Asmus Toys: Gandalf the White

[Wor-Gar]

Ouch.... Michael Crawford just awarded this figure "Worst 12 Figure of the Year 2014" in his Poppies.

I disagree with this vote, but its his personal choice.

 

[hoodonit00]

Ouch.... Michael Crawford just awarded this figure "Worst 12 Figure of the Year 2014" in his Poppies.

I disagree with this vote, but its his personal choice.

Yea I read that . BS to me.

 

[HYMN]

I'm not agree with him too. This figure wasn't the worst figure of 2014. It looks good in hand.

 

[jra81984]

Ouch.... Michael Crawford just awarded this figure "Worst 12 Figure of the Year 2014" in his Poppies.

I disagree with this vote, but its his personal choice.

It does make me curious though... are there other strong contenders for the worst?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Drake.

 

[Sankari]

Drake.

To be fair,
The head wasn't what was promised, but Asmus recognized the issue and is making a new one. I think its enough commitment

 

[Husker75]

Yeah, I thought that was a crap choice for him to list gandy as worst. He isn't perfect, sure. But it's still a nice fig, and for the price it's very nice. And with asmus trying to do a better head? It's gonna be more than nice!

 

[qualitymm]

i stil think ssc superman is the worst.. just how dare they can messed up the iconic superhero of our time.

 

[marker2037]

The recent pics of Supes shows he's actually very nice minus the trunks. But I agree, I've seen way worse figures than this Gandalf. The grey version is the one I really want though.

 

[superdoug]

Ha. Wow and this Gandalf is one of my favorite figures of the moment. Most of the time the squished head doesn't even bother me. It screams Ganalf the White to me and I can get it into a bunch of good poses so it ranks pretty high on my scale. To each his own I guess. To me Drake was the biggest let down I have seen with my own eyes. Never played the game but if the sculpt and paint came out better it would have been a neat figure in my opinion.

 

[Mr ?]

Do your other toys scream at you?

 

[superdoug]

lol. If they scream too much they get put back in their boxes.

 

[Snakey Jones]

You'de think that'd make them scream more actually.

 

[Mr ?]

GtG should come with an extra pipe smoking head sculpt. Nothing to do with GtW...just bumping.

 

[SideshoMel]

So when is Asmus going to deliver Gandalf the Grey? Hoping for an anouncement soon.

 

[Travis Baumann]

I'm still thinking about getting this as it is available at a number of retailers and as I re-read the series I just really want to get a Gandalf.

I read in another thread that someone fixed the squashed head thing by pushing in the post or something... can anyone elaborate, preferably with pictures?

 

[Eamon]

But the head on Gandalf was narrow and deformed in final product. It's look bloody aweful. What am I missing here?

 

[hoodonit00]

But the head on Gandalf was narrow and deformed in final product. It's look bloody aweful. What am I missing here?

It does not look as bad as you are making it out to be.

 

[hoodonit00]

I'm still thinking about getting this as it is available at a number of retailers and as I re-read the series I just really want to get a Gandalf.

I read in another thread that someone fixed the squashed head thing by pushing in the post or something... can anyone elaborate, preferably with pictures?

The head sculpt is a little narrow but is still nice enough and easily recognizable as to who it is supposed to be. I don't know about making it wider but the problem I thought was that it sat to high. If you push it down it bottoms out of the plug and looks much better. Asmus has said they are working on a replacement sculpt that will be free if you purchase GTG. Not exactly free I know but still better than nothing.

 

[superdoug]

Personally I really like my Gandalf. He's one of my favorites and if you push the plug further into the sculpt it widens out a little bit.