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OK so this one has crept up on me... I was planning to pre-order Aragorn on steed (presumably not the battleshy Brego) and suddenly theyput Legolas and Gimli on Arod up for order... honestly - after this weekend my head is spinning!


(click on pic to order)


(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/large/9345.jpg)
 (http://sideshow.directtrack.com/z/11956/CD974/)

Yeah - this is going to perhaps be the most awesome thing ever out of sideshow... if done well - but the edition size is likely to be HUUUUUGE

nah they said they wont have edition sizes like ML and sauron, some may hit 5k but Idont think they will go over that

If this turrns out to be good, I think it will be my first Weta piece :)

Hee hee - somehow I knew that was coming FTY  :P

I think I can say the same with you and Aragorn ::)

Och!

:D

Well I have an order in for this one because if they close orders on it and I miss it and end up liking the model later then there's not much I can do about it - but phew what a price!!!

Aragorn is thought to be a tad cheaper since it's just Aragorn and not Aragorn and Gimli - but these things are huge.. do I need a stable to keep them in?

I want it I want it I want it I want it I want it ! :D

But I don't really need to be spending that amount on it at the moment, also I ahve no room to display it properly either :P

Just paid the balance (cries poor :'( :'() on my reservation for this baby! I am informed that the seller will be ready to ship this next week. I can't wait to see what it looks like! ;D ;D ;D

Did anyone else order one? (Jas I am looking at YOU 8))

I've got one on order!  ;D

It's already sold out!

It sold out a long time ago :o

I got an email from my supplier - he is shipping tomorrow, not next week :D

Its a great looking statue, I just got my shipment of 12 in and it is a lot better looking than I expected. 

I hope that you are keeping at least one of those! :D

I'll try to post some photos of it when I receive mine if someone else doesn't do it first :)

I saw the prototype last year in San Diego...It is a beautiful piece..I snapped a million pictures of them.

It has been delayed for about 6 months - sure hope it's worth the wait ;)

I'll post some pics when mine arrive.
On top of this I also have Aslan and the girls statue shipping from WETA.  ;D

Arwen, are you getting yours direct from Weta?

I never even knew there were any Narnia Weta items! Could you please post a link?

*GASP*  :o The girls on Aslan is beautiful!!!  8)

Thanks for posting the link Roz.  :)
I've got the White Witch with Ginarbrikk, General Otmin and Oreius so far. After Aslan, Id like to get Peter on Unicorn and the Tumnus maquette...but as long as there are Harry Potter cards to be getting thats never going to happen.  :P
From the Weta KONG line I have the Kong Vs. V-Rex (the giant one).
I buy all my statues from Weta direct as shipping from NZ to Aus. is cheaper for me than buying from the US or the UK.  :)

I looked at their policy and they say they only ship within NZ - is there some loophole you've managed to find? ;)

Weta ships all its Narnia and Kong products to any destination. The LOTR products however, are only sold to NZ residents.  :)

Aha - thanks for letting me know! I was only looking at the LOTR range :)

No worries.  ;D
My friend in NZ orders the LOTR pieces for me and then sends them on to me. I only get them from NZ in the hopes of getting an Artist Proof piece.  :P

Well, my statue arrived yesterday, but as it was sent to my boyfriend's house, I haven't been ale to see it in the flesh yet, but he took some photos for me of it and it looks stunning! Comes up to about knee height and about that in length as well. The bad thing was that I told Peter it would be about 10kg and half a metre max in dimensions (as per the Weta stats) but it ended up being about twice that size and more than twice as heavy. Unfortunately, Peter was feeling particularly energetic that day and decided to walk to the Post Office. Needless to say, he wasn't too impressed with me when he got back and his arms are still sore :-[ Guess I have to make it up to him somehow.

Mind you, he gave me a heart attack when I asked him whether there were any damages. So maybe he kind of deserves some of it :rofl:

Him: 'Well I'm no expert, the only thing is there is a big crack down the side of Legolas
Me: '!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o'
Him: >:D >:D >:D :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Me: *insert punching arm smiley*

Oh - have a look at this link for some close up pics of the statue and a nice history of the Leggy/Gimli friendship :)
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=050406leggim&source=050406news

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_05_lg.jpg)

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_06_lg.jpg)

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_07_lg.jpg)

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_08_lg.jpg)

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_09_lg.jpg)

(http://www.sideshowtoy.com/placed/050406leggim_10_lg.jpg)

Oops!

This reminds me of the time when Mark and I decided to take a stroll to pick up what we thought would be 2 Evo sell sheets and promos... it was 5 cases :rofl:

Hi Jo:

What a stunning piece!   :)   This Legolas looks so much better than the first statue Sideshow/Weta did of him.  Gimli looks outstanding as well.  I think this is one of the best pieces Sideshow/Weta has done.  It is a pity the Aragorn on Brego statue failed to measure up.  I had one on pre-order and cancelled it after seeing how Aragorn's face came out - I did not like it at all and was not going to pay the price they wanted for what was to me an inferior sculpture of Viggo.  I will bet Sideshow gets it right with Aragorn when they offer a Premium figure of him in the future.

Again Congrats on a beautiful statue!   :)

Thanks Ferdinand, hope you enjoyed the article  :)

Great article Chuck - I am embarassed to say that I did not note the author of the piece - my excuse is that I was distracted by the pictures ;)

I saw it yesterday and was really impressed. Way to go Charles ;D

Let me add my congrats as well Charles!  Well done.   :)

Ah not a worry at all, I'm just happy people looked at the thing  :)