InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Frodo and Sam

[Wor-Gar]

Sadly, I'm relieved now that I didn't PO Legolas. The Three Hunters cannot be completed.

With Frodo and Sam being InArt's last LOTR figures, I fear they won't put their all into making them right. Maybe just reuse the Potter bodies and be done with it.

 

[DioramaMaker]

Yeah that's pretty bleak sounding if you go and translate it, @R_R_X is right. It still doesn't make sense to me, but what do I know. Do you speak Mandarin @R_R_X? I'd like to know what a non-google translate interpretation of what that post says, if anyone wants to take a stab at it.

But it's okay, we can "consider" other Michael Jackson designs and pump out MORE DARK KNIGHT crap. Ffs, because why the **** wouldn't we.

Honestly the Asmus Gimili looks pretty rough when put up against InArt, but at least I can have the three hunters on the shelf in the end.

It also looks like InArt has bent the knee to HT with Terminator, because realistically they're at best going to go toe to toe with the offerings from HT at this point. I can't blame them, HT beat them to the punch. I just wish they wouldn't have said that so HT would have been spooked into Sarah and T1. Now that this is in the open I think it's a moot point.

 

[ironwez20]

Lord I love Heath ledger joker but how many figures of him do we need? Sheesh.

 

[IronPatriotFTW]

That’s a Bummer if they really are the last

 

[Wor-Gar]

Honestly the Asmus Gimili looks pretty rough when put up against InArt, but at least I can have the three hunters on the shelf in the end.

That was not the plan. It is a sad sacrifice.

Right now, I thinking my "Three Hunters" are going to be InArt Gandalf, Aragorn and Frodo.

 

[ironwez20]

Yeah that's pretty bleak sounding if you go and translate it, @R_R_X is right. It still doesn't make sense to me, but what do I know. Do you speak Mandarin @R_R_X? I'd like to know what a non-google translate interpretation of what that post says, if anyone wants to take a stab at it.

But it's okay, we can "consider" other Michael Jackson designs and pump out MORE DARK KNIGHT crap. Ffs, because why the **** wouldn't we.

Honestly the Asmus Gimili looks pretty rough when put up against InArt, but at least I can have the three hunters on the shelf in the end.

Yes I don’t understand the need for so much the dark knight stuff. Joker figures are at an abundance and tdk batsuit is probably the worst batsuit in the trilogy. The need for a SUPER accurate tdk joker with real hair and or whatever has always been weird. We got so damn many since like 2008

 

[Giimli86]

Erhmm, are we 100% sure that Inart wont finish the 9 Heroes?

What would be the reason for it? As far as we know this line so far was really good selling...

 

[ironwez20]

Erhmm, are we 100% sure that Inart wont finish the 9 Heroes?

What would be the reason for it? As far as we know this line so far was really good selling...

True but I’ve been in this hobby for awhile. Things like that happen. Hot toys did this all the time . Even if the line was selling. They’d drop it for something that has been made a thousand times already. I hope they won’t but it’s happened with great figure lines before that sold well

 

[Mr.Tanker]

Sam and Frodo won't go up for pre-order until probably early 2026, and won't ship for another year after that.

My guess is that they meant that no other figures are under development at this time, because this is a company that only ships roughly 5 figures a year.

Everyone is basing this on a google translation of what an attendee says InArt said. People need to be taking that with the appropriate grain of salt.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Erhmm, are we 100% sure that Inart wont finish the 9 Heroes?

When it's InArt's own words... I'm not sure what the misunderstanding would be.

Oh wait... "hope"

 

[Wor-Gar]

Sam and Frodo won't go up for pre-order until probably early 2026, and won't ship for another year after that.

My guess is that they meant that no other figures are under development at this time, because this is a company that only ships roughly 5 figures a year.

More "hope" at work.

I expect we'll see a lot of this over 2025.

I'm going to take InArt at their word. Plan accordingly. Now at least I have lots of money to dump in other areas.

 

[Giimli86]

True but I’ve been in this hobby for awhile. Things like that happen. Hot toys did this all the time . Even if the line was selling. They’d drop it for something that has been made a thousand times already. I hope they won’t but it’s happened with great figure lines before that sold well

True that had happened in the past so it can happen now with Inart as well.

However no offense to anyone but I am fed up with 12 iterations of Batman from every company and god knows how many Jokers we have now. (and I do love Joker btw)

And they drop a beloved franchise when according to Kit it sold many times more than HP for example.

I just cant get my head around it when a profit oriented company drops a line which sells realy good.

If this is really a fact then have to see waht JND will do.

 

[HyperDrive]

If y’all don’t realize that superheroes are huge in China, especially the Nolan TDK Trilogy, Idk what to tell you. I’ve always heard it’s the biggest and most beloved thing in China.

I also don’t understand why some of you guys are acting like this is new news? We always knew they were looking to make TDK Batman and TDKR Selina Kyle. The only “surprise” is TDK Joker 2.0. But when you really think about it, it makes sense especially given what they feel about their 1.0.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I just cant get my head around it when a profit oriented company drops a line which sells realy good.

It would tell me that, overall, it is NOT selling so well.

 

[HyperDrive]

It would tell me that, overall, it is NOT selling so well.

Yeah it’s not. And consumers share part of the blame.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm to blame too. I didn't order Legolas because I felt the price was just too high.

They keep making Jokers because the devotion to that character knows no price barrier.

 

[Giimli86]

It would tell me that, overall, it is NOT selling so well.

Kit said something like 2-3 times more orders for Aragorn than HP back sometime. Then HP sells worse.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Kit said something like 2-3 times more orders for Aragorn than HP back sometime. Then HP sells worse.

Maybe for him. Doesn't mean that it sells for everyone like that.

It's InArt's total numbers that matter.

 

[HyperDrive]

Kit said something like 2-3 times more orders for Aragorn than HP back sometime. Then HP sells worse.

Also, OSK has lots of stateside and European consumers that are upping those numbers. The same probably can’t be said for INART’s domestic market..

 

[R_R_X]

Sam and Frodo won't go up for pre-order until probably early 2026, and won't ship for another year after that.

My guess is that they meant that no other figures are under development at this time, because this is a company that only ships roughly 5 figures a year.

Everyone is basing this on a google translation of what an attendee says InArt said. People need to be taking that with the appropriate grain of salt.

I confirmed everything that was said in the thread before posting it here, I didn't just use Google Translator if that's what you're implying. I said people on here can use it to try and read the thread but obviously a lot of things will not be properly translated.

The OP was very clear about what he asked and the response he got. He asked if InArt would be making all 9 members of the Fellowship, InArt replied with "Only Sam and Frodo are currently planned, other characters are not being considered." The OP then went on to add that Gandalf the White could yet be made and that Sam and Frodo are set to release in 2026.

Based on this information, the OP and other collectors feel like InArt is no longer interested in completing the Fellowship, which resulted in a lot of negative replies and others explaining why this was most likely always going to happen. I simply took the information from the OP's post and other posts they made in the their thread and relayed them here.

Of course anything can change, and InArt could go back to the line one day to complete the Fellowship, but at the moment it seems like they won't be doing more Fellowship members any time soon.