Asmus Toys : Lord of the Ring thread

[Geb]

I'm guessing that they will do a Gimli, Merry and Pippin if the line sticks it out for their total 5-year plan. Mixed in there will lilkely be lots of baddies including Mordor Orcs, uruks, Moria Goblins, etc.

What I am HOPING for is that the line is successful enough to justify a couple RE-DOs on Boromir and Legolas...

The COSTUMING for Boromir and Legolas from Sideshow are very good...but the head sculpt is what did these in...

 

[LordAzrael]

Body issues may hold up gimli and hobbits. Note asmus are using a kaustic plastic body - do they have any experience in building a whole body ?

 

[superdoug]

Body issues may hold up gimli and hobbits. Note asmus are using a kaustic plastic body - do they have any experience in building a whole body ?

They might be able to work out a deal with Sideshow for their hobbit body since they are getting so much use out of it. It's a no risk deal for Sideshow if they are done with hobbits. Sell the the rights to use the body for that line only and let Asmus pay for the manufacturing of the bodies.

 

[King Darkness]

No. Sideshow's hobbit bodies left A LOT to be desired. A newly developed body would be much better.

 

[superdoug]

I didn't think they were that bad. If the joints were tightened up and the seam on the shins hidden they are as good as Sideshows other bodies in my opinion. Asmus would need to sculpt new handsculpts thoguh because the hobbits hands were pretty bad at holding onto their swords.

 

[galactiboy]

The Hobbit bodies are a good design... but poorly executed. The biggest issue being every own I've owned (5 total) have been as loose as a ragdoll. On top of that they seem fairly brittle... I've had 2 that broke in different areas w/no apparant reason.

Lastly they're just too tall... be a good height for Gimli, but much too big for Hobbits.

 

[superdoug]

Yes I forgot about that since my hobbits are not displayed next to the full height characters. They are way to tall. The hobbit bodies should be around 6 to 7 inches in height. With that said if Asmus was to make Merry and Pippin and make them in the correct scale Frodo and Sam would not fit in. If they are going to be commmited to brining us all four hobbits I say adjust the scale but if they are only going to bring us Merry and Pippin I would rather they keep Sideshows scale.

 

[RyanSD]

Maybe KP will develop a new, shorter body for Asmus to use. KP would make a killing if they were to offer a well designed short body, and if their recent Muscle body is any indication, their quality is very good.

 

[Star Puffs]

No. Sideshow's hobbit bodies left A LOT to be desired. A newly developed body would be much better.

Starting with scale. It was almost like Sideshow was afraid of making Hobbits the proper size.

I have high hopes for this line in any case.

 

[Gipetto0812]

The Hobbit bodies are a good design... but poorly executed. The biggest issue being every own I've owned (5 total) have been as loose as a ragdoll. On top of that they seem fairly brittle... I've had 2 that broke in different areas w/no apparant reason.

Lastly they're just too tall... be a good height for Gimli, but much too big for Hobbits.

Yep non of my hobbits were able to stand without some support. And the chest on my Sam cracked open just by posing it.

Starting with scale. It was almost like Sideshow was afraid of making Hobbits the proper size.

I have high hopes for this line in any case.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was to avoid what they have to do with Yoda for scaling him proper in that they have to give him some type of dio or else they aren't allowed to sell him.

 

[Star Puffs]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was to avoid what they have to do with Yoda for scaling him proper in that they have to give him some type of dio or else they aren't allowed to sell him.

That crossed my mind too, that the Hobbits at proper scale would have been so short that they could have been interpreted as encroaching on Toy Biz's 6-inch-scale license.

Hopefully that is no longer a relevant concern.

 

[Bucky Underbelly]

Maybe it was a compromise from the get-go. I'd bet it had something to do with Sideshow wanting to be able to use the Hobbit bodies for other non-Hobbit characters (like Short Round) later on. If they'd continued to be a serious player in the 1/6 figure market, it would have been useful for them (i.e., less expensive) if the Hobbit bodies had been reusable (or at least have components that were) for a range of other figures.

 

[BLNadal]

 

[dwing]

Oh yeah!!! That one I'll have to order.

 

[AD Artwork]

thx mate,
it is nearly completed,
and will be revealed in just a matter of days.

Our artists will finish the paint job today, and hopefully can all be published by next week!

 

[sixxshooter]

Awesome !! Can you guys please do a uruk hai figure next year ? Please ????

 

[FLOSI]

Hot damn! That's going to be hard to resist!

 

[Mikekind]

What are we gonna do for a warg?

 

[Eterniandreams]

Can you buy these directly from Asmus?
I can't find their shop selling these.
Otherwize, any good European alternatives?

 

[Hamanu]

Can you buy these directly from Asmus?
I can't find their shop selling these.
Otherwize, any good European alternatives?

Here you go, my friend:

https://www.machinegun.fr/figurine-lord-of-the-rings-the-gothmog-p-10372