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#526 Tue, Aug5 2014 4:41pm
- shadyt
- Traveller
- From: Indiana, USA
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Re: THE TAPROOM 3
Happy Birthday Holger!!
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#528 Tue, Aug5 2014 4:56pm
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
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- Posts: 4331
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That's why they smell so good, Master Tree!
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#529 Tue, Aug5 2014 7:41pm
- ddaines
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Birfday greetings Holger 
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#530 Wed, Aug6 2014 8:49am
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
- From: Germany
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What exactly is a "birfday", Master Dave ?????
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#531 Thu, Aug7 2014 1:42pm
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
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Well, I see that the Fellowship "old woman with chickens" figure is in the latest newsletter. This has to be the most pointless figure that the Fellowship has ever generated. What's the link with JRRT's writings? Blowed if I can see it.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#532 Thu, Aug7 2014 2:29pm
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huooommm ... you're perfectly right, Master Barliman ... rhuom ... I never understood why this suggestion was accepted by Mithril and then by Master Tubb ... gruuoomm ... but I didn't understand even less why that weird idea won the voting ... huom ...
unbelievable that is to me ....
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#533 Thu, Aug7 2014 2:54pm
- cameosis
- Master of Languages
- Registered: Tue, Jan25 2011
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happy belated birthday wishes to you, holger!
here's something to dance to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8VNtKwqmU8
Esse quam videri. (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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#534 Thu, Aug7 2014 4:39pm
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
- From: Germany
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I always thought Bobby McLaughlin had played a guitar session somewhere at night in San Francisco. . .
Or was it John ???
A great link anyway.
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#535 Thu, Aug7 2014 4:42pm
- ddaines
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Re: THE TAPROOM 3
Turambar wrote:
What exactly is a "birfday", Master Dave ?????
A 'Birfday' Master Turambar, is a Birthday deliberately spelt wrong 
, or even spelt as some say it in certain parts hereabouts 
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#536 Thu, Aug7 2014 4:57pm
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
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It's also the opposite of "Defday". I thought everyone knew that.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#537 Thu, Aug7 2014 9:32pm
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
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Maybe it sounds like "birthday" with too much scrumpy inside your body, MAster Dave . . .
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#538 Thu, Aug7 2014 9:35pm
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
- From: Germany
- Registered: Sun, Apr27 2008
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Oh- by the way:
Heeeeyyyyyy- what an amazing figure that is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean the old lady feeding those chicken.
What an extraordinary sculpt!!!!!!!
For a very long time at least a fellowship figure I will buy for sure !!!!!!
Absolutely marvellous!!!!!!
And the best: This is NOT a joke or even ironic. NO it is serious!!!!!
So, Master Tree- better cleaning your glasses here . . . 
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#539 Thu, Aug7 2014 9:37pm
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
- From: Germany
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Err- this is the figure: (I placed a photograph- licensed by mithril- for those you can not remember well . . . )
PS: remember- this is NOT a joke!
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#540 Thu, Aug7 2014 10:00pm
- Mornedhel
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- From: Luxembourg province, Belgium
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I really love The old woman sculpt. Chris has done a great job. Far better than some previous releases
And this not a joke.
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#541 Thu, Aug7 2014 11:03pm
- ddaines
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I too was pleasantly surprised by the chicken feeder given the doubt surrounding her arrival, a rather nice study of a farm woman feeding her chickens .
I did enjoy the 'banter' surrounding this release as well though .
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#542 Fri, Aug8 2014 6:51am
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... no this is a joke... if mithril should pay licence to MEE ( http://www.middleearth.com/current_licensees.html ) and this is one of the reasons why their figures are more expensive than the figures of the other companies... yes.. this is a huge and bitter joke !
At least for me... 21 euros for this... ok I will buy it because of Chris and my collection but this is s _ _ _ !
.... Farewell to Middle-earth at last. I see the Star above my mast!
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#543 Fri, Aug8 2014 8:05am
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
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This is a nicely modelled figure, of course - after all, it's by Chris. But it's definitely a joke. It has got nothing to do with LOTR. Nothing to do with JRRT. Nothing to do with ICE. Nothing to do with anything to do with Tolkien at all. As Master Thingol suggests, this figure could just as easily have been produced without needing an expensive MEE licence. You can buy "anonymous medieval-looking civilian" figures from just about every mini manufacturer on the planet, so how did one of our precious Fellowship voting opportunities get wasted on this old lady?
It is because there are still so many Tolkien figures that haven't been modelled in any form that this figure is a travesty. Why anyone voted for it is a mystery to me. I'm sure there must have been more worthy or relevant suggestions that month?
What next, I wonder? "Rustic leaning on scythe and picking his nose", perhaps.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#544 Fri, Aug8 2014 8:10am
- Turambar
- Archer of Mirkwood
- From: Germany
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OK- I understood all this completely.
But I did NOT understood why this woman won the voting. Neither why this woman had been suggested.
Maybe this is the reason why I left the voting place long time ago.
Anyway, Master Barliman, lets have a try on your 12-star-scrumpy!
Maybe the magic was the most powerful force in the world. But that was long ago.
The dragons are gone, the giants are dead and the children of the woods are forgotten.
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#545 Fri, Aug8 2014 8:13am
- Barliman
- The famous Innkeeper
- From: Bree
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You're welcome to join me, certainly, Master Archer. I've had two pints already.
"A worthy man, but his memory is like a lumber-room: thing wanted always buried."
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#546 Fri, Aug8 2014 8:47am
- Gildor Inglorion
- Wandering Elf
- From: Montpellier, France
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Re: THE TAPROOM 3
well that's also why each time I see suggestions and during vote period, I quite harshly try to make a point by saying suggestions should focus on Tolkien figurines that can clearly be identified as Tolkien related
(because or Heraldry, of physical representation linked to either Tolkien illustrators or MERP illustrations, or books descriptions, of Mithril continuity with their previous releases)
I can understand people want commoners, but commoners without distinguished tokien sign released individually are a big mistake...(this is also valid for army folks without any distingued sign, except "maybe" their shield crest) If released in a regular series (like Prancing Poney or village of bree) this is a range, so OK, fine... but alas mithril is not doing regulars at the moment.... a pity, but that's not an excuse, in my point of view, to alter the Gold Fellowhip objective to have such figurines released.
Don't make me think that those who suggest "commoners" don't also have ideas for non commoners if they were given the choice? There are still MANY characters and situations that remain to be depicted in mithril range
"Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill." (Gildor Inglorion, LOTR1)
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#547 Fri, Aug8 2014 9:03am
- hsf62
- Master Caster
- From: Australia
- Registered: Tue, Jan29 2008
- Posts: 2930
Re: THE TAPROOM 3
Thanks guys for the many "bifday" wishes! Haven't been here some time. Master Baliman could you be so good and supply our guests with whatever liquid they ask for so we can have a drink together.
For the record Master Turambar I'm in Australia still. Hopefully not for to much longer, otherwise it might be hard for the body to adjust from the Australian summer into the German winter..BRRRRRRR
Where there is a will there is a way, just as there are no problems, only solutions! Guess it depends on ones own perspective of the matter at that time
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#548 Fri, Aug8 2014 9:06am
- hsf62
- Master Caster
- From: Australia
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The old lady might be nicely done, but Barli is right this figur as a GF-figure is just plain chickenshit!
Where there is a will there is a way, just as there are no problems, only solutions! Guess it depends on ones own perspective of the matter at that time
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#549 Fri, Aug8 2014 9:08am
- hsf62
- Master Caster
- From: Australia
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Cheers to all of you!
Where there is a will there is a way, just as there are no problems, only solutions! Guess it depends on ones own perspective of the matter at that time
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#550 Fri, Aug8 2014 4:22pm
- Milo
- The Attic Warden
- From: Toulouse, France
- Registered: Tue, Mar30 2010
- Posts: 4454
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Cheers everyone. I will buy this non canonical minis as it's nice. But I agree this should be part of regular range and not in GF.
Milo Gamgee-Took of Bywater
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J.R.R.Tolkien
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