I'm excited to see them, but have no interest in buying the urethane replicas. However, I don't think UC will shy away from making them.
Kit mentioned a few months back that UC has things lined up for the release of the next two films and something tells me Tauriel's daggers will be in the first wave of replicas for the desolation of smaug.
I'm pretty sure Kit has mentioned that the elven replicas from LOTR were all big sellers in the past, and also the elven swords were the first to market for An Une xp ected Journey. Fingers crossed, but I have no intention of getting the Weta ones.
However if it were Tauriel's bow, that would be a different matter because neither company will produce it in wood. But, I think I will stick with UC. I like their products and want to support the company and Kit's work, so we can get some great replicas from the movies.
So yes I'm salivating in anticipation of seeing them Jaman
but I won't be buying them.
"All those moments will be lost, in time... like tears, in the rain..."