The Taproom
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rita.de wrote:Well, afetr another visit at this other place.
Let´s invite The Man here in this homelike inn, having a nice comfort drink inbetween such many kind peolpe.
And then, let´s convince him to leave that company in the mists of time and make his business for his own.
I think, I am not the only one whose reason for buying and painting these miniatures is the love for “a company”.
Instead, it is the love of The Man´s skill! And nothing more!I do indeed buy the figures because of CT’s subtle touch, and passion for the subject – wouldn’t it be great if The Man could get the licence and produce under his own banner, but then I guess that there are many other considerations to bear in mind not least CT’s livlihood – I would guess that PA may be happy with any sculptor to keep their own ranges going, not necessarily CT if it came to the push.
I would also urge some caution about drawing CT into the argument purely on the grounds of what we DO NOT know about what goes on behind barred gates. My loyalty is to The Man, not the company, who are not so deserving anymore of such passionate followers – I still cannot get an answer to confirm if my oreder of 10.10.10 actually got through or not; a NO would be better than nothing at all. But they have been busy haven’t they
.A good post Gildor, I hope it is taken seriously and not dismissed with arrogant disregard – I guess like a lot of us L.E.’s request a while back for ideas on how to promote Mithril were either a smokescreen for doing nothing, or just a carrot to dangle in front of people who take the product more seriously than the company does.
Chris, if you can go it alone may the goodwill of Elves, Men, Dwarves and all free folk be with you
Theobald wrote:Huoomm … you forgot to mention them trees, Master Ddaines ….And the barrow wights………. (although I’m not sure if I am a ´free folk` or not ……………) :rolleyes:
Theobald wrote:Huoomm … you forgot to mention them trees, Master Ddaines ….And of course THEM TREES, Barrow Wights, Men of Bree, I guess even the orcs and trolls and others whose like we will not see again if it all goes t*ts up
, My apologies 
your points are good ones master Estel , indeed these could be added to my own comments on the official boards but you are free to post or not
my points are : mithril is lying to us when they say Chris is overbooked by a huge workload… that is not right… he even had to rely upon freelance “not figurine related” small jobs to gain some money, along with selling his own stocks and producing new ranges under Phaeton Design… How can Prince August make us believe that we can’t submit mounted figurines, vignettes, or even release armies if Chris is overbooked…
How would Chris have sculpted the entire White Council set if the MS did take all his time??… that’s purely “grotesque”…
they simply do not want to produce things that would risk being not sold… because of their outrageous price… which is only outrageous because they don’t have a regular market… (offer and demand rules…)If MS are put on standby… Mithril will have to choose…. risking regulars…. or publicly reveal that they had not desired to do anything but MS for a long time and so they will stop producing Tolkien figurines…
indeed Mithril can threaten us collectors to stop their brand… but I doubt it will stop Chris from producing figurines… it will even leave him the opportunity to get back the licence for himself and choose another firm than Prince August to distribute his productions if need be…
Maybe it is time that Mithril dissociates from Prince August after all…..
I know some customers…. not only collectors here… would prefer and be satisfied with very slow MS releases… and won’t defend my action because it would kill their beloved Mithril…but what is Mithril without Chris?…
Everything is correct written here… but the crucial point in this case is not to mixed love and business…. if we do this more than Lars expected, than we would be without mithril figures it all….. That is what Herbert means is and I think that would finally happens….
I hope it would not….Even if I am a mithril fan since its creation (we are not so many left are we ?), I remain a customer to the company’s eyes.
So, what can customers do to preserve their passion alive if the man in charge himself does not care about his products and his customers?
This is far behond my will and skills. I fear we cannot force any decision about LE strategy.
As Master gardener pointed out, business cannot be mixed with collector’s passions.
Maybe some investment from outside world (even China
) could be more helpfull…If mithril would die, I would stop buying and save money.
Still, I have enough painting/diorama projects to do until CT finds a new way to provide new Tolkien related releases on the market.
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