a few duds. I've had bad metal models too

I didn't notice all the defects until I had cut him off the sprue and as I was cleaning him, kinda too late to return. And the closest GW is closed monday and tuesday, which always seems to be the days when I'm close by. The most annoying part is not being able to tell what is the 'ultra great' detail that you get with finecast, and what is bubbles. :roll: Which is more a fault of the figure, though if there were no bubbles I would know.....
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:18 am 
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It might not be too late. I'd just be honest with them and try. "hey I didn't notice what was wrong till I was able to get a closer look" or something their replacement policy is really really loose. They cant resell it anyway because it's defective. That's why I don't think it would matter.

We gotta get more proactive though. Next time a 40k site posts the new releases I'm going to contact that person and ask about the hobbit miniatures. Kind of ridiculous that we still don't know what's coming till Saturday.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:41 am 
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Warlord, a member of the German tabletop-hdr forums, has made some interesting find:

A German retailer has listed Thrain, the Captain of Erebor and the Captain of Dale as new releases for April.
No pics yet, but seems very likely to me since they can be pre-ordered.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:04 am 
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We can see three Hobbit packs in the picture, and the German website above would make sense in regard to recent releases but would suggest that there are just three releases this month. Personally I would hope for more, and the page layout could allow for this?
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RangerofTheNorth wrote:

We gotta get more proactive though. Next time a 40k site posts the new releases I'm going to contact that person and ask about the hobbit miniatures. Kind of ridiculous that we still don't know what's coming till Saturday.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:56 pm 
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The images!!!

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wow cool find!!!! I think I'll be buying Thrain (ofcourse) the captian of Erebor and the captian of Dale
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Cool releases 8) But I'm still waiting for Azog :sad:

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Like we need another Gandalf. :dizzy:

The Dale captain looks really bad to me. The helmet looks huge, and the 'spike' on the top of the helmet looks like it's a spear tip??
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:15 pm 
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Not crazy about any of these models but Thrain looks pretty good and I will buy it assuming the price is $20 or less.

The captains can easily be converted out of the existing plastic ranges so these single Finecast models for $15-$20 each are not a good value IMO, especially as they don't look all that great.

Yeah, another Gollum! Interesting pose for Bilbo but he and Gandalf don't look good at all to me. Very chunky and odd.

How long are they going to make us wait for Azog? Seems like they are just holding out hoping to build up demand for a model that is sure to break the bank as a dual model Finecast pack.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:27 pm 
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OMG THAT GRIMHAMMER CAPTAIN SCULPT!!!!!!!!!

AHHH YESSS!

JESUS CHRIST THAT IS NICE!

Also, what bad-ass sculpts for ol' Bilbo and Gandalf! Gollum is also great. As is Thrain.


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I like the look of those dwarves and that gandalf, but I really hate the look of that nazi gollum, I'm not big on the rest of the model either

Edit, thanx for putting pics up :)

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:33 pm 
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edit: working now... quite nice though not too much to be fussed about IMHO.

Captain of dale. Is it just me or does he look like he's saluting with his sword just before walking drunkenly out of Dale's local pub? :roll:

Thrain. Nice looking model... looks well sculpted... I bet he'll be ridiculously overpriced FinePoo though...

Bilbo. nice looking model imo. They've captured his movement well. Not sure when in the film he's jumping over a tree stump with sting in his hand though :roll:

Gandalf. seems a very strange model with too much beard.
Simply don't understand it.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:37 pm 
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For me best models are thrain and captain of erebor

Thrain is almost exactly as the movie and very detailed (very nice model)
Captain of erebor looks very good specially seeing a lotro model with 2 hand weapons (axe and hammer I think) and in a very nice action pose
Dale Captain looks ok, seems hes very imposing on his pose which is nice

Gandalf is ok with a model action pose type but I need to see the entire model to see if its nice to get
Bilbo running off the shire with the contract and all his affairs, the model´s pose looks nice although some head proportions volumetry and such... meh
Now gollum..... cmon since when he got that face expression? specially the teeth... have you seen how many they got? he got all his teeths thats not normal and look at his left hand those fingers are 2 short compared to previous models..
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:44 pm 
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Galanur wrote:
...Bilbo running off the shire with the contract and all his affairs...

But he didn't have sting at that point :roll:

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:47 pm 
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I think that this Bilbo was intended for when the Hobbit was 2 movies, this looks like it could be a sculpt for a 'mirkwood' Bilbo...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:01 pm 
Also not every mini has to represent a moment of the film has it?
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heh, no thanks.

I am liking this, my inner collector demon gets told to be quiet and go sleep. None of those are terribly appealing. I am sure I'll convert a Dale captain from the plastics (which I haven't actually bought yet :p)

Means I can focus my purchasing on the wishlist I've already made.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:11 pm 
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Thrain... Yes
Dale captain... No
Erebor captain... Yes
Gollum... No
Bilbo... No
Gandalf... Why??

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Anyone else think Gandalf is wearing the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter?

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