CCO805's Orc Pics Of Lurtz and Aragorn
Some of you many not venture over to LOTRG.com but a few of their members asked some questions of SS about the LOTR Lines. The post and picures where done by a member there named CCO805. Also member Marybluefairy got some interesting info. Credit to both of them.
Just thought you all would enjoy reading these.
The answer is no since maquettes was totally on the WETA side.
The production team have gotten together and talked about it, they are still trying to work out the more technical issues of trying to make a hobbit sized figure. Further more, if a hobbit or dwarve is made, it certainly would not be the same size are the human or elf characters.
This was one of the first issue that was raised for the LOTR lines, Sideshow is exploring options that would be the most cost effective for the consumers so it's still being worked out. A real metal chainmaille was made just to see how much it would be and it came out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 so Sideshow probably wouldn't go for real metal. As for other materials, they're still testing it out. In the end, it's what's most cost effective so the saving can be passed on to us.
I didn't ask this question but I think the answer can be found in Question #2.
Expect 4-5 preorders per quarter but there isn't really a set time they can give us. It was more a marketing question and the guys today were the art guys.
So far, Sideshow is staying with sculpted hair because they are still trying to perfect the rooted hair method. They've done rooted hair on Buffy and weren't really happy with it so they're staying with the sculpted hair at the moment. Some of the Sideshow guys are looking at works done by Japanese companies and trying to learn how to do rooted hair better from them. The sculpted hairs are actually several pieces made out of polyurethane so it has a really good quality to it.
Some other facts that I got from Sideshow's panel:
1. A lot of people ask why some pictures posted by Sideshow for their statues/figure and what not look a little big. The answer is that Sideshow have to make it bigger because those are the pictures that are being sent to China for molding work and for technical reason, they have to compansate for a 11% shrinkage when that's done. So they do know that it looks too big but that's just how it had to be done.
2. An elf lady is coming. Don't know if it's in the PF or 12" line though.
3. The entire followship might be coming in the 12" line but it certainly would not be done in one year.
4. For anyone wondering why Aragorn's cloak is not in any of the pictures it's because Sideshow is having some color problem with it. They thought it was one color but it was another so it's being reworked.
5. Expect 2 LOTR items (one from each line) and 2 SW items to be "annouced" at Toy Fair. Actually, it'll be preorders before Toy Fair and the first public view will be at Toy Fair.
Info found out by MBF in bold.
The answer is no since maquettes was totally on the WETA side.
also no environments or balrog the size of a hyundai. (we didn't ask that question)
The production team have gotten together and talked about it, they are still trying to work out the more technical issues of trying to make a hobbit sized figure.
also, they want to see if they can use such a body for other purposes (as in, there aren't that many hobbits and dwarves).
A real metal chainmaille was made just to see how much it would be and it came out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 so Sideshow probably wouldn't go for real metal. As for other materials, they're still testing it out. In the end, it's what's most cost effective so the saving can be passed on to us.
what they mean by real chainmaille is that they had someone put together all those teeny little links and it just was not going to happen. plus, the weight of the chainmaille on articulated figures would probably make them buckle.
Expect 4-5 preorders per quarter but there isn't really a set time they can give us.
per quarter? i don't think it was that many. i believe we were told to expect 2 lotr items to be unveiled for toyfair, one in each scale.
So far, Sideshow is staying with sculpted hair because they are still trying to perfect the rooted hair method.
yes, instead of the rooted hair, the sculpted stuff they're doing now comes in several pieces which are assembled. for example, i think they said aragorn had left, right, and bangs pieces. plus with the pf figures, they just don't see a way of doing rooted hair in polystone (at least not yet). they would have to root the hair in a separate piece and then glue it to the poly, which would (they say) leave a funny seam.
Some of you many not venture over to LOTRG.com but a few of their members asked some questions of SS about the LOTR Lines. The post and picures where done by a member there named CCO805. Also member Marybluefairy got some interesting info. Credit to both of them.
Just thought you all would enjoy reading these.
The answer is no since maquettes was totally on the WETA side.
The production team have gotten together and talked about it, they are still trying to work out the more technical issues of trying to make a hobbit sized figure. Further more, if a hobbit or dwarve is made, it certainly would not be the same size are the human or elf characters.
This was one of the first issue that was raised for the LOTR lines, Sideshow is exploring options that would be the most cost effective for the consumers so it's still being worked out. A real metal chainmaille was made just to see how much it would be and it came out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 so Sideshow probably wouldn't go for real metal. As for other materials, they're still testing it out. In the end, it's what's most cost effective so the saving can be passed on to us.
I didn't ask this question but I think the answer can be found in Question #2.
Expect 4-5 preorders per quarter but there isn't really a set time they can give us. It was more a marketing question and the guys today were the art guys.
So far, Sideshow is staying with sculpted hair because they are still trying to perfect the rooted hair method. They've done rooted hair on Buffy and weren't really happy with it so they're staying with the sculpted hair at the moment. Some of the Sideshow guys are looking at works done by Japanese companies and trying to learn how to do rooted hair better from them. The sculpted hairs are actually several pieces made out of polyurethane so it has a really good quality to it.
Some other facts that I got from Sideshow's panel:
1. A lot of people ask why some pictures posted by Sideshow for their statues/figure and what not look a little big. The answer is that Sideshow have to make it bigger because those are the pictures that are being sent to China for molding work and for technical reason, they have to compansate for a 11% shrinkage when that's done. So they do know that it looks too big but that's just how it had to be done.
2. An elf lady is coming. Don't know if it's in the PF or 12" line though.
3. The entire followship might be coming in the 12" line but it certainly would not be done in one year.
4. For anyone wondering why Aragorn's cloak is not in any of the pictures it's because Sideshow is having some color problem with it. They thought it was one color but it was another so it's being reworked.
5. Expect 2 LOTR items (one from each line) and 2 SW items to be "annouced" at Toy Fair. Actually, it'll be preorders before Toy Fair and the first public view will be at Toy Fair.
Info found out by MBF in bold.
The answer is no since maquettes was totally on the WETA side.
also no environments or balrog the size of a hyundai. (we didn't ask that question)
The production team have gotten together and talked about it, they are still trying to work out the more technical issues of trying to make a hobbit sized figure.
also, they want to see if they can use such a body for other purposes (as in, there aren't that many hobbits and dwarves).
A real metal chainmaille was made just to see how much it would be and it came out to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 so Sideshow probably wouldn't go for real metal. As for other materials, they're still testing it out. In the end, it's what's most cost effective so the saving can be passed on to us.
what they mean by real chainmaille is that they had someone put together all those teeny little links and it just was not going to happen. plus, the weight of the chainmaille on articulated figures would probably make them buckle.
Expect 4-5 preorders per quarter but there isn't really a set time they can give us.
per quarter? i don't think it was that many. i believe we were told to expect 2 lotr items to be unveiled for toyfair, one in each scale.
So far, Sideshow is staying with sculpted hair because they are still trying to perfect the rooted hair method.
yes, instead of the rooted hair, the sculpted stuff they're doing now comes in several pieces which are assembled. for example, i think they said aragorn had left, right, and bangs pieces. plus with the pf figures, they just don't see a way of doing rooted hair in polystone (at least not yet). they would have to root the hair in a separate piece and then glue it to the poly, which would (they say) leave a funny seam.
