Nasnandos wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:56 am
I was quite surprised that it got the most votes, considering it was at the bottom on the LOTR Collectors Facebook poll. There area lot of Weta statue collectors there though, so maybe they were burned out on Sauron after buying the big Weta statue last year.
That makes sense, because from the perspective of strictly UC replica buyers who focus mainly on weapons, having that sword makes sense in that context.
However, for a more generalized Middle-earth collector base that is also somewhat completist in outlook, like yours truly, other stuff makes more sense, like weapons for Merry and Pippin, or something for characters that have almost no other collectibles out there, like Haldir and Denethor.
For Sauron, let's count: multiple statues, multiple versions of the One Ring, the Mace, the Gauntlet, at least four versions of the Helm... it's more than enough. The sword feels redundant, at least to me.