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https://www.wetanz.com/smaug-the-terrible

Dimensions:
11.8" x 20.5" x 17.7" (H x W x D)
30 cm x 52 cm x 45 cm

Looks like it might be just the right size for a really big game of LOTR. The only question, is whether or not it's worth seven hundred bucks. It is very pretty though, sculpt wise.

Hey look, it even comes based!

No mention of material?

Pre-painted?

No scale ruler?

WETA, you need to do more to impress Dakka...

The customer review seems to imply it's already painted:

It's gorgeous and it's MINE!!!! Fantastic replica. Worth every penny. The colors are awesome. The face is spectacular! Worth waiting three years for! Holy Golden Hoard!! Hide.

Herzlos wrote:
The customer review seems to imply it's already painted:

It's gorgeous and it's MINE!!!! Fantastic replica. Worth every penny. The colors are awesome. The face is spectacular! Worth waiting three years for! Holy Golden Hoard!! Hide.

Most likely, although it's nothing a few days in a bath of dettol won't solve.

Ugh, so we have to strip it too. So you gotta buy Simple Green ON TOP of the 700 clams.

Thanks WETA...

It doesn't look all that great to me - that treasure pile looks like they have pressed some sack cloth into clay and called it a pile of coins :s

For 700 gold coins I would be expecting it to be a genetically engineered living dragon

I think the Arkenstone is in that pile as well?

 SilverMK2 wrote:
It doesn't look all that great to me - that treasure pile looks like they have pressed some sack cloth into clay and called it a pile of coins :s

Holy crap you're right, it's really a pile of gold O_O

I thought it was just a sandy base and paid it no mind. It's really shoddy - too regular piles of coins, everything painted gold, even jewels.

In all seriousness I think it looks great, but the gold does resemble a sack.

For $700, I hope they used real gold leaf for the piles of gold Smaug is sitting on.

Er, that's a collectible statue, not a wargame miniature. Goes on your shelf, not your gaming table. Too heavy for that. Bit fragile too.

I'm gonna need a banana up there to truly appreciate the size and magnificence.

I think it looks good. Not 700 bucks good though.

And I agree with other posters about the treasure. It looks like glossy mud.

 Ahtman wrote:
I'm gonna need a banana up there to truly appreciate the size and magnificence.

That's cool, but you don't need to announce your fetishes publicly

 Fabio Bile wrote:
Er, that's a collectible statue, not a wargame miniature. Goes on your shelf, not your gaming table. Too heavy for that. Bit fragile too.

I think we all realize that...

Why the HELL is that $700?

Did BTP paint it or something, because I don't see any OSL (and the teeth and eyes are painted....must be a new guy).

 Alex C wrote:

 Fabio Bile wrote:
Er, that's a collectible statue, not a wargame miniature. Goes on your shelf, not your gaming table. Too heavy for that. Bit fragile too.

I think we all realize that...

I think you do, but the other posts are even less funny.

Very, but too rich for my blood. Especially for a lame drake.

Definitely not worth 700 dollarydoos.

Fething awesome!

Still waiting on the GW version though, hopefully it will be (slightly) more afforadble!

 Paradigm wrote:
Fething awesome!

Still waiting on the GW version though, hopefully it will be (slightly) more afforadble!

Someone's optimistic

From the movie I never got any impression that he was red...

caylentor wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Fething awesome!

Still waiting on the GW version though, hopefully it will be (slightly) more afforadble!

Someone's optimistic

Well, they're almost certainly doing one, and it will almost certainly be awesome, and to be honest, ever since reading the Hobbit Smaug has been number 1 on my list of "things I want in lovely plasticy form"!

Hence, if it's anything less that about £90 I'll buy it.

 Paradigm wrote:
Well, they're almost certainly doing one, ...

From what was said back when the first movie came out, they're almost certainly not.

Supposedly New Line stipulated that if they made one, it had to be to scale... and GW decided that it would just be too big to be practical.

I think it's awesome... the price is high, but size-wise it represent the Smaug of the movies quite well. I think that's the only thing the last Hobbit movie nailed, but man did it ever! He was so intimidating

 insaniak wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Well, they're almost certainly doing one, ...

From what was said back when the first movie came out, they're almost certainly not.

Supposedly New Line stipulated that if they made one, it had to be to scale... and GW decided that it would just be too big to be practical.

to scale would make it as big as i am. Even with new line and their complete lack of knowledge on anything miniatures would know that to scale is the most absurd thing possible

 Paradigm wrote:

caylentor wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Fething awesome!

Still waiting on the GW version though, hopefully it will be (slightly) more afforadble!

Someone's optimistic

Well, they're almost certainly doing one, and it will almost certainly be awesome, and to be honest, ever since reading the Hobbit Smaug has been number 1 on my list of "things I want in lovely plasticy form"!

Hence, if it's anything less that about £90 I'll buy it.

£90? Thats only Imperial knight sized.

I reckon it will be big, really big, £150 and out in time for chrimbo

 namiel wrote:

to scale would make it as big as i am. Even with new line and their complete lack of knowledge on anything miniatures would know that to scale is the most absurd thing possible

That's the point, though. They didn't want Smaug's impact lessened by having him made in an inappropriate scale. If he doesn't fit into the scale chosen for the game, then he clearly shouldn't be a part of that game.


To return to the actual topic, it's a nice enough statue, but like most movie collectibles I've seen, seems more than a little over-priced for the quality. I probably would have liked it more if I wasn't a modeller...

A someone who has a fair few collectables of this broad nature (Sideshow, Hot Toys, Hollywood Collectables, etc) it looks solidly overpriced.