InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Legolas 1:6

[webhead05]

Legolas was my favorite growing up -- have always loved archers and still do -- so this one is a no-brainer for me! I just wish I hadn't been an ***** and missed the boat on Aragorn.

 

[Sassafras]

And that’s a shame.

They won’t optimize things unless there’s a major/general consensus – a huge uproar where everyone and their mother cries out where even the average collectors moan and *****, like they did about the Hermione seamed legs.

If people don’t care for these things or push back (mock and laugh at) on those craving more accuracy, then it’s game over.

Agree it's a shame. Over the years I've enjoyed and marveled over ASMUS and even Sideshow (what little I have of theirs) attention to details (including Gandalf's pants ; the tiny armor scales on Thorin's armor and the etchings on 1/6 swords, and so on). Like I was thrilled InArt at least attempted to put the "leather embroidery" on Aragorn's outer coat in the form of a patch, at least.

Just like I was unhappy with the overly large edging on the same coat and too short tunic. Weirdly the tunic doesn't seem to be quite right on the Queen 1/3 statue either tho maybe it's just bunched up.

Like even if you can't see it on display, it's nice to know it's there. But agree a lot of people will focus on the sculpt and more basic details. I suspect Legolas will also use inexpensive cloths, like Aragorn. Although the Patterson Bruce Wayne figure has a real nice coat with lining; go figure.

 

[Sassafras]

Legolas was my favorite growing up -- have always loved archers and still do -- so this one is a no-brainer for me! I just wish I hadn't been an ***** and missed the boat on Aragorn.

Yeah, I missed the boat on the Premium Jack Sparrow. Tho we can always get ripped off pay extra and get a fig.

Undecided about Legolas. I missed Aragorn but have Gandalf. Also two pre-orders in a day seems like a lot for InArt when a lot of people are still waiting on figures that already released months ago.

Makes me uneasy, like one of those companies that needs the money from POs etc. I'll put in a down payment but I wouldn't pay off until it's shipping, not even a payment plan. Tho I like having the deck cleared re payments.

 

[davejames]

I hope so, although I doubt it since it’s licensed as a Fellowship figure.

But then again Aragorn only wears Boromir’s gauntlets for like 3 seconds in Fellowship.

Well that's a bummer. The only reason I would have wanted this is for the armored look. His regular outfit is too boring and simple for my taste, and I don't really care enough about the character otherwise.

 

[chrisstbh]

Well that's a bummer. The only reason I would have wanted this is for the armored look. His regular outfit is too boring and simple for my taste, and I don't really care enough about the character otherwise.

I think they only have the license for Fellowship.

 

[scumonkey]

wont the armor from the asmus fig work with inarts, like the armor from the asmus aragorn does with inarts?

 

[chrisstbh]

wont the armor from the asmus fig work with inarts, like the armor from the asmus aragorn does with inarts?

Probably but the downside is you need to buy an Asmus figure.

 

[scumonkey]

not if you already have one (like me)

 

[chrisstbh]

not if you already have one (like me)

My condolences

 

[Wor-Gar]

Looks like InArt listened and fixed the color of the jerkin... so that's good.

 

[TheBatman]

I'm certainly not knocking you for wanting accuracy, but at the end of the day, I just don't think the average collector cares enough to make the kind of noise that InArt would do something about.

There's some details that people here nitpick that really, only their ego knows to nitpick.
Like 99.999% of people are not going to care nor notice...

I'd imagine the 0.001% that are sticklers for such miniscule detail are this guy:

 

[he-man]

There's some details that people here nitpick that really, only their ego knows to nitpick.
Like 99.999% of people are not going to care nor notice...

I'd imagine the 0.001% that are sticklers for such miniscule detail are this guy:

Virgin jokes.. really?
Btw to everyone in the real world, that’s you as well playing with your inaccurate dolls.

Anyway who cares if someone wants to be a stickler for accuracy or not. People say if you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Well if you don’t like people discussing on this forum, don’t partake.

 

[Sassafras]

Virgin jokes.. really?
Btw to everyone in the real world, that’s you as well playing with your inaccurate dolls.

Anyway who cares if someone wants to be a stickler for accuracy or not. People say if you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Well if you don’t like people discussing on this forum, don’t partake.

People who are stickler for accuracy are the same kind of people whose movie costumes are discussed 20 years later, end up in books, and are used in classrooms. I know this because I just picked up the inexpensive Padme red gown fig and there's entire commentaries on how those SW costumes were made.

People who aren't sticklers for detail end up with coffee cups on the sets of medieval dramas that become memes and are mocked by the entire Internet.

 

[TheBatman]

People who are stickler for accuracy are the same kind of people whose movie costumes are discussed 20 years later, end up in books, and are used in classrooms. I know this because I just picked up the inexpensive Padme red gown fig and there's entire commentaries on how those SW costumes were made.

People who aren't sticklers for detail end up with coffee cups on the sets of medieval dramas that become memes and are mocked by the entire Internet.

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Season 8 does not count...that was just a horrible season....

 

[Sassafras]

Season 8 does not count...that was just a horrible season....

Well ok, the Braveheart truck then....

Maybe it was supposed to be some sort of medieval secret weapon.....

 

[Nick D]

I’d think people from the outside world would respect someone wanting to get something as accurate as possible to what’s on screen in an art sense,
than seeing an adult jump for joy when they
find out a toy company made their favorite character.

One has purpose, the other is looked
at as a grown up attempting to relive their childhood. The details are the only thing that separates collectibles from toys at your local Target.
The more realistic something is, the less weird you appear. Someone with realistic LOTR statues looks like less of a weirdo than someone that just watches anime and collects nothing.

 

[Stryker2011]

Looks like InArt listened and fixed the color of the jerkin... so that's good.



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I had no idea Justin Timberlake played Legolas.

 

[HyperDrive]

Idk, but some of us like costume design and revel in the details. In another life, I’d have worked in either Concept Design or Costume Design and this is a facet of 1/6 figure-making that I personally love and brings me joy.

I’m sharing a video about the costume design in Fellowship of the Ring featuring Ngila Dickson, the Oscar-winning legendary Lead Costume Designer behind the LOTR Trilogy costume designs. She even mentions giving Saruman’s costume a “sense of age” by “aging” the clothing and that’s essentially what INART should (ideally) do with Legolas’s two tone jerkin.

 

[Giimli86]

If past releases are any indication then this is going to be a Q2 2026 release, that would make it 18-20 months from October 2nd.

 

[mikeljanin]

Idk, but some of us like costume design and revel in the details. In another life, I’d have worked in either Concept Design or Costume Design and this is a facet of 1/6 figure-making that I personally love and brings me joy.

I’m sharing a video about the costume design in Fellowship of the Ring featuring Ngila Dickson, the Oscar-winning legendary Lead Costume Designer behind the LOTR Trilogy costume designs. She even mentions giving Saruman’s costume a “sense of age” by “aging” the clothing and that’s essentially what INART should (ideally) do with Legolas’s two tone jerkin.

What a cool video, and shows part of why these movies stand after all this time. Lots of love and care on building everything on them.