It’s not the only project started by Mithril and never finished…
In history of Mithril there have been several projects never finished. Sometimes because they were not succesfull, I assume, and others because of reasons unknown to me.
Like these ones:
– the Warbands: ok, not the fault of Mithril that this serie had to be stopped; it seemed they did not have the rights to produce units that were intended for wargames;
– the ‘vignette’ series, started in 1995: it was supposed to be a range of vignettes with the most important scenes of LotR. This project ended in 1996 counting 8 vignettes (the last one being MV376 The Barrow-tomb). However a third vignette-serie suddenly did see the light in 2005 (MV419 and MV420 – both Pelennor Field subjects).
– the Battle of Five Armies: this project was started at the end of 1995, with the release of the range ‘Thorin and Dain’, announcing this would be the first of five ranges under the name ‘The Battle of Five Armies’. There has never been a second range.
– Armies of Gondor: this project counts 2 ranges so far (Part 1 : M424-M433 Lossarnach range and Part 2 : M484-M493 Dol Amroth range); it is not clear if this project was intended to count only these two ranges; but there are certainly more Gondorian provincial armies to think of.
– Mordor’s armies: this project counts only Part 1 : M472-M481 Corsairs of Umbar range; there has never been a Part 2;
– Helm’s Deep: yes ! Three ranges released as announced from the start (in 2009, 2011 and 2016, but still)! However the last range was only a half one; the last five M-numbers simply stay unused;
– The LR-range: started in 1998 it was the intension to produce 100 miniatures of the most important characters and personalities from LotR; it ended with the release of LR40 Arwen. Still 60 to go:)
Now to make things clear: I am a big fan of all miniatures I mentioned above, so I’m very glad Mithril has made what there is; I just don’t understand Mithril’s politics about starting new projects each time and not finishing them.
