The Taproom

The funny thing is that Barlimans Bombur – as backed by me – just got one vote less in the initial round, and had he got one more the two dwarfs would certainly have cancelled each other out of the race.

Hail to the King, and lets have some barrels to feast the event. Durin is back.

BTW: Where is Dain, to watch the back of Brand?

I wonder if in a twist of artistic flurry, Chris forgets himself and includes as a ‘freebie’ extra, the Balrog as it is about to remove Durin from the gene-pool

Well he has included a couple of ‘bonus’ figures in the past hasn’t he?

Anyhow, this exchange rate business is a bit of a pain, I’m five behind at the moment, better do some serious balancing of the books

Congrats to Durin, against the grain I didn’t vote for him (which means I voted for a female character 😮 ), but I shall be interested in what emerges.

Well as long as you leave before you sober up . Actually I thought that figure may have been a good ‘study’ for Chris to have produced to see how it was interpreted.

Some Uuuuugly ‘Muvver’ though :rolleyes:

Agreed Barli, perhaps another indication that he isn’t well versed in the books. I can understand requesting single figures for Chris’ sake, but only new ideas? If Michael wants more participation this is the wrong way to go about it. Perhaps this would have been Bombur’s month, or even the assassin’s. In fact, I think the top ten figures I’d still like to see have already been suggested. What does he want? Another WitchKing, Gandalf, Boromir, Aragorn, Nazgul, Eowyn, etc….. in a different pose not previously suggested? For the first time since I joined the FG I may go against my own rule and not bother with a suggestion this month–very discouraging! (que lastima!).

On the other hand, I’ll probably just ignore his request and suggest whatever the hell I want to! Give me another scrumpy, I don’t care if it has rat hair in it, I’m just in that kind of mood!

On the newsletter, Gildor, no on the post

“I have noticed over the last 6 months that many of the ideas suggested, while valid and excellent in their own right, are repeats of previous months. Now I agree that presistance pays dividends but lets give our Fellowship a bit of a spring clean and ONLY suggest new ideas for March.
This does not mean we abandon older ideas, and they can be revisited later on.

The reason I suggest this is to avoid the voting becoming predictable and stagnant, with the same popular choices competing again and again. “

well this quote goes against the definition of th gold fellowship itself…
maybe it’s only for march … and it was not meant to upset us at all

I think the problem should be reported to Chris rather than Michael… that would have more weight… and Chris could then discuss it with Michael or explain himself to us all..