It really don't bother me the line being done. I KNOW someone will do Hobbit figs. And even if it don't happen it will make the SS figs i have all the more special in the future.
Confirmed: Sideshow no Longer Holds the licence for 1:6 LOTR
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LOTR never had a true "history" of toys like Star Wars did. Much of the success of the franchise in terms of collectibles was in statues. Maybe SSC thought that their SW success and the LOTR statue success would mesh into success for LOTR toys, but it didn't.
If I remember correctly, Aragorn wasn't a super quick sell out like all the SW figures had been up to that point.
If I remember correctly, Aragorn wasn't a super quick sell out like all the SW figures had been up to that point.
Boba Fett
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Bummer, but it was only a matter of time when the other shoe would drop.
At least the PF line continues.
At least the PF line continues.
Custom world doesn't pay the licensing fee.
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I think the pace was the main culprit of the problem. With other licenses like Batman, TDK and Iron Man sapping enthusiasm in the market, LOTR was just not as glamorous as it once was.
This is what I'm thinking too. Just not enough product in the market when there was a market. Hell, they released like 7 figures in like six or seven years...that's a horrible average for any line and if that had happened to any other line, including SSCs SW and HTs Batman/TDK lines, it would have died too. Keep in mind that SSC never released any baddies to spice up the line at all and the most sought after figures for this line would have never been produced by SSC cause they would have required too much new sculpting and R&D...Sauron, Orcs, Urai-kai and all other armored characters...these were the chewbacca's of the LOTR line. SSC has no desire to put that type of cash and effort behind such things.
Anyway, maybe HTs will take a look at it like they did with the POTA and just do some cool ass companion pieces like I mentioned and let it be.
Thats the funny thing about the hobbits. LOTR figures where very detailed and came with lots of stuff. So the price on these was always going to be higher so I never got why folks expected something for nothing.
That's one of the best things with SS. They do everything they can IMO to put out the best item they can. Simply because they do care about the lines they have or have had.
This was one of the reasons. Lots of folks that collected the SSW line ragged on the SS 1:6th stuff and even the PF's too because they're not statues. Kind of a uppity attitude if you ask me but I digress. So it was going to have to catch on to folks who where open minded about buying 1:6th figures. Which I'll say I wasn't sure of till I had gotten a few then I started loving this scale of figures.
Speed of releases IMO was the major factor of why things went bad. People have the patience of a 2 year old with adhd. If its not out now when they want it they move on.
It's definitely sad news when "officially" confirmed, but who here honestly thought that the line would be miraculously restarted out of the blue, someday? (besides those infected with Fool's Hope...) 
I'm being honest when I say that the demise of this line really threw a monkey wrench into my 1/6th figure collecting gears. I've picked up a figure here and there since the release of Gandalf, but I'm pretty much done with 1/6th figures in general and collecting complete lines, specifically.
Truth be told, SS isn't the only company guilty of incomplete lines. The mighty Hot Toys is famous for this as well. But to have it done to the LOTR line was like the pouring of cold water down one's back.
I'm being honest when I say that the demise of this line really threw a monkey wrench into my 1/6th figure collecting gears. I've picked up a figure here and there since the release of Gandalf, but I'm pretty much done with 1/6th figures in general and collecting complete lines, specifically.
Truth be told, SS isn't the only company guilty of incomplete lines. The mighty Hot Toys is famous for this as well. But to have it done to the LOTR line was like the pouring of cold water down one's back.
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It's definitely sad news when "officially" confirmed, but who here honestly thought that the line would be miraculously restarted out of the blue, someday? (besides those infected with Fool's Hope...)
I'm being honest when I say that the demise of this line really threw a monkey wrench into my 1/6th figure collecting gears. I've picked up a figure here and there since the release of Gandalf, but I'm pretty much done with 1/6th figures in general and collecting complete lines, specifically.
Truth be told, SS isn't the only company guilty of incomplete lines. The mighty Hot Toys is famous for this as well. But to have it done to the LOTR line was like the pouring of cold water down one's back.
i agree..
the way that line was treated really upset me.
I'm probably gonna keep on collecting the star wars line, just because it's like crack for me..
but as far as other lines, i just pick and choose the few i really want.
At this point, i'm just picking up iconic ones i really like.. like dutch and the pred.. the endos.. stuff like that.
I think i'm kinda nervous about "lines" now..
so sad too.. they ended on such a high note with gandy and the hobbits.
And honestly, the gimli customs look better than sideshows probably would have turned out.. lol.. so i'm not too bummed about him..
but i really would have liked merry and pip. would have been so easy too. Bummer. Either way, i still have my hope. And that hope, is with the fans, and the custom makers! This board keeps me happy, and makes me feel a lot better about that type of stuff. We have some amazing people on here and we all tend to pitch in and help each other out in making some awesome stuff. So in that way, i look at it as a plus in some ways. That gimli custom was amazing fun to work on, and i'm so greatful to everyone who helped me with mine! Can't wait to try painting the new head too.. but alas, i think i'll practice on my extra hobbit heads since i have no l33t skills at painting as of yet.
If someone can name me one company that has ever "completed" a line I will be surprised. Its the varying degrees of "complete" which chafe the collectors chaps.
Thats true. I mean unless you do really every character that had time on screen that had something other than just walking through a scene a line isn't ever complete.
maskfreak
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GI Joe 1982-1994. Oh wait, they never made Bongo the Balloon Bear, Billy, Dr. Venom. Good question.
I agree. I think if Sideshow would have finished the Fellowship, that would have meant "complete" for a lot of collectors. Sure, there are folks out there who would have wanted a Ringwraith or Saruman, etc., but to have, at the very least, the Fellowship would have satisfied a lot of folks.
I think SS spreads themselves to thin, and doesnt give enough attention to a line when they get it, unless that line is SW. And ultimately thats what was the demise of LOTR, and Im hoping history doesnt repeat itself in the Joe line.
I learned a long time ago to not expect a complete line of anything from any company, simply because there is too much product out there and no long-term sustainability of any one license. Even with Star Wars, years have gone by and collectors are still waiting on core characters to be made.
Alice Adrenochrome
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Well, while SSC had the licence, what they did, they did good. And even if Faramir is a nice figure, I wish they would have made a female character in stead. Arwin or Eowyn. Oh, and yes, Haldir in war attire will be missed. Sigh, LotR, just isn't SW... .
icruise
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Hasbro is getting close with 3 3/4" Star Wars -- rumor has it that the Ice Cream Maker Guy is coming in 2009.
But generally people are talking about the main characters when they talk about a line being completed. If you use that definition, I think lots of companies have done so. Of course LOTR probably has more main characters than most lines, but they weren't that far away from completion. Pippin, Merry, and Saruman would have been totally doable from an R&D standpoint, and I don't think you'd hear as many complaints if they quit after that, even if we never got orcs or ringwraiths.
Dally
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You could post about it on their FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Toys/58690437343
I doubt that would get us anywhere, but at least they read that.
i think i read something in the very begining about them planning on four figures a year for the joe line (not counting the exclusives). i might be mistaken and they might have changed their minds but it seems about right. snake, cc, trooper and storm in this year and next year one each quater?
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