References M1 to M417 on sale. MMP Priority.
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I find the idea (option A) really touching and a very good one actually, but I have some wonderings about how it could be achieved.
how could it be stored as a community? how much the collection is currently worth ? well I’m curious to know the opinion of you all
a travelling MMP? but this is a whole collection and in blister would be too huge to be “moved” on a regular basis (and risky too…)
(though I can’t see how a painted figurine can be in a blister as seen in figure above, it must be “reblistered” ? )
a full list would be interesting too
if you could send it I am curious interesting idea but that requires quite some logistics I’d say
let’s wait to have some other feedback on that definitly an exhaustive list would be welcome
Gildor Inglorion wrote:I find the idea (option A) really touching and a very good one actually, but I have some wonderings about how it could be achieved. how could it be stored as a community? how much the collection is currently worth ? well I’m curious to know the opinion of you allI have those wonderings too Gildor, but I am sure we all can find a neat answer to them. i.e.: Either you, Milo, or someone else here in the community could be the “host/guard” the collection. (another idea… How about Mithril factory themselves as a part of their “exhibition”??) (or even Chris Tubb as a little homage to his work….:rolleyes::cool:)
Milo wrote:…/It somehow.reminds me of travelling Elron, which could take benefit of a big update./…/Could it become.a.travelling MMP?
I am.also thinking maybe we should try to make it an event, kind of post codlvid one where we could all visit same place ?.
Just crazy thought nowdays is it?Completely agreed on the travelling Elrond, when he first arrived to my hands it was quite a big package, and it was a bit expensive to send it to the following member, I can’t imagine how it could be now, more than 10 years later.
This is related to your next question and I kind of agree with Gildor’s previous answer to it… A travelling MMP collection could be awesome, but in my opinion super expensive to constantly send over and as Gildor pointed a bit more risky than a single figure, but we can think about this idea and try to evolve it too…
Gildor Inglorion wrote:/…/(though I can’t see how a painted figurine can be in a blister as seen in figure above, it must be “reblistered” ? )
a full list would be interesting too if you could send it I am curious Yup Gildor I uploaded that picture of M30 on purpose, this reference is listed as “painted or partially painted”, but it includes the original blister as “a bonus”, so are some others in that category, which of course, also includes most of them without the blister, as seen on the other picture.
I can send the list and/or pictures of specific references to whoever is interested. I will reach you through email, for the listing Master Gildor.
Gildor Inglorion wrote:definitely an exhaustive list would be welcomeSharing the list here would be too long, so we thought it was better to just send it to those interested. So as I told you before I will send it to you afterwards.
Gerold wrote:…/If we take the collection in our common possession, we must all agree about the price we will pay Jose. No, first we must be clear who wants to join this idea. Then all participants must agree about the price we will pay, and how we will divide the price among us.
Once we have an agreement about this, the next question will be: who will keep the collection?
And then: what are we going to do with it? Will we save it until someone shows up who wants to buy the complete collection? Can some of us buy parts of it and at what price? I think we must avoid that the collection stays with someone for years and years, without use for someone.
What if a participant wants to leave the community? Not that I can imagine someone wants to leave this cosy company, but with health issues it’s possible someone has no choice.
Someone will have to act as bookkeeper and we should keep an inventory. /….Very good points all of them Gerold. First step would be seeing who could be interested in participating as you say. Up to now, Milo and Gildor are interested. It’s clear that less people would make things easier, but also will increase the amount each participant brings. On the other hand more participants mean more ideas, so that’s why Jose Antonio and I have reached MMP first and posted this here for all members to read, because my trust in you all is quite high due to all these years of shared forums.
All in all Gerold, I personally, completely agree with your thoughts, it will/would be a complex project that will require trust and agreement between some of us (those more interested in participating) I think it can be doable though, always with an open-minded communication which I am trying to achieve.
Gerold wrote:…/But most important: we should bear in mind that Jose Antonio wishes his collection comes into loving hands, which means IMO in the hands of a collector who will take care of them because he or she loves Mithril miniatures as much as we do. I’m afraid a project like this will be only a delay for his wish. I think the best he can do is looking for someone who really is interested in the miniatures, and who wants to pay a price that is acceptable for Jose, eventually for only a part of the collection.I fear that every one of us will ever face the day we will have to say goodbye to our great hobby and these great minis, hoping they will end up with someone new, who will take care of them as much as we have done. But I hope that day will be many years away from today for all of us!
I’m glad that you got his goal this clear even without him expressing himself here. Unfortunately Numenor’s blood is far lost, so we have to deal with our short years in middle earth… sharing those fears too. Indeed my hope is that there will always be someone interested in these mithril miniatures thing.
If those participating cannot reach an agreement on the terms/price/etc.. Jose’s other option (selling the collection as a whole, to some loving hands interested in it, will and is still interesting to him). His most feared and less favourite option is selling the collection in pieces/ranges and he will leave that as a last resort. He is not in a hurry and his main desire is to do things right. I have told him about prices on our beloved database, and he thinks that they are appropriate, I’m keeping him informed about all that is being posted here. And he is now thinking about it. I can advance that he is indeed open to “mid term and fractioned payments” so no problem on that.
To everyone reading this, I remind you that I have the specific listing and pictures of each and every reference in the list. So just write me a pm or post here to ask for it.
Re: the idea of some kind of ‘Community Hoard’ I would perhaps suggest that if this option is taken, that it is perhaps best kept in Europe where most of you are located. To be honest, as noble and good as the suggestion is (Option A), I fear that it will crack under the ‘strain’ of logistics if countries such as the UK, USA and others outside of the EU were included (by all means if a member of the Community outside of the EU was willing to pay postage, Customs etc. then so be it).
I believe shipping prices are extremely high nowadays when shipping world-wide, and there are also customs fees (and import duties depending on the value of goods), and for insurance purposes you could not falsify the value in case the collection was lost. I am no expert in this area but from other areas of my hobby interests this appears to be the case.
Personally, I would not become involved in this as a project (purely for practical reasons as it is a nice idea), but I do wonder if there is any value in keeping such a fantastic collection of figures away from those who would want to paint them up, or even Collect them as miniatures in their own right. I guess that this (Option A) is an ‘all or nothing’ idea as you would need to keep the whole collection intact otherwise the idea and thought behind it becomes a bit pointless if certain references are sold off.
I personally would vote for Option B if it was put to a vote, and for references to be sold off as a complete ‘Range’, i.e. Halls of the Elven King’.
I think the point may have been raised, but what if there was an unforeseen problem that suddenly arose that prevented the collection from being forwarded, divorce, death, being two and while unfortunate, are realistic possibilities.
Hope the input is useful
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