Statue Legolas Maquette

[The Josh]

Or maybe i have a kind of Smeagol/Gollum split personality whereby on one forum i can be really nice and on another really evil! Must be the company i keep on each respective forum.

So you're calling some folks on at least one forum evil and one forum good?

 

[FrodoEyes]

So you're calling some folks on at least one forum evil and one forum good?

No i'm referring to myself. And it was a joke. Get over it

 

[The Josh]

A bad joke. Nothing for me to get over. I could honestly care less.

 

[DaveMac]

So much interesting discourse from thread to thread here in LOTR. As the newest collector to the series, and being indubitably excited for the start of this new line, all I have to add is:

Sideshow! Bring on Legolas already!!!

I'm waiting for the Gollum/ Smeagol PF myself, but it's great to have some LOTR stuff to get excited about!!!

 

[woodsy]

Then allow me to explain!

That comment was quite clearly made before we saw any pictures of the maquettes. At the time all we knew was that we were going to get another Gandalf and Aragorn statue. .To be fair i DID say it'd probably be good!
As to the 'If it was Weta i'd get every one', that was based on the notion that they would carry on where they left off and not do another GTG etc.

Really??? That's funny because your comment was "quite clearly" made 3 month's after SS announced the launch of their new line during ToyFair 2010, [complete with a video containing conceptual art of the first 6 maquettes], and "quite clearly", 3 month's after threads appeared here and on the Weta forum, both of which you, "quite clearly", participated in. Hmmm......that's strange how you knew about Aragorn and Gandalf, but nothing about Boromir, Arwen, Gimli or Legolas...esp. since they all appeared in that video and all 6 images were posted on forums everywhere.....

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/videos.php?videoID=541&utm_source=tf2010

As to the rest of it i don't believe that is me you are referring to as i never posted that.

You are correct, the comments I made about the pricing issue between the Weta environments and SS maquettes do not pertain to you as you have never complained about the higher pricing of either line.

Nor were the Smaug-related review comments aimed at you. As a matter of fact you were the only guy who recognized the baseless shot taken at me [while I was scouring the globe in search of web enemies to dispatch, one by one ], and who said something about it.

Or maybe i have a kind of Smeagol/Gollum split personality whereby on one forum i can be really nice and on another really evil! Must be the company i keep on each respective forum.

Look, there are some really nice people over there on the Weta forum.....please do not paint them all with the same evil brush.

I believe i have covered all the points raised in your rant. As nothing i can say can stop you doing otherwise, from now on i shall stick my fingers in my ears and go 'NA NA NA NA' whenever you write any more of your multi-quote posts of doom.

Yes, I believe you have covered all the points raised in my.....rant
And I must say, the way you handled my comments pertaining to those who have an understanding of art and those who don't, was masterful. I can safely say your response will have politicians everywhere green with envy.

On a sidenote, I know you completely ignored my Jerry VanderStelt vs John Howe and Alan Lee comparison, but hopefully you'll answer these ones....if you can find the time that is

Does this mean that Daniel Cockersell's Gollum Statue is less meaningful since he wasn't a part of the team that participated in the movies? And what about every other LOTR sculpt that he and Weta's other new sculptors work on....less meaningful?

And how about Markus Hausburg's spectacular MOSoS statue...is it less meaningful because he's never worked for Weta? I have to say I'm in a real dilemma here. He is a character invented by Weta, but Markus is a Weta "outsider". Should I contact Markus and tell him his version of the MOSoS just isn't as meaningful, that it's not quite as special because he doesn't work for Weta?

Not that I'm keeping score, but there sure do seem to be alot of holes in that "Weta is better" theory of yours......

 

[FrodoEyes]

Really??? That's funny because your comment was "quite clearly" made 3 month's after SS announced the launch of their new line during ToyFair 2010,

Exactly, we hadn't seen the actual product, just drawings of super-hero looking main characters.

Nor were the Smaug-related review comments aimed at you. As a matter of fact you were the only guy who recognized the baseless shot taken at me [while I was scouring the globe in search of web enemies to dispatch, one by one ], and who said something about it.

See, i can be nice sometimes.

On a sidenote, I know you completely ignored my Jerry VanderStelt vs John Howe and Alan Lee comparison, but hopefully you'll answer these ones....if you can find the time that is

Does this mean that Daniel Cockersell's Gollum Statue is less meaningful since he wasn't a part of the team that participated in the movies? And what about every other LOTR sculpt that he and Weta's other new sculptors work on....less meaningful?

And how about Markus Hausburg's spectacular MOSoS statue...is it less meaningful because he's never worked for Weta? I have to say I'm in a real dilemma here. He is a character invented by Weta, but Markus is a Weta "outsider". Should I contact Markus and tell him his version of the MOSoS just isn't as meaningful, that it's not quite as special because he doesn't work for Weta?

Not that I'm keeping score, but there sure do seem to be alot of holes in that "Weta is better" theory of yours......

Not at all, i like most of the Tolkien illustrators work, but you can't deny that Alan Lee and John Howe's are the best, thus why they were chosen to work on the film. I love Ted Naismiths work, and particularly prefer his version of Minas Tirith and the Pelennor Fields. When i do my LOTR TV series i'll hire him as my chief illustrator

Talking as you are about Daniel and Markus is just trying to add fuel to the fire. I'm sure that you must know what i mean about Weta working on the original statues. The statues, busts etc were being made at the same time the movies were being filmed, so they had better access to actual movie maquettes, and as you see in the Weta Gollum dvd, the actors to model for them and offer advice. They had the actual movie props and miniatures at their disposal to base their collectibles on, and as i'm sure you'd say, Sideshow or any company could look at photo archives, but it isn't the same as having actual movie props, maquettes and actors there to help and inspire you. I and many others feel there is a special feel about the SSW partnership and you can sense it when you look at their work, and i believe this is due to the facts i have listed above.
I was one of the chief campaigners for a custom Mouth of Sauron statue, and as long as it looks good i don't care who does it because it's an item i want in my collection, and Markus has more than delivered. I can't judge the new Gollum statue as i haven't ordered it but it looks good.

As for that 'Weta is better'....... sigh. Do you remember that as my tag-line years ago? I wrote that on my profile section before Sideshow even re-aquired any kind of LOTR merchandising license. It was just a cheesy reference to a super-soaker advert which said 'Wetter is better!' and used it back in the day when the SSW partnership was coming to an end.

Any more holes, or are you going to give it a rest now? Or must i stick my fingers back in my ears?

 

[Fritz]

How about that Legolas Maquette?

 

[furystorm]

How about letting me order that Legolas maquette today at 2 PM PST Sideshow? What do you say?

I fear we may have to wait for Spooktacular at this point as products seem to be held for big events, and we are only two weeks out now. But I was really thinking SS would spring a sneak (previously non-previewed in any video) orc or otherwise into the line as a Spooktacular surprise. But now, I'm really not feeling like that is going to happen considering we have not seen a peep out of Legolas, and SS had previously said he would be shown about a month after SDCC.

 

[DinoDB1975]

I think we will either get the Mordor Orc PF or Gollum PF pre-order during Spooktacular. Two years ago, we got the Uruk-Hai Berserler PF pre-order during Spooktacular out of the blue, with no previous teasers.

 

[Seaward]

I really hope that we'll see Legolas today, and that Gollum pre-orders during the spooktacular.

I just hope that the newsletter posts before I leave from work and get stuck in traffic!

 

[DinoDB1975]

Man, I forgot that Sideshow changed the newsletter time. Thanks for reminding me (albeit inadvertantly), Seaward. I'll make sure I check before I leave work.

 

[furystorm]

Dissed again, this time by a preview of Rick from The Mummy!

 

[WrathofSauron]

YAY!! Don't have to get up during the night for the newsletter anymore, WOO HOO, who's a happy boy then???
Go Sideshow!!!

 

[The Ringer]

Dissed again, this time by a preview of Rick from The Mummy!

SS def knows how to make $.

 

[furystorm]

I'm fully not expecting it with this being the veritable eve of Spooktacular, but...

maybe we will see Legolas this afternoon?

 

[Seaward]

I hope we see Legolas today. Nothing states that we can't get a pre-order of this maquette (who is decidedly non-spooky) today and then we'll get a pre-order for the Gollum PF (who is most certainly spooky) or the Mordor Orc as a tie in for the Spooktacular!!!

I like the way you think Fury!

 

[furystorm]

I'm pessimistic because historically the week before any big event is usually quiet. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Seaward]

I just bumped up the Gollum thread, as I got an e-mail about his pre-order during Spooktacular, so I would guess that this line might have a Pre-Order sometime after that. Leggy looks to be delayed just a little longer!

 

[furystorm]

Maybe we can have two preorders during the same month for LOTR, at least that's what I'm hoping. Because I know Gollum will be released during Spook, all signs point to affirmative on that one. But Legs is in a whole different line. One which is supposed to be having a release about quarterly.

Basically, I'm saying, I'm ready!

Edit: Okay, yeah, the email that went out today concerning LOTR products does say at the bottom:

"we will reveal a brand new LOTR product..." (which is Gollum, of course)

So, unless we see Legolas today, he may be a while.

 

[Seaward]

We did get two preorders during/around SDCC, so we can always hope, but I am not sure that Spooktacular is the same magnitude of an event.

I actually kind of hope that we get to see Aragorn in hand before too many Pre-orders. I want to see the maquette displayed with my Premium Format figures and see how I like them together before I order too many more!