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April 5, 2009 at 8:24 pm #363
OriginalAragorn
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So I found this listing on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Rare-MITHRIL-LOTR-M48-TROLL-With-Morning-Star_W0QQitemZ380115112238QQihZ025QQcategoryZ44011QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

By the way, that cave troll w/morningstar looks mighty fine..

But I’m curious, the seller says: “The ‘original’ Mithril Miniatures went ‘out-of-business’ ,1996.”

Is this a tactic to upsell the rarity of the item, or did Mithril actually go out of business or restructure in some way back in 1996?

George
April 5, 2009 at 8:24 pm #4814
OriginalAragorn
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So I found this listing on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Very-Rare-MITHRIL-LOTR-M48-TROLL-With-Morning-Star_W0QQitemZ380115112238QQihZ025QQcategoryZ44011QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

By the way, that cave troll w/morningstar looks mighty fine..

But I’m curious, the seller says: “The ‘original’ Mithril Miniatures went ‘out-of-business’ ,1996.”

Is this a tactic to upsell the rarity of the item, or did Mithril actually go out of business or restructure in some way back in 1996?

George
April 5, 2009 at 8:52 pm #4815
Gavin
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No, something DID happen in 1996 (note the gap between the Rangers of Ithilian and Battle of Mirkwood M-series). I suspect Mithril just went dormant until the end of the 1990s.

It’s a tempting model though…
April 5, 2009 at 10:04 pm #4817
Theobald
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Huoommmm …wrong, Master Gavin… the question was about M84 … huoomm … so that one must have been released in the early 90s as it was part of the ‘Army of the Witch-King’ … rhuoomm … and his “brother in arms”(M49) use to swing some kind of a butcher’s knife … rhuoomm … here records are a bit confusing as I remember a “Troll with morning star/mace” which obviously is that M48, and the “Troll with axe” (M49) … huoomm … it’s more than a cleaver than an axe …. huoomm…. as far as I know … hommmmm
April 5, 2009 at 10:13 pm #4819
Turambar
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you mean this one, Master Tree ?! As far as I know the correct title IS Troll with cleaver . . .

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_m049.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_m049.jpg[/imgz]

By the way, this is a absolutely magnificent Troll, but- that cleaver . . . What is wrong with that cleaver . . . It needs a urgent conversion
April 5, 2009 at 10:16 pm #4820
Turambar
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. . .and oh, yes Master OA, there is a nice cheap Orc berserker too ( m045 ) from the same host. BY IT NOW !!!! It is the cheapest I have ever saw . . .
April 5, 2009 at 10:25 pm #4821
jdbrown55
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OA, you must get that troll! I have one and it is absolutely marvelous!:cool:
April 5, 2009 at 10:30 pm #4822
jdbrown55
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Oh, I got this M47 from the same seller last night!

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/14_e6e6_1.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/14_e6e6_1.jpg[/imgz]
April 5, 2009 at 10:38 pm #4824
jdbrown55
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Here is a listing of an M49. I have this one too and it is so cool!

http://cgi.ebay.com/OOP-painted-LOTR-Mithril-Cleaver-Troll-Warhammer-LOTR_W0QQitemZ270369381341QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270369381341&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
April 5, 2009 at 10:43 pm #4825
OriginalAragorn
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Theo – Coincidentally, there’s also an auction for the Troll w/Cleaver.
http://cgi.ebay.com/OOP-painted-LOTR-Mithril-Cleaver-Troll-Warhammer-LOTR_W0QQitemZ270369381341QQihZ017QQcategoryZ44011QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Rita – I don’t see the orc berserker when I searched under “Mithril.” I even went to the same seller’s store and looked through everything. Do you have a link? Thanks. (I really liked the one you converted and painted – and I want one too!)

JD – I’m seriously considering the troll..

Thanks all.
April 5, 2009 at 10:44 pm #4826
OriginalAragorn
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oops, sorry – I must have hit “Submit” after JD sent the same link
April 5, 2009 at 10:46 pm #4827
OriginalAragorn
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His cleaver looks like a straight razor from the old-fashioned barber shops.. perhaps he needs a shave
April 5, 2009 at 11:00 pm #4828
jdbrown55
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Let me tell you pictures do not do these minis justice. Once you have them in hand, you will totally be very pleased!
April 5, 2009 at 11:16 pm #4829
jdbrown55
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I always check ebay in other countries to see what minis they might have and here are a few old ones from France.

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Vintage-Figurine-Mithril_W0QQitemZ200328145170QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_JeuxJouets_FigurineHerosSoldats?hash=item200328145170&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1526%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Vintage-Figurine-Mithril_W0QQitemZ200328153922QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_JeuxJouets_FigurineHerosSoldats?hash=item200328153922&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1526%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Vintage-Figurine-Mithril_W0QQitemZ200328154716QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_JeuxJouets_FigurineHerosSoldats?hash=item200328154716&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1526%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Vintage-Figurine-Mithril_W0QQitemZ200328150315QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_JeuxJouets_FigurineHerosSoldats?hash=item200328150315&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1526%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Ask the seller if he or she will ship to the United States. I have found really good deals.
April 6, 2009 at 9:07 am #4838
Turambar
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. . . lots of traffic here in the meantime . . .
Master OA, I suppose the Orc berserk is gone. I saw it last friday!
Well I have to say the price was, I remember, something about 6 Dollars. That´s amazing cheap for that figure.
And there was the “buy it now” button also. I have to say further, that the prices from that”miniaturehobby” are quiet fair. Look for the halftrolls . . .
I agree to Jason: BY THAT TROLL. The m048 and the m049 are THE Trolls !
AND: congrats for that m047. A very nice orc-figure- like all the ones from that Angmar-serie . . .
There is a nice detail on his back, look:

[imgz url=http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/32_0471.jpg]http://mmp.faerylands.eu/uploads/thumbs/32_0471.jpg[/imgz]
April 8, 2009 at 3:03 am #4860
jdbrown55
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OA, here is a Tom Bombadil for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=140312879711
April 8, 2009 at 1:34 pm #4866
OriginalAragorn
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I didn’t get the Troll w/Morningstar..

I was being admittedly conservative. Mine was the $35 bid (not sure what that is in Euros). Someone ended up getting it for $36..

Well, no need for that figure right away – I’ll be patient and paint my Hobbit set (working on Bard first).

George
April 8, 2009 at 2:02 pm #4867
hsf62
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$ 36.- for 50 grams of pewter? I buy my casting metal a lot cheaper.:lol:
April 8, 2009 at 6:46 pm #4871
Gavin
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Nah, what I was saying Master Tree that the statement “Mithil went out of business in 1996” seems to be founded on a common, if justified misconception.
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