Well, Gildor, you’re right saying that removing the parts of some of the LR-series-figures requires some surgeon’s skill. Nevertheless I value most of those releases very much, because just of that – having to assemble the figure(s) – made it possible to have them being more three-dimensional. – E.g. the cloaks of some Nazgûls, consisting of two parts, supports this very much.
Then, as for another matter, in those days of the release of figures I really was fascinated by the new design of the bases. I think the shape of those bases was excellent … it supported the figures much more as you could paint the base according to the structure it has and finishing it outside in black (as the old colour-schemes suggested).
To me that was far more better than always having to face that old rectangular base with those undefinable “bubbles” on it.
