Asmus LOTR Saruman sixth scale figure review

Michael Crawford · Feb 9, 2016

I promised an all sixth scale week, and I promised nothing from Hot Toys or Sideshow. So let's keep my promises by looking at the very cool Saruman figure from Asmus Toys! This might very well be the turning point for them with this series:

Review and photos of Asmus Lord of the Rings Saruman action figure

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Thanks for reading!

Michael

spinc · Feb 9, 2016

Nice review, Michael, as always! The figure looks very good, too bad that I don't really have the funds right now.

Small question- what are those awesome background pictures you've been using? Where do you get them? I would love some for my personal collection.

Thanks!

Wor-Gar · Feb 9, 2016

Nice review! Looking forward to this one.

I wonder if the light spill can be fixed...?

Michael Crawford · Feb 10, 2016

spinc said:
Nice review, Michael, as always! The figure looks very good, too bad that I don't really have the funds right now.

Small question- what are those awesome background pictures you've been using? Where do you get them? I would love some for my personal collection.

Thanks!

I get them from an Asian dealer I found on ebay. He sells a huge variety of them for doll collectors, a big market in Japan. I'd say 90% of them are romantic scenes - palatial stairs, beautiful rooms, attractive gardens, you get the idea. But occasionally he'll have one that works with more action figure oriented lines. He also does them in different scales from 12" - 18" and larger, so finding one that looks right can be a little tricky, but it's worth it.

I'm trying to get him to do more space type ones however - that's a huge gap.

Michael Crawford · Feb 10, 2016

Wor-Gar said:
Nice review! Looking forward to this one.

I wonder if the light spill can be fixed...?

I was thinking about starting with a thin edge of poster tack around the bottom of the ball to build up the edge of the alter at the light, so that it wouldn't be permanent but would test out my theory.

Wor-Gar · Feb 10, 2016

Michael Crawford said:
I was thinking about starting with a thin edge of poster tack around the bottom of the ball to build up the edge of the alter at the light, so that it wouldn't be permanent but would test out my theory.

Yeah or even a very thin black ring washer... you would likely see it a bit but the fact that the ball would glow rather than the table spill might direct the eyes away from the little raised edge under the marble.