Eaglemoss to make collectible chess pieces for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

[The Josh]

News via TORn Eaglemoss to make collectibles based on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

 

[bill59]

That is great news...guys you are going to love these.

While the article gives the impression that this is the first time Eaglemoss have produced LOTR chess figures - in fact they have produced 3 LOTR chess sets and 180 non chess figures and a number if specials in the past...they were fantastic and I am sure the Hobbit sets will be just as good, if not better.

Eaglemoss did not distribute in the US last time, so this is you chance to get them now.

Well worth getting IMHO.

Here is an idea of what they produced last time.

Remember it is the offer they had last time and my not be on offer this time round.

And here are some of the non chess pieces they produced.

I can't recommend these highly enough to you guys.



Bill

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, I thought they were pretty cool. I didn't get any last time but I'm likely to grab something this time around.

 

[TheCurse9]

Does anyone know how will they be available in the US (or maybe in Canada)?

Via subscription? Via the Previews? In kiosks?

In the past, it's always been complicated to get Eaglemoss items in North America...

 

[The Josh]

Nothing yet. Once we get more info at torn I will make sure it gets posted.

 

[The Ween]

Nothing yet. Once we get more info at torn I will make sure it gets posted.

If I can remember right, you can either buy them seperately as they are produced, or have a subscription.

That's what I'll do if they have it, subscribe! I so wanted these the first time around, but came into it a bit late and didn't want to try and get the ones they no longer had.

Now if I could only play chess.

 

[FrodoEyes]

I hope they don't do normal non-chess pieces like they did with LOTR - i HAD to get them all and there were hundreds of the buggers!!

 

[dtssyst]

I really hope that they make these available to the US market.
I have a few of the non chess pieces and they are great.

 

[The Josh]

Cool! Thanks for the info Ween that seems like a good idea if one gets into them.

 

[melanarus]

Seriously doubt Eaglemoss will make this available in the US. Eaglemoss does a lot of other magazine and figure (or other small collectible) and they have been doing the LOTR figures for 7-8 years I think. All the figures are smaller than 4 inches and cast from lead, really nicely sculpted too.

I had to track down all the figures I wanted by going on Ebay UK and finding the figures I wanted and getting them shipped to the US, and lead is heavy and the shipping was really expensive for these things. Or get someone in the UK to subscribe to the figures for you and send them to you every few months.

The only other problem I had with the figures is that they are made from lead and many tiny weapons and helmets were bent or broken during shipping. Also, the paint app on the figures from the factory line in China leaves much to be desired. Paints are very dull and sloppy because of the small scale. Amazing how much better the figures looked after repainting them with some miniatures paints like Vallejo!

I've got about forty or fifty of the LOTR Model and Chess figures for sale cheap myself if anyone is interested in a fun weekend project repainting the figurines.

 

[The Josh]

I kind of took it that they would but we shall see.

 

[The Ween]

I kind of took it that they would but we shall see.

Since they already make Lord of the Rings pieces in the UK, why would they announce it again? The Hobbit I could see, but since they're announcing The Lord of Rings pieces as well, makes me think they're going to have them here.

You can get their DC line through some comic book stores.

 

[The Josh]

That very easily could be. I'm gonna try to figure this out if nothing comes soon.

 

[dtssyst]

Any more word on this?

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Sweet. They look nice to eat.

 

[DaveMac]

Sweet. They look nice to eat.

I hear the Trolls are mighty chewy!

 

[Fremen]

I have some of these and they are fantastic. I look forward to seeing new ones.