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Looks like it's at least two years away. Current release date is April 12, 2024. I think they're just talking about it now to capitalize on the attention the Amazon series is generating.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-release-date-1235181646/

 krijthebold wrote:
The idea of an anime based in Rohan might be a lot of fun, I'd just like to see more than a few paragraphs, you know?

More Middle Earth is just great. I'm keen for all of it.

 .Mikes. wrote:

 krijthebold wrote:
It's a bit hard to get excited about an anime without seeing any images yet, for me at least.

What you need is that time machine people are using to unconditionally say the Amazon series is gak.

If I see someone take a turd in a sandwich, I don't then need to eat it to be able to tell you it tastes like turd...

I'm looking forward to the Amazon show. It should be better than a lot of crap put out and since my wife liked the movies I'll be able to get her to watch with me.

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:


If I see someone take a turd in a sandwich, I don't then need to eat it to be able to tell you it tastes like turd...

I'd expect not. But we're not talking about defecating into bread products. What you're doing is guessing. To use your analogy, someone has offered you a sandwich and you can't see it. You say it's a terrible sandwich, and the waiter asks you how you know, and you say something about someone taking a dump in front of them. You're then asked to leave the store, and you say why, at what point did someone start using images of feces become a crime? And they say, not this again. And you say no one will ever make a Lord of the Rings Adaptation like Peter Jackson, and the waiter says Peter Jackson's films were also held in wide suspicion before release, as you would know if your on message boards in the late 90s, and would you please stop using 'feces' in front of the other customers.

I fail to see what all this discussion about race and who plays who in the new Middle-Earth show and turd sandwiches has to do with the MESBG. Could we get the whole thing back on topic? Pretty sure there's a thread over in Geek Media for those who want to discuss the show itself.

I saw this image just before I read this thread, probably just a coincidence https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLz_OhMXoAAXdnb?format=jpg&name=900x900

Not sure how it happened, but my MTO order has already arrived. Not that I'm complaining, of course!

Ive seen a few people on instagram and various discords saying similar things. 2 or 3 day turn arounds for their MTO orders.

They might be learning what sort of numbers they need from previous MTO orders and have pre-cast a whole bunch.

Yeah, got my MTO armored Moria goblins and Galadriel in just a few days. When I ordered them it said it would be a few weeks. I was pleasantly surprised.

I got the ship notice for my Galadriel 2 hours after I got my ship notice for the rest of my order. Not bad considering I made my order yesterday!

So finally next week new Easterling heroes are up for preorder!

I wish they'd just get the emperor and book out at this point. This is such a dragged on release now considering it started back with the acolytes.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wish they'd just get the emperor and book out at this point. This is such a dragged on release now considering it started back with the acolytes.

Weren't they revealed about a year ago now?

 Arbitrator wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wish they'd just get the emperor and book out at this point. This is such a dragged on release now considering it started back with the acolytes.

Weren't they revealed about a year ago now?

The acolytes? First teased 31/12/20, revealed 22/2/21 (so almost a year to the day) and then released 20/3/21.

So yeah, they've been dragging this one out.

 Snrub wrote:

 Arbitrator wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
I wish they'd just get the emperor and book out at this point. This is such a dragged on release now considering it started back with the acolytes.

Weren't they revealed about a year ago now?

The acolytes? First teased 31/12/20, revealed 22/2/21 (so almost a year to the day) and then released 20/3/21.

So yeah, they've been dragging this one out.

So I that rate we can expect the Emperor and Black Dragons within the next 2 years.

Oh joy, it's just like waiting for the Winds of Winder.

Yeah, I was surprised to see only these two heroes and nothing else in the preorder. Just give us the book already
But as usual, backlog is big enough, we must not be hasty.

Sgt. Cortez wrote:
Yeah, I was surprised to see only these two heroes and nothing else in the preorder. Just give us the book already
But as usual, backlog is big enough, we must not be hasty.

Okay Treebeard, we won't be hasty.

I feel everyone on the waiting thing, especially since I've decided to focus on Easterlings as my main Evil army. I'm really looking forward to the book for both the Easterlings and for the fluff; it's one part of Lord of the Rings that a lot of people forget about since it wasn't in the movies at all (not even a mention except in the extended edition where Aragorn tells Gimli that his kin at Erebor are probably going to have their own battles to fight).

Huh, surprised to see the new Easterling heroes go up for pre-order before the Black Dragons and new Dale units, both of which were teased much much earlier.

Also do we have any idea when DotN is coming? I'm keen to re-enter Middle Earth with an updated Easterling and Dwarf army!

Are the easterling heroes resin or plastic?

chaos0xomega wrote:
Are the easterling heroes resin or plastic?

Almost certainly resin.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Are the easterling heroes resin or plastic?

Personally i'm expecting the emperor to be plastic. We haven't had our quarterly plastic kit yet and he's the only thing left right now.

 Fergie0044 wrote:
Huh, surprised to see the new Easterling heroes go up for pre-order before the Black Dragons and new Dale units, both of which were teased much much earlier.

Also do we have any idea when DotN is coming? I'm keen to re-enter Middle Earth with an updated Easterling and Dwarf army!

New Dale units? Which one apart from Knights, already available at FW?

Ah so they are! My bad. Just the Black Dragons to come then, plus the last Easterling unit.

So sad, I hoped for more units for my beloved Dale!

Dragon Emperor reveal.

Its beautiful...

I know its probably in resin, but is it too much to hope for it to be plastic instead?

Damn. I may need to start an Easterling army.

Pretty cool model. But I think I'd swap his weapon for an Easterling halberd, it looks "too asian" for my taste.
And two guys more to carry him would have been more believable I think. Pretty large Palanquin for those 6.

Don't know how I feel about it as a Middle-Earth model, but it definitely looks great as far as GW goes

Very pleased with how things have gone for the Easterlings, especially if the Black Dragon kit has the option to assemble them all with pikes (and thus helping negate the lack of them in plastic). Still wish we got new sculpts for both versions of the Dragon Knight and the footslogging War Priest, but then we can't have it all.