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 Kroothawk wrote:
In May, Hobbit will get just one release: Radagast the Brown on Sled (40€). Hobbit is covered on three glorious pages in the May WD (2 pages product presentation, one page fake preview with Goblin King).

Well I'm curious to see this model, at least

In 2 days, official pics are up. Until then:
It is a decent model true to the original.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Kroothawk wrote:
In May, Hobbit will get just one release: Radagast the Brown on Sled (40€). Hobbit is covered on three glorious pages in the May WD (2 pages product presentation, one page fake preview with Goblin King).

Christ, 40€...that's a bit...high....

Not half. I'd have been tempted by it just for painting/display, but I can get 54mm Kabuki pin-ups for less than that. Or a decent sized resin vehicle.

Outrageous price. I'd give you Eur15 for it, tops.

THEN I'd have to start the extensive remodelling needed to make the "rabbits" look like lagomorphs.

So far, apart from the Misty Mountain goblins, I'm pretty disappointed with the Hobbit range and the prices are mind boggling. I can only assume they are having to pay New Line some mind-blowing royalties.

Here the official pic:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat970003a&prodId=prod1990216a

Those rabbits...

The sled and rider seem decent. I don't know if it's the paint jobs, or if the sculpts are truly as lackluster as they seem for the Hobbit stuff (and some of the LOTR stuff). But there it is... those rabbits look extremely fake and stiff-legged...

Is it just me or does Radagast look like the Hobo version of Father Christmas?

Well, I'm guessing whoever painted those poor, poor bunnies should be taken out and shot, but I actually kind of like the model. That many thin extremities should not ever have even been considered for sale in finecast, though - I certainly will be staying away from this due to the material. Shame, it's actually quite a fun piece, in a strange way

 Ketara wrote:
Is it just me or does Radagast look like the Hobo version of Father Christmas?

Yes, but that's PJ's fault and not GW, though they are the one's trying to charge $50 for it. ($60 if you are Cdn)

Oh good. I was worried they hadn't found a way to give an oval base release to the Hobbit.

Thurlac wrote:
Outrageous price. I can only assume they are having to pay New Line some mind-blowing royalties.

I think at the last minute the licensing for the hobbit (across the board, not just for GW) tripled (and hopefully covered all three films or something).
Still doesn't really seem like a good idea for GW to be pricing their stuff this high, they need people to actually buy it.

 Bolognesus wrote:
Well, I'm guessing whoever painted those poor, poor bunnies should be taken out and shot, but I actually kind of like the model. That many thin extremities should not ever have even been considered for sale in finecast, though - I certainly will be staying away from this due to the material. Shame, it's actually quite a fun piece, in a strange way

exactly...
if this guy was plastic i would paint it...
it has a unique whimsy...
unfortunately, i can just see those poor Finecast bunnies droop and snap off quite easily...

cheers
jah

Yeah it's a disaster waiting to happen. If it was in plastic for £15 or finecast for £10 I'd consider it, because then I wouldn't feel so bad about replacing the bunnies and/or using wire instead of finecast for the harnesses so they'll stay where they are sculpted.

It's a shame because I actually like the model.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Oh good. I was worried they hadn't found a way to give an oval base release to the Hobbit.

The rabbit chase was the low point in the film for me. It wasn't in the original story, it was kind of pointless and special effects were awful.

Consequently I'm not particularly drawn to this model.

EDIT - And especially not at the price of £30!!!!

A WHFB GIANT is the same price as this sled.

A fecking ARACHNAROK is almost the FECKING same prize as this piece of trash.

Just think about it.

 Ketara wrote:
Is it just me or does Radagast look like the Hobo version of Father Christmas?

Actually.. I remember watching the film and thinking he looked like Sylvester McCoy as Doctor Who

If I can get my Warg Riders to that thing . . .

Actually, not just my warg riders. Any model that you can get a few of can and will kill that thing really quickly. Look at the base size!

Irregular Miniatures do 54mm rabbits for 50p each. scratchbuild anyone?

Such a shame that it looks like GW can't get their act together with the Hobbit figures. At least with LotR part 1 they had Lurtz as a bad guy and a half decent Balrog but right now they have very little in the way of opposition other than the Goblin King. However I would point out that merchandising across the board is pretty bad for this movie. Even most of the books and some of the premium books have no reference to Azog, who is a pretty big part of the movie. I get the distinct impression that Azog was added late or very poorly marketed by the film company. Also very few people other than the Perry twins got to see the movie sets so it's no surprise that the current models feel a bit duff. As for the Gollum models, they really have no excuse there as he's well known from LotR so they could have used that as reference material. I wouldn't read too much into the 'limited' edition still being available, even though it hasn't been very successful I think it's limited to being around just for this year and next year there will be another box just like with LotR. I'm sure plenty of people will see the second film just as with LotR which took time to be popular.

this Hobbit release bunch has been painful to look at
rather ugly models and prices that rival fantasy... for a game with lesser quality miniatures.
I am not paying for the brand here... I just wanted some dwarves, but alas no not at those prices I don't

Some meager Hobbit releases for July, to show that GW is still aware of this game:

Azog (mounted and on foot) 35€
Young Thorin (mail order only) 15€
Young Balin (mailorder only) 21€
Young Dwalin (mailorder only ) 21€

No idea why Thorin is cheaper, the miniatures are quite similar.

Mereging threads.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/536427.page

Holy crap, they're up to 35 euros for a single foot/mounted character now?

That is quite simply INSANE. He costs the same as the already overpriced Hunters on Wargs box, which gives you six models of similar quality in a more reliable material!

I keep looking at these models and thinking "Yeah, some of these are nice!" and then looking at the price and getting pre-emptive buyer's remorse!

In the other thread, reds8n posted these pics:
Azog:




Young Thorin:


Young Balin:


Young Dwalin:

I actually might get those. First miniatures I have had interest in other than the Elven Cavalry.