Jokes & Bats
Super Freak
This is my first Asmus figure. Legolas is my favourite character from LOTR and I couldn't not buy this.
Just to note - in the pictures, he is wearing the Sideshow cloak with the ACI broach.
The good:
The clothing and tailoring is superb. His main 'jacket' feels very high quality and fits his body very well.
The clothing looks very brown in the pictures but is green in person.
The belts and buckles are all very nice and feel sturdy. Some of the buckles on the quiver are real metal.
His boots and vambraces are a very nice soft plastic.
The hands do have some seams showing but all look very natural and go on the wrist pegs easily.
The weapons feel strong enough and the string on the bow is excellent. It is some sort of elastic.
The quiver looks lovely.
The headsculpt is not perfect but does have a lot of Orlando Bloom in there. He does look very pale.
The shape of the body is very natural due to a rubber chest and neck piece.
The cons:
The quiver straps are simply too short and do not allow you to have the straps sitting on the figure in the same place
as they are in the film. As a result, I have had to undo them in order to make some of them longer.
My straps go over the cloak whereas they should go through holes in the cloak but I didn't want to damage it.
The rubber chest and neck do not help with the strap lengths and in fact, it is better to remove the chest piece entirely.
The eleven daggers with half a blade that fit into the quiver scabbards don't fit properly. They are too big and won't go in.
The scabbards for the daggers themselves were on the wrong way, making the dagger handles curve out when they should curve in.
The cloak, although the material is very nice and it hangs well, is far too dark and doesn't look like the cloak from the film.
The elven broach is also attached in a way so that it is constantly pointing downwards and not to the side as it should.
Overall - if you love the character and love the books and films, then this is a no-brainer. There are certain finishing touches that could improve this figure and just take it another step up such as the quiver straps and ill-fitting dagger blades but apart from that, it is excellent.
Just to note - in the pictures, he is wearing the Sideshow cloak with the ACI broach.
The good:
The clothing and tailoring is superb. His main 'jacket' feels very high quality and fits his body very well.
The clothing looks very brown in the pictures but is green in person.
The belts and buckles are all very nice and feel sturdy. Some of the buckles on the quiver are real metal.
His boots and vambraces are a very nice soft plastic.
The hands do have some seams showing but all look very natural and go on the wrist pegs easily.
The weapons feel strong enough and the string on the bow is excellent. It is some sort of elastic.
The quiver looks lovely.
The headsculpt is not perfect but does have a lot of Orlando Bloom in there. He does look very pale.
The shape of the body is very natural due to a rubber chest and neck piece.
The cons:
The quiver straps are simply too short and do not allow you to have the straps sitting on the figure in the same place
as they are in the film. As a result, I have had to undo them in order to make some of them longer.
My straps go over the cloak whereas they should go through holes in the cloak but I didn't want to damage it.
The rubber chest and neck do not help with the strap lengths and in fact, it is better to remove the chest piece entirely.
The eleven daggers with half a blade that fit into the quiver scabbards don't fit properly. They are too big and won't go in.
The scabbards for the daggers themselves were on the wrong way, making the dagger handles curve out when they should curve in.
The cloak, although the material is very nice and it hangs well, is far too dark and doesn't look like the cloak from the film.
The elven broach is also attached in a way so that it is constantly pointing downwards and not to the side as it should.
Overall - if you love the character and love the books and films, then this is a no-brainer. There are certain finishing touches that could improve this figure and just take it another step up such as the quiver straps and ill-fitting dagger blades but apart from that, it is excellent.