The Balrog, Takara Batman reviews

[Gareee]

I always have been a big LOTR fan, and I LOVED the impressivness in the movies.

We have a lot of the toybiz figures, so he's kind of like the jewel in the crown.

[Biomechanoid]

Not so much the property likeness as much as it is a benchmark for the toy industry that caught my interest. Y'know, the kind of thing that McF used to establish. Nobody's tackled anything of this magnitude before. Sure, that it's a LOTR is great, it's an enormous monster which is certainly appealing whether it was based on the mythos or not, it's very rare, it's an actual action figure with articulation, and it's badass. It's visually stunning, has an incredible story behind both its fictional basis and its production as an item, and it's a work of art as far as I'm concerned. From my perspective, it's literally CC Urizen times 10. It also has the appeal of being a guaranteed investment, but that's usually not enough to convince me to buy a toy. I really like this sucker, and I want one for my collection - that's really the bottom line. Conversely, I don't get why people pay large sums of money for things like fake tits or 1:1 scale busts or Starbucks coffee. We likes what we likes.

[SlappyMcNasty]

Thanks for the TERRIFIC reviews as always MWC. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

[Gareee]

Hey Imbalance! DCBS is getting their Balrog's in Wendsday! Yippee!!

[Gareee]

Hey Mike..do you have the large Balrog head votive? Is it the same sculpt as the new figure, or a different sculpt?

It looks different from online pics, but looks similar in size.

I'm wondering if a head transplant would be possible, to give the head that great look the votive has?

[Gareee]

From looking at pics, it looks like the votive has a much better sculpt, even though the figure version looks very good as well.

Once I get my big guy, I'll ponder if it's worth doing an "upgrade" on him.

Ideally, I could loose the sound, and would like to just have flickering lights in his head and flames.

I could probably recast the head in clear resin, since I've used that successfully before, but if I could use the votive, that would give him the better sculpt as well.

From what I've seen online, I'm thinking of loosing and puttying the waist joint, and maybe loosing and puttying the hip joints. (And then I won't have to worry about "droop" over time.)

Since he's going to really be more a display piece, then a played with toy, just having his arm articulation might be just fine.

I'm also thinking of building him a bridge "base" and screwing his feet to it, so they don't bend out as well. Plus toybiz Gandalf can use used for the display.

[Michael Crawford]

I gave it to my nephew a long time ago - but I reviewed it back then. Yep, very different head sculpt.

[Gareee]

I JUST got my email today giving me the shipping number! Odds are, you'll recieve one as well sometime today or tomorrow.

It's being shipped DHL. Here's what I got:


DHL Shipment Notification

Greetings from DHL!

On August 23, 2006 a shipment label was printed by Cameron of DISCOUNT COMIC BOOK SVCS for delivery to Gary Tabar Jr.
The shipment number of this package is xxxxxxxxxxx.

Sender's message:
'Thank you for your business! For questions regarding your shipment,
please call 1-888-889-4440 Shipment Reference:'

To track this shipment use any of these options:

And then they supply tracking info. I copied this, so you'll have their phone number, in case you want to call them, and inquire about your Balroggy goodness!

I'm guessing I'll have mine Mon. or Tues. next week.. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[Biomechanoid]

Originally posted by Gareee:
Hey Imbalance! DCBS is getting their Balrog's in Wendsday! Yippee!!

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Sales Amok Time to me - yesterday...

You will have it in the next 5-10 days

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm too anxious to wait into September, but I'll give them until the end of the month to get me a tracking # before I try to snag one elsewhere. They're on friggin' eBay already!

Anyway, hope you get yours soon, too.

[Biomechanoid]

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Status: In Transit -
On Time

Scheduled Delivery: 08/25/2006
Shipped to: JOHNSTOWN, PA, US
Shipped or Billed on: 08/23/2006

Tracking Number: ###
Service Type: GROUND
Weight: 22.20 Lbs
Note: Your package is in the UPS system and is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 08/25/2006.



Package Progress:


Location Date Local Time Activity
HARRISBURG, PA, US 08/24/2006 8:08 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
UNIONDALE, NY, US 08/24/2006 2:16 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
UNIONDALE, NY, US 08/23/2006 6:25 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 08/23/2006 5:05 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED


Tracking results provided by UPS: 08/24/2006 10:01 A.M. Eastern Time (USA)

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