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Those rugs worry me. I'm sure they creep about at night and gnaw the chair-legs - that or I'm getting shorter each time I sit down.

All we can ever do is hope for the best in this best of all possible worlds, to paraphrase one of your countrymen, Master Elf.

I'm not ready to pass judgment on the MZ figures yet (though I'm perplexed why the system can so far only produce square-section bowstaves...). I haven't seen any pictures of the Aragorn figure yet. Have I not been paying attention?

Hi everyone, it's time for brealfast today.
I will join the man in the dark for rugs hereby are sometimes eating my meals even faster than any  hobbit...wait a minute, no, this could be me?
Bon appétit !

huoomm ... hey, could you please first listen to each other before you start talking about five different matters at the same time ... rhûom ... give me a minute to cope with them wargskins ... hooomm ... dead they are as you all should know ... that's why they're called skins and not kins ... huom ...

huoomm ... there are official pictures of that Aragorn mounted published as a preview in the newsletter 18.04.2017... rhûom ...
I still do not like those shots, declared as pictures, as they do not reveil the figures as they are after the production ... huooooOOmm ... I even hate that "oily-smeary" optical appearance ... just wait until they're primed ... huom ... in case the primer still sticks better to the metal than to your hands ... hom ... or when assembling and having to add parts which are not primed at all from sprues (see, Master Barliman, I'm still learning) to the figures and which leaves you to "prime" the figures all over again ... alas ... grrrrrRuômm ... that is ...
indeed, Master Ddaines, that wastefulness of metal between reigns and neck of the CT-horses always has been annoying to many people whose comments about this matter I still can recall very well ... hom ... though it never touched CT ... as far as I know ... homtidommdedomm ...

Barliman wrote:

Damn. Just wrote a long email and then accidentally deleted it. Points it made were

1. Found the email and therefore the picture - don't know how I missed it.
2. Aragorn's horse looks overweight, as if it hasn't been exercised reglularly.
3. Aragorn's pose looks fine, but the horse is rather static, like Master Gildor says.
4. Agree with the Tree that the latest phoso from Mithril do look rather "oily". (Can anyone tell me what causes this?)

Glad you're still learning, Master Theobald. Aren't we all?

At a guess I would say they have this look because they are screen shots (maybe) of what the piece will look like - I also collect larger scale figures and a lot of 'sculptors' appear to have taken the digital route and their W.I.P. shots appear to have the same look to them.

I may have deleted the email with the image attached so can't comment on the 'Forlong' look to the horse .

Re the rein issue, I did speak to CT at SALUTE when Mithril did the 'freebies' and PA attended, but while CT didn't feel separate reins were feasible, no reason (that I can remember) was given about the 'wedge'.

Huoomm ... Master Ddaines, that's why I chose the word "shot" in my last entry as you also did and then I didn't call it a picture being taken from a real piece of metal-thing ... huôm ... screen shot that is called, as far as I know ... homtidoom

as for the pic:

Well ... Master Turambar, have you not been aware of the fact that them Hobbits can always surprise you ... rhuôm ... that's why Master Tolkien mentioned them in some of his books ... hmm? ... or am I wrong now? ... do you also know about all the other premises Master Milo keeps ? ... huom

Hm... There was a big crowd here, in the last 2 days... I hope I did not miss something interesting... Please one beer master Barliman, and on my account anything for the occasion of today's holiday Labour day... I hope you did not spent to much time on work master innkeeper...

My work never ends, Master Thingol. But the holiday may explain why Nob didn't get the washing-up done.

Barliman wrote:

My work never ends, Master Thingol. But the holiday may explain why Nob didn't get the washing-up done.

Thanks to you my dear friend... you are a very generous employer... Nob's happy guy indeed ;-)

Barliman wrote:

If he's happy then I must find some more work for him!

he'll be very surprised tomorrow morning !

well thanks a lot master caster that's very kind of you I'm never really far

well great party... with many "small hobbits"... more like little snagas roaming around .... Rivendell is slowly becoming gorgoroth over here..

anyway, have a nice drink everybody   the tap is on... master caster :p

huoomm ... I never tried to avoid a free drink all my life here in Bree, Master Holger, so thanks for that ... rhu^0omm ... but ... dear Elf, I wish you all the very best and a Happy Birthday ... though I'm a bit late I'm afraid ... hooomm ... keep on, please, and don't mind them snagas turning your place a bit gorgoroth-like ... hom ... young they are and don't know about how to tidy rooms ... huuom ... that's your job, isn't it ... rhuoooommmti domm domm