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

[Sassafras]

Should i buy a deluxe or two Standard and try to find two horses and some custom saddlery?

TBH - since just cruising through this thread - IMO buy the DX.

I like dioramas and buying my figs stuff. I bought Aragorn a horse. That will run you around ~200 minimum like for a Mr. Z horse.

Then there's the problem of the right kind of horse. Not every breed is out there as a 1/6, including an Andalusian which was Shadowfax.

The cost of well made tack is up there in 1/6 unless you plan to make your own. That's not "normal" tack either; not with all the straps, rings, etc. Save yourself the pain and get the Deluxe.

 

[Klornamafern]

Man I wanted to buy 3 soooo bad. What the hell happened to the prices, I'm still upset about it. I bet so many people would have bought more than 1 if the price wasnt 400 fkin dollars.

 

[redxavier]

Should have been a 2-pack at 400. I'd definitely get a pair at that price as would most people I imagine.

 

[Hoody999]

Should have been a 2-pack at 400. I'd definitely get a pair at that price as would most people I imagine.

Suits InArt though. Twice the money for half the work.

 

[Stryker2011]

Yeah. That much money for a faceless guy in a crappy bathrobe is nuts.

 

[Antarion]

They should at least mention if they come with wires or not.

 

[Life_m2000]

I’m still looking at these and I can’t see the value in them.
Like I want them but those prices.
I feel like we are being ripped off.

 

[mediame]

I’m still looking at these and I can’t see the value in them.
Like I want them but those prices.
I feel like we are being ripped off.

I can confirm that we are being ripped off. I can also confirm that I have already ordered this, and Legolas.

 

[Hologram AI]

I can confirm that we are being ripped off. I can also confirm that I have already ordered this, and Legolas.

This hobby in a nutshell.

 

[chrisstbh]

I can confirm that we are being ripped off. I can also confirm that I have already ordered this, and Legolas.

I mean even $300 for figures seems like a ripoff sometimes. I've seen non-collectors try to guess they price of 1/6 figures and they usually estimate it at like $50 .

Honestly I'd love to see a breakdown of production costs for a 1/6 figure. I wanna know how much profit they are making per figure. But I guess we will never really get insight into that.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The average Joe out there, who views these figures, would likely guess $150 to be nice... and think if it was any more, you'd have to be insane to buy one, let alone many.

I had a friend and her husband over for dinner once, and they demanded to see my collection, and when I showed them, the husband snickered and said: "you're one of those guys"...

People on this board must not have any 'regular people' friends if they think this hobby is normal and/or there is actual value in these dolls over long term. This is an OCD/impulse hobby. If you weren't collecting these, you'd be collecting something else... and most probably have in the past already.

 

[mediame]

The average Joe out there, who views these figures, would likely guess $150 to be nice... and think if it was any more, you'd have to be insane to buy one, let alone many.

I had a friend and her husband over for dinner once, and they demanded to see my collection, and when I showed them, the husband snickered and said: "you're one of those guys"...

People on this board must not have any 'regular people' friends if they think this hobby is normal and/or there is actual value in these dolls over long term. This is an OCD/impulse hobby. If you weren't collecting these, you'd be collecting something else... and most probably have in the past already.

If I wasn't collecting these, I would probably have a my own supersonic aircraft shuttling me between my beach house, and my castle on the other side of the world.

 

[Lejuan]

three hundred and ninety dollars

 

[Sassafras]

The average Joe out there, who views these figures, would likely guess $150 to be nice... and think if it was any more, you'd have to be insane to buy one, let alone many.

I had a friend and her husband over for dinner once, and they demanded to see my collection, and when I showed them, the husband snickered and said: "you're one of those guys"...

People on this board must not have any 'regular people' friends if they think this hobby is normal and/or there is actual value in these dolls over long term. This is an OCD/impulse hobby. If you weren't collecting these, you'd be collecting something else... and most probably have in the past already.

Yeah but don't see the difference between blowing money on a Cybertruck that can't fit a bicycle and melts from bird poo, having a boat that spends more time docked because of the expense (I kayak and there's plenty of boats that seem to sit for years), or a bro of mine who's into expensive wine, or people who buy first edition books and never open them because they'll get messed up.

Say what u like about geeks, geeks know how to do stuff thanks to this hobby. It leads you down unexpected roads (in my case learning about medieval armor), to folks who take up miniature electrical work, casting, 3D printing, painting, woodworking and glass work building cases, Tolkien, history, mythology, metalwork, leatherwork, costuming.

 

[Sassafras]

I’m still looking at these and I can’t see the value in them.
Like I want them but those prices.
I feel like we are being ripped off.

Well....
http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=120548;

It may not look like much more than a pile of black rags, but there's actually a lot more going on here.

Each of these costumes contains 48 meters (or 52.5 yards) of fabric! Mostly silks, since those drape so well. There are 5 seperate layers of costume here. And there were 29 wraith costumes made in total.

From Ngila: "I retrospective designed it which- - so in fact, there’s a drawing somewhere of the king, a king in an original, fully regal costume. And then I just redrew it, breaking it down more and more and more so that in fact the ring wraiths become- - there are vestiges of that original design as part of that costume. Totally subliminal. The costumes are built from the inside out. That’s a huge amount of detail and there’s a big reality to every single part of the costume. ... And it goes from quite light layers to really quite heavy woven- - not tight, because the textures and those sort of quite loosely woven, quite thick threaded silks."

So "worth" IMO is gonna depend on details, what materials are used, and how authentic did InArt get. I'm happy with my 3 ASMUS Nazgul; for me they are shelf elements and ASMUS is genius at using less expensive materials for effect. Question is, how far will InArt go - will they use cotton, not polyester; silk or a silk mix; wire the outer layers; does the underlying body suck, etc.

Except nobody gets to feel the figs up before purchase, unless InArt brags about the material ahead of time.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Say what u like about geeks, geeks know how to do stuff thanks to this hobby.

Your next task: learn to style hair.

 

[JackRusselTs]

So after looking online, the price for the horse isn’t too bad.

There’s new horse statues releasing this year, for $150 without a base or saddle and tack. Or over $200 for the accessories and they lack the scars, nails, and other bits this horse has.

Whats really going to upset me, is if the robes are not wired. Then it’s going to be a giant mess.

If you want multiples then maybe the play is to get this one as a center piece and maybe a few asmus Nazgûl’s. A few months back they were on sideshow for under $200

 

[Wor-Gar]

I actually think the wires will create the mess -- move one portion of the sleeve and the other portion moves too.

With no wires, just a good water treatment and let the fabric drench all over the horse and settle like slime... then it will look good. Wires will rust. They'll pop up when you don't want them too.

 

[The Entity]

Pre-ordered the deluxe yesterday. While it was pricey I really wanted this in the collection. For me this hobby started way back with the Toybiz figure and horse. I can finally update to a proper version and at the same time it's a nice tribute to where it all started.

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

Pre-ordered the deluxe yesterday. While it was pricey I really wanted this in the collection. For me this hobby started way back with the Toybiz figure and horse. I can finally update to a proper version and at the same time it's a nice tribute to where it all started.

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Toybiz LOTR line was THE next huge collection for me after Toltoys/Kenner Star wars.
Only recently got a few MOC Grails that I didn't get back in the day.
Thanks for sharing!!