So...no new LOTR PF?

[Bannister]

Dusty--Let's say that you guys had intended the next one to be announced a while ago but it was taking longer to get approved. So the next one in line catches up to it in the production pipeline and you have two nearly ready for preview.

Does that mean that you will just shelve the second one until a more appropriate time (even though it's ready to go) just for the sake of spacing out the announcements? Or would you put out two announcements fairly close together if they were both finished around the same time?

Without being even remotely specific or confirming or denying anything so that I don't get you into trouble, can you give a generic answer?

I think I can safely answer this for Dusty. You just have to be patient Tom.

 

[tomandshell]

But I don't want to be patient!!

 

[gambit]

It'll happen.

taking into account that even frodo can not sold out at 1000 ES, I do not see any future that other 3 hobbits will be made in PF format

 

[Giant Chicken]

They could be made, like the Roger Moore PF, just to satisfy the fans...

Roger Moore was set at 400 peices.

 

[Bullseye]

I do not know how Sideshow can avert our fears that this line is coming to an end before it really had a chance to take off but I would like to see them try. Maybe a strong statement of “fact” in the next newsletter telling the fans that you will see a new PF figure and soon. There is greater possibility for this PF to look visually stunning than even the Star Wars line. Maybe this is why things are taking so long but I sure would like to get an official statement in the next newsletter reassuring me that we the LoTR PF collectors have not been forgotten.

 

[KitFisto]

But I don't want to be patient!!

Same here. IMHO over a year between announcements is a tad ridiculous. That's not even talking about the 6 months to a year it will be until shipping once they finally make another announcement.

It will have been a year and a half between getting Frodo and actually getting another LOTR PF in our hands. That is just ridiculous.

 

[goliath]

It will have been a year and a half between getting Frodo and actually getting another LOTR PF in our hands. That is just ridiculous.

While I agree with most of the comments in this thread (yes, I want another PF, too - whatever it is), your calculation of "a year and a half" seems a bit strange to me.

Dateline so far:

- Late Dec 05. Announcement of Lurtz
- Early Feb 06, Announcement of Frodo
- Early Oct 06, Shipping Lurtz
- Early Feb 07, Shipping Frodo

So let's say a new PF would be announced this month and would ship in six months from now.

Assuming that by "getting Frodo" you mean his announcement, then of course it would be true that a year and a half would have passed between the announcement of Frodo and the shipping of the new PF. But why does this timespan matter?


What we should compare is:

- Time between announcements: 2 months between Frodo and Lurtz, 12months (so far) between Frodo and "the new PF"

- Time between shipments: 4 months between Lurtz and Frodo

- Time between announcement and shipment: ~9 months for Lurtz, 12 months for Frodo

While I can live with the time between announcement and shipment, the time between announcements should drastically decrease in order to keep collectors interested in this "line"...

 

[KitFisto]

What I am saying is that it was jsut a little shy of a year for Lurtz' announcemnt to shipping.

Frodo was a full year and we have him now. So unless another PF is announced very soon you're looking at at least a year before the next one ships since Lurtz and Frodo avg out to 11 months from announcement to shipping.

So if nothing is announced in the next couple of months and you tack on the year between announcement t o shipping you'll be getting close to a year and a half between getting Frodo in hand and the next PF in hand.

 

[The Josh]

taking into account that even frodo can not sold out at 1000 ES, I do not see any future that other 3 hobbits will be made in PF format

Frodo is on a second chance. Happens to a lot of products. This has no bearing on the fact it sold out but came back because of CC Declines and cancelations. The other 3 will get made as will the other members of the Fellowship.

 

[woodsy]

The other 3 will get made as will the other members of the Fellowship.

Well that would be the logical assumption, however, as we have all seen in the past, logic doesn't necessarily win out at the end of the day...remember Pippin!

 

[The Josh]

Well that would be the logical assumption, however, as we have all seen in the past, logic doesn't necessarily win out at the end of the day...remember Pippin!

Pippin? I'm guessing you're gonna go on about how Pippin in his Gondorian gear wasn't a Fellowship piece. Well, I'll beat this horse again if I must. The SSW Pippin was a Fellowship piece because last I checked he was still a member of the Fellowship. No, he wasn't in Hobbit Garb but that does not make him any less a member of the Fellowship than any of the other 8.

 

[goliath]

Pippin? I'm guessing you're gonna go on about how Pippin in his Gondorian gear wasn't a Fellowship piece. Well, I'll beat this horse again if I must. The SSW Pippin was a Fellowship piece because last I checked he was still a member of the Fellowship. No, he wasn't in Hobbit Garb but that does not make him any less a member of the Fellowship than any of the other 8.

I'd say the point that most people have a problem with is that he doesn't wear "Fellowship" gear (as in the movie "The Fellowship of the Ring"), not that he isn't a member of the Fellowship anymore, just because he's wearing Gondorian armour.

 

[The Josh]

I'd say the point that most people have a problem with is that he doesn't wear "Fellowship" gear (as in the movie "The Fellowship of the Ring"), not that he isn't a member of the Fellowship anymore, just because he's wearing Gondorian armour.

I guess then it all depends on how you look at it.

 

[woodsy]

Pippin? I'm guessing you're gonna go on about how Pippin in his Gondorian gear wasn't a Fellowship piece. Well, I'll beat this horse again if I must. The SSW Pippin was a Fellowship piece because last I checked he was still a member of the Fellowship. No, he wasn't in Hobbit Garb but that does not make him any less a member of the Fellowship than any of the other 8.

Do you honestly think it was the logical assumption of LOTR collectors that when we finally got a Pippin statue he would be in a Gondorian outfit??
Yes, Pippin was a memebr of the fellowship...I believe that has been well established in both the book and the movies. But the last time I looked at my SS/Weta Pippin statue box [before I sold it that is] it said Return of the King on it, not Fellowship of the Ring.
I think if LOTR collectors as a whole, considered Pippin to be a companion piece to the other hobbits it would have sold out on the SS website a very long time ago and he certainly wouldn't be selling on Ebay in the $60 range.
Unfortunately, we all now know that SS/Weta did sculpt a Pippin early on and it was supposed to be released as a Fellowship statue....so much for logic!!

 

[The Josh]

Do you honestly think it was the logical assumption of LOTR collectors that when we finally got a Pippin statue he would be in a Gondorian outfit??

No, I would have expected it to be in Hobbit Gear. That wasn't my point though.

Yes, Pippin was a memebr of the fellowship...I believe that has been well established in both the book and the movies. But the last time I looked at my SS/Weta Pippin statue box [before I sold it that is] it said Return of the King on it, not Fellowship of the Ring.

Well, you said it then. He was a member of the Fellowship and that's all that matters to me. I'd have loved him to be in Hobbit Gear to better match the other Hobbits. That however doesn't make the piece any less important as far as having all 9 members goes for me anyways. It doesn't have to say FOTR on it for me to put him with the other 8.

It's all good. This is just my POV on the whole subject.

 

[woodsy]

Well, you said it then. He was a member of the Fellowship

Then we are in agreement, Pippin was, and always will, be a member of the fellowship.
And the statue was, and always will be, absolutely terrible.....IMO

 

[The Josh]

Then we are in agreement, Pippin was, and always will, be a member of the fellowship.

Right!

And the statue was, and always will be, absolutely terrible.....IMO

That's where we disagree. No biggie.

 

[Seretur]

I love the SS/W Pippin statue. It's a small hobbit thrust in a big war, and there's nothing wrong with him being scared under such circumstances. Plus, it's got a wonderful representation of the Gondorian armor in polystone!

I know this piece isn't loved much, but for me, it's a definite keeper.

 

[woodsy]

That's where we disagree. No biggie.

What fun would there be if we all agreed on everything??

 

[FrodoEyes]

I love the SS/W Pippin statue. It's a small hobbit thrust in a big war, and there's nothing wrong with him being scared under such circumstances. Plus, it's got a wonderful representation of the Gondorian armor in polystone!

I know this piece isn't loved much, but for me, it's a definite keeper.

Yes, and I don't mind putting him with the other hobbits as, for me, it shows the two different ends of the story. Merry with his hobbit stuff on with his vegetables, laughing away and being cheeky, without a care in the world......next to Pippin, in armour, with a sword, looking terrified in the midst of battle. I love the comparison.