Would someone who has been "taken" by Weta please explain? (large pics inside)!

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[savage727]

I can see from the photo you provided that the detail work is impressive.  I think this one will be a huge hit as the Weta Balrog is N/A except on the secondary market and is not as large as this figure looks to be.  

[ferdinand_the_yak]

How much would a good price for a NECA Aragorn/Legolas figure be? Ihave seen them on ebay for $AUD 70-100 or around 50-80 US. And are the sounds they make actually Viggo and Orlando?
I have never heard of these before

[Roz]

I believe they are the actors voices, I don't think Ed (Savage) would be as happy with his as he is if it was not Viggo speaking (since Ed thinks Viggo IS the definitive Aragorn.... (as do I)).

But we have been tricked before (the ROTK Video game does NOT feature Orlando or Viggo as voice talent - BAH, but all the other actors are real

so we need confirmation ... Ed??

[ferdinand_the_yak]

I hope they are good... I was planning to buy one but wanted to check with board members if they believed they were accurate depictions of the actors. That said, I have my eye on a WETA Legolas statue at the moment as well. Which would you advise? Dayhiker? Savage?

[Roz]

Sorry to keep answering your questions when I know it's really other people you want to hear from  :'( but if it helps I'll host some of the pics of Ed's model he sent us....

I'll dig them out when I am on a better PC and host them.

Anyway - enough from me

Ed?

Ed?

[ferdinand_the_yak]

Hey, that's prefectly fine, if you or anyone else can answer them, then by all means I didn't think you were into the WETA sculptures and wasn't sure who else was apart from Ed and Ed

[Roz]

I would be into them - though my bank balance wouldn't get me into the collectors club

But what the hey - we can love them from afar and we can get our promo pieces with the DVDs - talking of which I did something very exciting today - I ordered my 4 disc collectors edition - apparently this time it's coming with a Howard Shore DVD... (I am hoping that is not the one that came out with the CD of ROTK last year!!!).

And did I hear a model of Minas Tirith  

 

Anyway - down to business









And according to Ed he says

"I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn",

"By my life or death, I will protect you",

"You have my sword",

"It is an army bred for a single purpose, the destruction of men" (or does it say to destroy the world of men Ed (not that I know these quotes by heart of course - if it says what you wrote then Viggo' must have recorded these specially!!!

and

 "We travel light, let's hunt some Orc"!

That's so funny  

[dayhiker]

I hope they are good... I was planning to buy one but wanted to check with board members if they believed they were accurate depictions of the actors. That said, I have my eye on a WETA Legolas statue at the moment as well. Which would you advise? Dayhiker? Savage?

hi! i have the legolas statue, he is in an action pose, drawing his bow on the left side of his body and looking towards the right. it measures about 12 in. tall and is polystone of course (with that yummy(!)smell)...the NECA one measures about 24 in. tall and talks!! you can use it to guard your house or room or pantry!!

all in all it comes back to preference and space. i havent gotten the NECA ones as i dont have any space and they are not in scaewith the WETA ones.  but the balrog, definitely! that way i dont have to display my WETA balrog.

[savage727]

Hello FTY:

Yes it is Viggo speaking with the Aragorn figure.  I do not have the Legolas one but I do believe it is Orlando's voice in that one.  You are probably correct Roz with what Viggo speaks as I was doing that from memory.  I had to pack my man Aragorn away as we had hardwood flooring installed and we moved everything out of the first floor into the basement & garage.

Nice job posting my pictures I sent to you Roz!  Those were taken on my porch on July 27th my Birthday!    This is one great detailed figure and Viggo's voice is icing on the cake!  

[robwaddle]

Hey, that's prefectly fine, if you or anyone else can answer them, then by all means I didn't think you were into the WETA sculptures and wasn't sure who else was apart from Ed and Ed

Rob is  , but he's been busy elsewhere & not posting here  

I'm into Weta big time @ present, partly 'cos I've got my trading card collection well established but mainly because the SSW stuff is really good quality and (unlike Topps) they aren't taking the mickey  

I'm currently waiting on a SDCC Smeagol, Morgul Lord   and Golden Hall environment. (sometime in the next few weeks) and got loads of preorders waiting. I'm catching up on older stuff on ebay as well.

If anyone is curious, I'd recommend getting a helm or two. Theoden and the Easterling helms are very impressive. The detail is fantastic!

Rob

[ferdinand_the_yak]

Yeah, I noticed you were trying to dtart up your Figwit fan club on the Topps site - 'fraid you're not going to get many takers

I would love to collect the Weta stuff, however, I don't have the resources nor the space to display them properly, so its a no-go for me I'm afraid :'(

[robwaddle]

The Figgy thing is a joke   - I can't think of a more pointless "character" who's been created to satisfy a bunch of wailing pre-pubescents  

I still have a spare Figgy auto from ROTK if anyone's feeling very sad  

R

[ferdinand_the_yak]

It depends... where does the bidding start - at 50c or $1

Sorry, I did not mean to make fun of you I just hope that you got some good pulls from your ROTK boxes - as I guess you did not BUY the Figgy???

[robwaddle]

No probs FTY  

I bought two cases of ROTK   and got every auto bar Saruman and Eomer. I traded some spares for Saruman, bought Eomer on ebay and I still have a spare Figgy and Theoden. I also bought a black ink Theoden later on.

I bought all the second wave autos on ebay.

Oh yeah, in a moment of madness/forgetfulness I bought an extra ROTK Aragorn.  

I'm still buying the ROTKU slow time - I was so ticked off with Topps that  I've only bought two Update boxes. I shan't be buying the Trilogy set beyond the base set, Sauron and Proudfoot unless something major happens to change my mind. But, I may get some of the memo cards if they're really good.

Rob