shades of Mordor Dio!

[Bullseye]

This is an amazing piece. WOW.

 

[creature4000]

It's very, very cool... but not worth that price!

 

[BRFC]

Hmm, disapointed wanted this to rock, but never got that WOW factor when looking at for the first time. Agree with everyone who says not enough weathertop enviroment

 

[DaveMac]

Great sculpts, yes. But WHY hasn't the exclusive Frodo been made to interlock ? I suppose it does say companion piece, same as the skulls on plinths for the dinosaur exclusive line. Works for dino's, but not for splitting a key confrontation.

Not so sure now about this one having been very pleased with previous dio's and what I got for my money.

 

[Red]

Like a few of you i have mixed feelings and considering the price will most likely let this pass and hold onto the thought that a Ringwraith PF is lurking just around the next corner.
(Senses malice heading towards this post)

 

[toystales]

The price is on the high side for my budget. Nevertheless, I will still go ahead and place my PO. I can live with the Regular Edition since it is the Ringwraiths I am after. And if a PF Ringwraith comes along before this item ships, I will probably order that and cancel this one.

 

[icruise]

With Frodo, it's not bad. Without Frodo, it looks incomplete. Either way, I'm not getting it.

 

[The Josh]

I hope you do too Josh
I think I may pass on this Piece

Thnx!! yeah, it may not have a ton of base to it or outside stuff but I'm really blown away by the impact the Ex has.

 

[woodsy]

Just my opinion, but I think SS with their sneak peeks leave us with a "catch 22" situation. On the one hand they provide us a small glimpse of what is to come, but in doing so, they also allow us enough time for our imaginations to run wild. And unfortunately, rarely does the end product meet the expectations of our wildest dreams.
As for the price, yes $350 is alot of money, and no there's not alot of weathertop in this dio., but there are 6 figures....ok 5 1/2 . Sure the Helm's Deep dio. for $50 less features 3 characters and a very nice base, but that's still half the amount of characters in this one. So there's the compromise...alot more figures [guaranteeing the accuracy of the scene] but not much in the way of a detailed base. Something I can certainly live with.

 

[GondorGirl]

Just my opinion, but I think SS with their sneak peeks leave us with a "catch 22" situation. On the one hand they provide us a small glimpse of what is to come, but in doing so, they also allow us enough time for our imaginations to run wild. And unfortunately, rarely does the end product meet the expectations of our wildest dreams.
As for the price, yes $350 is alot of money, and no there's not alot of weathertop in this dio., but there are 6 figures....ok 5 1/2 . Sure the Helm's Deep dio. for $50 less features 3 characters and a very nice base, but that's still half the amount of characters in this one. So there's the compromise...alot more figures [guaranteeing the accuracy of the scene] but not much in the way of a detailed base. Something I can certainly live with.

Put into words exactly how I feel, which appeals to the laziness in me

Thanks Woodsy

 

[-Super Hans-]

Like a few of you i have mixed feelings and considering the price will most likely let this pass and hold onto the thought that a Ringwraith PF is lurking just around the next corner.
(Senses malice heading towards this post)

yep, as awesome as it is im gonna wait for the PF, plus far too much on order bring on the PF

 

[woodsy]

Put into words exactly how I feel, which appeals to the laziness in me

Thanks Woodsy

Well as long as one of us said it. Looks like we made the right call concerning Frodo on a separate base......

 

[GondorGirl]

Well as long as one of us said it. Looks like we made the right call concerning Frodo on a separate base......

Just what I was thinking when I saw the pics this morning...we clearly rock

I'm just glad that I still like this piece, I think the problem that alot of people are having is that this is not what was expected...but I will say that having frodo as a seperate piece will make the Reg. of this far less redundant then was predicted beforehand IMO, simply because there isn't a space on the base where Frodo would have been

 

[woodsy]

Just what I was thinking when I saw the pics this morning...we clearly rock

Now how can I possibly disagree with a statement like that ?

I'm just glad that I still like this piece, I think the problem that alot of people are having is that this is not what was expected...but I will say that having frodo as a seperate piece will make the Reg. of this far less redundant then was predicted beforehand IMO, simply because there isn't a space on the base where Frodo would have been

I agree. Having a large empty space in front of the ringwraiths just wouldn't have looked right.

 

[The Josh]

I admit like the rest to being surprised that there wasn't more base to it. The picture though of them from the side going after Frodo just hit me like a mack truck.

 

[GondorGirl]

Now how can I possibly disagree with a statement like that ?

Its impossible I know!

I agree. Having a large empty space in front of the ringwraiths just wouldn't have looked right.

I agree right back. I think SS have been a smart making the Frodo completely seperate for that reason alone

I admit like the rest to being surprised that there wasn't more base to it. The picture though of them from the side going after Frodo just hit me like a mack truck.

Thats a good thing right??

 

[Polylord]

I agree right back. I think SS have been a smart making the Frodo completely seperate for that reason alone

I think you're wrong. Sideshow should have never put Frodo as an exclusive. He just has to be part of the diorama. Making him an exclusive is just very odd. It's like having two Uruk's standing on the walls of Helm's Deep and put Aragorn there as the exclusive. It doesn't make any sense.

The base should have been in one piece, with Frodo there. Not two seperate pieces of "rock". It looks ridiculous. I'm sure they could have come up with something else for the exclusive. Or just don't put any exclusive in there at all. There has never been a diorama of LotR that had an exclusive and nobody ever complained.

 

[LOTRFan]

I wasn't expecting too much of an inclusion of Weathertop; but as I recall when SS announced the dio line they indicated their own excitement to revist the locations of Middle Earth - truth be told thus far they haven't really done that (or at least in a meaningful way). The only exceptions might be Helm's Deep and Orthanc.

 

[GondorGirl]

I think you're wrong. Sideshow should have never put Frodo as an exclusive. He just has to be part of the diorama. Making him an exclusive is just very odd. It's like having two Uruk's standing on the walls of Helm's Deep and put Aragorn there as the exclusive. It doesn't make any sense.

The base should have been in one piece, with Frodo there. Not two seperate pieces of "rock". It looks ridiculous. I'm sure they could have come up with something else for the exclusive. Or just don't put any exclusive in there at all. There has never been a diorama of LotR that had an exclusive and nobody ever complained.

I meant more because that way they will actually be able to sell the Reg. of this diorama

I do see your points but I personally don't think it looks ridiculous, in fact if you look at it another way, the exclusive means two statues in one, there is no saying that they have to be displayed together, they both depict iconic images from the film without neccessarily being co-dependent of each other. I think that the RRP would have shot through the roof if it had been the Ringwraiths and Frodo on one huge base, with all the added stone etc that would have to go into that...then, of coarse, people would have been complaining about the price.

 

[woodsy]

I think you're wrong. Sideshow should have never put Frodo as an exclusive. He just has to be part of the diorama. Making him an exclusive is just very odd. It's like having two Uruk's standing on the walls of Helm's Deep and put Aragorn there as the exclusive. It doesn't make any sense.
The base should have been in one piece, with Frodo there. Not two seperate pieces of "rock". It looks ridiculous. I'm sure they could have come up with something else for the exclusive. Or just don't put any exclusive in there at all. There has never been a diorama of LotR that had an exclusive and nobody ever complained.

I don't think the comparison is fair. Having a few Uruk Hai alone on the walls of Helm's Deep is not what I would consider to be a stand alone piece. Whereas I think five ringwraiths lurching forward with swords drawn does work as a stand alone piece. But yeah, I do think having Frodo present is crucial, at least to me it is, which is why I'll be ordering the excl. tomorrow.