| Pauls Bods | 22 Sep 2016 12:06 p.m. PST |
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| Who asked this joker | 22 Sep 2016 12:21 p.m. PST |
Nice LotR goodness. But I already have trolls.  |
| Marc the plastics fan | 22 Sep 2016 12:28 p.m. PST |
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 22 Sep 2016 12:59 p.m. PST |
I do wish Redbox had better photos on their boxes. Or that PSR covered fantasy. Wait--they do. No they don't. Or do they? They should make up their minds. |
| Pauls Bods | 22 Sep 2016 1:04 p.m. PST |
Unfortunately PSR stopped reviewing Fantasy Ages back.
A couple of the set 1 trolls in a better pic
Apparently there´s another 3 sets of trolls and an orc catapult on the way. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 22 Sep 2016 1:17 p.m. PST |
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| D6 Junkie | 22 Sep 2016 2:44 p.m. PST |
were do you buy these in the USA? |
Andy Skinner  | 22 Sep 2016 4:00 p.m. PST |
While I like these, I wish they weren't quite so much copies of GW figures, which of course are modeled after the movies. Or at least that's how they look to me. How big are they? andy |
| Ivan DBA | 22 Sep 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
Those look excellent. I bet they would look great next to 15mm figures too. |
| D6 Junkie | 22 Sep 2016 4:48 p.m. PST |
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 Sgt Slag | 25 Sep 2016 7:12 p.m. PST |
Nice! Looking forward to the other Troll sets, and especially the Orc Catapult set. Any idea when to expect the rest to be release? Cheers! |
| Pauls Bods | 27 Sep 2016 1:18 p.m. PST |
It seems as soon as Redbox Shows a couple of the masters, the sets appear in a couple of months and then a load all at once..but (it might be only at my end) it Looks like the Redbox page is down at the Moment…the pic of the box art (linked from thier page ) seems to have gone
Perhaps they´ve been trolled ?
I`ll get my coat… |
| Pauls Bods | 15 Oct 2016 6:44 a.m. PST |
A review of the set and some decent pics link |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 15 Oct 2016 8:11 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the link,Paul. Wow,those guys are big! Looks like they could conceivably be used with 25mm human figures. I never pictured Tolkien's trolls as twice the size of men,and PJ overdid everything anyway--look at his Oliphants. Now,has anyone dealt with these Scale-Model-Kits.com people? I asked about them a while ago,but didn't get a response from anyone who has: TMP link As you can see,their prices are low--$9 a box,although the "free shipping" is for orders over $200 USD, IIRC. BTW--I just clicked on the Red Box ua site and got a malware warning from McAfee. Anyone know anything about this? Are they actually Ukrainian? |
| Pauls Bods | 16 Oct 2016 2:49 a.m. PST |
They are big, bigger than I imagined they would be, possibly too big? The RedBox site keeps crashing lately or showing Malware but they are Ukrainian. At least the web code, au, suggests Ukraine and they are flagged up on a lot of sites, Toy soldier HQ, Hobby Bunker etc as being out of the Ukraine.
Try finding a Business address though, result = nothing.
The closest I found is that they deal through Orion Miniatures
TMP link
but still no definate address.
Scale-Model-Kits.com ? The Prices look good but then to risk $200 USD to get cheaper stuff? Question is, how much would the postage be for a couple of sets cost to test out thier reliability and would that massively Offset the Initial low Price per set ?
Me, I prefer to take a hit on Price and deal with someone I´ve dealt with before and trust rahter than risk a unknown seller. They (the new alliance sets) haven´t appeared on offer, even pre-order here, but I can wait :-)
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 16 Oct 2016 7:40 a.m. PST |
SMK claims they've been operating for 6 years,which,if true, would(I'd hope) argue against their being rip-off artists. I'll probably search around on some plastic kit forums,to see what I can find out. |
| Marc at work | 18 Oct 2016 3:25 a.m. PST |
Doesn't LotR refer to the trolls and ents as being around 14 foot tall, so twice man height is pretty good. Mind you, in Moria it is a huge orc chieftain not a troll that skewers Frodo – honestly, no research undertaken by PJ from primary sources  (just kidding) |
 20thmaine | 31 Oct 2016 6:44 a.m. PST |
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 01 Nov 2016 7:28 a.m. PST |
Marc--yep,all we get of the troll in Moria is the arm and shoulder,and the foot Frodo stabs. I reread the Treebeard chapter,and you're right,"at least fourteen feet tall". OTOH, Pippin at the Black Gate stabs the troll "deep into the vitals",which might be difficult for a four-foot hobbit against a 14 foot troll,except that the troll was bent over the fallen Beregond,so still a possibility. OTOOH, the trolls are here described as "taller and broader than Men",leaving things ambiguous. I'd think,however, that if they were really twice man-height,Tolkien would likely have emphasized the fact. Admittedly, I may be "over-reading". And there are trolls,and trolls. Maybe the troll in Moria didn't come into the chamber because he couldn't fit through the door! |
