I'm sure finding out that Noble was doing a crown too had a lot to do with cancelling that project at the old UC. It was just one a several that never got off the ground though. I wanted it cancelled because it was taking forever, the tooling quality was not up to snuff, and it was taking time away from other weapon replicas that were supposed to be the main focus of the line.Valkrist wrote: Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:21 am Hi Kit,
I have to assume you've seen this announcement? https://www.purearts.com/products/lord- ... ve-edition
Will this in any way affect UC's plans to release an updated version of the old Witch-king Helm? I believe you said some modifications would be made because the old mold is gone, and it probably wouldn't have the hood anymore, but will the PureArts version change things? You mentioned the original run was never completed, so in a way UC could say it's their 'obligation' to finish it off, but on the other hand, this wouldn't be the first time a competitor being first to market with a product put a stop to their own plans. I believe the Crown of Elessar was one such, as was Deathless also?
I don't know if the current UC crew knows about the Purearts replica - I have not brought it up yet - but I doubt they care. It did not matter to them that Noble and Weta were making replicas of some of the same Hobbit props that UC made. Deathless was not replicated because the blade was too long and thick to cast in steel. We had no interest in altering the design and look of it like Noble did. I suppose UC could have done a polyresin statue version, but it was only in part of film 1, and we were already into film three products by the time we started thinking that direction.
I don't like Purearts display base, but their helm proto looks good. A bit smaller than scale though. It's interesting that their spikes are going to be removable and magnetized. That's a change I suggested to UC to lessen shipping damage and make the packing smaller to reduce the shipping cost.