Asmus - Gandalf the White - Crown Line

[Chopper Face]

53 days since mine was posted. That ‘slow boat’ surface Mail is no joke.

This is the price I pay for being too slow to grab one from Asmus.

 

[FlyAndFight]

I don't have my new Gandalf the White with Shadowfax on display yet, as I don't have the display space for it just yet. But here is a pic of my original Gandalf the White with the new head sculpt that Asmus made available.

 

[Jrobertson]

I wonder when this will ship from sideshow it’s surprising bbts got it so much earlier.

 

[yy0925]

I wonder when this will ship from sideshow it’s surprising bbts got it so much earlier.

I got it from Sideshow about a month ago.

 

[Jrobertson]

I got it from Sideshow about a month ago.

I guess I wasn’t in the first batch of them to ship then

 

[Bucky Underbelly]

Got this beauty today. (Finally had enough in my BBTS Pile of Loot to ship.)

Wow.

This set is GORGEOUS. Just gorgeous. Believe the hype.

You've heard all the raves and they're all true. Tremendous likeness and fantastic hairing job. Shadowfax is a terrific sculpt. I especially like the materials they've used for the outfit, so silky and hangs very believably. Really sells the scale.

Just top scores all around. Bravo, Asmus!

My only issue is that I can't get his head to pop on. I've tried it with the head he came with as well as an extra that I picked up directly from Asmus. Neither one will pop into the socket. I've tried running the end of the neck barbell under hot water, I've tried using a hair dryer on the socket inside the head. Nothing seems to work. Can't get it to pop into place. Considering maybe using a Dremel to grind down the barbell a tiny bit. Or maybe using some earthquake putty to get it to stick.

Anybody else have this issue? Any other fixes/tips I haven't tried or thought of?


EDIT: No sooner did I post, but I got it to go. There's nothing quite so effective as the application of brute force!

 

[Raiders March]

Got this beauty today. (Finally had enough in my BBTS Pile of Loot to ship.)

Wow.

This set is GORGEOUS. Just gorgeous. Believe the hype.

You've heard all the raves and they're all true. Tremendous likeness and fantastic hairing job. Shadowfax is a terrific sculpt. I especially like the materials they've used for the outfit, so silky and hangs very believably. Really sells the scale.

Just top scores all around. Bravo, Asmus!

My only issue is that I can't get his head to pop on. I've tried it with the head he came with as well as an extra that I picked up directly from Asmus. Neither one will pop into the socket. I've tried running the end of the neck barbell under hot water, I've tried using a hair dryer on the socket inside the head. Nothing seems to work. Can't get it to pop into place. Considering maybe using a Dremel to grind down the barbell a tiny bit. Or maybe using some earthquake putty to get it to stick.

Anybody else have this issue? Any other fixes/tips I haven't tried or thought of?


EDIT: No sooner did I post, but I got it to go. There's nothing quite so effective as the application of brute force!

Glad you like it, love to see pics whenever you can. I'm waiting for Popcultchas stock to come in, but in no real rush as I know what I will get will be great!

 

[Bucky Underbelly]

Glad you like it, love to see pics whenever you can. I'm waiting for Popcultchas stock to come in, but in no real rush as I know what I will get will be great!

Oh, I'm not much of a photographer at all, and I don't really have a place to set them up to take decent shots. But here's a quick one I snapped with my phone where Gandalf is listing all the reasons why he should get to ride Shadowfax around ... even though he's the king of all horses and probably has, like, a horse country to run instead of hauling a wizard around on his errands.

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

Glad you like it, love to see pics whenever you can. I'm waiting for Popcultchas stock to come in, but in no real rush as I know what I will get will be great!

you will love him!
Glad Pop is getting it in too.
Surprised it hasn't sold out at their current price too.

 

[Raiders March]

you will love him!
Glad Pop is getting it in too.
Surprised it hasn't sold out at their current price too.

Thanks mate, I'm sure I will. I think they have sold through their preorders now as he doesn't appear on the site any more. Had some pennies up my sleeve to take the sting out of the purchase, so a great release at a good price is winning imo, especially right now!

 

[Jase25]

I know Asmus released just a haired head of Gandalf the White separately. I wonder if they have any inclination of taking this sculpt and re-working it with the Gandolf the gray hair. Because this sculpt for GTW looks so much better the GTG Crown series head. Would be an instant buy for me.

 

[hoodonit00]

I know Asmus released just a haired head of Gandalf the White separately. I wonder if they have any inclination of taking this sculpt and re-working it with the Gandolf the gray hair. Because this sculpt for GTW looks so much better the GTG Crown series head. Would be an instant buy for me.

That is their plan

 

[Jase25]

That is their plan

You literally just made my day!

 

[hoodonit00]

Happy New Year everyone.

We only had a few up in stock for testing, but they were sold before we can close it.
Anyway, yes, we will restock more, the intetion is to help upgrading our old release.

GtG's head was called of because the new GtW head is sinificantly better, and we will try to root the new GtW head in GtW hair for testing,
and see if it would work.

Quoted for Jase25

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

Even though I got help with the Wife to get this set and the Legolas set a few months back when a slew of bills came in,she has never seen this set on display!!
It's raining at home and I've had a whole day of displaying and posing figures.

Such a spectacular set these two!!

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

Glad you like it, love to see pics whenever you can. I'm waiting for Popcultchas stock to come in, but in no real rush as I know what I will get will be great!

@Raiders March !!
Popcultcha has THIS set instock now!!
Gooooo!!!!!

 

[Raiders March]

@Raiders March !!
Popcultcha has THIS set instock now!!
Gooooo!!!!!

Swweeett! Should hear from them soon then. Thanks for the heads up OGK

Edit: Wow, it’s price jumped up quite a bit, happy I preordered!

 

[nathan.never]

Swweeett! Should hear from them soon then. Thanks for the heads up OGK

Edit: Wow, it’s price jumped up quite a bit, happy I preordered!

Did you get Popcultcha notification yet? I have it preordered with them but no word yet...

 

[Raiders March]

Did you get Popcultcha notification yet? I have it preordered with them but no word yet...

Had to basically call and ask for invoice. Guy I spoke to said they are still just plugging away at fulfilling orders as stock comes in. Mine is nearly with me but I am away and won't be able to collect it till next week.

 

[Raiders March]

Soo.. finally opened and set this beautiful crown gandalf up. It was due to arrive while I was away of course. This is asmus best work followed by gimli imo. Alot of care is evident in the release, and rightly so. The two towers is my favourite in the trilogy, and GtW emergence in the forest is a very memorable scene. The uruks, treebeard, edoras, helmsdeep and the tree attack on sarumans tower are really great. Here is a pic, it's straight out of the film for sure! Very happy to finally have a gandalf figure in the collection