Aragorn and the Palantir MS423 & MZ647
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It’s a pity, I love Mithril, but it’s discouraging… it has always been in a greater or lesser way in fact. But my nostalgia has made me become “attached” to the brand.
When this MZ started I was very excited and thought that they were going to “revamp” their-selves… but after buying the first MZ issue (which I did not like but bought to check it’s quality) I got very disappointed in terms of quality and price. Since then I haven’t bought ANY of the new MZ releases, just EXPECTING that raise in quality and finish they told but I haven’t seen it, this is the reason for me asking (now and then) to some of you how the releases look and if they still have those “printing marks”. But they all look somewhat slanted to me and moreover they seem to have decreased even further.
((((Specially I find it almost offending, specially by comparing to other excellent brands that are already produced with the 3D technology. Since I can get an excellent “Lucas Pina” have a look here>> http://www.puttyandpaint.com/images/uploads/artistworks/9316/cache/img_0039__sized_l.jpg
http://www.puttyandpaint.com/images/uploads/artistworks/11403/cache/cropped/26__sized_l_l.jpg
http://www.puttyandpaint.com/images/uploads/artistworks/9919/cache/img_0025__sized_l.jpg70-75mm miniature with a luxury of details (even the grain of the skin is there) for just the price of what I get with two MZ regular (not mounted or double) release. (and if one of them is just a hobbit or an “unnamed” figurine it makes me cry)
So hand in hand for the price of a couple of MZ “quality printings” I got an EXCELLENT resin figure with a luxury of details and textures, in a numbered batch with a nice wooden box (burn-engraved with a drawing), a couple of stickers and an actual hand-signed piece of cardboard that certifies its authenticity.
In reality what Mithril has “forced” me to do is the following: I just wait and wait for a nice discount (around 40% or more it’s what puts me on to buyer mode) and then I grab what I like/want/can. No more No less… there is not a “quality product” sense in this evenmore adding the primer issues. And the “we produce what you ask us to” feeling is completely lost in between the months/years of waiting. Under my point of view, with the passing of time Mithril has become more and more an Hermetic brand that asks you to pay 20 bucks prior to buy a miniature that will cost you 21 euro or more.
END OF THE COMPLAINT ;_(
On the other hand I cannot get the magic LOTR feeling that Chris gives to his works anywhere else so I find myself tied down.
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