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Ah yes, the ultiumate quandary, to paint or not to paint.

Huoommmmrhuom ... No, Master Barliman, I'm not a master caster at all .... huommm ... I tried years ago ... but all that effort left me with burning branches ... huommm ... that's why I decided that this cannot be the destination for Ents to produce those tiny metal things ... huoommm.
Rhuoommm .... so , after having considered this matter thoroughly, I simply gave up .... hom.
Huoommmm ... that lead me to that 'Imrahil' (though there's no lead in the figure) .... huommm ... you know, thoughtwise, so to say ... huom.
Ah, here we are ... rhuomm... facts and rumours ... hom. It is decided by now that 150 of that banner-bearing-war-worn prince  are being casted .... rhûommmm ...
Huoommm ... the Man told me today that  "There is no problem or delay as far as I know."
Rhuoommmm ... that's it about latest non-rumourous news ... I do know about ...hommmm.
So he will see the light before the appearance of the 'Swan Knights' .... huooom ... rhuom.

Rhooumm ... casting-kid(t)s ... hom ... I tried those ... alas ... huomm ... it's not that what might please me as a collector ... rhuooommm ... just imagine having to paint them all ... rhuoomm.
Huoomm ... as for Imrahil there'll be 150 castings sold by Mithril for a fixed price of 29.95 € ...
rhuommm ... I do hope that the number of castings will keep him being an MX- figure ... but in spite of that keeping it affordable for anybody interested. .... rhuoommm
rhuoomm ... Master Barliman, may I have one of those liquid-filled bowls .... huomm.

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Huuooommmm .... thanks a lot, Master Kenakko .... though this habit about tabs still seems to be weird to me .... huoommmm ... so you pay for them? ... rhuoommm ... I don't want to buy one .... huommm

Bonkers (er, the price, not the Lady).

You must come from a very rich family of Elves if you think £175 is 'too little', Master Gildor! It's an awful sum of money for one tiny piece of metal. I wonder how it compares to the price of gold?

I bought my lady in 1988 blistered in "Heinzelmaennchens Buecherstube" in Stuttgart. Hmm should have bought a few more me thinks. At the time it was a lot more affordable then nowadays, but even back then I could not afford to buy all the minis I liked. You only can stretch to the ceiling as we say...

A toast to the good old times! Oh master Barliman just came in... Come on, sit down and choin in in this toast.

honestly, now that I look back at this time with dank dark rooms, with strange people, small places, chaotically stuffed with tons of papers dices figurines, with fanzines, hand-drawed pictures for manuels with marks of grease, ink, or rubbed pencil... I feel nostalgic...

Now roleplaying is no more craftmanship, it is industrial, and comes along industrial wargaming and both of them are enlightened, commercial, organized, orderly, clean, with people well dressed in an environnement all too well bright...  that's not the proper mood... not at all...
But I was too young and not in the proper mood myself, to play at RPG and figurines.... during the "golden age" alas...

no barliman maybe not

but I clearly saw the inside of a dozen games workshop... shops... and they absolutly match my description there is not a scrap of dust or any blackened walls or scrap of papers lying everywhere...   neon lights, white walls filled with organised boxes or blisters , perfectly clean glasscases, and catalogues well handled in some corners of the rooms, and in the middle a playtable with demonstration building, armies etc and a clean shaved, smart clothed vendor who's there only to assist you , explain the rules (for War 40k, War Battle, lotr) to you and suggest what you should buy...
These shops, I have seen in several big cities in France, both in north and in south of France

well the design deparment is not what the customers see though

well shops were like that back in the 90's, and that's what was doing their charm....

Well, I'm astonished that anyone should actually pay their tab, but even more astonished that The Man should elect to include the 'black squirrel' as one of this month's Fellowship contenders. Since it would logically be only 5-10mm tall (and even that would be mighty big for a squirrel) I thought it was suggested as a joke. Was I wrong?

A pleasure, Master Tree. And the final MX looks to be a very fine figure indeed. I shall be ordering one just as soon as possible!