Noble collection the hobbit
But there are some things where it just doesn't seem worth the money.Īll that being said, I'm looking forward to reading about the weapons when people start getting them and seeing the final products in photos! I could be swayed! Neither one has shown up yet (the map has yet to ship even, and it's coming from NZ so I'm guessing it'll be into the new year before I see that one) so I'm not opposed to Weta at all. I will say, I did order Weta's Key To Erebor and the $200 prop replica map. On the flip side, it doesn't bother me that Gandalf's staff is made of polyresin because they are recreating the look of wood. I feel like prop replicas at that price should be made out of metal. If it was closer to $150 I'd be all over it.
$250 seems like too much, no matter how expertly sculpted or painted. I LOVE the design of that, but for it being made out of urethane rubber. I kind of feel that same way about Balin's Mace. Not to stray too far off topic, but to be honest, if they released, say, Glamdring tomorrow for $250 and made it out of urethane like they are the Hobbit weapons, I wouldn't be interested when I could get a Glamdring for $100 less made of actual metal. Re: Gandalf's Staff from The Hobbit: Noble Collection VS United Cutlery Update: Now Weta is in the mix with their fiberglass version! So many choices! If the UC staff will probably be vastly superior in terms of look and authenticity, I might go that direction as I would use the illumination feature sparingly as a display item.Īny thoughts you have will be helpful! Thanks! I am just trying to weigh whether the illumination is enough to turn me towards the NC staff. It won't be out until May of next year, apparently, but I could possibly wait. However, Noble Collection is going to offer an illuminating staff which appeals to me. It doesn't seem to have quite the same presence as the sword one, although on the other hand that might be nice because it won't get in the way of the presentation of the actual staff. One possible con, not sure I'm in love with the stand. For the sword, I was definitely swayed to go towards UC. On one hand, UC's staff looks very nice and UC seems to have a better reputation as far as detail goes. But I was looking at options for Gandalf's staff, and I wanted some advice from people who have bought prop replicas from both companies, as I have not. I am wanting to get Glamdring and Gandalf's staff to hang in my office. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Hello all! Apologies if this has been covered.