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Agreed on both counts, Art.

(Dragon smoke appears courtesy of artist Altered Suzán Balázs.)

Happy to be an enabler. ;) Nice work on the review!

Thank you, Wor-Gar!

Ha ha, touché!

Along with hundreds of other figures and statues, our Bilbo is eligible for Sideshow's Buy One, Get One 50% Off deal, in case anyone is still on the fence: Bilbo Baggins Sixth Scale Figure by Asmus Collectible Toys

Thank you, BagginsOfBagEnd and Tolkien Nerd!

Fair.

Thanks, folks! It was a fun shoot.

These figures will be hard-pressed to top the NECA figure. Gollum's Fish by Monte Williams, on Flickr

Thank you, ObiGlennKenobi, and agreed; part of me still prefers forums to social media, 'cause there's something about a discussion and photo thread like this that works for me in a way Instagram and the like don't.

Thank you, Sixth Scale Man! It was a fun shoot.

Does anyone happen to know whether the vest of the Martin Freeman Bilbo figure would fit on the Ian Holm Bilbo figure?

Thanks, matmurdock! My kid is eighteen and in college now; right round the time she stopped wanting me to read to her, I switched jobs and suddenly had a much shorter commute, which meant I no longer had a reason to borrow audiobooks from the library. So I suddenly stopped reading aloud and...

Thank you, Tolkien Nerd!

Thanks, noheddardstark! My Bilbo did indeed include the sculpted Gandalf hat. I ordered my Bilbo from BBTS, for whatever that's worth. If I decide to keep Bilbo, I'll probably trade the hat and the alternate Bilbo head.

Oh, man. Bilbo has been a big deal for me since I was eight years old. I spent my reading time in third grade making my bewildered way through Tolkien's novel; I say "third grade" because it took me the entire school year to get through it, and I say "bewildered" because much of the novel went...

Well, crud. I wasn't satisfied with the head sculpt on their young Bilbo, but this figure looks perfect. I suspect I'll have to get this one.

That throne is dope! Great shots, sir. I got my Hellboy a couple months ago and have only photographed him twice. It's weird: he's magnificent, but I still kinda prefer the Mezco figure aside from the pants, which look much better on the HT figure. I'll probably trade my HT Hellboy.