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Re: God Save the King!

I watched a good chunk of the coverage after I woke up, so definitely not live. I'm ambiguous as to the existence of the monarchy, and it's a subject that comes up for debate up here in Canada every so often because Charles is now our king. I don't think most people care, and it has no effect on the...

Re: Picard returns!

I think there are at least four clues/nods to Kirk coming back in some fashion that are present in that video: 1 - The title of the video. Besides being an obvious play on 'Generations', it's an even more obvious reference to Kirk being brought back in some fashion. The plural, I assume, is meant to...

Re: Picard returns!

The thing I couldn't remember yesterday, an important detail left out of this season because they couldn't figure out how to fit it in, was the whereabouts of Kestra Riker. She supposed to be on Earth at Starfleet Academy, but they said every time they tried to work it in somehow, it seemed out of ...

Re: Picard returns!

Well, you guys have covered things so well that I'm not sure what else to say... but I do have some additional thoughts. As far as Seasons 1 and 2 go, the least said, the better, for me at least. I do get that a lot of it had to do with Stewart's desire for what the series should be like, but I thin...

Re: User Registration

Well, after a few short years of being blissfully ignored by the spambot plague, it seems they are back with a vengeance. For the past two weeks, every time I come onto the forum, I have 2-3 bogus accounts in the queue to be approved, and this adds up to about 10 a day. I tried turning off registrat...

Re: Tom Bombadil

Very interesting article, had not read it before. It does bring up an interesting thought about another Tolkien character that has always defied classification, even despite being given one. I speak of course of Ungoliant, Demon of the Void. That title is very vague, and implies that the spirit that...

Re: Tom Bombadil

Oh Deimos... the random things that keep you up at night. :laugh: No, nothing recent, sorry, but may I ask why the question now? We all know the theories already out there... He's Tolkien himself He's Eru Illuvatar He's a Maia spirit that went native early on He's the living embodiment of Arda's nat...

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

That looks really good, Kit! Do you have a picture of the blade head-on? I see a line down the length of the blade (forget the term for it), which gives me the impression the blade has a diamond-shaped profile, rather than being completely flat, like the original. Is this a correct assumption?

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

I see a vine pattern in the leather right below the throat, where the handle of the knife sits. Is that present but more muted on the original? I can see it faintly on the raised portion of the where the knife goes, but the handle is covering the other part. I can't check mine because it's in storag...

Re: Pure Star Trek Discussion

Sweet! Easy purchase as a set in 4k for me. Speaking of seeing these folks in 4k, just attended the Vancouver Fan Expo for three days this past weekend and got to see Frakes, Spiner, McFadden, Mount, and Peck up on stage. Pretty awesome. You can almost count Stewart in as being there as well if you ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

Anybody buying anything during the 20% off??? I might pick up the Leaf Broach and Evenstar pendant. Yeah, after much internal debate, I ended up grabbing the Classic Series Ringwraith and the 33 Lakeside Hobbit hole. The 20% in of itself wasn't enought to lure me in, but adding free shipping made i...

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

Really? The helm stands aren't selling at all? I thought there would be a better demand for them. I often see helms for sale where the person says the stand is missing, and this fixes that problem neatly. The only detail missing would be the little medallion with the item name. I'm close to ordering...

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

Kit, have you or UC ever considered creating wall mounts for past, current, or upcoming scabbards? I know you've mentioned that scabbards have become as expensive to produce as swords, and the last thing anyone wants is for costs to go up even more, but I wonder how many of us would prefer to have a...

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

Maybe it's just the angle, the lighting, or most likely, my eyes, but the fuller doesn't seem as deep as in the previous photos? Other than that, this is all looking very cool. What's that other plaque to the left? It looks like the same shape as Strider's Elven Knife, and it has a scabbard on it, b...

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

Probably (hopefully) by Christmas, but who knows. So you're saying there's a chance! :crazy: (Name that movie) Alright, when my new collection room is finished in two months , I'll be sure to not put up my old staff in anticipation of the new one. Hopefully they approve changing the mount. I don't ...

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

I'll check, but I don't think any new white staffs are inbound. I know UC was not happy with the quality of the last run, so they want to move it to their primary polyresin factory that does all of the big replicas. I suggested they update the paint finish from bone white to the white with gray str...

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

I know it can't be helped and I'm certainly not debating UC's right to make updates to their products during reissues, but it always irritates me a little when I find out about these 'accuracy' improvements, and that my original piece doesn't have them. Part of the satisfaction of collecting these t...

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

Agreed, the cheap polyester ones have already been don't by the german company Flaggen-Pehl - I have several, they're ok, but nothing special. I would hope UC could go a step above - a heavier fabric with perhaps a mix of embroidery and screen printing? Im sure people would rather pay $250 for a de...

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

Are UC's Sting swords M.E. scale? I assumed so given in human/elven hands they'd be daggers and in Hobbit hands swords. I'm 100% certain they are (or as close as possible). By comparison, the Noble Sting, which is actor scale, is huge. I'm pretty sure the Weta Master Swordsmith one is actor scale a...

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

It's the opposite of what Val said, but it should not have been done regardless. Someone in UC's purchasing department ordered another run, not realizing it was limited and sold out. By the time they caught it, the factory had already made 100 or so. They came up with the "new" version so...

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

Thank you Kit that is very helpful to newer collectors, I'm sure this has been asked and answered at some point on here but I didn't know the MC Sting run was never finished. Is there any chance this could be revised? I was under the impression that all the blades had been made, it was the run of d...

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

Ronin, if you go far enough in Kit's thread (sorry, don't recall the page #), you will see the awesome customization work he did on his NC Elessar Crown. If UC were to ever go back to their unreleased version, I'd hope he could convince them to incorporate those improvements.

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

It was (and is ) apparent you have written professionally ... your posts are testimony to that. You write very well. Grammatically, structurally... just exceptionally good writing (which is becoming more and more rare....like, you know, you kinda get what I mean? ;) ) Well, thank you. That's high p...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

You read correctly, the mini helm line disappointingly switched to polystone some years ago, so it's a nice surprise to see a return to metal, even if I suspect it will be limited to this one piece due to the miniscule amount of material required. I haven't looked at Noble's site in a long time, but...

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

I intend to use them for Thranduil's non-UC helms, which he padded to be worn, so I think the height should be fine. I also have the Rivendell and Mirkwood helms with the modern armour stands, and though I don't super mind them, I'm wondering if I should buy four of these instead and unify the look ...

Re: New Weta everywhere you look!

No way, no how that thing makes it into my collection. While I certainly appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of the piece, its character and scene association are non-starters for me. Had they simply released it as 'Generic Rohirrim Helm', I would have been all over it, but knowing that the box ...

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