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Re: New to Polystone

I'm a little surprised that it's only $5,000, at that size. Good grief! :laugh: O.M.G.....a voice from the past. :O It's been so long I thought you must have sailed away to Valinor. How are you? Howdy! I'm great, all things considered. I do lurk on the collector and Middle-Earth scenes, but not as ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

So you two got your hands on Fangorn, huh? I totally missed the release, the hype, the SDCC pictures and the price tag. How bad was it? I saw that they sold out in 45 minutes. Congrats on grabbing him though, that's a serious piece of Middle Earth real estate that I never thought would get made. I'm...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Did anyone bite at the Weta Black Friday sale? I'll admit that I cracked and made some purchases. I haven't bought anything for my collection since summer of 2016, so I felt it was a little overdue. It doesn't hurt that the sale fell on my birthday, so I don't have self control on the mind today. I ...

Re: Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone had a relaxing 4th. For my part, I spent the day much like every day, running like mad and trying to get caught up on work and errands. I did take the evening off to spend with family, and ended up going to Grand Rapids, MI for a massive municipal fireworks display this past weekend....

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Lots of new information to unpack here! I did see that Weta released their own Gandalf the Grey Staff, and quite honestly, I've been out of the game for so long that I had forgotten UC released their own version of that staff some time ago. I had a hard time tracking down information on that one onl...

Re: Pure Middle-Earth discussion.

The Fall of Gondolin now has its formal announcement: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2018/04/the-fall-of-gondolin-to-be-published/ I had no expectations for this; to be treated to this shortly after the publishing of Beren and Luthien is just fantastic. I'm currently re-reading the Children of Hurin...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Thanks for the update, gentlemen. I too am shaking my head over the trade war with China and hoping it doesn't have too much of an impact on our industry here. Kit, I had neglected to think about the new upcoming series. Do you anticipate that it will spur interest in new items from old films, or me...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

I hopped onto the Bud K site today just to see what items were still for sale and I was surprised to see that several items are now out of production and others seem to be very inexpensive. What's the status of the line these days? Has anything besides the Fili, Kili, and Legolas swords/knives gone ...

Re: Bonjour!

Education admin can be brutal, I really don't care much for the thought of being a district admin myself, but policy is very interesting to me so I'd like to find some way to have a foot in that door without be...swallowed whole by the Leviathan. :laugh: The parents are quite respectful of my stuff;...

Re: Bonjour!

Heya Deimos! Graduation will actually be next May for me. I'm technically taking 4.5 years, then student teaching (internship in a school music program) next spring. We can choose whether or not we want to walk at commencement before we intern, or after we intern. I'm choosing to walk afterwards bec...

Bonjour!

Hey old friends! Long time no post...except that one creepy lurk on Val's collection updates. :laugh: I wanted to stop and say hi to everyone and let you all know what I've been up to lately. It's been a very hectic year for me, as you could probably have guessed by my long absence. Highlights of 20...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Well, Weta, just lost my business. I emailed customer support after spending two days trying to complete an order. Their horrible new website had me stuck in a loop where, every time I signed into PayPal and was redirected to the Weta site, I had to start the cart process over. I literally couldn't ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Yeah I recall that discussion. I do have about 23 Weta Dollars collecting dust, so maybe I'll just use the Black Friday 15% discount and my Weta dollars to get a good deal on one item. But the conflict there is that, if I'm buying something more expensive, I'm paying the same as if I went with one o...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Val, point taken! I'll keep the secret safe. :laugh: I didn't have as much luck with getting the double discount. In fact, I went to order stuff anyway and was really disappointed when they started adding shipping costs. My total went up by $75 with shipping, and the only items in my cart were Balin...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Dang, sounds like Weta has had a rough time this fall as I catch up on news. This makes me a little nervous to order tonight. Still, the deals are incredible. Val, I am almost wondering if I should take the 2 for $400 gamble and see if I can't get double the discount on accident! :O

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

Wayward Noldor indeed! :laugh: Just a tired Elf, looking to regain his identity after a tiring journey. :horseback

You know exactly how it goes; I had what amounted to five weeks of midterms and now finals will consume my life. Here goes nothing. xP

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Thanks for the pics, Kit! It does look very cool, shame that it's marred by production issues. I'm just glad it exists after all the trouble it went through. How long has it been since it was announced and some retailers began taking preorders, nearly two years? :O Rev, how many were you able to ord...

Re: Happy 4th of July!

Even later to the party, but ten days ago (has it REALLY been ten days already?!?) I spent the Fourth of July in Nashville, Tennessee. I have a multitude of pictures to share from my journey to the American South, but they'll have to wait a couple more days. The fireworks in Nashville were absurd, r...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

I'm afraid that, after recent purchases, whatever comes to SDCC is going to have to be put on hold for me. I still really want the High Elven Warrior Statue, as it is my favorite design, but we'll have to see. With a likely price tag of $275-300, it might just have to wait. Although, I do have some ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

There's also an extreme time change from here to NZ, so he may get back to you at an odd hour. It took him a couple days to get to my email, as they were busy with the Cave's 8th birthday celebrations. It's been busy down there as of late, for which I'm thankful. There were I believe 8 art prints on...

Re: United Cutlery's - The Hobbit - Movie Props!

Funny, I was just having this conversation with someone today about how they're waiting on the staff until the current stock sells some more. For the record, I did my part about bought that GtG Hobbit staff. And so, the wait for the next one commences. :crazy: The Dain Helm and Hammer look fantastic...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

How could I forget that delightful bit of YouTube. :laugh: I recently discovered that Weta is doing FoU member only deals as of last month. It looks like I'm about to snag a really big piece for nearly half off. These deals are ridiculous...they're offering some art prints at 2 for $30, dwarf statue...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Fin, I expected better from you. I'll give you one hint: the character is named after a part of your body... Proudfoot? Weta is unveiling Odo Proudfoot at SDCC riding a ...what, pig? No, wait ! He's on an ox! How very, very cool! :cheering: "I'm getting one!" :horseback I laughed way too ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

When Idril speaks, the collectors harken. :laugh: I have no doubts that Eomer will be Weta's big reveal this year, regardless of the fact that I have no insider information. They tested the waters with a surprise Balrog, stirring the pot for the LotR line and the big statue market. They have tested ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

I like this one for what it's worth, but I'm also thinking that the spear is gonna make it hard to display. It's actually my favorite thing about the piece aesthetically, but if this is their idea of a "small" piece these days (after gargantuan showings like the Balrog, Uruk-Hai, both the ...

Re: Game Of Thrones

One of my roommates works at a used Game/DVD/BluRay store and gets a 20% employee discount and he said they get GoT BD's all the time, so he's going to pick them up for me at his rate as he sees them come in. This will probably be the cheapest way for me to get my hands on the BD's. HBO now seems li...

Re: Game Of Thrones

Fair point! My major concern is that my TV's aren't very new. My TV at my college house is about four years old and my TV at home is about seven years old if memory serves; and my only BD playing device is my first release 2006 PS3. If my equipment won't allow for the improvement of BD to show throu...

Re: Game Of Thrones

Alright, full disclaimer: I have never watched any Game of Thrones or read any books and I know almost nothing about it. Tons of my friends watch it and I want to get into it I don't have HBO so I'm thinking about buying them. I can get the first 5 seasons for about 50 dollars on ebay. Is the regula...

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